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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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When it comes to contingent labor in particular, CIOs are often paying above-market rates or engaging with a more expensive class of contractor than necessary, says West Monroe’s Tanowitz, whose analysis has revealed opportunities to save between 6% and 30%. Several methods can help IT leaders scour for value leakage in IT services deals.

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CIOs confront generative AI’s workplace X factor

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Given the disruptive potential of generative AI, the stakes are high, as Reuven Cohen, strategic AI advisor to Baxter International, a Fortune 500 company, points out. Human thinking and analysis have not been overtaken by machines because the algorithms themselves are at best iterations and trial and error for guessing,” he says.

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Cognitio Corp enters into a strategic alliance with Indian River Advisors, LLC

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Cognitio Corp and Indian River Advisors LLC have just announced a strategic alliance. enters into a strategic alliance with Indian River Advisors, LLC. We are pleased to announce that Cognitio has entered into a strategic alliance with Indian River Advisors. The text below is from the joint announcement: Cognitio Corp.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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Meanwhile, The Global CTO Survey 2023 released last November by IT consulting company STX Next found that 35% of responding tech leaders listed technical debt/refactoring as their biggest challenge — making it the No. 1 challenge listed. CIOs feel bombarded by all these requests thrown at them,” Papovsky adds.

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VMware Broadcom – Employees Customers and Partners What’s Next?

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I’ll send you over to his analysis … The post VMware Broadcom – Employees Customers and Partners What’s Next? appeared first on The CTO Advisor. I’ve hosted theCUBE with Wikibon’s Dave Valente at VMworld in the past. He is a brilliant analyst.

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

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Myself and a person I mentor both got told we were both diversity hires,” says a deputy digital director in public sector. Monica Pemberton, CTO at Washington-based higher education professional development association Nacubo, agrees, saying that being resilient is essential to both progression and career longevity.

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