How the combination of cloud and AI is influencing IT investment strategy

Source:- cloudcomputing-news.net The pace of change from a traditional capital-intensive IT infrastructure model to a more flexible hybrid multi-cloud services model is influencing enterprise spending trends across the globe. Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.79 trillion in 2019 — that’s an increase of just 1.1 percent from 2018, according to the latest global market study by Gartner. IT infrastructure market development “Currency headwinds fuelled by the strengthening US dollar have caused us to revise our 2019 IT spending forecast down

Agile and DevOps: Better together?

Source:- zdnet.com Organisations across Europe believe that using an Agile methodology for software development can vastly improve the customer experience, while using DevOps can boost revenue from new sources. A new report commissioned by software company CA said that 67 percent of UK organisations using an Agile methodology saw an improvement in customer experience, while firms using DevOps practices report a 38 percent increase in business growth from new revenue sources. In addition, Agile reduces the time needed to act