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Cloud ROI: Getting innovation economics right with FinOps

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Is the cloud a good investment? How can we invest responsibly in the cloud? Nearly 85% of CIOs say despite increasing IT budgets they are under pressure to stretch budgets further than ever before—with a focus on technical debt and cloud costs. Thus, cloud waste is now a thing. Does it deliver strong returns? Here’s why.

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RapidDeploy raises $29M for a cloud-based dispatch platform aimed at 911 centers

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Today, a company that’s building cloud-based tools to help with this process is announcing a round of funding as it continues to grow. In the startup’s point of view, the cloud is essential to running emergency response in the most efficient manner. “Now the cloud has become the nexus of signals.”

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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Upgrading cloud infrastructure is critical for deploying broad AI initiatives more quickly, so that’s a key area where investments are being made this year. This includes spending on strengthening cybersecurity (35%), improving customer service (32%) and improving data analytics for real-time business intelligence and customer insight (30%).

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Si può tornare indietro dal cloud? Ecco che cosa ne pensano i CIO italiani

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“Non sono mai stato un fan del cloud, ma non posso dire di essermi pentito della migrazione, del resto, abbiamo spostato poche applicazioni”. Possono essere riassunte con queste parole molte delle testimonianze dei CIO italiani sull’adozione del cloud computing. È difficile fare una previsione di quanto alla fine si spenderà”.

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Journey Beyond transforms its contact center to deliver better customer journeys

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The absence of advanced contact center features and analytics further prevented us from driving exceptional customer experience. Besides, we couldn’t enable work-from-anywhere, on any device capability, for employees,” says Madhumita Mazumdar, GM of information and communications technology at Journey Beyond.

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PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS: Making the Right Choice for Your Oracle Cloud Migration

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Cloud computing has gone from being a cutting-edge technology to a well-established best practice for businesses of all sizes and industries. According to Flexera’s 2020 State of the Cloud Report , 98 percent of organizations are now using at least one public or private cloud. Oracle ERP—Financials Cloud.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Clubhouse UX teardown, YC Demo Day favorites, proptech VC survey, more

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Ideally, BI transforms raw data into actionable information, but according to Charles Caldwell, VP of product management at Logi Analytics, “a gap exists between the functionalities provided by current BI and data discovery tools and what users want and need.” Image Credits: Jon Feingersh Photography Inc / Getty Images.

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