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Germany goes full throttle into the cloud

CIO

More than half of users surveyed initially take stock of their existing IT infrastructure. Two thirds of those surveyed see the consolidation and standardization of their application landscape and platforms as prerequisite for being able to successfully outsource workloads to the cloud. The motives for this approach are also revealing.

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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

CIO

The technology talent gap continues to inflate labor costs, too, despite big layoffs in high tech, CIOs say, and they’ve seen double-digit increases in SaaS and cloud costs over the last two years. While inflation challenges have moderated in the US from a high of 9.1% in June, 2022, to 3.7% Here’s how.

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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

CIO

According to an O’Reilly survey released late last month, 23% of companies are using one of OpenAI’s models. Putting aside the fact this is an astronomically high adoption rate for a brand new technology, it’s also an indicator of how risky this space is. Entire businesses have been built on top of OpenAI and its APIs.

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What IT executives are saying about vendor consolidation

CIO

As the tech economy has adjusted to the current economic environment, there has been a great deal of debate in both the vendor and investor communities about vendor consolidation. At this point in time, it needs to be asked whether such a rapid increase in the number of vendors is sustainable.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe. That helps me plan.”

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Outsourced IT: Is It Right for Your Company?

Kaseya

According to Kaseya’s annual 2021 MSP Benchmark Survey , the top five IT services provided by MSPs are antivirus/antimalware, endpoint management , server backup, OS patching and updates, and email security, in that order. You don’t need to spend time and money on training in-house technicians to make them more technically sound.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CIS Guide Outlines How To Attain an Affordable Cyber Hygiene Foundation

Tenable

Plus, the Cyber Safety Review Board issues urgent security recommendations on its Lapsus$ report – and announces it’ll next delve into cloud security. When completed, the review will offer recommendations aimed at arming cloud computing customers and providers with cybersecurity best practices. Check out what a study found.