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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

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IT leaders seeking to drive enterprise growth through technology investments are often saddled with budgets that make their tasks of increasing the top and bottom lines challenging. Despite an estimated increase to IT budgets of 5.1% Despite an estimated increase to IT budgets of 5.1% The year 2023 seems to be no different.

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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. 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.

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Microsoft can’t keep up with demand for AI in the cloud — for now

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When Microsoft posted its quarterly earnings last week, its CFO Amy Hood said that customers wanted more cloud compute for their AI workloads than the company could supply. billion (up 21%) came from its Intelligent Cloud segment, consisting of Azure and other public, private, and hybrid server products and cloud services.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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Migrating infrastructure and applications to the cloud is never straightforward, and managing ongoing costs can be equally complicated. No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

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After marked increase in cloud adoption through the pandemic, enterprises are facing new challenges, namely around the security, maintenance, and management of cloud infrastructure. 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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Why IT surveys can’t be trusted for strategic decisions

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One reason is that surveys dominate research into IT practices, and their results generally follow the well-worn template: X percent of Y does or is planning to do Z. Surveys, that is, only reduce our uncertainty about how many people or organizations are doing something we care about (or are supposed to). A big bar looks important.

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From Cloud to Customer

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Why Cloud Platforms Matter to Marketing Leaders According to IDC, 89% of marketing campaign management applications in Europe are now cloud based rather than on premises. Marketing is becoming digitally transformed through the adoption of new cloud-based marketing applications.

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