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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO Business Intelligence

West Monroe’s Tanowitz agrees, saying, “There’s cloud spend where immature governance approaches have resulted in excess consumption that can be reduced when a holistic cloud architecture approach is taken.” Consumption-based contracts are self-optimizing,” says Gartner’s Buchanan.

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10 tips for modernizing legacy apps for the cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Modernize with purpose Before you begin, it’s essential to tie any app modernization project to the business need that is being addressed, says Aparna Sharma, a managing partner for hybrid cloud services at IBM Consulting. Successful application modernization should increase business and IT agility and scalability, Perry says.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget. Understand your licensing schemes and usage policies, which can be very complicated,” says McMasters. Whether agile should include FinOps or not is a matter of debate,” he says.

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How a cloud-first enterprise application strategy boosts speed and scale for your business

CIO Business Intelligence

Cloud-first applications support a manageable OpEx cost model, metered like a utility, as opposed to requiring significant upfront capital investments in infrastructure and software licenses. Nichol (@PeterBNichol) , chief technology officer at OROCA Innovations. Cloud Architecture, Enterprise Applications

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UK’s new digital strategy promises change – will it deliver?

CIO Business Intelligence

The first step would be to release a photo ID application on iOS and Android built in partnership with HMRC and using facial recognition to verify the identity through smartphone and driving license. The technology industry is excited by this ambitious strategy and is ready to support its delivery and implementation.”.

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Beginner’s Guide to Business Process Management (BPM) Software

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What should you be aware of before licensing a BPM tool? If we considered the corporate workflow as a symphony orchestra and the business processes within it as the musicians, BPM would be the conductor coordinating them,” explains Ivan Kot, Solution Consultant at Itransition. How do you know which option is right for your business?