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    20/06/2025

    A comprehensive guide for cloud architects on implementing multi-cloud strategies to optimize flexibility, scalability, and resilience.

    Categories: #Cloud Computing, #Multi-Cloud, #Architecture, #Strategy, #Innovation

  • 📝 Broadcom-VMware Impact Study

    13/06/2025

    Forrester’s market impact study examining how Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware is reshaping enterprise IT priorities, vendor relationships, and long-term infrastructure strategies across sectors.

    Categories: #VMware, #Broadcom, #IT Strategy, #Infrastructure Transformation, #Enterprise Architecture

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    13/06/2025

    A comprehensive guide to Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps), offering practical methods to align cloud usage with business goals through accountability, cost transparency, and continuous optimisation.

    Categories: #FinOps, #Cloud Cost Management, #Cloud Strategy, #Cloud Economics, #IT Finance

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    13/06/2025

    Cloud Strategy and Infrastructure – a comprehensive overview of strategic approaches, architectural principles, and economic considerations in cloud computing and modern infrastructure.

    Categories: #Cloud Strategy, #Cloud Infrastructure, #Cloud Migration, #Cloud Economics

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    13/06/2025

    A transformative synthesis of Gartner’s 2024 HCI Magic Quadrant, integrating analyst insight with independent commentary, post-VMware strategy analysis, real-world deployment contexts, and adjacent perspectives from cloud-native, edge computing, and open infrastructure evolution. This guide reframes the HCI landscape through the lens of resilience, vendor neutrality, and enterprise modernization.

    Categories: #HCI, #Gartner, #Cloud Infrastructure, #Enterprise IT, #Virtualisation