Why big data needs DevOps? The process of extracting accurate and meaningful insights from big data is tough. And it becomes even more challenging with a lack of coordination between big data software developers and IT operations, which is prevelant in most enterprises. Even though IT organizations often practice sound DevOps strategies for other supported applications, big data projects remain in siloes for a variety of reasons.

Big data science is a complex concept, especially the analytical sciences portion of big data, which has steered several IT leaders to abandon the DevOps processes and procedures completely. The…

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Contracts clicktracts and shaketracts! It is an inevitable fact that with the advent of digital business initiatives, new contracting approaches are evolving. Nowadays, traditional outsourcing contract approaches are proving to be inadequate to deliver the speed and innovation provided by businesses.

Hence, these traditional approaches are fading away. Service providers are now recognizing the changing demands and have started researching and reworking on their approaches. This research has suggested two new…

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How can midsized enterprises manage vendors effectively? In today's market, vendors are vital to your success. They are at the core of many of your company's activities and processes. In spite of this importance, vendor management is neither well understood nor correctly implemented in the business world.

Traditionally, procurement was a simple process including a department buying goods and services. At that time, companies did not understand the importance of managing your relationship with these vendors. Many…

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4 things you need to know about application consolidation Application consolidation lets you run multiple, independent applications on optimized hardware. It enables you to streamline your resources and remove redundant functionalities. Also, it reduces complexity and allows better utilization of computing resources. This is why several companies having bloated application portfolios turn to application consolidation

Even though application consolidation offers several benefits, consolidation projects have a high risk of failure. This is because many consolidation projects are poorly planned, costly, and time-consuming. This results in…

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Application Rationalization: 5 steps to success Today, majority of enterprises have thousands of applications deployed on their network. But, many of them tend to use fewer applications then what they have currently. Also, they lack the discipline to remove older and obsolete applications. This leads to application bloating which has become a significant problem to companies causing a loss of millions of dollars a year.

Thus, many organizations are resorting to application consolidation. In our previous blog, we spoke about different ways to consolidate your applications. Out of those steps, application rationalizations provide huge scope…

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Service providers need to make the link explicit for IT buyers IT buyers need help from IT providers to link the business impact and scope of a particular solution to their key metrics - something they aren't always able to understand themselves. When providers are unable to form a link between a buyer’s objectives and the value they offer, it becomes hard for the buyers to prioritize their investments to a particular provider.

This is one complication which presents an opportunity for providers who want to become more customer-focused, especially as they attempt to get themselves closer to the buyer’s journey. All providers…

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