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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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In the future, over 50% of any organization's workforce will be remote at any given time.

Team & Organizational Design Outsourcing & Managed Services

Agree

Disagree

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Which cloud provider do you use for your Enterprise Data Warehousing needs?

Data & Analytics Business Intelligence Storage

Google Cloud Platform - BigQuery

Amazon Web Services - Redshift

Microsoft - Azure

Snowflake

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How large is your department?

Team & Organizational Design

< 5 individuals

6-10 individuals

11-20 individuals

> 20 individuals

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Is AI going to affect the number of jobs in your company in the next 12 months?

Culture & Values AI & Machine Learning

Yes, more jobs created

Yes, jobs lost to AI

Other (please comment)

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Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader is considered disruptive technology

True

False

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Which IT leaders are most responsible for culture and staffing at a company?

Strategy & Architecture Culture & Values

CIO

CTO

VP of IT

Director

CISO

Other, please specify.

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What is the biggest limitation to having a remote team?

Talent Management & Performance

Different time schedules/time zones.

Lack of technology allowing for meaningful or productive communication.

Clash of cultures in different countries.

Other, please specify.

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Are you using a cloud management platform (cost, asset management, orchestration, security, etc) for managing cloud workloads?

Cloud Security & GRC Financial Management+5 more

Yes

Planning to

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Has the quality of service from your outsourcing dipped as a result of COVID-19?

People & Leadership Process Management Outsourcing & Managed Services

Yes

We don't use outsourced teams

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If you have experience in insourcing IT staff, is there anything you would suggest, share or recommend?

Process Management

Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities21 days ago

In my experience, the one thing to be crystal clear on is why you're doing it and to adjust your strategy and expectations accordingly. It will be hard to meet multiple objectives at once. For example you may have these goals:
1- ...read more

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What do you think about BYOL for Suse, Redhat in Cloud? Is it better to buy the license directly with Cloud Instance or BYOL with a standard contract and no specific benefits?

Cloud

Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities6 months ago

Purchasing licenses in the cloud has its advantages. You don't need to worry about license expiration dates, there are no additional procurement processes, and no need to configure license bindings. Additionally, you won't ...read more

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How do you suggest to manage the following debate. We are migrating to AWS and lot of applications are using F5. We are trying to convince network to use the native products (EBS in this case). Any suggestions or recommendations?

Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities8 months ago

Generally, selections would be based upon experience, requirements, cost analysis, etc. If the native PaaS services from AWS are market-wise accepted as good, they match the requirements of your company, and are cheaper TCO-wise ...read more

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If you have experience in insourcing IT staff, is there anything you would suggest, share or recommend?

Process Management

Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities21 days ago

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As you plan for 2025, what new tech or key projects are you prioritizing in your IT budget?

Process Management

Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities22 days ago

AI is one area where we are prioritising many projects to improve the efficiency of our teams

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In the shift to a product operating model in IT, where is the “product owner” role situated in this model? Does it sit in the IT organization or does it belong in the business functions?

Cloud

Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities4 months ago

If the "product" is IaaS, PaaS in IT. if SaaS probably in Business, but it depends on organization and who own the budget for products.

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With the ever-changing Microsoft ecosystem, how are you adapting your support organization for Copilot for M365? Do you have a separate product owner?

Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities4 months ago

It is still too early. We are evaluating the "impact" before to set a product owner. First activity is to train people, so massive training or guidelines initiatives with training team.

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Looking to get some insight on how you manage PC accessories and peripherals for your new hires. Does the new hire pay for everything themselves (aside from their PC and mobile phone) or do you give them stipends of a certain amount? Do you choose accessories (like headsets, mice, keyboards) for them? How often can they order replacement accessories like a new headset? How often do you review compliance to spend policies from every department?

Relationship Management

Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities4 months ago

We provide the necessary tools for working, laptop, mobile, headset, mice, a little docking station when new hire is onboarding. This facilitates standardization (and service desk activities). in addition is helpful in vendors' ...read more

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What do you think about BYOL for Suse, Redhat in Cloud? Is it better to buy the license directly with Cloud Instance or BYOL with a standard contract and no specific benefits?

Cloud

Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities6 months ago

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How do you suggest to manage the following debate. We are migrating to AWS and lot of applications are using F5. We are trying to convince network to use the native products (EBS in this case). Any suggestions or recommendations?

Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities8 months ago

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Which tech conference do you intend to attend in person next year or have already participated in this year, and what motivated your choice?

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Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilitiesa year ago

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Top lessons learned from your data cloud migration journey?

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Andrea FumagalliCloud Transformation Lead in Energy and Utilities2 years ago

Have a strategy of minimalistic initial configurations. Our engineers were over sizing environments on every vector [CPUs, Storage, DB size, performance, data flows]. We went way over budget and systems were grossly under ...read more

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Content Andrea is Following

Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

In the future, over 50% of any organization's workforce will be remote at any given time.

Which cloud provider do you use for your Enterprise Data Warehousing needs?

How large is your department?

Is AI going to affect the number of jobs in your company in the next 12 months?

Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader is considered disruptive technology

Which IT leaders are most responsible for culture and staffing at a company?

What is the biggest limitation to having a remote team?

Are you using a cloud management platform (cost, asset management, orchestration, security, etc) for managing cloud workloads?

Has the quality of service from your outsourcing dipped as a result of COVID-19?

If you have experience in insourcing IT staff, is there anything you would suggest, share or recommend?

What do you think about BYOL for Suse, Redhat in Cloud? Is it better to buy the license directly with Cloud Instance or BYOL with a standard contract and no specific benefits?

How do you suggest to manage the following debate. We are migrating to AWS and lot of applications are using F5. We are trying to convince network to use the native products (EBS in this case). Any suggestions or recommendations?

If you have experience in insourcing IT staff, is there anything you would suggest, share or recommend?

As you plan for 2025, what new tech or key projects are you prioritizing in your IT budget?

In the shift to a product operating model in IT, where is the “product owner” role situated in this model? Does it sit in the IT organization or does it belong in the business functions?

With the ever-changing Microsoft ecosystem, how are you adapting your support organization for Copilot for M365? Do you have a separate product owner?

What do you think about BYOL for Suse, Redhat in Cloud? Is it better to buy the license directly with Cloud Instance or BYOL with a standard contract and no specific benefits?

How do you suggest to manage the following debate. We are migrating to AWS and lot of applications are using F5. We are trying to convince network to use the native products (EBS in this case). Any suggestions or recommendations?

Which tech conference do you intend to attend in person next year or have already participated in this year, and what motivated your choice?

Top lessons learned from your data cloud migration journey?

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Content Andrea is Following

Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

In the future, over 50% of any organization's workforce will be remote at any given time.

Which cloud provider do you use for your Enterprise Data Warehousing needs?

How large is your department?

Is AI going to affect the number of jobs in your company in the next 12 months?

Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader is considered disruptive technology

Which IT leaders are most responsible for culture and staffing at a company?

What is the biggest limitation to having a remote team?

Are you using a cloud management platform (cost, asset management, orchestration, security, etc) for managing cloud workloads?

Has the quality of service from your outsourcing dipped as a result of COVID-19?

If you have experience in insourcing IT staff, is there anything you would suggest, share or recommend?

What do you think about BYOL for Suse, Redhat in Cloud? Is it better to buy the license directly with Cloud Instance or BYOL with a standard contract and no specific benefits?

How do you suggest to manage the following debate. We are migrating to AWS and lot of applications are using F5. We are trying to convince network to use the native products (EBS in this case). Any suggestions or recommendations?

If you have experience in insourcing IT staff, is there anything you would suggest, share or recommend?

As you plan for 2025, what new tech or key projects are you prioritizing in your IT budget?

In the shift to a product operating model in IT, where is the “product owner” role situated in this model? Does it sit in the IT organization or does it belong in the business functions?

With the ever-changing Microsoft ecosystem, how are you adapting your support organization for Copilot for M365? Do you have a separate product owner?

What do you think about BYOL for Suse, Redhat in Cloud? Is it better to buy the license directly with Cloud Instance or BYOL with a standard contract and no specific benefits?

How do you suggest to manage the following debate. We are migrating to AWS and lot of applications are using F5. We are trying to convince network to use the native products (EBS in this case). Any suggestions or recommendations?

Which tech conference do you intend to attend in person next year or have already participated in this year, and what motivated your choice?

Top lessons learned from your data cloud migration journey?