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Microsoft Azure removes exit fee as EU regulations kick in

March 14, 2024

Via: Network World

Microsoft has announced that Azure customers can now transfer their data to other cloud providers or on-premises data centers via the internet free of charge, following similar moves by Amazon and Google. “We support customer choice, including the choice to […]


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AWS removes transfer fees for customers leaving with their data

March 6, 2024

Via: Network World

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has decided to waive data transfer fees for enterprise customers moving their business to another cloud provider. Google made a similar announcement in January. “Starting today, we’re waiving data transfer out to the internet (DTO) charges […]


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5 Azure Cost Management Strategies

March 4, 2024

Via: Cloud Tweaks

What Is Azure Cost Management? Azure cost management refers to the practices and processes that organizations implement to monitor, manage, and optimize their cloud spending on the Azure platform. This involves a systematic approach to understanding and controlling the costs […]


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Going cloud-scale with Azure Automation

February 1, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

One of the great advantages of using the public cloud is the ability to deploy applications and services at scale. But scale has a flip side, as working with dozens or hundreds of servers imposes new constraints on systems administration. […]


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Southwest Airlines to spend $1.7B on tech, cloud migration this year

January 29, 2024

Via: CIO Dive

Cloud migration is central to Southwest’s modernization effort, according to Jordan. “A lot of what you gain is reliability,” he said, pointing to failover and support systems. “The shift to the cloud is as much a resiliency effort and a […]


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5 Cloud-Based Documentation Tools Compared

January 11, 2024

Via: Cloud Tweaks

Cloud-based documentation tools are software platforms that are hosted in the cloud, allowing users to create, manage, and store documents online. These tools are designed to facilitate collaboration, document management, and information sharing, often in a team or organizational setting. […]


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You should be worried about cloud squatting

December 26, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Most security issues in the cloud can be traced back to someone doing something stupid. Sorry to be that blunt, but I don’t see ingenious hackers out there. I do see misconfigured cloud resources, such as storage and databases, that […]


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How Capital One, Arvest Bank keep cloud costs under control

December 20, 2023

Via: CIO Dive

The cloud is key to enterprise IT, supporting customer-facing applications and the tools employees need for their daily work. But agility and scalability gains can lead to eye-watering bills from providers. More than half of companies say they’ve faced higher […]


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Enterprise cloud aspirations hindered by buyer’s remorse

December 14, 2023

Via: CIO Dive

As cloud became the go-to technology for enterprise modernization, organizations have wrestled with billing complexity, cost overruns, skills gaps and other adoption hurdles. But poor alignment between business and IT goals leads to most post-migration woes. “The problem with cloud […]


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Cloud customers undeterred by cost, billing complexity

December 11, 2023

Via: CIO Dive

Though cloud cost control emerged as an enterprise priority this year, most cloud customers did not associate lower price-per-unit or purchasing convenience with their primary provider. Instead, Forrester research finds, companies valued public cloud providers for the security and compliance, […]


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For Arvest Bank, wholesale cloud modernization had to start small

December 5, 2023

Via: CIO Dive

In the last two years, Arvest Bank partnered with Google Cloud to kickstart a multiyear digital transformation, launched its first cloud-native payments processing platform and bolstered its tech leadership with three key appointments. The bank recruited Chief Transformation and Operations […]


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NHS England renews FutureNHS cloud-based collaboration hosting deal via G-Cloud for £1.67m

November 22, 2023

Via: Computer Weekly

NHS England has set its sights on growing the number of users who rely on its FutureNHS cloud-based collaboration platform from just over 310,000 today to 600,000 by 2025. The growth projection follows NHS England’s renewal of its hosting and […]


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IHG maximizes hospitality with multicloud

November 17, 2023

Via: CIO

For IHG Hotels and Resorts, the cloud provides just the right accommodation for business success. “First and foremost we see our journey to the cloud as the most extremely important part of both our technology and commercial strategies,” says George […]


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Spotify and Google Cloud expand tech partnership for AI-led user experience improvement push

November 16, 2023

Via: Computer Weekly

Music streaming service Spotify is digging deeper into the portfolio of its long-standing technology partner Google Cloud to explore how its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools can help boost the experience for its 574 million-strong user base. Since […]


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Salesforce, Accenture unveil joint life sciences cloud solution

November 6, 2023

Via: CIO Dive

The healthcare sector, with its massive data silos, reams of regulations and aging legacy systems, remains ripe for modernization. But compliance and safety challenges have hindered cloud adoption and raised concerns about solutions that risk exposing patient data. Industry verticals […]


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Cloud Computing in Healthcare: A Digital Revolution in Medicine

October 31, 2023

Via: Cloud Tweaks

In the grand tapestry of technological innovation, cloud computing is a standout thread weaving through multiple industries. The healthcare sector, traditionally slower in adopting technology, has now begun to welcome the cloud with open arms. This article aims to shed […]


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Bud Financial helps banks and their customers make more informed decisions using AI with DataStax and Google Cloud

October 20, 2023

Via: CIO

When making financial decisions, businesses and consumers benefit from access to accurate, timely, and complete information. With the power of real-time data and artificial intelligence (AI), new online tools accelerate, simplify, and enrich insights for better decision-making. For banks, data-driven […]


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Gymshark turns to Google Cloud for infrastructure revamp and generative AI trials

October 13, 2023

Via: Computer Weekly

The CEO of direct-to-consumer fitness apparel startup Gymshark has turned to Google Cloud to help standardise the “mish-mash” of IT underpinning its operations, and is drawing on the hyperscaler’s artificial intelligence (AI) expertise to explore how generative AI (GenAI) could […]


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Unilever taps Google Cloud, Accenture for custom enterprise app

October 11, 2023

Via: CIO Dive

Modernization reaches out from IT to touch all parts of the enterprise, optimizing workflows, streamlining processes and enhancing customer and workspace interfaces. My Unilever’s end-user interface was built using Google’s no-code development platform Appsheet, the company said. Accenture assisted the […]


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Cloud interoperability remains elusive as tech stacks grow

August 31, 2023

Via: CIO Dive

Modernizing IT is meant to rationalize processes, simplify operations and reduce friction. When systems resist integration, it can also lead to frustration and cost overruns. Organizations cautiously loosened the purse strings this year, as the macroeconomic environment improved. But investing […]