AWS doubles down on optimization, reducing customers’ cloud cost

Enterprises kept looking for ways to optimize cloud spend in Q4 as economic conditions worsened, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky said during Thursday’s earnings call. 

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 3, 2023

Google Cloud inches toward profitability, even as revenue growth slows

The third largest cloud service provider is still losing money, but now sees a light at the end of the tunnel.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 3, 2023

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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

IBM experiences growing pains as hybrid cloud strategy takes shape

Software and consulting services were the business drivers in "the first full year of the new IBM," CEO Arvind Krishna said during an earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 30, 2023

4 hidden obstacles to cloud transformation

Gain understanding to pinpoint and work through obstacles for cloud migration within your business.

By Brian Copeland, Executive Director, Solutions and Sales Enablement, TEKsystems Global Services • Jan. 30, 2023

Microsoft leans on cloud revenue, even as Azure growth stalls

The tech giant reported quarterly gains in its cloud business, but tempered expectations as enterprise spending shifts from migration to optimization.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 25, 2023

Microsoft-OpenAI partnership enters third phase with a multiyear, multibillion dollar investment

The expanding partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI has implications for the future of both entities as well as businesses across industries, experts say.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 23, 2023

Get leaner and greener in 2023

Like a wellness regimen, driving sustainability can be overwhelming when you try and do everything all at once; but it becomes more manageable—with more immediate, measurable results—when you incorporate this priority into existing plans. 

Jan. 23, 2023

Insurance companies focus tech spend on maintaining, not growing revenue

A slower economy is leading insurance tech leaders toward customer experience improvements, application modernization and better data insights.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 10, 2023

Cloudflare to launch monitoring dashboard

The cloud-based web security company announced three new applications that help pinpoint complex network connectivity issues.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 10, 2023

3 cloud trends to watch in 2023

Competing narratives converge as companies push modernization while controlling costs.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 9, 2023

Amazon layoffs top 18K as AWS growth slows

The e-commerce giant misjudged the longevity of the pandemic’s impact on demand, and its cuts could undermine its innovation, analysts say.

By Daphne Howland , Matt Ashare • Jan. 5, 2023

IBM revamps partner program with hybrid cloud growth in mind

The enterprise technology company launched Partner Plus, a way to connect business partners with IBM tech and resources.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 4, 2023

How Principal Financial tied customer experience to IT

CIO Ryan Downing isn’t having “Cloud 101” discussions anymore — he’s talking about how modernization serves the customer.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 21, 2022

Microsoft secures $5B cloud partnership with London Stock Exchange

The 10-year deal accelerates LSEG’s cloud migration, integrates LSEG Workspace with Microsoft 365 and initiates a joint effort to develop a new financial data platform.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 12, 2022

Hybrid cloud emerges as winner of Pentagon cloud showdown

The $9 billion pool in Pentagon contracts validates the wisdom of portfolio diversification, as AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle contend for DOD dollars.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 9, 2022

Pentagon greenlights $9B contract pool for military cloud spending

After a 17-month evaluation process, AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle all won the battle for the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 8, 2022

Mainframe modernization meets multicloud chaos on the road to IT’s future

Third-party vendors are creating metacloud capabilities that provide cross-platform observability and governance that sits above the cloud. 

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 7, 2022

IBM leans on hybrid to stay competitive in cloud

Hillery Hunter, CTO of IBM Cloud, shared how the tech company is banking on security, compliance and stability to bolster industry cloud solutions.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 6, 2022

7 must-read business technology stories from 2022

From UPS CIO’s parting thoughts to long-lived legacy IT, some of this year’s top stories delve into the forces and strategies that shape enterprise tech.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 2, 2022

AWS CEO stresses the core elements of cloud security

Adam Selipsky described security as a prerequisite for organizations to trust cloud infrastructure. And for that, he claimed, AWS is the best in the game.

By Matt Kapko • Dec. 1, 2022

IBM, AWS expand hybrid cloud partnership

Big Blue will add four "as a Service" offerings, expanded mainframe application modernization tools and new AIOps software within AWS Marketplace.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 30, 2022

AWS gamifies industry cloud training

The hyperscaler unveiled a new version of its Cloud Quest video game, tailored for financial services.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 28, 2022

Informatica embeds new analytics capabilities in AWS cloud ecosystem

Data Loader eases data intake from on-prem legacy systems, cloud and third-party application for AWS customers.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 28, 2022

Enterprise tech’s worst-kept secret: The persistence of mainframe

The on-prem IT workhorse remains integral as companies move to hybrid cloud. But, it too is modernizing. 

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 22, 2022

Amazon CEO signals more layoffs to come in 2023

After announcing job cuts this week, Andy Jassy said the company would eliminate more roles, including in its team devoted to stores.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 18, 2022