How News Corp is uniting 10 business units and 25,000 employees in a global IT push

Computerworld IT Management/Outsourcing October 05, 2015 How News Corp is uniting 10 business units and 25,000 employees in a global IT push Among the initial goals for the new IT transformation: to get 75% of News Corp's computing power onto the cloud within three years, to consolidate its 50 data centers down to six, and to achieve $100 million in savings over three years. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Recent court ruling may have nudged Google, Microsoft to settle patent disputes 2. Sprint layoffs likely as part of cost-reduction plan 3. IDG Contributor Network: 6 steps for digital transformation 4. INSIDER Read CW's October digital magazine! Webcast: IBM Data Movement at Maximum Speed If you could move your data anywhere in the world, how would it transform your business? With Aspera, customers can transfer unlimited numbers of files of any size at high speed, predictably and reliably, at long distances, and with complete security. 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