5 articles that week
ArchitectingIT, Saturday, October 5th, 2024
To counter the challenge of the public cloud, many traditional on-premises infrastructure vendors introduced the concept of 'as-a-service' models, including unit-based consumption. Data from financial accounts show that, in many cases, these services form only a fraction of overall revenue. Is the 'as-a-service' market relevant or just a box tick for analyst reporting?
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DevOps.com, Friday, October 4th, 2024
A global survey of 309 decision-makers responsible for modernizing mainframe applications finds that while 69% of respondents said the initiatives are either very or extremely important for enabling their organizations to achieve their business objectives, only 18% of the budget allocated for these projects is being used to specifically modernize or rewrite those applications.
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Techstrong ITSM, Friday, October 4th, 2024
Consolidation of IT is a top priority for most businesses, with 90% of IT professionals saying their organizations are focusing on software consolidation, according to a Quickbase survey of more than 1,000 IT professionals from the U.S. and UK.
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Search IT Operations, Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
Configuration management, or CM, is a governance and systems engineering process used to track and control IT resources, services and applications across an enterprise.
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InformationWeek, Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
Dirty datacenters, dusty hardware, and cleaning crews unplugging things to connect their vacuums can turn mundane housekeeping issues into a brewing sandstorm of vulnerabilities.
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