Tech unemployment rate dips slightly in May as hiring rebounds

Mixed signals persisted in May, with the overall economy adding 45,000 technology jobs and the tech sector shedding 4,725, according to CompTIA.

By Matt Ashare • June 2, 2023

How the AI boom is transforming engineering at Google Cloud

“We don’t think that one model rules them all or that the bigger the model the better it is, so we are helping customers find the right size at the right cost,” said Google Cloud’s Chen Goldberg. 

By Matt Ashare • June 2, 2023

Salesforce flags waning demand for long transformation projects

Customer interest is shifting toward "quick wins" amid the current macroeconomic environment, President and COO Brian Millham said.

By Roberto Torres • June 1, 2023

Snowflake leans on supply chain solution to offset cooling growth

"Supply chain management is one of the few remaining realms in enterprise software that has struggled to platform itself," CEO Frank Slootman said.

By Matt Ashare • May 30, 2023

Snowflake feels the pinch of tightened cloud spend

“We are operating in an unsettled demand environment, and we see this reflected in consumption patterns across the board,” CEO Frank Slootman said.

By Matt Ashare • May 25, 2023

Cloud is so endemic, CIOs only mention it in passing

Shiny new technologies are capturing the spotlight, rendering the strategies behind on-demand infrastructure and software nearly invisible.

By Matt Ashare • May 24, 2023

How to say no as a CIO

Greenlighting digital transformation doesn’t mean approving every potentially innovative project — especially in a challenging economy.

By Matt Ashare • May 24, 2023

Modernizing your approach to data can reap big rewards. Here’s how.

Learn how cloud data can provide benefits to business operations and how it introduces layers of security for organizations all around.

By Srinivasan Swaminatha, Managing Director, AWS Platform Services, TEKsystems • May 22, 2023

How CIOs overcome internal resistance to digital transformation

Modernization requires realigning company culture to support innovation — and executive leadership can drive that change.

By Matt Ashare • May 17, 2023

Microsoft readies full deployment of cloud tailored for public sector

A year into testing platform solutions for governments, the company has installed sovereign landing zones, tighter encryption capabilities and new transparency policies to build public cloud trust.

By Matt Ashare • May 16, 2023

If your cloud mix isn’t working, tweak the recipe

CIOs must understand the long-term costs associated with cloud, shaping a multicloud strategy by design — not by default.

By Mindy Cancila • May 15, 2023

Cloud modernization boosts market valuation, Deloitte finds

Strategic cloud investments amplify the impact of other technologies on how investors value companies, the consulting firm found.

By Matt Ashare • May 12, 2023

SolarWinds turns to Infosys to accelerate SaaS shift

The move eases the transition from on-prem to cloud-based software that was already underway, President and CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna said.

By Matt Ashare • May 11, 2023

IBM pins hybrid cloud strategy to generative AI play

The machine learning pioneer joins AWS, Microsoft and Google in the race to deploy the latest iteration of large language model technology.

By Matt Ashare • May 10, 2023

Deloitte working with Google Cloud to build enterprise-grade AI solutions

The consulting firm will integrate large language model capabilities into new business applications for financial services, marketing and other use cases.

By Matt Ashare • May 9, 2023

The AI boom is reshaping the cloud business

To support generative AI models, AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud are investing in infrastructure and maneuvering to manage cost.

By Matt Ashare • May 8, 2023

AI reignites investor optimism in topsy-turvy cloud market

New and emerging AI capabilities provide a potential counter to the slowing effects of economic uncertainty.

By Matt Ashare • May 5, 2023

FinOps Foundation moves to create a common language for cloud bills

The association is standing up a steering committee, which includes Microsoft and Google, to help standardize cloud cost, usage and billing data.

By Matt Ashare • May 3, 2023

Google Cloud braces for AI compute costs, ramps up data center investments

“This is important work as we continue to significantly invest in infrastructure to drive our many AI opportunities,” Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said during an earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • May 1, 2023

AWS revenue growth slows as cloud market expands

Revenue growth has slowed for Amazon’s cloud division as customers seek cost savings in workload optimization.

By Matt Ashare • April 28, 2023

Google Cloud and Microsoft tease plans to integrate generative AI into core products

Each hyperscaler used recent earnings calls to highlight the momentum and eagerness its customers have for the new technology. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • April 26, 2023

Microsoft stabilizes cloud revenue growth, renews cost optimization pledge

The tech giant remains committed to helping customers get the most value out of their digital spend, CEO Satya Nadella said during an earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • April 26, 2023

Google Cloud finally turns a profit

The third-largest cloud provider generated $191 million in Q1 2023 operating income, its parent company Alphabet reported.

By Matt Ashare • April 25, 2023

Red Hat trims workforce by 4%, spares sales and product roles

The company will cut nearly 800 administrative positions across all functions. CEO Matt Hicks attributed the cuts to a realignment of company investments.

By Matt Ashare • April 24, 2023

Technology pulls enterprise green ambitions within reach

Cloud, automation and data tools are narrowing the gap between what organizations say they want to achieve and what is possible.

By Matt Ashare • April 21, 2023