The devil, as they say, is in the details. Don’t get tripped up on these common mistakes when calculating SaaS implementation costs. If you are contemplating a digital transformation initiative that includes migrating to a SaaS solution, one of the key factors you’ll evaluate is the total cost. But don’t stop there. For a more … Read more
One day after Apple unveiled new computers that run on Apple-designed silicon, Microsoft issued a preview of Office for the Mac that will run natively on the new hardware. Microsoft on Wednesday issued a preview of Office for the Mac that will run natively on Apple’s upcoming ARM-based laptops. The Redmond, Wash. company also modified … Read more
10 tips for stretching Amazon’s free services to the limit and keeping your cloud bill near zero. Free is a powerful incentive. When I taught a course on web frameworks at the local college, we designed the assignments to ensure that all of the experiments could be done quickly with Amazon Web Services’s collection of … Read more
IT asset managers say they are receiving more requests from software publishers to check for license discrepancies. A recent poll conducted by the ITAM Review found that IT departments continue to experience pressure from software companies to audit licence usage. Preliminary results show that about one-fifth of IT asset managers claim a significant increase in … Read more
Far-reaching, multi-year contracts are less popular these days, but IT departments often find the renewal date is still years away. Brightman has now published a blueprint from these discussions, which highlights the fact that organisations in the public sector are still struggling to manage complex supplier relationships. Gail Evans, director at Brightman and author of the … Read more
Does it seem like a sizable portion of your organization’s cloud budget is disappearing into thin air? Here’s how to bring some of that money back home. Enterprises worldwide spent a record $34.6 billion on cloud services in 2020’s second quarter, up roughly 11 percent from the previous quarter and 30 percent from the same … Read more
There are appealing enterprise options beyond AWS, Azure, and GCP, but buyer beware — not just any cloud service qualifies. The cloud has, for the most part, become a commodity. Most enterprise cloud workloads require a small variety of hardware. After all, how many organizations are actually doing quantum computing or even AI training workloads … Read more
With the rapid expansion of public cloud services to support a newly remote workforce, many enterprises are looking to cut some costs. It’s pretty significant when the Wall Street Journal talks about cloud issues, and this story (behind a paywall) is no different. The gist is that as enterprises support a mostly remote workforce with cloud computing, … Read more
A recent job posting by Microsoft indicates the company may be crafting a new device-as-a-service subscription offer for Microsoft 365 customers that won’t actually include the device. Microsoft may be crafting a new subscription offer for Microsoft 365 customers that will be, for all intents and purposes, a device-as-a-service minus the, well, devices. According to … Read more
IT vendors are offering billions in financial aid to keep enterprise IT sales from being canceled and partners afloat, but do they benefit customers? In the wake of coronavirus-related shutdowns that have wreaked havoc on the global economy, IT giants including Cisco, Dell, HPE, and IBM have launched multi-billion-dollar financing programs for customers and channel … Read more
