Cloud

SaaS titans dictate the future of apps. Where do small companies fit?

For companies working to lead the next era of app development, a Gartner analyst recommends taking lessons from household names.

By Katie Malone • Oct. 21, 2020

IBM shrinks with plans to spin-off managed infrastructure services arm

More than 60% of IBM's revenue comes from services, but with the spin-off, its portfolio will shift to lean on recurring revenue stemming from cloud software and solutions, IBM said.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 08, 2020

How cloud threat protection takes on shadow IT

Cloud access security broker capabilities — discovery, data loss prevention, threat protection, encryption, logging — should sit between every kind of app a company houses.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Sept. 21, 2020

Cloud leaders grapple with lack of internal skills, survey says

With businesses more heavily relying on their technology to operate, supporting the cloud became mission critical.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 17, 2020

Red Hat, IBM launch enterprise app hub for hybrid cloud

The marketplace approach is an attempt to reduce the friction in application selection, deployment and management in a hybrid cloud environment. 

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 10, 2020

How last week's outages, DDoS attacks impacted internet infrastructure

The outages highlight two areas of concern: cyberattacks in the age of COVID-19 and the internet's longstanding fragility.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • UPDATED: Sept. 9, 2020 at 11:17 a.m.

Cloud shared responsibility models are misunderstood, report says

Any disconnect between where a CSP's security services end and the customer's security responsibilities pick up is a recipe for disaster.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Sept. 03, 2020

Sponsored by Bridgecrew

Comprehensive DevSecOps includes securing cloud infrastructure

Teams often overlook emerging security risks. Fortunately, new tools can help find and proactively mitigate those risks before they lead to data breaches.

Undoing pandemic cloud mistakes

Transitions haven't all been perfect, especially if an enterprise prioritized being able to function over cost.

By Jen A. Miller • Aug. 31, 2020

Deloitte: Companies turn to cybersecurity, cloud in pandemic response

Executives care about agility and sustaining operations through disruption. Cloud acts as a backbone, while cybersecurity is a fence.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 24, 2020

AWS captures 45% of worldwide IaaS revenue. That's only part of the story

AWS still dominates the IaaS market, but Gartner's new segment combining infrastructure and platform services is a better cloud indicator and shows AWS capturing 50% of the market. 

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 07, 2020

Amid vaccine race, Moderna taps AWS as preferred cloud vendor

The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company made AWS its standard platform for cloud, analytics and machine learning, as it advances the clinical trial on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 05, 2020

Misconfigurations affect 93% of cloud deployments

Combined, misconfigurations and open security groups have led to 200 breaches in the past two years, according to a report from Accurics.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 05, 2020

Internet disruptions up 45% since January, ThousandEyes finds

If outages result from massive upticks in traffic, they can ripple through businesses, no matter their connection to the internet or an ISP. 

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 04, 2020

Keurig Dr Pepper leans on Google Cloud to host data footprint

Data modernization is at the heart of the agreement, echoing a similar modernization move between PepsiCo Inc. and Microsoft, the companies announced on Monday. 

By Naomi Eide • July 28, 2020

Despite everything, public cloud market is faring well

Down from November projections of the public cloud market revenue growing 17%, Gartner remains bullish on cloud's ability to sustain growth.

By Naomi Eide • July 23, 2020

Banks join IBM's financial services cloud as it doubles down on security, compliance

More customers, partnerships and a geographic expansion are signs of the "momentum and investment" behind the financial services cloud, Hillery Hunter, VP, CTO of IBM Cloud, told CIO Dive. 

By Naomi Eide • July 22, 2020

HSBC names AWS a cloud provider amid broad cost cuts

The financial services company is investing in technology as it rationalizes its portfolio, including plans to cut 35,000 jobs. Last year, the company outlined plans to invest up to $17 billion in a five-year period. 

By Naomi Eide • July 15, 2020

Liberty Mutual centralizes technology, leans on serverless for engineering excellence

With lofty cloud adoption plans, organizations have to rethink how they administer technology and promote an environment of engineering excellence. 

By Naomi Eide • July 14, 2020

Opinion

Why it's important to build cloud fluency in the enterprise

No matter what industry or type of business, cloud adoption requires that fundamental changes are discussed, considered and supported across the entire organization, both within IT and non-IT organizations.

By Maureen Lonergan • July 13, 2020

Everyone is struggling with cloud security

WIth rising complexity, 96% of organizations are concerned about their cloud security, a Sophos report found. Misconfigurations are at the heart of the trouble.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • July 10, 2020

The new cloud priorities of 2020

While a cloud-based future was already part of the technology trajectory, cloud emerged as a key differentiator as the outlook for the year soured. 

By Naomi Eide • July 06, 2020

NetApp investing in go-to-market engine despite uncertainty

The cloud data services company is reallocating its resources to bolster its sales ranks and grow market share. 

By Robert Freedman • July 02, 2020

3 technology cost management tips

Hope emerges but a recession requires eagle-eye audits and justification of technology use.

By Naomi Eide • June 10, 2020

Developers are working at 4 a.m. — what could go wrong?

Off-hour development could result in misconfigurations, especially if developers are trying to balance watching their children and constant instant messaging alerts.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • June 08, 2020