How Liberty Mutual saved 20% on cloud costs

Tagging and automation lead the drive to cut wasted spend for the sixth largest property and casualty insurer.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 17, 2022

5 ways to cut waste in cloud spending: McKinsey

Companies will likely grow cloud budgets by more than 20% next year even as they waste up to one-third of spending, analyst firms say.

By Jim Tyson • Nov. 16, 2022

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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.

By CIO Dive staff

Inside Red Hat’s app-driven journey toward hybrid cloud

CIO Jim Palermo shared with CIO Dive how the industry leader in open source software managed its own digital transformation.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 11, 2022

Cloud or on-prem? Companies flip-flop on workload decisions

Shifting data back and forth between cloud and on-prem, a common practice, complicates cybersecurity efforts.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 10, 2022

How platform teams deliver best cloud practices

Cloud workgroups have become a must for companies that want to enhance their infrastructure — and security.

By Jen A. Miller • Nov. 9, 2022

Wipro launches business unit aimed at VMware deployments

The new unit, which deepens an existing partnership, will target companies in banking and financial services, healthcare and consumer and retail industries.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 8, 2022

Break-fix, cloud integration and security open enterprise doors for MSPs

Managed service providers are using one-off projects to initiate long-term relationships with companies beset by talent shortages and budgeting constraints.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 7, 2022

Even AWS isn’t immune to hiring freezes

The companies behind the three largest cloud providers — Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft — are pumping the brakes on recruitment as the economic outlook grows grim.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 4, 2022

Cloud providers expected to raise prices in Europe, but US spared for now

AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud can offer higher margin products and services to maintain revenues domestically. But rising energy costs will force rate hikes overseas.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 3, 2022

AWS, Microsoft and Google now command more than 75% of the cloud market

While macroeconomic factors depressed quarterly revenue growth for the three hyperscalers, enterprise spending on cloud still grew 30% year over year, according to Synergy Research Group

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 1, 2022

Will inflation mean more dollars for less cloud?

Inflation, tech talent woes and rising cloud costs mean companies have less buying power, Gartner says.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 31, 2022

AWS pledges to help customers trim their cloud bills

Growth at Amazon’s cloud computing unit slowed during Q3 but the hyperscaler is “working with customers to lower their bills” amid market uncertainty, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky said. 

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 28, 2022

Cloud contraction: Growth slows at AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud

All told, the big three cloud players control two-thirds of the market. But maturity and a shaky economy mean they cannot maintain their once-celebrated growth rates.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 27, 2022

Managed service providers are here to save the hybrid cloud

AWS, Google and Microsoft are pitching an interoperable cloud world. But they cannot realize their designs without MSPs like Kyndryl. 

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 26, 2022

Microsoft security business surges as cloud segment hit by slumping economy

Higher energy costs and the macro economic slowdown are impacting the company’s cloud segment, but it continues to grow its enterprise security business.

By David Jones • Oct. 26, 2022

How much of your IT spend is wasted?

SaaS, cloud and vendor use rights have muddied the IT asset management waters, making it difficult for CIOs to account for software spending.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 26, 2022

Open ecosystems keep the ‘multi’ in multicloud

Interoperability and deeper integration are key benefits of an open ecosystem, writes Dell VP of Corporate Strategy Mindy Cancila.

By Mindy Cancila • Oct. 14, 2022

Goodbye Office: Microsoft 365 takes over as marquee product in rebrand

Consider this the end of the Office era and a hallmark of the technology giant's pivot to SaaS.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 13, 2022

The hyperscalers are coming for your IT budget

AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, the cloud megavendors, are set to command an ever-growing share of enterprise IT spend, according to Forrester.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 13, 2022

Red Hat names new CIO in a C-suite refresh

Palermo, who was VP of Digital Solutions Delivery, will report to incoming SVP and COO Carolyn Nash.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 12, 2022

Mandiant propels Google Cloud’s security prospects

With Mandiant officially under his wing, Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables expects the incident responders to help Google become a proactive force.

By Matt Kapko • Oct. 12, 2022

Lessons in learning cloud from the Capital One textbook

As companies shift to cloud, they risk overlooking an integral component of digital transformation: people.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 12, 2022

5M software updates later: Ford CEO touts results of Google Cloud partnership

The carmaker first partnered with Google Cloud in February 2021, a six-year agreement aimed at speeding up data-driven capabilities.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 11, 2022

More workloads are heading to the cloud. What’s holding the rest of them back?

Companies face many obstacles when shifting to cloud, making the journey a steep mountain to climb.

By Jason Hatch • Oct. 10, 2022

Hyperscale vs. multicloud: The fight for cloud control

Large providers are better equipped to weather economic downturn than independent SaaS vendors — but multicloud strategies also rely on infrastructure software companies.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 10, 2022