5 Key Areas to Focus on While Integrating Cloud-based Strategies

A few years ago, the big question was - are you tired of maintaining an IT team that performs the same mundane tasks of procuring hardware, maintaining server upgrades, security compliance, resolving routing loop issues, backups and other arcane operations chores?

Today, chances are, that 99% your competition has moved at least one of their applications to the cloud. The wide range of offerings that cloud service providers offer allows businesses to avoid allocating a large number of their staff to do no-core business tasks. This advantage of easing more profits while concentrating all your energies on your core business cannot be missed.

Cloud Monitoring: Choosing the Right Metrics

Cloud environments are notorious for their lack of visibility and control. This makes it difficult to:

• Understand your cloud usage and strategy.
• Optimize for cost, performance, and security.

Cloud computing data centers, and the services running on top of them, collect valuable logs of information that can help users identify and respond to infrastructure performance and changes in real-time, before the impact spreads across the network.

So, let’s look at cloud monitoring and how to choose the right metrics for your organization.

Cloud Cost Optimization: Four Steps to Success

 Adopting cloud computing provides a number of challenges for organizations, but managing cloud spend may be one of the most demanding. A survey of over 750 enterprises revealed that over 30% considered their cloud spend wasteful, and 80% stated that they found managing their cloud spend challenging.

Most organizations move their system to the cloud to reduce costs. A common mistake that many enterprises make when moving to the cloud is trying to follow the fastest path. They simply lift and shift the applications they were using from their in-house data center to a cloud infrastructure.

Most of the time, they find that this has not made these applications cheaper, scalable, faster, or more flexible. In fact, many enterprises are surprised to find that their costs go up instead of down. In many cases, the users within the organization may not even realize that the company invested a large amount of time and resources to move operations to the cloud because everything works predominantly the same.

Cloud cost optimization is a new discipline that organizations need to deploy cloud computing effectively. Here is some guidance to help you create a comprehensive and standardized optimization process to improve cloud cost.

Challenges to cloud optimization

When it comes to lowering the cost of cloud spend, many organizations run into significant issues such as:

• Complicated and multifaceted pricing structures
• Extreme cloud bill detail
• Ease of cloud service provisioning
• Continuous modifications to cloud offerings
• Excessive alternative architectures
• Lack of coherence across cloud platforms

Many times, advice on cost management provides a list of tasks like turning off unused instances and deleting unused storage. However, these practices do not give a comprehensive view of cost management. In fact, some of these tasks (like turning off unused instances) can even lead to disruption, frustration, and shadow IT.

U.S. Manufacturers Embracing Digital Transformation to Meet Changing Demands, Challenges

ISG Provider Lens™ report says digital engineering is helping firms develop and manufacture next-generation chips, smart industrial equipment and software-defined vehicles

STAMFORD, Conn., January 24, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Service providers are aiding the transformation of manufacturing in several industries in the U.S., allowing firms to increase automation, efficiency and resiliency, according to a new research report published today by Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm.

The 2021 ISG Provider Lens™ Manufacturing Industry Services report for the U.S. finds ongoing changes in the U.S. transportation, technology and industrial equipment sectors, among others, are driving digital engineering advancements with broad implications for U.S. firms.

"U.S. manufacturers, including automotive, chip and industrial equipment makers, are quickly maturing into a digital future," said David Lewis, partner, ISG Manufacturing, in the Americas. "Service providers play critical roles in making this evolution possible."

The U.S. automotive industry is undergoing historic change in multiple dimensions and transforming its operations to meet new requirements, the report says. To make strides in vehicle electrification, connectivity, autonomy and security, OEMs are shifting their focus from traditional hardware-driven design and development to software-defined vehicles.

This requires new kinds of vehicle architectures, replicating the cloud computing model in centralized onboard computing platforms that perform many of the tasks previously carried out by electronic control units distributed around the vehicle, ISG says. Functions such as telematics, engine control and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) are centralized, increasing software flexibility and vehicle efficiency.

The off-highway industrial vehicle and equipment sector, which is less digitally mature than the automotive industry, is turning to service providers as partners in building digital foundations for the future, the report says. This market encompasses fleet operations, rentals and leased equipment for agriculture, mining and construction.

Service providers are helping manufacturers in the agricultural, construction and heavy vehicle industries implement automation and shop floor integration to optimize their output, according to ISG. Enterprises are now considering plans for full-scale automation of assembly lines and supply chains, including warehouse and lineside supply.

The consolidation of hi-tech manufacturing companies in the U.S. has benefited outsourcing and offshoring companies, as major service providers already work with most of the largest semiconductor vendors, the report says. The long-term outsourcing partners of these companies become preferred R&D providers. Meanwhile, as companies such as Facebook, Apple, Google and Microsoft begin to design their own chips, they are seeking providers of turnkey services.

