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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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CIOs rethink all-in cloud strategies

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The savings are just too big to ignore for a ton of companies,” says David Heinemeier Hansson, the Danish developer of Ruby on Rails and co-owner and CTO of 37signals, which completed a six-month total exit from the cloud last June. “‘Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good odds it’ll turn into a real trend for 2024.

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7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results

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The most important thing a tech leader can do is create the architecture that staff work with,” Riley says. After that, the architecture begins to shape not only your employees but also yourself and the entire organization.” Bad hires happen, and sometimes, promotions don’t work out.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget. And when reviewing contracts for renewal, McMasters recommends hiring an analyst firm to help review changes to licensing and other cost factors.

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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.” With storage you might always want the best support plan to replace any failed components within a few hours or less,” says Pratt.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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This applies to his IT group as well, specifically, in using AI to automate the review of customer contracts, Nardecchia says. On-prem infrastructure will grow cold — with the exception of storage, Nardecchia says. Some storage will likely stay on-prem while more is pushed into the public cloud, he says.

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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices

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Implementing an Enterprise Data Hub — Technical perspectives for implementing enterprise data hub architectures, converged analytics for workflow optimization, and the essential role of open standards and frameworks to ensure continuous innovation. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Eddie Garcia. 10:50 – 11:35 AM.