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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. 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.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

Cloud costs remain a key concern for IT leaders, who find themselves nearing a crossroads where expenditures for core workloads will need containment to free up spend for innovation. 1 barrier to moving forward in the cloud. Cloud costs continue to be a top concern for CIOs,” says Dave McCarthy, analyst at IDC.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud.

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The skills and traits of elite CTOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Chief technology officers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.

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10 tips for modernizing legacy apps for the cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

To fully capitalize on the cloud’s scalability and flexibility, most enterprises go beyond a simple lift-and-shift approach, instead injecting them with cloud-native capabilities — a strategy that sounds simple but can quickly prove complex. After all, as with many seemingly easy tasks, the devil is in the details.

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CTO shares tips for impact and efficiency from a career spanning startups, government and NGOs

GeekWire

Tyrone Grandison, chief technology officer for Pearl Long Term Care Solutions. Grandison, who lives in Seattle, has launched and led numerous startups, worked for the White House and government agencies during the Obama Administration, holds an adjunct professorship, and done research and consulting.

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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. is a natural language data platform to help admissions and human resources teams review applicants. Seattle, Wash.