The enterprise CIO is moving to a consumption-first paradigm

The enterprise CIO is moving to a consumption-first paradigm

Take yourself back a couple of decades and the IT industry looked very different than it does today. Back then the number of solution choices was relatively limited and only available to those with the finances to afford it. Many of the core services had to be built from the ground up. Why? There simply wasn’t the volume or maturity of the IT marketplace for core services. Today, that picture is very different! For […]

How to Break Down the OpEx vs. CapEx Cloud Computing Debate

How to Break Down the OpEx vs. CapEx Cloud Computing Debate

The debate about the economic benefits of cloud computing is intense, and is commonly boiled down to a talking point labelled OpEx vs. CapEx. Very often, like many talking points, the headline conflict is really a stalking horse that conceals the true source of conflict. In the case of OpEx vs. CapEx, what often underlies the discussion is really an indirect, coded debate about the future of IT infrastructure and operations groups: Will they […]

Goldman Sachs is a tech company

Goldman Sachs is a tech company

Reuters/Carlo Allegri Why is this man smiling? He’s got an army of programmers that would make some Silicon Valley CEOs green with envy. “Every year, Lloyd would give the tech division an annual speech, saying how we were a tech company,” a former Goldman Sachs engineer said to Business Insider. Lloyd is Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs. And believe it or not, Goldman has more programmers and engineers working […]