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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

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According to IDC’s July 2023 Future Enterprise Resiliency & Spending (FERS) survey of 856 senior IT and business managers in large enterprises, the IT line items most affected, in addition to rising tech salaries, include SaaS and PaaS costs. But despite such challenges, CIOs say they’re meeting them head on. Here’s how.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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To gain that insight he monitors ongoing usage and meets weekly or biweekly with internal business leaders — and with Microsoft, the city’s primary cloud service provider, to review current and future needs. Understand your licensing schemes and usage policies, which can be very complicated,” says McMasters. Then there’s housekeeping.

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From Hype to Hope: Key Lessons on AI in Security, Innersource, and the Evolving Threat Landscape

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No review of 2023 would be complete without mentioning the explosion of AI into the public eye, like ChatGPT and Copilot. How it happened: The exact attack vector remains unclear, but experts speculate social engineering or a software vulnerability could be responsible. The company estimated total damages at $356 million.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Log4j Anniversary, CI/CD Risks, Infostealers, Email Attacks, OT Security

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Cyber Safety Review Board published a 50-plus page report on the Log4j event, and a key takeaway was that Log4Shell is an “endemic vulnerability” that’ll be around for a decade — or perhaps longer. . 4 - Cybersecurity looms large in SMB software purchases. have made cybersecurity a key factor in their software purchasing decisions.

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9 trends to watch in systems engineering and operations

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Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) will allow for improved software delivery pipelines in 2019. As both security threats and compliance pressures grow, automating security and baking security controls into the software development process is now critical. Kubernetes. Containers.

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Outsourced IT: Is It Right for Your Company?

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Outsourced IT is the concept of hiring external service vendors to handle certain IT functions. Companies outsource infrastructure management, application services, utility services, cloud-enabled outsourcing, software-as-a-service and more. You might have to install or use additional software.

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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

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According to an O’Reilly survey released late last month, 23% of companies are using one of OpenAI’s models. According to G2’s latest state of software report, AI is the fastest-growing software category in G2 history. Insight has a partner contract management team that looks closely at vendor agreements. “If