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MetalSoft aims to help manage server infrastructure through automation

TechCrunch

Unfortunately for execs, at the same time recruiting is posing a major challenge, IT infrastructure is becoming more costly to maintain. “We’re differentiated from others in that we automate and manage the full stack [of infrastructure], including switches, servers, storage and networking as well as cloud enablement.”

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4 paths to sustainable AI

CIO

Everything from geothermal data centers to more efficient graphic processing units (GPUs) can help. We see it as a recruiting and retention factor.” AWS also has models to reduce data processing and storage, and tools to “right size” infrastructure for AI application.

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We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well

CIO

With the subscription-based model, customers download the software and run it on infrastructure in their data centers. In addition to having a different perspective on product evaluations, software CIOs have deep experience recruiting full-stack engineers. This is a new role for us.”

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

IT leaders at the 60-year-old fleet management firm determined that cloud could support its rapid growth without the challenges of maintaining data centers. If the answer is no,” Upchurch says, “you may just be renting someone else’s data center.” How will we balance security, agility, and usability?

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Consulting, software boost IBM revenue as it turns to AI

CIO

This trend was further reflected in IBM’s infrastructure segment, which was down 3.7% year on year; within the Hybrid Infrastructure business, z Systems revenue was up 7%. “More recently, clients are prioritizing digital transformation projects that focus on cost takeout, productivity and quick returns,” he said.

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The multi-cloud era – a faster path forward for enterprises and Managed Services Providers

CIO

Clearly, such agreement demonstrates a multi-cloud approach – one that extends from the edge of the network to software-defined on-premises data centers – is not limited to the large, distributed organizations that only a few years ago were among the first to embrace it. There are also challenges.

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PepsiCo transforms for the digital era

CIO

Now halfway into its five-year digital transformation, PepsiCo has checked off many important boxes — including employee buy-in, Kanioura says, “because one way or another every associate in every plant, data center, data warehouse, and store are using a derivative of this transformation.”

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