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IBM doubles down on hybrid cloud with $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition

CIO Business Intelligence

In a move that significantly bolsters its position in the cloud services market, IBM has announced it is acquiring HashiCorp , a multicloud infrastructure automation company, for $6.4 Today’s announcement is a continuation of IBM’s deep focus and investment in hybrid cloud and AI, the two most transformational technologies for clients today.”

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

Migrating infrastructure and applications to the cloud is never straightforward, and managing ongoing costs can be equally complicated. Refactoring applications to take advantage of cloud-native services is vital to maximizing cloud ROI. We need hard metrics because we’re running 800 instances of cloud computers.

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The secrets of successful cloud-first strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

Today’s cloud strategies revolve around two distinct poles: the “lift and shift” approach, in which applications and associated data are moved to the cloud without being redesigned; and the “cloud-first” approach, in which applications are developed or redesigned specifically for the cloud.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.

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Tech Moves: Life Science Washington names new CEO; AWS exec departs; Vizio CTO retires

GeekWire

He was most recently the trade association’s VP of public policy and external affairs. Cummings joined Life Science Washington in 2015 and was previously director of policy and external affairs for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He joined PNNL in 2019 after serving as a tech policy advisor to Washington Gov.

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Cloud – Get on Board or be left Behind

CTOvision

Cloud – Get on Board or be left Behind. By: Brandee Daly, Founder C2S Consulting Group. Trigg Borgerson, CTO. Cloud is not just for your IT Department. Today’s IT leaders are companies that are able to move quickly, fail fast, and leverage the cost savings and innovation the cloud offers.

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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

GeekWire

.” — Uber appointed Sukumar Rathnam as its new chief technology officer. Long-time Uber CTO Thuan Pham stepped down earlier this year shortly before the company cut 25% of its global workforce. Donaldson was most recently a vice president of product development at cloud-enabled camera designer AV Costar.