Cloud
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Best Western puts customer experience at the center of AWS migration
By moving the reservations system to the cloud, Best Western hopes to improve its system availability.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 06, 2019 -
Goldman Sachs gives AWS the financial services nod of approval
Though Goldman Sachs works with a few cloud providers, CEO David Solomon credits AWS as the first because of its capabilities and pace of innovation.
By Naomi Eide • Dec. 04, 2019 -
AWS books Best Western as cloud customer for automation, personalization
By the end of 2020, the hotel chain will migrate its business application stack supporting 4,700 properties to AWS.
By Naomi Eide • Dec. 03, 2019 -
Seattle Seahawks swarm AWS, seeking gametime analytics
The NFL inked a deal with AWS about two years ago, partnering with AWS on its Next Gen Stats platform.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Nov. 26, 2019 -
Cloud tips, tricks and definitions to take the mystery out of adoption
Even as more companies become comfortable with putting data into the cloud, IaaS retains an aura of fear and uncertainty.
By Naomi Eide • Nov. 21, 2019 -
Multicloud boosts infrastructure report card
The majority of IT professionals who say their strategy isn't A-worthy blamed an infrastructure unequipped for optimization and wasted hours on maintenance, according to an INAP survey.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Nov. 20, 2019 -
AWS rolls out unique cost-control option, but vendor remains pricey
The cheaper and more flexible a service, the more allure for executives weighing cloud provider selection and commitment.
By Naomi Eide • Nov. 15, 2019 -
Amid heated cloud war, Microsoft lands competitor Salesforce as a client
Running Salesforce's Marketing Cloud on Azure opens up Microsoft's wealth of development resources, analysts say.
By Roberto Torres • Nov. 15, 2019 -
Mirantis' Docker Enterprise acquisition a lifeline as industry shifts to Kubernetes
For Docker fans, it's the end of an era. Industry is retooling, standardizing on container technology and orchestration on Kubernetes.
By Naomi Eide • Nov. 14, 2019 -
Why Ocean Spray's CTO hit pause on cloud migration
Like any digital transformation, CTO and CDO Jamie Head expected things to break. His job was to make sure the rest of the business understood that, too.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Nov. 13, 2019 -
Disney+ launch day clouded by service availability issues
"We are so pleased you're excited to watch all your favorites and are working quickly to resolve any current issues," Disney said on Twitter.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Nov. 12, 2019 -
In a multicloud world, Lucky Brand's strategy centers on a single vendor
Lucky Brand had a disparate architecture, multiple cloud platforms and multiple colocations, but it wanted a simplified cloud portfolio.
By Naomi Eide • Nov. 11, 2019 -
OpinionThe answer to cloud migration? An incremental, multicloud approach
Every cloud migration story is different, but there is a common thread. No organization wants to interrupt mission-critical business operations.
By Jason Hall • Nov. 11, 2019 -
Multicloud vs. hybrid cloud: What it all means
While hybrid clouds and multicloud can be used together — and tend to get lumped together — they are not the same thing.
By Jen A. Miller • Nov. 08, 2019 -
Bank of America's 18-month collaboration with IBM leads to bank-focused public cloud
The bank is "committing to use this public cloud environment for even sensitive data," IBM Cloud CTO Hillery Hunter said.
By Naomi Eide • Nov. 06, 2019 -
BMW hires new CIO amid mobility tech push
Long-time BMW executive Alexander Buresch will take over the role on Jan. 1, succeeding Klaus Straub.
By Roberto Torres • Nov. 01, 2019 -
Hilton turned to the cloud to solve a troublesome room lock problem
With its Connected Room concept, Hilton is using digital products to fix pain points while improving guest experiences.
By Roberto Torres • Oct. 30, 2019 -
How 'the couch' is supporting ExxonMobil's sprint to digital transformation
The company is relying on DevOps and agile to hit a bold growth goal by 2025: doubling profits without changing prices.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Oct. 29, 2019 -
FAQs on the $10B JEDI cloud contract you keep hearing about
The Department of Defense awarded a $10 billion contract for enterprise cloud that will set standards for the agency's tech stack for at least the next decade.
By Naomi Eide • Oct. 28, 2019 -
Senators press AWS on cloud security, call for FTC investigation
The Senators want to know whether Amazon Web Services' "failure to secure" servers used by Capital One "violated federal law."
By Naomi Eide • Oct. 25, 2019 -
Former Weight Watchers CTO 'hated' Microsoft and shed its active directory platform
The weight loss company was primarily a Microsoft shop when it began breaking free from the legacy provider's services.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Oct. 22, 2019 -
2020 IT spending priorities — and the traps a cloud shift creates
Spending trends coalesce with a shift in how companies manage technology budgets, transitioning from CapEx to OpEx in the "as a Service" era. But the pivot is not seamless.
By Naomi Eide • Oct. 21, 2019 -
Bank of America prioritized internal cloud. Now it's evaluating third-party providers
"We don't need to own the hardware, we just need to find out who can provide the right way," said CEO Brian Moynihan.
By Naomi Eide • Oct. 17, 2019 -
2019's highest-paying IT certifications show power of the cloud
Certified Google Cloud architects earn more than Amazon Web Services experts in the U.S. Microsoft Azure specialists trail close behind.
By Naomi Eide • Oct. 07, 2019 -
Companies miss 99% of IaaS configuration errors, McAfee says
In some cases, companies aren't even aware the number of IaaS providers they have.
By Naomi Eide • Sept. 24, 2019
