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MTC Namibia moves OSS to the cloud

TM Forum

The new OSS/BSS allows us to be a lot more agile.” Although it’s difficult for MTC to quantify the amount of technical debt it had accumulated, the company notes that it was clearly spending more and more time on increasing hardware requirements and adapting systems to meet new demands from the business.

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Rockwell Automation makes shift to ‘as-a-service’ model

CIO Business Intelligence

To do so, Nardecchia and his team sought to incorporate “digital threads” into the company’s hardware and thereby expand its business model beyond manufacturing into software-as-a-service. “We When it comes to automation solutions, customers, accustomed to perpetual licensing, are particularly wary of subscriptions, according to the report.

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What is an automation engineer? A growing role to address IT automation

CIO Business Intelligence

Sometimes this will include hardware or software, but other times you might be asked to automate service or business processes. Run tests for databases, systems, networks, applications, hardware, and software. Design and execute QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO Business Intelligence

Implement agile sourcing Even the process of sourcing and making procurement decisions can end up costing IT organizations more than they bargained for. Some progressive IT leaders are adopting an agile approach to sourcing, breaking down the process into shorter, iterative chunksto mitigate cost overruns, delays, and misaligned outcomes.

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A new era for VMware Cloud Service Provider Partners begins

CIO Business Intelligence

By running VMware Cloud Foundation in partner clouds, customers benefit from a highly efficient cloud operating model that provides the scale and agility of public cloud with the security and performance of private cloud. One Simplified Business Model – All services offered by VCSPs will now be based on a per core subscription license.

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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.

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Cost Avoidance and Operational Costs | Maximizing Business Value with AWS

Linux Academy

For example, you can eliminate costly infrastructure refresh programs, and a variety of software license maintenance. Consider the typical items in your budget in a traditional IT environment like hardware maintenance costs, costs associated with OS patching, storage administration, and testing. All these things add up!

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