Cloud

Businesses demand clouds connect. Tech evolves to fill the gaps

Managing an increasingly complex cloud environment requires visibility into the technology stack. 

By Katie Malone • March 31, 2021

Half of companies lack security to support cloud-based IAM: report

Almost all (98%) of IT executives report challenges with IAM sourced from the cloud, including lack of visibility and increased complexity.

By Katie Malone • March 30, 2021

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Digital transformation

Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.

By CIO Dive staff

Opinion

How to pitch cloud to the C-suite and board

Winning approval for a cloud project may take a different set of skills and a new way of preparing for what could be a higher-level conversation.

By Bob Moore • March 25, 2021

Worldwide enterprise cloud spend surpasses spend on data centers

In the next decade, average spend on cloud services is projected to grow 52% annually while spending on data centers will grow 2%, according to Synergy Research Group. 

By Katie Malone • March 22, 2021

How to build security into cloud after a hasty adoption

While application adoption may have clouded visibility into the infrastructure, organizations reinstating clarity can build stronger security postures.

By Katie Malone • March 18, 2021

Opinion

4 reasons to invest in entry-level cloud talent

So, how does an industry suddenly create a large number of highly qualified cloud professionals with 15-plus years of experience? It doesn't. 

By Kevin Kelly • March 15, 2021

Companies 'prone to self-delusion' when using cloud, McKinsey says

Most industrial companies have adopted cloud computing, but few "reap the cloud's full rewards," according to McKinsey.

By Jim Tyson • March 12, 2021

A look back on the year that changed IT

In a matter of weeks, how companies ran their technology stacks changed completely. The digital future, once thought far off, became standard.

By Naomi Eide • March 11, 2021

Unused discounts, lack of contract fuel cloud overspend

Most cloud decision-makers (61%) plan to optimize cloud costs in 2021 following imperfect migrations last year, according to Flexera's 2021 State of the Cloud report. 

By Katie Malone • March 09, 2021

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

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