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6 risks to avoid in your AWS, GCP, and Azure negotiations
Choosing a hyperscaler includes a series of seemingly unrelated decisions that must be assessed and made with a target end-state in mind. You will likely only get to make this decision once, so you’d better get it right.
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11 technologies for supporting the hybrid office
IT leaders are being charged with ensuring the success of new workplace strategies that blend in-person and remote collaboration. Here are the tools that can help.
Opinion
You’ve migrated to the cloud, now what?
If there’s one takeaway from the constant drumbeat of cloud migration stories, it’s that moving to the cloud is one thing; being successful in the cloud is another.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
Toward a new hybrid cloud – the one CIOs always wanted
Cloud providers built their hybrid offerings at least in part to hold customers intent on repatriating data and workloads. But those same services may not be as well suited for the next wave of hybrid.
Opinion
Technical architecture: What IT does for a living
Building effective IT 101: Technical architecture is what separates a hard-to-navigate pile of tech from accelerating IT’s ability to get things done.
News Analysis
Microsoft’s Office 365 price increases: How to reduce the hit
Microsoft will increase the price of Office 365 by up to 25% in March 2022, but there are things CIOs can do now to limit the damage.
Movers and Shakers
How Johnson Controls is going ‘digital to the core’
As the multinational conglomerate transforms to bring cutting-edge digital products and services to customers, CIO Diane Schwarz ensures that it is digital on the inside as well.
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10 key skills for a successful cloud strategy
Success in the cloud also means tweaking your skills mix. From architecture expertise to vender relationship management, here’s what your organization needs to make the most of the cloud.
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Public cloud: 4 success stories
The public cloud has been a booster shot for digital transformation during the pandemic. IT leaders offer advice on driving efficiency and agility in the cloud.
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Making sense of Microsoft’s new certifications scheme
Microsoft’s new certifications are based on industry analysis of jobs and roles and are built in sync with documentation and training materials so you can stay up to date for cloud skills for free, but certs for on-prem technologies remain unclear.
Movers and Shakers
Keysight Technologies CIO: Tech companies need to modernize IT too
The architecture is composable and processes are agile at the electronics manufacturer, but for Dan Krantz and team, a ‘growth mindset’ is just as important.
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TTX tackles turnover in moving ERP to the cloud
The railcar pooling company learned the importance of knowledge management when it replaced an on-premises SAP system with Oracle in the cloud.
Building IT Relationships
Getting to no: 3 things your cloud vendor won't give you (and what to ask for instead)
Knowing what vendors will say "no" to can be a powerful tool in your negotiation arsenal.
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What is iPaaS? Integrating data flows to create new services
An integration platform as a service (iPaaS) is a cloud-based tool for linking existing applications and data flows into new services. Here are the key use cases, examples, and vendors.
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Mastercard pushes payments to the edge
The financial services company has overhauled its global payments atop public cloud and edge computing systems in pursuit of revenue growth in an API-driven, platform-fueled world.
Opinion
10 dark secrets of the cloud
The cloud has increasingly become a cornerstone of IT strategies across every industry, providing enterprises with agility and scale. But in every dark corner, hidden risks and imbalances await.
News
Oracle to customers: Spend more on cloud, save on support
With Oracle Support Rewards, the company hopes to tempt existing on-premises customers to move workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Movers and Shakers
Digital acceleration at Stanley Black & Decker places data at the center
CIO Rhonda Gass explains how a cloud data platform, technology business management framework, and agile architecture are keys to the $14B global company’s digital transformation.Feature
Cloud or bust: IT leaders go all in on cloud computing
A growing number of CIOs are committing most if not all of IT to the cloud to improve security, flexibility, and agility — and to free up teams to focus on innovation and enhancing IT services.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
What the traditional financial services industry can learn from neobanks and fintechs
Slower-moving incumbents need to rethink the way they do business in a digitally driven world that puts customer experience first.
News
SAP brings new tools and modularity to Rise
SAP has added HR and vertical industry support to its hosted S/4HANA offering, while furthering its forays into process intelligence and AI for expense auditing.
News
SAP steps back from S/4HANA-on-Azure preference
Microsoft’s Azure will no longer be SAP’s preferred cloud platform — although SAP executives say the companies’ Embrace partnership remains strong.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
The rise of the cloud data platform
As impressive as the enterprise’s progress toward a data-driven economy was last year, the big bang we’ve been expecting from big data is still ahead.
Analysis
Are Oracle's cloud gains enough to make it a contender?
Oracle has wooed some key customers to its public cloud software, but can it differentiate itself from competing services offered by Amazon.com, Microsoft, and Google?
