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Object Storage: Affordable Data Security Amid “Cloud-flation” Budget Constraints

IT Toolbox

As businesses manage budget cuts, it’s paramount that security features remain off the cutting room floor. The post Object Storage: Affordable Data Security Amid “Cloud-flation” Budget Constraints appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Prioritizing cloud security: Allocating the majority of CIOs’ cyber budgets

CIO Business Intelligence

CIO’s cybersecurity budget allocations are too spread out across a myriad of single solutions. Cyber budgets get stretched too thinly across single solutions when they should match the organization’s IT and software spending priorities. the majority of its cybersecurity budget should go to protecting these investments.

Budget 94
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IT budgets: Cloud storage spending can easily get out of control

Tech Republic Cloud

Having "guardrails" on your cloud can help rein in the use of storage and keep your CFO off your back.

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How Can CIOs Avoid Wasting Their Budget?

The Accidental Successful CIO

What steps can a CIO take in order to avoid spending their budget buying technology that will just end up going to waste? The CIO is Spending Too Much On The Cloud. There’s no hiding it: everybody knows the benefits of the cloud. As the CIO, you are in charge of determining where the department’s budget gets spent.

Budget 130
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Capitalizing on technology budgets: A CIO’s story

CIO Business Intelligence

While traditional approaches to bridging the profitability gap, like layoffs and budget cuts, can harm company culture, an innovative and practical alternative is capitalizing on technology budgets. However, it’s important to remember that headcount and budget cuts are not the only strategies to streamline costs.

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The art of selling: IT budget approval made easier

CIO Business Intelligence

Because as a young CIO, I was struggling with obtaining budget approvals for a range of IT initiatives. What I had been trying to do was to pitch and fund the needs that we inIT felt were urgent, such as new investments in networks, processing, and storage. Let’s say you need more storage to keep up with incoming data.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO Business Intelligence

IT leaders seeking to drive enterprise growth through technology investments are often saddled with budgets that make their tasks of increasing the top and bottom lines challenging. Despite an estimated increase to IT budgets of 5.1% The year 2023 seems to be no different.

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