What distributed cloud means for businesses

Under a distributed model, the operation and governance of public cloud services remain the provider's responsibility while bringing the physical location of the cloud closer to the user.

By Katie Malone • Dec. 14, 2020

AWS wants to train 29M people, but cloud need goes beyond a single vendor

The latest move to boost cloud talent in the job market includes free AWS training and certification. It's not a one-stop-shop for cloud talent.

By Katie Malone • Dec. 11, 2020

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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

Back to basics: Reimagining cloud governance

Even if an organization already put a cloud governance plan in place, it could likely use a refresh to optimize cloud use.

By Katie Malone • Dec. 10, 2020

CTO of the Year: Curt Garner, Chipotle

Customization isn't as easy in a pandemic. Leading tech at the fast casual chain, Garner helped sustain the technology that enabled operations.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 9, 2020

For mid-sized businesses, cloud brings best — and worst — of both worlds

With the disaster recovery and business operations gains from the cloud come operational cost increases and security concerns.

By Katie Malone • Dec. 8, 2020

Businesses can avoid cloud provider downtime with redundancy — but at what cost?

Last week's AWS disruption inconvenienced businesses and consumers alike. It's not necessarily a sign of cloud interoperability's downfall.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 30, 2020

Why 4-year colleges are tapping Amazon to help deliver cloud computing degrees

Amazon Web Services is one of a handful of tech employers, including Google and Microsoft, helping colleges offer credentials in the field.

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 25, 2020

IT leaders, workers at odds over cloud maturity perception

There's a disconnect between how leadership envision cloud strategies playing out and the experience for line-of-business IT workers, an SPR survey shows.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 17, 2020

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

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