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The productivity advantages of Microsoft Azure: vertical focus

IT World

Companies are looking to do more in this area because customers increasingly favor vendors with a strong focus on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) values. The environmental part is currently getting the most focus because it is in the public’s eye with concerns around climate change driving vendor and solution choices.

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Why Cloud Adoption Demands Better Internal Billing

Blulogix

From statewide digital transformation initiatives to university research platforms running on AWS and Azure, cloud services have become essential infrastructure. Cloud providers like AWS and Microsoft Azure dont operate on fixed fees. Its about governance, efficiency, and trust. Schedule a Demo Today Cloud Is Usage-Based.

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Product tip Tuesday: Automation with Entra ID

BetterCloud

Managing Azure cloud services can feel like swimming upstream. You’ve got Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), Intune, a whole bunch of other services, and then there’s the constant pressure to protect your data and keep costs under control. Why Azure Automation isnt always enough Azure Automation is greatuntil it isnt.

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Global AI Race: Top 7 Countries Leading Full-Stack AI in 2025

How To Buy Saas

Governments and companies now invest billions: the U.S. This fuels a robust ecosystem of AI chips (Nvidia, AMD), cloud AI services (AWS Sagemaker, Azure AI, Google Cloud AI), and SaaS integration (Salesforce Einstein, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Adobe Firefly). Government invests £2 B in AI infrastructure as part of EU collaboration.

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How Chargeback Makes IT Strategic in the Eyes of the CFO

Blulogix

For CIOs looking to elevate ITs role in the enterprise or government agency, thats a problem. It delivers critical servicesbut from a financial perspective, its a black box. Costs come in, bills go out, and leadership is left wondering: Where is the value? And the solution isnt just better serviceits better financial visibility.

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Audit-Proof IT: Building a GASB-Compliant Internal Billing System

Blulogix

By BluLogix Team Audit-Proof IT: Building a GASB-Compliant Internal Billing System In government and higher education, IT spending isnt just about efficiencyits about accountability. CIOs and IT finance leaders are expected to track every dollar, justify every allocation, and survive every audit.

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Tabular: Turning Your Data Swamp into a Data Lakehouse with Apache Iceberg

Clouded Judgement

Data Lakehouses provide the crucial piece of infrastructure for foundation models to securely and efficiently access both structured and unstructured data with governance intelligently wrapped around it. Just terrible performance…), (3) there’s no real security / governance, and (4) data quality controls don’t exist.

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