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Cost Optimization

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Cost optimization is a business-focused, continuous discipline to drive spending and cost reduction while maximizing business value.

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Does your IT team or your HR team absorb the costs of HR technology?

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Can using MSSPs reduce your cyber insurance premium?

Yes62%

No24%

It depends (please elaborate in a comment)8%

Not sure5%

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Are any of your IT budget items recession-proof? Which ones?

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How can leaders improve their cybersecurity posture when dealing with budget constraints?

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Which types of cloud management tools are you using to manage cloud costs?

Traditional on-premises management tools27%

Cloud management platforms (CMPs)66%

Best-of-breed cloud management tools34%

Tools available within public cloud platforms20%

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What are the top challenges you face in managing cloud spending? And how do you expect those might change in the year ahead?

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How do you keep your software engineers’ tech stack standardized and under control? Will take any and all tips on how to fight sprawl and simplify.

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Would love to hear from anyone who has successfully taken a more proactive approach to cloud cost-savings versus a reactive approach? What strategies or tactics have been key in your success?

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Can you share examples of using data analytics to identify cost optimization opportunities in IT?

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Is anyone else second guessing moving everything to cloud because of costs? Who else is reconsidering planned cloud migrations OR considering rolling back workloads into your own infrastructure?

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Are you familiar with the SAMOSA bill (Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act) currently moving through the U.S. Senate?

Yes, we’re watching it closely in my org as it impacts us directly19%

Yes, I’m familiar, but it doesn’t impact us53%

No, I haven’t heard of it before but I’m interested18%

No, I’m not familiar and it doesn’t impact my work9%

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The Service Desk Team is working thousands of tickets related to hardware accessories. These are a lot of small tasks and inefficient manual deliveries. We are looking for a Self Service Portal for ordering and direct delivery, without going through IT. Has anyone implemented this kind of Self Service? What about Amazon's capabilities - as they are good at shipping items globally? How do we control this?

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Public cloud orgs: what’s the most impactful way you’ve found to control cloud costs?

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What are you doing to budget for cloud egress costs?

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How are you dealing with software price increases? Are you renegotiating contracts, exploring new vendors, or implementing alternative cost-saving measures?

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How do you avoid underestimating the expenses associated with cloud migration?

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