Microsoft, Google build out cloud capacity as AI powers consumption

Both hyperscalers expect to increase data center infrastructure investments this year to meet growing customer demand for AI computing.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 31, 2024

IBM leans hard on consulting, governance to drive AI business

“Just as we quickly ramped a meaningful practice around Red Hat to address the hybrid cloud opportunity, we are on a similar trajectory with generative AI,” CEO Arvind Krishna said.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 25, 2024

IT teams grapple with AI data complexity

Skills gaps, compliance issues and siloed data slow enterprise modernization as generative AI adoption puts infrastructure to the test.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 23, 2024

Can FinOps save cloud from itself in 2024?

Mistakes were made. Budgets ballooned. Repatriations commenced. Now, enterprises are learning from costly migrations.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 22, 2024

IBM buys Advanced’s mainframe modernization unit to deepen consulting bench

The deal also bolsters IBM’s broader hybrid cloud strategy, complementing the application refactoring capabilities of watsonx Code Assistant for Z.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 19, 2024

PC price hikes loom as enterprises enter device refresh cycle

The market declined nearly 15% in 2023, but Gartner expects sustained positive growth lies ahead.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 18, 2024

Nvidia unveils laptop AI chip, developer toolkit

The GPU manufacturer is expanding its enterprise IT ambitions and portfolio as the race to deploy LLMs closer to the business user intensifies.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 10, 2024

Should CIOs worry about the GPU shortage?

Chipmakers, hyperscalers and other IT providers are rushing to deliver the processors enterprises need for generative AI initiatives.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 4, 2024

Intel infuses PCs with AI chips as enterprise refresh rush nears

The chipmaker’s Core Ultra mobile processors will power more than 230 PC models from Dell, Lenovo, Microsoft and others.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 18, 2023

Oracle embarks on data center building spree

The company had “billions of dollars more in contracted demand than we currently can supply," CTO Larry Ellison said Monday.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 12, 2023

‘Tis the season for a retail tech-stack rethink

An influx of in-store technologies has CIOs leaning toward cloud for integration solutions, according to research by Bain and Aptos.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 12, 2023

Cloud customers undeterred by cost, billing complexity

Most companies are satisfied with their primary provider, Forrester research found. But compliance, resilience and flexibility are luring them to multicloud.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 11, 2023

AWS is still trying to cut cloud costs

Just weeks after joining the FinOps Foundation, the leading hyperscaler unveiled infrastructure and service enhancements to help customers optimize data, spending and compute.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 29, 2023

Nvidia revenues soar amid hyperscaler AI rush

The chipmaker's products underpin the AI services at the center of an enterprise adoption wave, but research and development are still underway.

By Matt Ashare • Updated Feb. 22, 2024

3 reasons to avoid cloud repatriation: Forrester

Migrations don’t always go as planned, but shifting applications back to on-prem data centers isn’t a slam dunk either.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 9, 2023

Normalized billing, sovereignty to shape cloud in 2024: Forrester

Bowing to customer demand, providers will also address data center sustainability and introduce prompt engineering services, the firm expects.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 2, 2023

Inside Kyndryl’s sprint to decouple IT from IBM

Ahead of a Nov. 3 deadline, CIO Michael Bradshaw detailed the company’s push to rebuild IT, moving 1,800 applications to an all-cloud infrastructure in two years.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 31, 2023

Microsoft grows cloud business, banks on full-stack AI strategy

Large language models and the generative AI tools they power aren’t the only driver of Azure usage and revenue growth — but the technology has gained traction.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 25, 2023

Hyperscaler data center capacity to nearly triple by 2029

Cloud providers are building new infrastructure and retrofitting systems to prepare for high-intensity generative AI workloads, according to Synergy Research Group.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 20, 2023

Google challenges AWS, boosts cloud database speed, performance

Upgrades to the company’s Cloud Spanner service increase transaction efficiency by 50%, effectively cutting costs in half, according to the company.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 12, 2023

PC market set to shake prolonged post-pandemic contraction

“The business PC market is ready for the next replacement cycle, driven by the Windows 11 upgrades,” Gartner Director Analyst Mikako Kitagawa said.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 10, 2023

UK regulators ‘concerned’ about AWS, Microsoft amid cloud market probe

Following a yearlong inquiry into competitive practices, Ofcom referred the public cloud infrastructure market to the Competition and Markets Authority for further investigation.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 5, 2023

After a long AWS migration, Choice Hotels will close its last data center

The company leveraged a one-cloud strategy to bring Radisson Hotels Americas' systems into the tech stack in less than a year, CIO Brian Kirkland said.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 29, 2023

What Cisco learned about Mac vs. PC in the enterprise

A year-long internal trial revealed MacBooks were less vulnerable to cyber threats than PCs, and less expensive over time, according to SVP and CIO Fletcher Previn.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 21, 2023

Oracle plugs AI into industry clouds, deepens Nvidia partnership

The hyperscaler announced generative AI enhancements to its customer service and healthcare platforms at Oracle CloudWorld 2023.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 19, 2023