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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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The numbers are higher from Foundry’s 2023 State of CIO survey , which finds that 91% of CIOs expect their tech budgets to either increase or stay the same in 2023. On-prem infrastructure will grow cold — with the exception of storage, Nardecchia says.

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

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To be sure, enterprise cloud budgets continue to increase, with IT decision-makers reporting that 31% of their overall technology budget will go toward cloud computing and two-thirds expecting their cloud budget to increase in the next 12 months, according to the Foundry Cloud Computing Study 2023.

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DIY cloud cost management: The strategic case for building your own tools

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This strategy alone — achieved with the DIY approach — was responsible for saving $300,000 when his team dug into expenses surrounding Google Cloud Platform log storage, resulting in his team moving the logs to a lower tier of cloud storage and rightsizing the data they retain to adhere to retention requirements.

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7 cloud market trends and how they will impact IT

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The pecking order for cloud infrastructure has been relatively stable, with AWS at around 33% market share, Microsoft Azure second at 22%, and Google Cloud a distant third at 11%. The cloud market has been a picture of maturity of late. IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce are in the 2-3% range.)

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AWS vs. Azure vs. Google Cloud: Comparing Cloud Platforms

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As the name suggests, a cloud service provider is essentially a third-party company that offers a cloud-based platform for application, infrastructure or storage services. In a public cloud, all of the hardware, software, networking and storage infrastructure is owned and managed by the cloud service provider. What Is a Public Cloud?

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Which Is Best for Your MariaDB Cloud Migration: Azure or an Azure VM?

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MariaDB is a powerful open-source relational database that can expand to even more functionality when you migrate it to Azure Database for MariaDB. The Benefits of Moving to Azure for MariaDB. Azure’s cloud platform offers many benefits, especially if you’re migrating an on-premises MariaDB database.

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How Application Modernization Can Help You Manage Your IT Budget

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Layoffs and budget cuts abound. Up to 80% of a CIO’s budget can be spent maintaining legacy systems, according to some estimates. To learn seven more ways you can shrink your budget, download our white paper, Declining Revenues? 98% of U.S. CEOs indicate they are anticipating a recession.

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