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Prioritizing cloud security: Allocating the majority of CIOs’ cyber budgets

CIO

CIO’s cybersecurity budget allocations are too spread out across a myriad of single solutions. Cyber budgets get stretched too thinly across single solutions when they should match the organization’s IT and software spending priorities. the majority of its cybersecurity budget should go to protecting these investments.

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How startups should budget in uncertain times 

TechCrunch

Over this career, he’s created and sold multiple enterprise software companies and stays active as an advisor and investor. I was the archetypal startup CEO: I paused my degree at Stanford to start a company, and after it failed I found myself needing to preserve cash to make student loan payments. How can we budget through this?

Budget 221
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Google Cloud growth slows as Alphabet net income plunges

CIO

Even though Google Cloud revenue growth showed signs of slowing, it nevertheless provided something of a bright spot as parent company Alphabet — hit hard by the tightening of customer budgets — posted a year-over-year decline in net income for its 2022 fourth quarter. Net income (profit) was $13.6 from the $61.2

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UK Spring Budget: Government trumpets improved tax relief scheme for ‘R&D-intensive SMEs’

TechCrunch

’s Spring Budget, where Hunt revealed a number of investments into the technology sector, including plans for a £1 million annual AI prize, quantum investments, and a new £900 million ‘exascale’ computer. s most innovative companies to do what they do best,” Smith said in a statement issued to TechCrunch.

Budget 161
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How to Craft a Cloud Experience Without Busting the IT Budget

CIO

Investing in IT without busting the budget is no mean feat, for even the most well-heeled organizations. Budget-conscious organizations are increasingly turning to pay-per-use subscriptions billed as OpEx. Yet the public cloud’s flexible financial model remains attractive to enterprises leery of large CapEx investments.

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Sprig raises $30M to help companies gauge users’ reactions to products

TechCrunch

It brings the company’s total raised to $90 million, which CEO Ryan Glasgow says is being put toward expanding Sprig’s service line, support sales and marketing efforts, and dedicating resources to integrations and partnerships. Glasgow founded Sprig in 2019. Image Credits: Sprig.

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Customer service, especially field service, helps companies outperform competitors and drive growth

CIO

We can expect that every company is going to react this way in times of uncertainty. Where winning companies deviate from the norm is that they look for opportunities to attract and retain customers by making experience and service a signature competitive advantage. There’s much to be done. Only 26% of U.S.

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