New sense of public cloud trust pushes higher spend forecast in 2021

The remote work wave made cloud a commodity. That investment is predicted to grow through 2022.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 17, 2020

IT leaders choose hybrid cloud as top transformation action

Decision-makers named adopting a hybrid cloud infrastructure one of the most likely priorities during the pandemic — even over disaster recovery.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 16, 2020

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

By CIO Dive staff

Avoiding cloud sprawl: 5 considerations for managing a multicloud environment

Organizations need to closely manage multicloud environments so they operate toward a shared mission. Here are five ways to make a multicloud environment more effective.

By John Pisano, Jimmy Pham • Nov. 13, 2020

At Morgan Stanley, TBM framework enables public cloud adoption

In tandem, cloud and the technology business management framework guides Morgan Stanley's transition to agile.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 12, 2020

The benefits of adding cloud telephony to Microsoft Teams

From improved employee productivity to reduced operational costs, the business benefits are hard to ignore.

Nov. 9, 2020

4 types of cost-saving tools for cloud optimization

Interest in cloud spend management is on the rise, as IT leaders look for ways to combat resource waste.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 6, 2020

Mid-size companies pivot to tax automation amid pandemic

Cloud-based tax automation can enable mid-size companies to implement new work processes, refocus staff and scale to meet business conditions due to changing tax requirements.

Nov. 2, 2020

SaaS titans dictate the future of apps. Where do small companies fit?

For companies working to lead the next era of app development, a Gartner analyst recommends taking lessons from household names.

By Katie Malone • Oct. 21, 2020

IBM shrinks with plans to spin-off managed infrastructure services arm

More than 60% of IBM's revenue comes from services, but with the spin-off, its portfolio will shift to lean on recurring revenue stemming from cloud software and solutions, IBM said.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 8, 2020

How cloud threat protection takes on shadow IT

Cloud access security broker capabilities — discovery, data loss prevention, threat protection, encryption, logging — should sit between every kind of app a company houses.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 21, 2020

Cloud leaders grapple with lack of internal skills, survey says

With businesses more heavily relying on their technology to operate, supporting the cloud became mission critical.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 17, 2020

Red Hat, IBM launch enterprise app hub for hybrid cloud

The marketplace approach is an attempt to reduce the friction in application selection, deployment and management in a hybrid cloud environment. 

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 10, 2020

How last week's outages, DDoS attacks impacted internet infrastructure

The outages highlight two areas of concern: cyberattacks in the age of COVID-19 and the internet's longstanding fragility.

By Samantha Schwartz • Updated Sept. 9, 2020

Cloud shared responsibility models are misunderstood, report says

Any disconnect between where a CSP's security services end and the customer's security responsibilities pick up is a recipe for disaster.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 3, 2020

Comprehensive DevSecOps includes securing cloud infrastructure

Teams often overlook emerging security risks. Fortunately, new tools can help find and proactively mitigate those risks before they lead to data breaches.

Sept. 3, 2020

Undoing pandemic cloud mistakes

Transitions haven't all been perfect, especially if an enterprise prioritized being able to function over cost.

By Jen A. Miller • Aug. 31, 2020

Deloitte: Companies turn to cybersecurity, cloud in pandemic response

Executives care about agility and sustaining operations through disruption. Cloud acts as a backbone, while cybersecurity is a fence.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 24, 2020

AWS captures 45% of worldwide IaaS revenue. That's only part of the story

AWS still dominates the IaaS market, but Gartner's new segment combining infrastructure and platform services is a better cloud indicator and shows AWS capturing 50% of the market. 

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 7, 2020

Amid vaccine race, Moderna taps AWS as preferred cloud vendor

The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company made AWS its standard platform for cloud, analytics and machine learning, as it advances the clinical trial on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 5, 2020

Misconfigurations affect 93% of cloud deployments

Combined, misconfigurations and open security groups have led to 200 breaches in the past two years, according to a report from Accurics.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 5, 2020

Internet disruptions up 45% since January, ThousandEyes finds

If outages result from massive upticks in traffic, they can ripple through businesses, no matter their connection to the internet or an ISP. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 4, 2020

Keurig Dr Pepper leans on Google Cloud to host data footprint

Data modernization is at the heart of the agreement, echoing a similar modernization move between PepsiCo Inc. and Microsoft, the companies announced on Monday. 

By Naomi Eide • July 28, 2020

Despite everything, public cloud market is faring well

Down from November projections of the public cloud market revenue growing 17%, Gartner remains bullish on cloud's ability to sustain growth.

By Naomi Eide • July 23, 2020

Banks join IBM's financial services cloud as it doubles down on security, compliance

More customers, partnerships and a geographic expansion are signs of the "momentum and investment" behind the financial services cloud, Hillery Hunter, VP, CTO of IBM Cloud, told CIO Dive. 

By Naomi Eide • July 22, 2020

HSBC names AWS a cloud provider amid broad cost cuts

The financial services company is investing in technology as it rationalizes its portfolio, including plans to cut 35,000 jobs. Last year, the company outlined plans to invest up to $17 billion in a five-year period. 

By Naomi Eide • July 15, 2020