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    Accenture helps Unilever boost AI adoption

    The partnership leverages the IT services firm’s $3 billion investment in the technology, and follows Unilever's launch of an AI research lab last month.

    By Dec. 6, 2023
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    Cloudflare doubles down on inference workloads

    CEO Matthew Prince sent technicians with “suitcases full of GPUs” around the world with the goal of deploying the chips in 100 cities by the end of the year.

    By Dec. 5, 2023
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    Trendline

    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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    For Arvest Bank, wholesale cloud modernization had to start small

    With an end-to-end IT assessment in place, Chief Transformation and Operations Officer Laura Merling's team rolled out pre-migration modernizations to make way for cloud.

    By Dec. 5, 2023
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    Snowflake reports consumption boom as data rushes to cloud

    “Interest in AI is also driving interest in data strategy, which then has a knock-on effect on consumption,” Chairman and CEO Frank Slootman said during the data cloud company's Q3 earnings call.

    By Dec. 1, 2023
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    Salesforce revenue boost driven by cloud ‘cocktail’

    As price hikes kicked in, the leading CRM turned to its hyperscale Data Cloud and Mulesoft platform to expand the top end of its enterprise customer base.

    By Nov. 30, 2023
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    AWS is still trying to cut cloud costs

    Just weeks after joining the FinOps Foundation, the leading hyperscaler unveiled infrastructure and service enhancements to help customers optimize data, spending and compute.

    By Nov. 29, 2023
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    AWS enters enterprise chatbot fray with Q

    In the wake of OpenAI’s leadership crisis, the hyperscaler also doubled down on a multimodel AI strategy and deepened its Anthropic alliance.

    By Nov. 28, 2023
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    MSPs ready to support SEC cyber disclosure requirements

    With a line of sight on security operations, MSPs hold keys to materiality determinations and annual 10-K reports.

    By Suman Bhattacharyya • Nov. 28, 2023
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    Nvidia revenues soar amid hyperscaler AI rush

    The chipmaker's products underpin the AI services at the center of an enterprise adoption wave, but research and development are still underway.

    By Nov. 27, 2023
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    AWS expands AI training portfolio

    The cloud provider added eight training courses for upskilling in prompt engineering, building LLMs and other AI proficiencies.

    By Nov. 27, 2023
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    Cloud security myths can leave SMBs exposed

    AWS identified three cyber misconceptions that hinder small- and medium-sized businesses as they migrate workloads.

    By Nov. 22, 2023
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    FTC extends cloud competition scrutiny to generative AI

    “Cloud computing is a key input for artificial intelligence technologies,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said. 

    By Nov. 20, 2023
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    Hyundai, AWS design training, certification program for critical cloud skills

    The third-largest carmaker will migrate on-prem applications and leverage jointly designed tech training programs. 

    By Nov. 17, 2023
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    FinOps Foundation rolls out cloud cost controls with hyperscaler backing

    The trade association’s new FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification expands the standard’s scope with support from AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Oracle.

    By Nov. 16, 2023
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    IBM bolsters hybrid AI strategy, arms watsonx with governance solution

    The toolkit validates LLM inputs, monitors outputs for bias, drift and compliance and integrates with models from IBM and other providers.

    By Nov. 15, 2023
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    Cloud spend climbs as hyperscaler infrastructure becomes ‘indispensable’

    Hunger for generative AI technologies and industry verticals will help drive end-user public cloud spend to $679 billion in 2024, according to Gartner.

    By Nov. 14, 2023
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    5 highest-paying IT certifications in 2023

    Google Cloud certifications topped the highest earners list, ousting an AWS certification from its top-paying spot.  

    By Nov. 14, 2023
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    Opinion

    Cloud buyers need bundled services, not siloed features

    By shifting the focus from discrete services to interlocking components, providers can help customers address specific use cases and drive better business outcomes, Sid Nag writes. 

    By Sid Nag • Nov. 14, 2023
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    3 reasons to avoid cloud repatriation: Forrester

    Migrations don’t always go as planned, but shifting applications back to on-prem data centers isn’t a slam dunk either.

    By Nov. 9, 2023
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    Warby Parker’s ERP implementation costs tip $5M mark

    The vision care retailer is investing in its digital capabilities as it pursues a stronger tech stack, better user experiences and productivity gains. 

    By Nov. 8, 2023
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    Half of cloud transformations are ‘abject failures’

    As the technology matures, CFOs are asking CIOs to justify the business value of existing migrations, HFS CEO and Chief Analyst Phil Fersht said.

    By Nov. 8, 2023
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    Salesforce, Accenture unveil joint life sciences cloud solution

    The two companies will leverage their generative AI partnership to develop the industry vertical.

    By Nov. 6, 2023
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    Normalized billing, sovereignty to shape cloud in 2024: Forrester

    Bowing to customer demand, providers will also address data center sustainability and introduce prompt engineering services, the firm expects.

    By Nov. 2, 2023
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    Inside Kyndryl’s sprint to decouple IT from IBM

    Ahead of a Nov. 3 deadline, CIO Michael Bradshaw detailed the company’s push to rebuild IT, moving 1,800 applications to an all-cloud infrastructure in two years.

    By Oct. 31, 2023
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    AWS looks to Bedrock AI for sustained cloud dominance

    The largest hyperscaler retained its command of one-third of the global cloud market as a yearlong enterprise cost optimization push showed signs of easing.

    By Oct. 27, 2023