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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

The solution lies in making those teams understand they’re getting involved in innovation, not just a cost-cutting exercise. Get personal with your vendors Typically, only companies with multi-year commitments and savings plans get the personal attention of hyperscalers, says Jensen.

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What IT executives are saying about vendor consolidation

CIO

While I expected this exercise to confirm that consolidation is real, I was pleasantly surprised with the degree to which the CIO Tech Talk Community confirmed it – and how they are taking steps to realign their procurement and vendor management strategies. IT Leadership, IT Management

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

Those companies that ‘sweat’ their capabilities continuously improve them and sustainably capture the top-line growth in their industries and, ultimately, market leadership. Strangely, cost reduction exercises in most companies – no matter how extensive – are almost always divorced from business strategy, which makes little sense.