Over time, ISG predicts chip manufacturers will offer more software-enabled products and services. These platform-as-a-service offerings will generate recurring revenue for the companies, which today are largely locked into one-time sales of semiconductors.

The 2021 ISG Provider Lens™ Manufacturing Industry Services report for the U.S. evaluates the capabilities of 38 providers across three quadrants: Digital Engineering – Transportation, Digital Engineering – Hi-Tech, and Digital Engineering – Industrial.

The report names Capgemini, HCL, LTTS and Wipro as Leaders in all three quadrants. It names Infosys, TCS and Tech Mahindra as Leaders in two quadrants each and Cognizant, Cyient, DXC Technology, eInfochips and UST as Leaders in one quadrant each.

In addition, Caresoft (Global) is named as a Rising Star—a company with a "promising portfolio" and "high future potential" by ISG’s definition—in two quadrants. Ignitarium is named as a Rising Star in one quadrant.

A customized version of the report is available from LTTS.

The 2021 ISG Provider Lens™ Manufacturing Industry Services report for the U.S. is available to subscribers or for one-time purchase on this webpage.

About ISG Provider Lens™ Research

The ISG Provider Lens™ Quadrant research series is the only service provider evaluation of its kind to combine empirical, data-driven research and market analysis with the real-world experience and observations of ISG's global advisory team. Enterprises will find a wealth of detailed data and market analysis to help guide their selection of appropriate sourcing partners, while ISG advisors use the reports to validate their own market knowledge and make recommendations to ISG's enterprise clients. The research currently covers providers offering their services globally, across Europe, as well as in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, the U.K., France, Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, the Nordics, Australia and Singapore/Malaysia, with additional markets to be added in the future. For more information about ISG Provider Lens research, please visit this webpage.

A companion research series, the ISG Provider Lens Archetype reports, offer a first-of-its-kind evaluation of providers from the perspective of specific buyer types.

About ISG

ISG (Information Services Group) (Nasdaq: III) is a leading global technology research and advisory firm. A trusted business partner to more than 800 clients, including more than 75 of the world’s top 100 enterprises, ISG is committed to helping corporations, public sector organizations, and service and technology providers achieve operational excellence and faster growth. The firm specializes in digital transformation services, including automation, cloud and data analytics; sourcing advisory; managed governance and risk services; network carrier services; strategy and operations design; change management; market intelligence and technology research and analysis. Founded in 2006, and based in Stamford, Conn., ISG employs more than 1,300 digital-ready professionals operating in more than 20 countries—a global team known for its innovative thinking, market influence, deep industry and technology expertise, and world-class research and analytical capabilities based on the industry’s most comprehensive marketplace data. For more information, visit www.isg-one.com.

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Can A Cloud Managed Service Provider Turn Your Digital Transformation Dream Into A Reality?

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The cloud has changed the world of IT — including IT services. In particular, it has enabled companies to dramatically decrease the amount of infrastructure they manage on-premises — reducing their need to use outside IT services to help them purchase, set up and maintain this infrastructure.

Artificial intelligence can help halve road deaths by 2030

Countries and investors need to step up the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) to keep roads safe for everyone, three UN Special Envoys said on Thursday, leading a new AI for Road Safety initiative. 

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a call for action to halve the annual rate of road deaths globally and ensure access to safe, affordable and sustainable transport for everyone by 2030. 

According to the newly launched initiative, faster progress on AI is vital to make this happen, especially in low and middle-income countries, where the most lives are lost on the roads each year. 

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1.3 million people die annually as a result of road traffic crashes. Between 20 and 50 million more suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a disability. 

AI can help in different ways, including better collection and analysis of crash data, enhancing road infrastructure, increasing the efficiency of post-crash response, and inspiring innovation in the regulatory frameworks.  

Cloud modernization: A holistic approach

Digital transformation can be empowering at an organizational scale. It can help transform the customer experience, power innovation, increase agility and flexibility, reduce operating costs and drive data-based decision-making.

But outdated IT infrastructures and applications too often can stand in the way. Genuine digital transformation — in which enterprises take full advantage of  digital technologies such as artificial intelligence solutions, automation, connected devices and remote collaboration and communications platforms — benefit from a cloud modernization strategy that involves people, processes and technology.

While several types of modernization, including infrastructure modernization, platform modernization, application modernization, business process modernization and cultural/workplace modernization, can enable full digital transformation, advancements in cloud and related technologies can have a significant impact on each of them.

