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7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results

CIO Business Intelligence

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.” Riley describes a company’s surroundings as the tools, platforms, and applications used to get the job done.

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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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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.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO Business Intelligence

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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CIOs rethink all-in cloud strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

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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.

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Misled by metrics: 7 KPI mistakes IT leaders make

CIO Business Intelligence

Too often, technology companies pay consulting or analyst firms to create metrics based on the best characteristics of their offerings,” says Judith Hurwitz, CEO of Hurwitz Strategies, an emerging technology consulting firm. Today, many CIOs feel the same way about metrics. Metrics are only as good as their source.