Cloud
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Walmart saves millions with cloud and ML upgrades
The company's fiscal year 2022 guidance includes $14 billion in capital expenditures focused on technology, automation, supply chain and customer-facing initiatives.
By Katie Malone • Feb. 25, 2021 -
Why vendors are building clouds for every sector
Microsoft announced ventures into financial services, manufacturing, nonprofit and retail clouds. But it isn't the first — or the last — to venture into industry-specific clouds.
By Katie Malone • Feb. 24, 2021 -
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Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.
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Delta taps IBM for hybrid cloud migration
Coming off a year of losses for the airline industry, Delta aims to modernize the applications that underpin operations.
By Roberto Torres • Feb. 18, 2021 -
Demand for AWS talent outpaces Azure, Google Cloud: report
More cloud reliance means more pressure on an already tight labor market. Vendor dynamics are tilting the scale.
By Roberto Torres • Feb. 11, 2021 -
Why Global Payments went multicloud
Large companies venture down the multicloud path to support different business arms.
By Katie Malone • Feb. 11, 2021 -
Strategies CIOs can leverage to avoid cloud cost overrun
Four in every 10 organizations see their cloud budgets spill over. Governance structures and financial modeling can play a role in prevention.
By Roberto Torres • Feb. 09, 2021 -
Growing pains: Google Cloud reports net loss despite revenue growth
The hyperscaler's cloud arm earned over $13 billion in revenue last year — and losses are a part of the plan.
By Katie Malone • Feb. 03, 2021 -
Andy Jassy, brains behind AWS, to take over as Amazon CEO
Amazon Web Services remains dominant, accounting for 59% of Amazon's operating income in 2020. Now, its CEO is on to bigger things.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 02, 2021 -
5 strategies to mitigate disruption when apps move to the cloud
A mapped-out, phased approach to migration can help businesses uphold critical applications on the journey to the cloud.
By Roberto Torres • Feb. 02, 2021 -
Ford taps Google Cloud as preferred vendor amid modernization push
The cloud plays a central role in Ford's transformation, delivering new consumer-facing and back-end capabilities.
By Roberto Torres • Feb. 01, 2021 -
MacOS use grows in the enterprise, complicating IT management
A shift to cloud-first business tools opened up opportunities for Apple devices in the enterprise world, according to an IDC report.
By Roberto Torres • Jan. 27, 2021 -
4 cloud trends to watch in 2021
As businesses sharpen cloud migrations this year, SaaS vendors are predicted to boom in tandem.
By Katie Malone • Jan. 21, 2021 -
Corporate savior: Cloud now a C-suite priority
Businesses relied on the cloud to adapt their operations as a crisis unfolded. Now, they expect the cloud to keep delivering elasticity and drive reinvention.
By Roberto Torres • Jan. 14, 2021 -
IT budgets are up in the air. Here's what businesses are buying in 2021
Across businesses, IT budgets vary this year. But with cloud as a priority, big name vendors keep growing, according to a Flexera report.
By Katie Malone • Jan. 12, 2021 -
Cloud becomes critical: PPP loans to cover technology needs
Businesses eligible for a new round of Paycheck Protection Program loans can now use the funds to cover a cloud migration.
By Katie Malone • Jan. 06, 2021 -
The benefits of pandemic-era cloud migrations
Some companies gained the upper hand by pushing transformation forward. But there's still opportunity for enterprises that waited.
By Jen A. Miller • Jan. 06, 2021 -
Prepping new cloud workloads for the new year
Many organizations made a quick shift to the cloud last year for business continuity. Now, mistakes loom as they enter 2021.
By Jen A. Miller • Jan. 04, 2021 -
Gartner's 5-step framework for public cloud adoption
As enterprises navigate their move to the public cloud, a Gartner framework recommends the multicloud route established on a strong foundation.
By Katie Malone • Dec. 18, 2020 -
Does free cloud training come with a catch? If it's vendor-specific, maybe.
More cloud skills and training are good for business. But don't let the lure of free training overshadow wider efforts.
By Katie Malone • Dec. 16, 2020 -
What distributed cloud means for businesses
Under a distributed model, the operation and governance of public cloud services remain the provider's responsibility while bringing the physical location of the cloud closer to the user.
By Katie Malone • Dec. 14, 2020 -
AWS wants to train 29M people, but cloud need goes beyond a single vendor
The latest move to boost cloud talent in the job market includes free AWS training and certification. It's not a one-stop-shop for cloud talent.
By Katie Malone • Dec. 11, 2020 -
Back to basics: Reimagining cloud governance
Even if an organization already put a cloud governance plan in place, it could likely use a refresh to optimize cloud use.
By Katie Malone • Dec. 10, 2020 -
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Dive Awards
CTO of the Year: Curt Garner, Chipotle
Customization isn't as easy in a pandemic. Leading tech at the fast casual chain, Garner helped sustain the technology that enabled operations.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 09, 2020 -
For mid-sized businesses, cloud brings best — and worst — of both worlds
With the disaster recovery and business operations gains from the cloud come operational cost increases and security concerns.
By Katie Malone • Dec. 08, 2020 -
Businesses can avoid cloud provider downtime with redundancy — but at what cost?
Last week's AWS disruption inconvenienced businesses and consumers alike. It's not necessarily a sign of cloud interoperability's downfall.
By Katie Malone • Nov. 30, 2020