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6 'crackpot' technologies that might transform IT
Next-horizon technologies have piqued some IT leaders’ interest in terms of the business value they may ultimately drive. Others remain skeptical of the high-risk payoff.
Opinion
11 dark secrets of multicloud
In many situations, multicloud architectures make the most sense. But playing the field, baking in agility, and avoiding lock-in can expose your enterprise to hidden costs and issues.
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13 secrets of a successful cloud ERP migration
Migrating legacy ERP systems to the cloud is a big undertaking rife with gotchas. Here’s how to ensure your massive shift of mission-critical enterprise applications goes smoothly.
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Analytics in the cloud: Key challenges and how to overcome them
Moving analytics to the cloud requires new approaches, skills, and architectures compared with analysis done in-house the traditional way.
Movers and Shakers
How Brunswick IT enables digital business
CIO Mike Adams shares how the company has designed its digital and data platforms to put the customer at the center of its products, services, and digital ecosystem, underpinned by enterprise architecture.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
The ‘why’ of digital transformation is the key to unlocking value
Too many leadership teams focus on the ‘how’ or ‘what’ of their digitalization projects – which makes the destination less clear and can lead to negative ROI.
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10 technologies that will disrupt business in 2021
From AI to serverless computing, these 10 disruptive technologies and trends are transforming the business landscape in the wake of the pandemic and beyond.
News
IFS launches cloud-native, containerized ERP
The ERP vendor’s IFS Cloud gives CIOs hosting flexibility, freedom from infrastructure management, and vertical options tailored to their industries.
News
10 key Microsoft Ignite takeaways for CIOs
It’s barely five months since the last Ignite conference, but Microsoft still had a lot to share about innovations in AI, IoT, and communication.
News Analysis
AWS customers and partners confident in CEO transition — for now
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos tabbed longtime AWS CEO Andy Jassy to fill his shoes this summer. Here’s what tech leaders and partners have to say about the move.
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What is a solutions architect? A vital role for IT-business alignment
Solutions architects are a vital role in any organization that wants to align its business goals and needs with IT services, products, software, and infrastructure.
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16 technology winners and losers, post-COVID
The coronavirus crisis has shaken up business as usual, with some IT strategies and tools rising to the occasion and others in line for a rethink or tough recovery post-pandemic.
Movers and Shakers
Inside Blue Shield of California's IT operating model overhaul
For CIO Lisa Davis, the transformation to a product-focused operating model is key to realizing the health plan provider's digital health vision.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
What will ensure the continued ascent of telehealth technology?
Telehealth is at a crossroads. Here are three things health systems must consider before investing further in telehealth technology.
Movers and Shakers
How technology creates an ecosystem of learning at Walden University
Walden CIO Karthik Venkatesh discusses how the university is leveraging SaaS, RPA, AI, and more to maximize student success.
The Digital CIO
How DMaaS eliminates data silos and 4 tips for choosing a provider
For CIOs caught in an ever-growing web of complicated data silos, data management as a service can help drive a competitive business advantage.
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15 SLA mistakes IT leaders still make
From treating service-level agreements as a one-time exercise to failing to establish escape clauses, IT leaders should avoid these pitfalls when partnering with IT service and cloud partners to drive business value.
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Cloud, telco providers show the promise of 5G edge
Fueled by vendor innovation, interest in 5G wireless networks and edge computing is growing, but IT leaders must first evaluate the cost and efficacy of these converging technologies before committing.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
3 questions guiding your SAP transformation to S/4HANA
If S/4HANA is key to simplification for many organizations, the path to getting there is anything but simple. So let’s make it simple. Here are the three questions that every enterprise needs to ask, and three boxes to check off their list in order to pull off a successful and seamless S/4HANA migration.
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9 IT resolutions for 2021
IT leaders share their visions on how they hope to transform their teams, their organizations, and themselves in the new year.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
Healthcare digital transformation: 5 predictions for 2021
Consumerism, telehealth, and the learnings from the pandemic will drive priorities in 2021.
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Carrier and AWS partner on innovative cold-chain platform
The cold-chain storage specialist and public cloud provider are building a digital logistics network for perishables such as food and medicines.
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5 challenges every multicloud strategy must address
Managing multiple providers in a single environment poses distinct challenges. Here’s how to ensure your multi-cloud strategy is secure, harmonious, and cost-effective.
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Rémy Cointreau ports SAP to the cloud to help sell more cognac
The French liquor company blended its two SAP instances and migrated them to Google’s cloud to gain a better understanding of its customers.
News
With Hyperforce, Salesforce embraces the public cloud
Salesforce is letting CIOs choose where they run its software, easing compliance with data protection and data sovereignty laws.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
A replatforming journey in four acts
Lessons learned from moving a monolithic legacy system (as well as culture and process) to the cloud
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