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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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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.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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

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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.”

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Practical advice to optimize savings with cloud migrations

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nyike The best way to avoid hidden #cloud costs is to read every word in the contract. Drafting and Negotiating Cloud Computing Agreements’ , so they can understand the many nuances of cloud contracts. 2 Do they have enterprise architecture expertise? 3 Do they have Data Management Services as part of their portfolio?

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The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

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In July, New York City started enforcing new rules about the use of AI in hiring decisions. The world has flipped since 2022,” says David McCurdy, chief enterprise architect and CTO at Insight. But in February, Meta released Llama, an open-source LLM licensed for non-commercial use, which quickly became the base for many projects.

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Understanding Cloud Computing for Your Business

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Major cloud infrastructure services like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services have fueled new hiring strategies, with 81% of enterprises adopting DevOps strategies and engineers. Still, for business leaders without a strong technical background, cloud computing can seem almost impenetrable. Cloud Computing Fundamentals.

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

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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. What the Minister should do, is to enable bottom-up development of solutions to genuine problems, within a clear technical architecture.