Cost management woes continue for cloud adopters: report

Software and improved vendor management can help companies reduce waste.

By Roberto Torres • April 11, 2022

'Lift and shift' without transformation can leave money on the table

Cloud migration isn't always an easy sell, but brings potential for financial and operational gains.

By Manohar • April 6, 2022

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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

Microsoft rolls out red carpet for competitors' cloud customers

With a cloud-agnostic security tool in hand, Microsoft is vying to support customers' multicloud strategies. 

By Barbara DeLollis • March 21, 2022

Cloud modernization: Why "lift and shift" can lead to drift

A "lift and shift" approach can derail the value of cloud strategies over the long run. Strategic planning and the right partner are key.

By Tim Femister, Vice President, Cloud, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Solutions, ConvergeOne • March 21, 2022

Businesses centralize cloud strategy, prioritize influence over control

Small teams with cloud insight can steer business units toward using specific services from a curated list of providers.

By Roberto Torres • March 8, 2022

A CIO's guide to going cloud native

The primary driver for cloud native is a desire to get the most out of cloud, but use cases vary widely. 

By David Smith • Feb. 28, 2022

Kraft Heinz taps Google for multiyear transformation push

The company will use Google Cloud's AI and ML tools to drive food innovations — including new flavors, formulations and products.

By Chris Kelly • Feb. 22, 2022

Banks, late to the game, double down on the cloud

Fortune 500 CEOs extoll the cloud for its power to stay agile, competitive, secure and relevant.

By Barbara DeLollis • Feb. 14, 2022

Why businesses require fluid cloud strategies

Mono, multi or hybrid? Flexibility is crucial, as vendor lock-in or challenges from data center migrations can hold companies back.

By Rishi Kulkarni • Feb. 11, 2022

How CIOs can align enterprise change with cloud strategy

Cloud enables organizations to add capabilities — and extend existing ones.

By Sudhir Kesavan • Feb. 7, 2022

Fender's shift to cloud ERP yields quick results

Businesses are pushing for better scalability and new features in their central provisions systems.

By Roberto Torres • Feb. 2, 2022

Interoperability a long way off as enterprises target multicloud

Clouds remain segmented, leaving businesses little recourse for how to best navigate complexity.

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 1, 2022

3 cloud trends to watch in 2022

Analysts estimate only 15% of IT spend is in the cloud, but nine in 10 businesses have adopted the cloud. The mismatch shows how much room there is for growth.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 7, 2022

Cloud outages raise question on how to architect for resiliency

AWS suffered outages for three consecutive weeks in December. For long-term business resilience against provider disruption, the answer may be rearchitecting workloads.

By Naomi Eide • Updated Dec. 22, 2021

How a cloud-native maturity model can provide a roadmap for your cloud transformation journey

An experienced cloud-native maturity model to help customers fully modernize their cloud applications through a simplified roadmap.

Dec. 6, 2021

AWS leans into industry clouds, a pitch to better serve the niche

The shift toward industry clouds is a gradual move away from a developer-centric approach for AWS, as its customer base supports larger enterprises.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 2, 2021

ThoughtSpot CFO on getting the technicalities — and the story — right in cloud transition

The financial and accounting details in moving from on-premises and hybrid software models to the cloud are complex but finance leaders must get the narrative right too, says Mohit Daswani.

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 22, 2021

The new normal demands a new e-commerce strategy: Cloud-native provides a futureproof technology backbone

The global COVID-19 pandemic changed consumers' behavior, expectations and preferences in ways that none of us could have anticipated.

Nov. 22, 2021

Pentagon calls on Google, Oracle to join AWS and Microsoft in multicloud bidding

While the Pentagon anticipates awarding contracts to AWS and Microsoft, it will award to additional CSPs so long as they meet the requirements

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 19, 2021

How to be cloud smart in a cloud-first world

Too often the enticing promises of the cloud can lure companies into hasty solutions that prove costly and inefficient, Amit Jha of TaskUs writes. 

By Amit Jha • Nov. 15, 2021

Cloud market potential unbound as 'cloud-first' becomes ubiquitous

New projects going to the cloud, migrations from existing data centers and refactoring or rewriting applications will propel sustained growth.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 11, 2021

Cloud technology, now within reach, helps supply chains scale

Lower costs, improved products and increased comfort with sharing data is contributing to a rise in cloud applications.

By Jen A. Miller • Nov. 10, 2021

90% of companies use cloud, but core app modernization lags

Separate studies show enterprise momentum behind cloud adoption. Now strategies diverge as industries pick vendor makeup.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 8, 2021

Avoiding the pitfalls, optimizing the value of a multi-cloud architecture

CIOs diversifying cloud providers must also overcome the challenges of data interoperability.

By Davis Wilkinson, Senior Product Manager, LiveRamp Privacy Tech Solutions • Nov. 8, 2021

Application portability is the key to business agility and enhanced performance

To make the most of investments in the cloud — especially over the long term — you need the right strategy. Your cloud needs will change with time and being locked in with a single cloud vendor entails losing flexibility and potential cost advantages.

Oct. 25, 2021