Amazon layoffs top 18K as AWS growth slows

The e-commerce giant misjudged the longevity of the pandemic’s impact on demand, and its cuts could undermine its innovation, analysts say.

By Daphne Howland , Matt Ashare • Jan. 5, 2023

IBM revamps partner program with hybrid cloud growth in mind

The enterprise technology company launched Partner Plus, a way to connect business partners with IBM tech and resources.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 4, 2023

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Hybrid cloud

IT decision makers turn to hybrid cloud in search of security, flexibility and scale within enterprise infrastructure.

By CIO Dive staff

How Principal Financial tied customer experience to IT

CIO Ryan Downing isn’t having “Cloud 101” discussions anymore — he’s talking about how modernization serves the customer.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 21, 2022

Microsoft secures $5B cloud partnership with London Stock Exchange

The 10-year deal accelerates LSEG’s cloud migration, integrates LSEG Workspace with Microsoft 365 and initiates a joint effort to develop a new financial data platform.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 12, 2022

Hybrid cloud emerges as winner of Pentagon cloud showdown

The $9 billion pool in Pentagon contracts validates the wisdom of portfolio diversification, as AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle contend for DOD dollars.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 9, 2022

Pentagon greenlights $9B contract pool for military cloud spending

After a 17-month evaluation process, AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle all won the battle for the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 8, 2022

Mainframe modernization meets multicloud chaos on the road to IT’s future

Third-party vendors are creating metacloud capabilities that provide cross-platform observability and governance that sits above the cloud. 

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 7, 2022

IBM leans on hybrid to stay competitive in cloud

Hillery Hunter, CTO of IBM Cloud, shared how the tech company is banking on security, compliance and stability to bolster industry cloud solutions.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 6, 2022

7 must-read business technology stories from 2022

From UPS CIO’s parting thoughts to long-lived legacy IT, some of this year’s top stories delve into the forces and strategies that shape enterprise tech.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 2, 2022

AWS CEO stresses the core elements of cloud security

Adam Selipsky described security as a prerequisite for organizations to trust cloud infrastructure. And for that, he claimed, AWS is the best in the game.

By Matt Kapko • Dec. 1, 2022

IBM, AWS expand hybrid cloud partnership

Big Blue will add four "as a Service" offerings, expanded mainframe application modernization tools and new AIOps software within AWS Marketplace.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 30, 2022

AWS gamifies industry cloud training

The hyperscaler unveiled a new version of its Cloud Quest video game, tailored for financial services.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 28, 2022

Informatica embeds new analytics capabilities in AWS cloud ecosystem

Data Loader eases data intake from on-prem legacy systems, cloud and third-party application for AWS customers.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 28, 2022

Enterprise tech’s worst-kept secret: The persistence of mainframe

The on-prem IT workhorse remains integral as companies move to hybrid cloud. But, it too is modernizing. 

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 22, 2022

Amazon CEO signals more layoffs to come in 2023

After announcing job cuts this week, Andy Jassy said the company would eliminate more roles, including in its team devoted to stores.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 18, 2022

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

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