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How to be the CIO every company wants

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Companies expect a lot from their CIOs: integral knowledge of the business, visible financial results, and agility, as well as the ability to manage change, actively collaborate with business leaders, and explain IT in plain English. Is an investment in a Wi-Fi 6 network in manufacturing with new routers really needed?

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Prioritizing AI? Don’t shortchange IT fundamentals

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As the cost of data storage has fallen, many organizations are keeping unnecessary data, or cleaning up data that’s out of date or no longer useful after a migration or reorganization. People aren’t going back and decluttering because there’s no cost to that — except in your risk profile and your decreased search performance,” says Buckley.

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Top reasons for implementing NaaS

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By Cathy Won, Consultant with eTeam, HPE Aruba Networking Contributor In a recent IDC NaaS survey 1 , sponsored by HPE, 71% of respondents agree or strongly agree as-a-service (aaS) consumption models offer better IT agility compared to traditional consumption models.

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VMware by Broadcom: The First 100 Days

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VMware Cloud Foundation – A Platform for Agility, Innovation, and Resiliency Like Broadcom, VMware has a remarkable history of innovation. It’s fully software-defined compute, networking, storage and management – all in one product with automated and simplified operations.

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Lightbits Labs lands $42M to speed up server data transfers

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Data centers with servers attached to solid-state drives (SSDs) can suffer from an imbalance of storage and compute. Either there’s not enough processing power to go around, or physical storage limits get in the way of data transfers, Lightbits Labs CEO Eran Kirzner explains to TechCrunch. ” Image Credits: Lightbits Labs.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

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Those bumps in spending include added demand for cloud and cloud-adjacent workers who can help maintain and continuously improve and expand enterprise cloud networks. According to the Foundry report, 78% of organizations say that, in response to cloud investments made by the organization, they have added new roles.

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Controlling cloud chaos: How to realign IT with the business

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In a traditional environment, everyone must collaborate on building servers, storage, and networking equipment. For instance, if IT requires more processing or storage, the team needs to initiate a capital expenditure to purchase additional hardware. The business has to get involved.

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