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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

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. In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget.

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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

CIO Business Intelligence

Like a conventional CIO, a full-time fractional CIO is responsible for an enterprise’s overall IT strategy and management, says Abhi Shrikhande, vice president and general manager of technology services at freelance talent network Toptal. What is a virtual CIO versus a fractional CIO? What services do fractional CIOs provide?

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

Cloud costs will often — and rapidly — become large line items on budgets. This may include who owns the workload; its dependencies on other applications; who authored it or what vendors are involved; security, governance, compliance, and data requirements; and special integration or location requirements.

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