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CIOs rethink all-in cloud strategies

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The savings are just too big to ignore for a ton of companies,” says David Heinemeier Hansson, the Danish developer of Ruby on Rails and co-owner and CTO of 37signals, which completed a six-month total exit from the cloud last June. “‘Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good odds it’ll turn into a real trend for 2024.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

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Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully. Here are some data strategy mistakes IT leaders would be wise to avoid.

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

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Yet, controlling cloud costs remains the top challenge IT leaders face in making the most of their cloud strategies, with about one third — 35% — of respondents citing these expenses as the No. After some time, people have understood the storage needs better based on usage and preventing data extract fees.”

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Enterprise Storage Trends That CIOs Need to Grasp for the Remainder of 2022

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Being on the forefront of enterprise storage in the Fortune 500 market, Infinidat has broad visibility across the market trends that are driving changes CIOs cannot ignore. We predicted at the start of 2022 that cyber resilience from the storage estate would be critical this year because of the threats of cyberattacks.

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3 Ways to Make Storage a Strategic Asset for Your Organization (Not Just an IT Cost)

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Storage has emerged in 2022 as a strategic asset that the C-suite, not just the CIO, can no longer overlook. Enterprise storage can be used to improve your company’s cybersecurity, accelerate digital transformation, and reduce costs, while improving application and workload service levels. What should you do?

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What is Oracle’s generative AI strategy?

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While Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, and IBM have already released their generative AI offerings, rival Oracle has so far been largely quiet about its own strategy. Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Applications, IT Strategy Instead of launching a competing offering in a rush, the company is quietly preparing a three-tier approach.

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Lucidity keeps cloud block storage neat, tidy and cost-efficient

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Cloud storage is expensive ( especially in this economy ), but many companies often over-provision, cutting their full return on investment. Lucidity was created to help them manage block storage more efficiently with a set of automated tools. The startup announced today that is has raised $5.3 million in seed funding.

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