Cloud: Page 30


  • A timeline of DoD's JEDI cloud contract

    FAQs on the $10B JEDI cloud contract you keep hearing about

    The Department of Defense awarded a $10 billion contract for enterprise cloud that will set standards for the agency's tech stack for at least the next decade.

    By Naomi Eide • Oct. 28, 2019
  • Senators press AWS on cloud security, call for FTC investigation

    The Senators want to know whether Amazon Web Services' "failure to secure" servers used by Capital One "violated federal law."

    By Naomi Eide • Oct. 25, 2019
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    Trendline

    Hybrid cloud

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

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Former Weight Watchers CTO 'hated' Microsoft and shed its active directory platform

    The weight loss company was primarily a Microsoft shop when it began breaking free from the legacy provider's services.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 22, 2019
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    2020 IT spending priorities — and the traps a cloud shift creates

    Spending trends coalesce with a shift in how companies manage technology budgets, transitioning from CapEx to OpEx in the "as a Service" era. But the pivot is not seamless.

    By Naomi Eide • Oct. 21, 2019
  • Bank of America prioritized internal cloud. Now it's evaluating third-party providers

    "We don't need to own the hardware, we just need to find out who can provide the right way," said CEO Brian Moynihan.

    By Naomi Eide • Oct. 17, 2019
  • 2019's highest-paying IT certifications show power of the cloud

    Certified Google Cloud architects earn more than Amazon Web Services experts in the U.S. Microsoft Azure specialists trail close behind. 

    By Naomi Eide • Oct. 7, 2019
  • Companies miss 99% of IaaS configuration errors, McAfee says

    In some cases, companies aren't even aware the number of IaaS providers they have.

    By Naomi Eide • Sept. 24, 2019
  • At half of businesses, public cloud data use expected to rise next year

    Industry has yet to realize the promise of cloud computing, according to a survey from Harvard Business Review and Cloudera.

    By Sept. 17, 2019
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    Skepticism slows cloud and SaaS adoption

    CISOs perceive on-premise solutions as the safer option. Relinquishing control to SaaS vendors amplifies a sense of paranoia.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 17, 2019
  • Microsoft and Disney, to the cloud and beyond

    Part of a five-year deal, the companies will use Walt Disney’s tech hub, StudioLAB, to help create cloud-based offerings "from scene to screen." 

    By Naomi Eide • Sept. 13, 2019
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    Breach isn't pulling Capital One off its cloud course

    Executives continue to cite the "all-in" mantra after the bank saw millions of customers' data exposed this year.

    By Dan Ennis • Sept. 12, 2019
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    Faith in cloud security strengthens, but concerns persist

    For a time, CISOs held off cloud adoption because of a lingering belief the cloud was less secure, a Nominet survey found.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 3, 2019
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    VMware's Kubernetes Academy pushes the company's container orchestration play

    The company is betting on an "any cloud, any device" strategy, serving as a technology-agnostic layer between large-scale cloud service providers. 

    By Naomi Eide • Aug. 29, 2019
  • 'Systemically important' cloud firms lack oversight, lawmakers say

    A disruption to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud may paralyze a significant portion of banks' business and perhaps be a national security threat, lawmakers wrote.

    By Dan Ennis • Aug. 27, 2019
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    Opinion

    Gartner: A 10-step cookbook for building a cloud strategy

    Most organizations lack a formal cloud strategy, Gartner Analyst David Smith writes. Those with a plan have a more coherent approach to cloud usage, optimizing resources and costs.

    By David Smith • Aug. 26, 2019
  • VMware continues 'acquisition spree' with planned $4.8B purchase of Pivotal, Carbon Black

    Faced with pressure from hyperscalers, the company is looking to amass intellectual property to attract developers and customers.

    By Aug. 23, 2019
  • Onus for cloud security falls on customers, but AWS could do more, CISO says

    Only customers have a true sense of "what they intended with resources under their control," AWS CISO Stephen Schmidt said, in response to the Senate inquiry of AWS' role in Capital One's data breach. 

    By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 20, 2019
  • Cloudflare's IPO bets on specialization in market dominated by full-stack giants

    The network delivery service provider sits in a saturated market, up against on-premise network vendors and cloud service providers.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 16, 2019
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    Macy's draws on Google Cloud data management, analytics for warehouse optimization

    Developed in-house, Macy's warehouse management software will initially roll out to distribution centers supporting its off-price Backstage stores.

    By Naomi Eide • Aug. 15, 2019
  • 5 cloud dos and don'ts

    Cloud strategy cannot come from the CIO alone. Rather, IT leaders have to partner with the C-suite to articulate the business benefits of IT transformation.

    By Naomi Eide • Aug. 14, 2019
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    CIOs lean on cloud as C-suite dependence on technology execution grows

    The growing reliance on technology speaks to urgency: McKinsey's research found CEOs are prioritizing revenue growth and improved agility over reducing business costs.

    By Naomi Eide • Aug. 12, 2019
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    Opinion

    Hybrid cloud provides fast lane to digital transformation

    The old IT paradigm of heavy iron has given way to a flexible cloud that can support rapid development iterations and evolving products and services.

    By Karun Sorout • Aug. 12, 2019
  • Zoom's rise carving market share from Microsoft, Cisco

    The newcomer is "actually displacing some of these other giant vendors," Gartner's Tom Eagle told CIO Dive.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 9, 2019
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    From Equifax to Capital One: The problem with web application security

    Flaws in web applications are abundant and easy to manipulate, making them a target for bad actors.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 5, 2019
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    Capital One breach raises questions about security and cloud-first strategies

    If a breach hits a company with technology maturity, how vulnerable are less mature organizations?

    By Naomi Eide • Aug. 2, 2019