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Hyperscale cloud: Expectations versus reality

Isaac Douglas — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:54:00 +0000

With all the marketing around hyperscale cloud, you’d assume that adopting it would be easy and simple. And the irony is that it once was. When first brought to market, hyperscalers like AWS, Azure and GCP wanted to ensure their services were straightforward. But as time has gone on, these solutions have become much more […]

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Mastering SaaS contract management: 5 key strategies for IT leaders

Giulio D’Ali — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:08:00 +0000

In today’s fast-paced business world, organisations rely heavily on SaaS (Software as a Service) applications to drive efficiency, reduce costs and foster innovation. However, with this growing dependence on software comes the complex task of effectively managing SaaS contracts. Without robust contract management practices, organisations risk inefficiencies, hidden costs, non-compliance and missed opportunities to optimise […]

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What’s driving the SaaS consolidation wave?

Laura Friend — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 06:42:00 +0000

The SaaS industry is undergoing a significant transformation. In the past, organisations were open to adopting a range of specialised tools en masse. But now, the pendulum is beginning to swing in the other direction. Facing unwieldy tech stacks, fragmented data and considerable overspend, more and more companies are shifting to a strategy focused on […]

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UK government embarks on £366 million cloud migration for core systems

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:29:06 +0000

To modernise legacy software across multiple central government departments, the UK government has committed up to £366 million ($461 million) to upgrade key ERP, HR, and finance systems by transitioning them to the cloud. As reported by The Register, SAP has signed a £246 million ($310 million) agreement with His Majesty’s Customs & Revenue (HMRC) […]

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ManageEngine unveils SaaS management solution to help deal with SaaS sprawl

Duncan MacRae — Fri, 24 May 2024 09:31:00 +0000

ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corporation and a leading provider of enterprise IT management solutions, has launched SaaS Manager Plus, a SaaS management solution for enterprises. SaaS Manager Plus integrates with Zoho apps and other widely utilised applications, empowering IT admins and finance managers to streamline their SaaS ecosystems and identify cost-saving opportunities for better […]

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HCLSoftware collaborates with AWS to provide SaaS products on AWS

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 09:21:44 +0000

HCLSoftware, a provider of enterprise software solutions, has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS that will allow customers to consume the HCLSoftware portfolio as cloud native SaaS in AWS Marketplace simplifying their procurement and deployment process. With Cloud-native architectures leveraging Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, HCLSoftware portfolio can seamlessly integrate into customers’ existing cloud environments, […]

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SaaS pricing inflation growing 4x faster than market inflation

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 05:53:45 +0000

Inflation has dominated the financial news landscape in 2022. In many markets, the consumer price index (CPI), has reached its highest point in a generation. This growth in the cost of ‘things’ also applies to software. Almost every organisation has come to rely on SaaS to conduct business, from communications tools like Slack and Zoom […]

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Citrix to privatise and merge with Tibco following £12.1bn acquisition

Fin Strathern — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:28:20 +0000

US cloud services provider Citrix has been acquired for $16.5 billion (£12.1bn) and will be privatised and merged with data analysis software developer Tibco Software. The buyout comes from Elliot Investment Management and Vista Equity Partners, the latter of which has owned Tibco since 2014. Following weeks of reports of negotiations, the acquisition deal has […]

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Google Cloud and SAP expand partnership for business transformation

Fin Strathern — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:23:07 +0000

Google Cloud has expanded its strategic partnership with German software company SAP to accelerate business transformations in the cloud. Together, the two corporations also plan to help customers migrate critical business systems to the cloud and augment existing systems with Google’s capabilities in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Rob Enslin, president at Google Cloud, said: […]

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Cloud account compromises costs organisations £4.5m annually

Fin Strathern — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:47:00 +0000

The average cost of cloud account compromises reached $6.2 million (£4.5m) over a 12-month period according to more than 600 IT and IT security professionals in the US. This finding is the most revealing of many from a new report on ‘The Cost of Cloud Compromise and Shadow IT’ released by Proofpoint, a cybersecurity and […]

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