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CIOs take aim at SaaS sprawl

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Years into strategies centered on adopting cloud point solutions, CIOs increasingly find themselves facing a bill past due: rationalizing, managing, and integrating an ever-expanding lineup of SaaS offerings — many of which they themselves didn’t bring into the organization’s cloud estate.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

“Collaboration with external partners allows enterprises to enhance their IT prowess, drive innovation, and bridge skill gaps more effectively amid a swiftly evolving digital landscape,” says Arpita Dwivedi, practice director at Everest Group. D ue diligence pays off. Double down on vendor management.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

To gain that insight he monitors ongoing usage and meets weekly or biweekly with internal business leaders — and with Microsoft, the city’s primary cloud service provider, to review current and future needs. The best arrangement is to have a full chargeback of cloud costs to the business unit or group requesting those resources.”

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO

Even though Nvidia’s $40 billion bid to shake up enterprise computing by acquiring chip designer ARM has fallen apart, the merger and acquisition (M&A) boom of 2021 looks set to continue in 2022, perhaps matching the peaks of 2015, according to a report from risk management advisor Willis Towers Watson. Perforce Software buys Puppet.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

Many organizations are due to revisit their cloud strategies, as their businesses have changed and vendor offerings have matured,” says Brian Alletto, technology director at digital services consultancy West Monroe. Communicate and negotiate with other groups to create a successful cloud strategy.”

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Thoughts on organizing architecture

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Using common software, functionalities can be purchased and integrated with the click of a button and the availability of a credit card. Value-stream teams have been given more autonomy and possibilities to select, purchase and integrate hardware and software. Code test. <?php Do I need an architect? php class Test {.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CIS Guide Outlines How To Attain an Affordable Cyber Hygiene Foundation

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Plus, the Cyber Safety Review Board issues urgent security recommendations on its Lapsus$ report – and announces it’ll next delve into cloud security. To help with such a scenario, the Center for Internet Security released a guide this week titled “The Cost of Cyber Defense: CIS Controls Implementation Group 1 (IG1).” And much more!