Oracle embarks on data center building spree

The company had “billions of dollars more in contracted demand than we currently can supply," CTO Larry Ellison said Monday.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 12, 2023

‘Tis the season for a retail tech-stack rethink

An influx of in-store technologies has CIOs leaning toward cloud for integration solutions, according to research by Bain and Aptos.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 12, 2023

Explore the Trendline➔

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

Cloud customers undeterred by cost, billing complexity

Most companies are satisfied with their primary provider, Forrester research found. But compliance, resilience and flexibility are luring them to multicloud.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 11, 2023

McDonald’s taps Google Cloud to super-size analytics, AI

The fast food giant said it plans to leverage the hyperscaler’s hardware and software capabilities across thousands of locations worldwide.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 7, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Dec. 6, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Dec. 5, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Dec. 5, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Dec. 1, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Nov. 30, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Nov. 29, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Nov. 28, 2023

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

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 Matt Ashare • Updated Feb. 22, 2024

AWS expands AI training portfolio

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

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 27, 2023

Cloud security myths can leave SMBs exposed

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

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 22, 2023

FTC extends cloud competition scrutiny to generative AI

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

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 20, 2023

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 Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 17, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Nov. 16, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Nov. 15, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Nov. 14, 2023

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 Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 14, 2023

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

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 Matt Ashare • Nov. 9, 2023

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 Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 8, 2023

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 Matt Ashare • Nov. 8, 2023