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    Banking industry, big tech unite to forge AI adoption guidelines

    Citi and Morgan Stanley joined forces with AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud to set open-source controls for secure AI adoption in the financial industry.

    By • June 24, 2025
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    Data center spending soared amid rising GPU demand in Q1

    AI infrastructure buildouts drove a 53% increase in capital expenditures, despite some project cancellations and tariff concerns, Dell’Oro Group said.

    By • June 20, 2025
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    Hybrid cloud

    IT decision makers turn to hybrid cloud in search of security, flexibility and scale within enterprise infrastructure.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Broadcom deploys souped up VMware private cloud

    The company made its VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 bundle generally available to customers Tuesday after two months of public beta pre-release.

    By • June 17, 2025
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    Databricks activates agent-building toolkit, deepens hyperscaler alliances

    The company expanded its Microsoft Azure AI integrations and deployed Google’s Gemini models as it continued to forge agentic partnerships.

    By • June 16, 2025
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    Oracle waves off cloud customers as its data center investments balloon

    “We are putting out as much capacity as we possibly can,” CEO Safra Catz said during a Wednesday earnings call.

    By • June 12, 2025
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    Broadcom takes a private cloud victory lap as it axes bottom-tier VMware partners

    The tech giant has converted 87% of its 10,000 largest customers to the VMware Cloud Foundation bundle, CEO Hock Tan said during a Thursday earnings call.

    By • June 6, 2025
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    FinOps gets a hyperscaler boost as AI, SaaS costs come into FOCUS

    AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Oracle expanded their support for the FinOps Foundation’s ongoing battle to tame enterprise IT spending.

    By • June 5, 2025
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    HPE gains enterprise traction with private cloud, AI-powered servers

    One-third of the company’s AI orders were driven by enterprise-based GPU server purchases, executives said Tuesday.

    By • June 4, 2025
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    Snowflake retools data cloud to fuel AI agents, expand integrations

    The company rolled out an expansive portfolio of product updates and acquired PostgreSQL startup Crunchy Data this week.

    By • June 3, 2025
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    AWS curbs transfer of marketplace cloud credits

    The hyperscaler banned the transfer of Reserved Instances and Saving Plans discounts by third-party providers, effective June 1.

    By • June 2, 2025
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    Home Depot elevates CIO from within as AI adoption plans progress

    Angie Brown will lead technology strategy for the home improvement retail giant after a 27-year career with the company.

    By • May 30, 2025
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    SAP and Microsoft broaden cloud ERP alliance

    The two tech giants rolled out a migration acceleration initiative coupled with extensive platform integrations Tuesday.

    By • Updated June 2, 2025
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    Salesforce reinforces its AI cloud with $8B Informatica acquisition

    The CRM provider plans to use the software company’s data governance tools to build “the most complete, agent-ready data platform in the industry,” Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff said.

    By • May 27, 2025
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    Lincoln Financial drafts former JPMorgan Chase executive as CTO

    Tom Anfuso will guide IT infrastructure strategy for the insurance and financial services firm, reporting to CIO Jennifer Charters.

    By • May 22, 2025
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    Nvidia, American Express join the FinOps Foundation

    The nonprofit trade group also welcomed AMD, Snowflake and ServiceNow to its ranks Wednesday amid a tech sector push to curb cloud spend.

    By • May 21, 2025
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    SAP retools its cloud-based ERP to ease migrations

    The software vendor aims to simplify the shift from on-premises systems with line-of-business bundles for finance, supply chain, HR, procurement and CX.

    By • May 20, 2025
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    Nvidia activates AI PC partners, rolls out GPU cloud

    “We have to reinvent computing and bring AI into traditional enterprise computing,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Monday at the Computex conference.

    By • May 19, 2025
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    Salesforce beefs up agent capabilities with Convergence acquisition

    The startup’s resources will help power Agentforce as the CRM vendor deploys flexible pricing for the platform. 

    By • May 15, 2025
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    Marsh McLennan gears up for massive AWS migration

    The 150-year-old professional services firm will move the majority of its on-premises infrastructure to the cloud as part of a multiyear plan.

    By • May 14, 2025
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    Kyndryl expands cloud alliance with Microsoft

    The partnership integrates Kyndryl Distributed Cloud services with the hyperscaler’s Azure Arc and Azure Local hybrid management tools.

    By • May 13, 2025
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    EY, DXC join SAP’s ongoing ERP migration push

    The consulting firms launched services to help enterprises move to S/4HANA cloud-based systems as a 2027 support deadline for on-prem customers looms.

    By • May 8, 2025
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    CIOs defer projects, cut costs as tariff uncertainty sours IT spending plans

    Economic concerns rapidly reshuffled tech priorities in April, according to Boston Consulting Group.

    By • Updated May 8, 2025
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    PepsiCo taps AWS to accelerate digital transformation, AI adoption

    The snack and beverage maker plans to migrate workloads, leverage Amazon Bedrock and improve real-time insights as part of a multiyear partnership.

    By • May 7, 2025
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    Cloud data usage surges to power business analytics

    “We're at a tipping point where cloud data and data products are becoming essential infrastructure for the AI era,” Domo SVP of Product Ben Schein said.

    By • May 6, 2025
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    SAP, buoyed by cloud shift, extends CEO, CFO contracts

    CEO Christian Klein will remain at the helm through 2030 as the push to migrate customers from on-premises ERP systems continues, the company said Monday.

    By • May 5, 2025