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1 month ago | techstrongitsm.com | Mike Vizard

A global survey of 759 technical professionals and executive leaders conducted by Flexera finds more than half of all workloads, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, are now running in a public cloud. However, 21% of cloud workloads have also recently been repatriated to some type of on-premises IT environment, the survey finds. The primary reason for making that shift is typically cost, with 84% identifying managing cloud spend as their biggest challenge.

1 month ago | techstrongitsm.com | Devin Partida

In corporate transactions, IT due diligence is critical yet often underestimated. A company’s IT infrastructure, security framework and data management practices can greatly impact the success or failure of a deal. With a thorough assessment, organizations can inherit updated, secure technology and remain financially sound across the board. Yet, a strong evaluation of various aspects of IT assets is only successful when tech leaders incorporate several best practices.

1 month ago | techstrongitsm.com | Adrian Bridgwater

We know that artificial intelligence is of our time. It is also arguably in its most important period of development and extension. But despite these truths, we rarely factor in the temporal element of AI development, tools or its resulting functions as they manifest themselves at the user level.

1 month ago | techstrongitsm.com | Nathan Eddy

The U.S. tech job market is experiencing contradictory trends, with overall IT employment growing while hiring in tech sector companies declined in February. According to CompTIA’s latest analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, tech employment across all industries increased by 177,000 positions, despite a net loss of 11,514 jobs in tech services and manufacturing. The tech unemployment rate rose to 3.3%, remaining below the national average of 4.1%.

1 month ago | techstrongitsm.com | Mike Vizard

Parallel Works today added support for OpenStack to a control plane it developed to unify the management of heterogeneous IT environments. The ACTIVATE platform developed by Parallel Works makes use of a YAML syntax to automate the management of clusters in a way that is similar to how GitHub manages repositories. The company currently provides support for deploying pre-configured clusters via a single click on cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.