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5 Questions to Ask for IT Budget Planning

Find answers to questions regarding your IT budget What is IT budget planning and why is it important? What are key goals when planning an IT budget? Which areas should be focused on when IT budget planning? What are common IT budget planning challenges? How have IT priorities shifted and why?

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Strengthening cyber resilience to meet Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) policies

No business is free of cyber threats, or physical threats to systems or buildings, that could effect a business's technology. With increasing risk to businesses, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) set the deadline for earlier this year, March 2022, for institutions under their regulation to identify their important business services, define, and outline their impact tolerances.

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Sustainability & Secure Hybrid Cloud

Recent years have seen buyers demand more from organisations to battle the negative impact we have on the environment, a call that has echoed its way through supply chains. It’s a call that governments and official bodies have mirrored, the European Green Deal introduced at the end of 2019 and the outcomes of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) at the end of 2021 are prime examples.

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Understanding On-Premises Data Center Security vs. Cloud Security

Prioritizing Data Center Security It takes a whole host of resources and know-how to address the complexities of data center security. Preventing attacks and securing operations require a substantial budget to keep pace with existing and future challenges. A report from Markets and Markets predicts that data center security spending will reach $13.77 billion next year. More than […]

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Take Charge of Your Hardware Refresh Plan

Take a strategic look at your current hardware refresh plan; consider timing and frequency of your hardware refresh cycle; consider another option from OEM hardware. Determine how equipment reliability impacts your refresh decisions through failure rate data. Optimize your hardware refresh plan to increase efficiencies and cost savings for your infrastructure strategy.

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Practical IT Cost Containment Strategies

In this article, CFOs will learn how they can work with IT partners to cut costs quickly in uncertain and challenging times. The following information will help generate action items for cost containment and highlight key cash conservation ideas including communicating priorities, prioritizing needs, and partnering with a cost-saving support option.