Vodafone using Google's cloud and AI to retain customers

Vodafone using Google's cloud and AI to retain customers

Vodafone is teaming up with Google to develop a cloud-based data platform to help telcos find new opportunities and improve relationships with customers.

Vodafone using Google's cloud and AI to retain customers

Cloud Security Quotient: Be In Control Of Your Digital Transformation

Cloud Security Quotient: Be In Control Of Your Digital Transformation

Whenever I think about the trust we put behind technology, I'm reminded of a quote from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: "'Ginny!' said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. 'Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain?'"

Big data trends to consider in 2021

Big data trends to consider in 2021

Intro

Big Data is keeping up with the pace. According to some studies there are 40 times more bytes in the world than there are stars in the observable universe. There is simply an unimaginable amount of data being produced by billions of people every single day. The global market size predictions prove it beyond any doubt.

Three Reasons Software Testing Delivers Better Quality For Less Money

Three Reasons Software Testing Delivers Better Quality For Less Money

The results are in: Quality assurance (QA) testing quality is going up while costs are coming down. According to the latest edition of the World Quality Report, the share of IT budget allocated to QA testing has been falling year-on-year for the last four years.

Five Software Development Challenges In The Financial Industry

The investment in new technologies within any industry will have its challenges. In this article, we'll take a closer look at the financial industry specifically. Over the past few years, there's been an exponential increase in the adoption of cloud technologies, SaaS and modern tooling that stems from a desire by many large financial institutions to remain at the top of their game. 

10 Smart First Steps For Using Machine Learning To Power Data Analytics

An effective data analytics process brings many measurable benefits to businesses, providing information that can help boost productivity, improve products and services, retain customers and more. Automating the data analytics process is an especially helpful way to draw quick conclusions from your data.

7 big data goals for 2021: AI, DevOps, hybrid cloud, and more

In 2021, corporate big data leaders will be looking to improve data quality and turnaround of big data projects, as well as performance in meeting business objectives. While 2020 hasn't been a normal year for anyone, you still have to plan for the future and get ready for what may come. Here are seven key big data areas of focus for 2021.

An AI Engineer Walks Into A Data Shop...

An AI-focused neural network software engineer walks into a data shop says hello to the shopkeeper. “I’ll have two data preparation functions, one testing and debugging toolset, a couple of application log tracking systems and a bag of potatoes,” asks the engineer.

What Robots Can Do for Retail

What Robots Can Do for Retail

Robots have rolled into retail, from six-foot-tall free-moving machines spotting spills in Giant Foods Stores to autonomous shelf-scanners checking inventory in Walmart. At Lowe’s, the home improvement chain, a “LoweBot” in some stores can answer simple questions, such as where to find items, and can assist with inventory monitoring. These robots free up workers from routine tasks, presumably giving humans more time for customer interaction — but that’s only the beginning.

Cloud-Based Development Has The Potential To Become The New Paradigm For Software Engineering

Cloud-based development is a network design model that leverages cloud computing services and semantic web technologies. It gives you on-demand access to resources to create temporary product lines in order to enhance efficiency, reduce the cost of the product cycle, and optimal resource allocation. There are some main features of cloud-based development that help software engineers to work faster, more efficiently, and precisely.

 

1 in 3 Employees Believe Their Company’s Cybersecurity is a Moderate or Major Problem

With 1 in 3 employees believing the cybersecurity of their company is a moderate or major problem, decision-makers must do more to reassure them. Especially since remote work is now a big part of the workplace. And as more people work from home, digital security will become even more important for employees.

According to a recent survey and report from Nulab, 76% of employees say there is some degree of a problem. And only 24% say there is no problem at all. This means more than 3 in 4 have an issue with the cybersecurity protocol the company they work for has in place. And it affects companies of all sizes.

How outsourcing can boost your profits

 Embracing new technology and outsourcing saves time, allowing you to focus on the most important tasks within your business

How outsourcing can boost your profits?

Administrative tasks can be time-consuming – especially if you aren't an expert – and while they're all essential, they can stand in the way of running your business. While turning to specialists is one solution, we have made full use of new software and technology that allows businesses to free themselves from the mercy of expensive consultants.

Top Ten Ways to Reduce Your Digital Footprint

Top Ten Ways to Reduce Your Digital Footprint

The headlines around the collection and processing of Facebook user data by Cambridge Analytica further demonstrated that what you put online stays online and further grows your digital footprint. The news that dating apps were sharing user data with third parties and the fact that there are more opportunities for federated logins results in even more data available on you, which consequently makes it easier for companies to share that data and target sales.

Techopedia defines digital identity as combining elements such as usernames, online search activities, electronic transactions, date of birth and purchasing history or behavior.