Melanie Posey is a research director at S&P Global Market Intelligence. She leads the Cloud & Managed Services Transformation team and manages the Voice of the Enterprise cloud survey. Melanie has a long history as a technology industry analyst. In 2016, she joined 451 Research (acquired by S&P Global in 2019), bringing experience in strategy analysis, forecasting and enterprise/consumer insight for the cloud, hosting, IT services and telecommunications markets. Her current research focus is the impact of the cloud operating model on the IT industry, including the changing dynamics of enterprise IT, vendor and service provider strategies, and the ways cloud has evolved into a platform for digital innovation, transformation and implementation of emerging technologies. Throughout her career, Melanie has been a go-to commentator for the business and technology trade press and is a frequent speaker at industry and client events. She holds a master’s degree in international relations/international economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, a division of Johns Hopkins University, a master’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a bachelor’s degree in French from Amherst College.
IT professionals have choices when it comes to finding the right venue for various workloads, but the challenge is selecting and implementing the best alternative. Take five minutes to read five Voice of the Customer qualitative interview comments and what they mean.
The intense focus on driving business value from application modernization and cloud transformation continues against the ongoing backdrop of macroeconomic uncertainty and the promise of generative AI. Improvements in IT operational costs and customer experience remain top drivers of organizations' efforts, as business outcomes and use cases underpin the infrastructure and application upgrades associated with IT modernization. Fielded from April 30 through June 20, 2024, this report analyzes organizations' progress in updating their IT estates, drivers and inhibitors, and approaches to IT modernization.
The latest release of the flagship VMware Cloud Foundation platform builds on the portfolio consolidation undertaken since its sale to Broadcom closed in November 2023. Operational consistency, license portability and a public cloud-like experience for developers are key priorities.
Organizations using or planning to use cloud cost management (FinOps) tools and practices report a variety of optimization measures in use or in plan. Take five minutes to read five Voice of the Customer qualitative interview comments and what they mean.
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