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HP Awarded $32.4 Million Cybersecurity Contract by U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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government agencies prevent network and system vulnerabilities. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded the company a cybersecurity contract worth up to $32.4 HP captured the largest portion of the first task order awarded under the DHS CDM program to provide software security product licenses for 33 U.S.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO Business Intelligence

Companies taking a multicloud approach can experience ballooning OpEx numbers, says Barrett Schrader, managing director of the technology consulting group at Protiviti: “Organizations can take advantage of volume discounts with reduced complexity. Consumption-based contracts are self-optimizing,” says Gartner’s Buchanan.

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3 tough decisions for IT leaders to achieve a successful digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Similarly, Kapil Pal, CTO at iEnergizer, a global BPO solutions provider, had to take some tough calls while heading IT at United Breweries (UB), one of India’s best known liquor companies. He also leveraged Heineken’s global contracts. “We We leveraged lower cost licensing because of our global contracts,” he adds.

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

CIO Business Intelligence

After being in cloud and leveraging it better, we are able to manage compute and storage better ourselves,” said the CIO, who notes that vendors are not cutting costs on licenses or capacity but are offering more guidance and tools. I strike this language from all my contracts.” We’re constantly looking at the economics of both.”

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Inside the chaos at Washington’s most connected military tech startup

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Rebellion has also won several million dollars of military contracts from the Pentagon, the start of what some observers think will be a gusher of government dollars. The startup proclaimed to rebel against the entrenched government bureaucracy and, by extension, the military-industrial complex, in order to advance new technologies.

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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.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO Business Intelligence

This is where Saurabh Mittal, CTO at Mumbai-based Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, wants IT leaders to make a careful distinction. Enterprise technology leaders must differentiate between cost and investment if they want to make the most of their limited budgets. “It

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