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Thinking outside the cloud: bring cloud agility to your entire infrastructure

CIO

Cloud technology is a springboard for digital transformation, delivering the business agility and simplicity that are so important to today’s business. Cloud is also a powerful catalyst for improving IT and user experiences, with operating principles such as anywhere access, policy automation, and visibility.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

It’s no longer a question of whether organizations are moving to the cloud but rather how well it’s going. Cloud isn’t that shiny new object in the distance, full of possibility. Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise.

Strategy 363
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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO

The cloud journey completed Even before the system landscape is changed, Volvo Cars has made its cloud journey — one of the big, ongoing programs when Altehed started his role in 2019. “We We were going to leave our data centers, and we did,” he says. “In It’s only things like the mainframe environment that aren’t there.

Agile 325
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4 questions CIOs are asking about cloud computing

CIO

Ever since Basecamp announced late last year that they were (mostly) pulling out of the cloud, there’s been a spirited debate about the failure of cloud computing to deliver on hyped-up promises of miraculous cost savings. Cost savings is (and always has been) the worst reason to migrate to the cloud. Here’s how I answer them.

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Germany’s ITZBund is moving federal IT into the cloud

CIO

In order to avoid falling into the trap of legacy applications, Germany’s federal center for Information Technology, the ITZBund, recognized early to execute a future-oriented cloud landscape, says Christine Serrette, the federal administration’s CIO and deputy technical director. The next development is called Bundescloud 2.0

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ODC-Noord: The Netherland’s northernmost government data center is committed to a zero carbon future

CIO

One of four government data centers in the Netherlands, Overheidsdatacenter Noord (ODC-Noord), the northernmost facility of its kind in The Netherlands, is located in the picturesque city of Groningen. ODC-Noord’s agile teams are comprised of skilled personnel. Cloud Computing, Green IT

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Private Data Centers vs. Public Cloud: Can Apstra Automation Bridge the Gap?

The CTO Advisor

In an era where data is king and agility is paramount, organizations constantly seek ways to optimize their IT infrastructure.