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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Today we face the harsh reality of cloud costs, if not done right,” says Jay Upchurch, executive vice president and CIO at SAS. And the costs recur monthly or quarterly,” Upchurch says.

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Optimization Strategies for Iceberg Tables

Cloudera

It offers several benefits such as schema evolution, hidden partitioning, time travel, and more that improve the productivity of data engineers and data analysts. This blog discusses a few problems that you might encounter with Iceberg tables and offers strategies on how to optimize them in each of those scenarios.

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Expion Health revamps its RFP process with AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Process automation and improvement is a perennial CIO agenda item, and the call for business process optimization is only getting louder — especially for those processes directly tied to the bottom line. ExpionIQ Advisor has cut the time to calculate the numbers needed for an RFP to a few hours, instead of days, Kumar says.

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IBM to buy Apptio for $4.6B to help companies optimize IT spend

CIO Business Intelligence

billion to help enterprises optimize their IT expenditure, particularly cloud costs, as they try to navigate uncertain macroeconomic conditions. While ApptioOne can be used by enterprises to manage hybrid cloud, Apptio Cloudability can be used to monitor public cloud spending and expenditure optimization.

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Optimizing Cost with DevOps on the Cloud

Smart Data Collective

Are you looking for a way to reduce the cost of your development efforts? The cost savings associated with DevOps on the cloud are significant. By leveraging existing cloud-based services, businesses can save time and money by avoiding costly IT overhead costs like maintenance, licensing fees, and server infrastructure setup.

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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Big Data Hub

Because organizations with strategic sourcing mindsets look beyond price and cost savings-centered supplier selection initiatives. Successful strategic sourcing often results in process optimization, cost management, customer satisfaction, risk management , increased sustainability and other benefits.

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Benefits of Using Analytics to Optimize Your Telemarketing Strategy  

Smart Data Collective

Any company that wants to implement a successful marketing strategy needs to invest in analytics technology. We have talked extensively about the importance of analytics in online marketing, but it can be just as important for traditional marketing strategies as well. Analytics is the Basis for Successful Telemarketing Strategies.

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