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    SAP, Snowflake partner to unite cloud products

    Users of SAP's Business Data Cloud will be able to access Snowflake’s AI and data platform as part of the collaboration announced Tuesday. 

    By • Nov. 5, 2025
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    Clorox blames Q1 sales drop on elongated ERP overhaul

    The company says the majority of the implementation is complete as executives shift focus to rebuilding momentum.

    By • Nov. 4, 2025
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    Digital transformation

    Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    OpenAI, AWS sign $38B compute deal

    The agreement marks the first major hyperscaler infrastructure partnership announced by the AI company since its corporate restructuring.

    By • Nov. 3, 2025
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    AWS revenue jumps 20% to $33B in third quarter

    The uptick in growth might indicate that CIOs are moving from a cost savings to a project investment mindset, according to one analyst.

    By • Oct. 31, 2025
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    Microsoft reports $49B in cloud revenue despite capacity woes

    In the midst of an outage, Microsoft’s CFO reported that its Azure revenue growth was hampered by a capacity shortage that will continue throughout its fiscal 2026.

    By • Oct. 30, 2025
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    Amazon cuts 14K jobs in AI-fueled reorganization

    The company said the layoffs will result in a leaner structure as it responds to broader market changes driven by AI adoption.

    By • Oct. 28, 2025
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    4 tips for evaluating cloud AI providers

    Leaning into vendor relationships and considering the AI environments best tied to business goals can help shape an effective cloud AI strategy, according to Gartner.

    By • Oct. 28, 2025
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    Evolving cloud strategy: Why sovereignty and regional autonomy matter more than ever

    The significance of sovereignty and regional autonomy is increasingly critical in today's digital landscape.

    By Sandeep Modhvadia, Chief Product Officer, Wind River • Oct. 27, 2025
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    SAP focuses on cloud gains, touts agentic AI plan

    Executives pointed to the company’s cloud revenue as an indicator of future growth as customers adopt products across the SAP Business Suite.

    By • Oct. 23, 2025
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    AI shapes cloud spend amid adoption efforts

    AI adoption is increasing enterprise cloud spending, pushing CIOs to balance cost management with multicloud strategies and energy-intensive infrastructure.

    By • Oct. 21, 2025
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    AWS outage puts spotlight on IT durability

    The downtime serves as a reminder to CIOs that recovery strategies separate from their primary cloud vendor are key to business continuity.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
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    Tech vendors switch up pricing models to offset rising cloud costs

    Significant delivery costs for AI products and soaring cloud spend is driving providers to reassess pricing structures, according to a Revenera report.

    By • Oct. 17, 2025
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    AI-optimized IaaS spend will more than double in 2026

    Infrastructure as a service for AI is skyrocketing among enterprises while tech giants continue to forge partnerships and make their own deep investments. 

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    Oracle teams up with AMD, Nvidia to boost cloud infrastructure

    The company is leaning on the chipmakers to amplify its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offerings as AI demand grows. 

    By • Oct. 14, 2025
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    CIOs will gravitate toward purpose-built infrastructure in 2026

    Companies are preparing to align their systems with growing AI use as executives seek lower cloud costs, according to Info-Tech Research Group.

    By • Oct. 10, 2025
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    SAP opens data pipeline to Google Cloud

    The ERP provider linked its Business Data Cloud to the hyperscaler’s BigQuery platform with more integrations to follow, the company announced Monday.

    By Matt Ashare • Oct. 8, 2025
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    Cloud marketplace sales set to skyrocket by 2030

    Multiyear enterprise cloud commitments will lead software sales to increase more than fivefold in the next five years, according to Omdia.

    By • Oct. 7, 2025
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    OpenAI taps AMD for massive compute buildout

    The two companies will deploy six gigawatts of GPU capacity beginning next year, the latest effort to build out data center infrastructure.

    By Matt Ashare • Oct. 6, 2025
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    What Wipro’s global CIO learned about AI cost overruns

    “AI without the right process orchestration is a very expensive experiment,” Kenny Kesar said.

    By Matt Ashare • Oct. 6, 2025
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    Generative AI drives cloud spend blitz

    Public cloud spend will increase fourfold over the next three years, largely driven by growing generative AI workloads, according to TD Cowen.

    By • Oct. 3, 2025
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    SaaS spend jumps amid shifts in the vendor landscape

    Consumption-based pricing has left many companies struggling to track spending, leading to a proliferation of underutilized “shelfware,” according to BCG.

    By Matt Ashare • Oct. 2, 2025
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    AWS taps BCG executive for EU sovereign cloud unit

    Stéphane Israël will serve as managing director for the division, which is set to launch by the end of the year.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 29, 2025
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    VMware customers face crossroads as Broadcom ends vSphere 7 support

    “If you don't upgrade or renew, whatever the case might be, you will not get support from Broadcom,” said Spinnaker Support CTO Iain Saunderson.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 29, 2025
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    SAP’s ERP support services raise antitrust concerns in EU

    SAP isn’t the first tech company scrutinized for its business practices. It could eventually be forced to make concessions to avoid hefty fines.

    By • Sept. 25, 2025
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    Data center crunch leads businesses to play the long game

    A rise in demand for AI services is propelling IT leaders to plan for capacity as far as five years in advance. 

    By • Sept. 23, 2025