Organizations are moving to the cloud to take advantage of economies of scale, global reach, and to set the foundation for innovation in their business. Yet, despite the obvious benefits, IT leads are facing a number of challenges, such as: • Analyzing which cloud model is best for their business• Understanding relative costs and risks of cloud adoption• Determining how […]

Businesses are developing new software and modernizing existing applications to support their digital transformation initiatives. Architecting a cloud environment that supports the five key architectural principles below will help you build a multi-cloud environment that meets the needs of your business, today and tomorrow. • Build in Flexibility: Increase business agility by allowing each application to be deployed to the […]

In today’s world, application growth is unprecedented and enterprise applications on a wide range of cloud endpoints – some public, some private, some via SaaS delivery, some managed by you, some managed by others. Currently, every industry trend report identifies multi-cloud as a key strategy for most large organizations. However, this operating model brings with it a wide range of […]

Multiple generations of applications. Multiple generations of infrastructure. Is there a way to reduce complexity and simplify how you manage it all? IDC asked 900 IT leaders how they plan to move forward with VMs and containers across a multi-cloud landscape. This compelling research suggests a path forward and offers guidance on:• VM and Container trends and challenges• Cloud usage […]

CFOs have always worked to make their companies more fiscally resilient and agile. This guide covers how to proactively prepare for a wider range of risks, from rate hikes to continued supply chain constraints to cyberattacks.

With some challenges out of their control, most businesses have turned their attention to factors they can control and increasing their focus on lowering expenses by examining variable costs, such as carrying costs. In this guide, we discuss how carrying costs are one of the hidden, variable expenses that can have a significant impact on available working capital and the […]

Managing cash flow has always been imperative for finance professionals, but the supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, evolving customer expectations and interruptions in global trade of the past few years have brought it into sharp relief. Even as cash flow has taken on added importance, many businesses are still struggling to perfect their process. Financial managers must always know how […]

A data-driven CFO makes decisions based on timely information that’s relevant to where the business is and where it’s headed. So if your company is still operating from the same dashboard as a few years ago, it’s time to recalibrate. This guide covers how to select the right KPIs, how to use associated metrics to keep employees on track — […]