Microsoft wants to operate above a 99.995% Azure uptime

Three "significant incidents" — the result of "multiple failures" — has Microsoft turning attention to improving uptime, Azure's CTO said.

By Naomi Eide • July 17, 2019

SAP's 'Intelligent Enterprise' roadmap relies on integrations with AWS, Google Cloud

Combining experience and operational data is at the heart of SAP's Intelligent Enterprise strategy. To do that, it needs to work on its integration capabilities.

By Roberto Torres • July 16, 2019

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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

AT&T, IBM build on 20-year history with cloud, networking agreement

The deal is a nod to Red Hat services. Now that the acquisition is finalized, industry is looking to IBM for what's next.

By Naomi Eide • July 16, 2019

Google Cloud adds sales head for North America amid platform maturity push

With a flurry of acquisitions and leadership additions, Google Cloud is seeing its CEO's efforts to grow the platform and sales play out.

By Naomi Eide • July 12, 2019

Microsoft database turns to the cloud as support ends for SQL Server 2008

The company wants its customers to readily consume Azure and end of support for SQL Server 2008 is as good an instance as any. 

By Naomi Eide • July 9, 2019

4 critical considerations: Shifting IT infrastructure to public cloud

Infrastructure groups must size compute resources correctly in advance of cloud migrations, which require a smaller configuration than an on-premise system.

By Joy Sim, Michael Byrne • July 8, 2019

4 years of CIO Dive: All the trends we watched

Obsessive focus on digital transformation and next-generation technology is ubiquitous across sectors. And the CIO influence has grown.

By Naomi Eide • July 3, 2019

Cloud database management grows as on-prem 'Stockholm Syndrome' persists

Gartner expects the future of on-premise DBMS — IBM, Teradata, SAP HANA and​ Yellowbrick — to be "limited."

By Samantha Schwartz • July 2, 2019

MOD Pizza's early cloud start supports rapid expansion

Having the foundation of the cloud, years before the cloud boom, gave MOD a head start when it came time to scale.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 1, 2019

Cloud 'lift and shift' strategies wane as more companies 'lift and optimize,' Azure CVP says

CIO Dive sat down with Julia White, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Azure, to discuss all things cloud: Where it was, where it is and where it's going. 

By Naomi Eide • June 28, 2019

With the cloud comes a side effect: Cost overrun

Freed from physical technology limitations, companies migrating to the cloud face new costs. Those without a plan in place will find people across departments pulling on resources.

By Naomi Eide • June 25, 2019

New breed of security vendor spells trouble for pure play firms

Cloud service providers are taking security market control from third parties. The key for keeping an edge in the market is having multicloud offerings and on-prem integrations.

By Naomi Eide • June 19, 2019

Microsoft Office 365 packs strong cyber defense features — if set up correctly

The suite of cloud-connected enterprise applications holds up well before, during and after an incident, experts said. But only if the right settings are in place. 

By Roberto Torres • June 17, 2019

Amazon expands cloud curriculum with bachelor's degree

George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College join a growing number of institutions to offer curriculum in partnership with the e-commerce company.

By Hallie Busta • June 12, 2019

First MapR, now Cloudera. Why is the Hadoop market in trouble?

Cloudera’s CEO stepped down in June, triggering a stock price nosedive. Analysts expect Hadoop-based companies will continue to be at risk.

By Roberto Torres • June 10, 2019

Google Cloud's Looker acquisition signals sharper focus on large enterprises

In a way, Google's $2.6B acquisition of BI platform Looker takes a cue from Microsoft. Will it stifle or spur further innovation?

By Roberto Torres • June 7, 2019

Microsoft, Oracle link up in the cloud for an 'interoperability' play — and a dig at AWS

The companies want to help joint customers move enterprise applications and databases to the public cloud.

By Naomi Eide • June 5, 2019

MapR, a fixture of the Hadoop market, readies for a shutdown

Though not yet final, the possible downfall of the big data analytics firm could lay off 122 staffers. It’s another sign of consolidation in the Hadoop-based data analytics market.

By Roberto Torres • May 31, 2019

CrowdStrike's chances on the market improve as more companies are hacked, breached

The current security landscape prepared the stage for the cybersecurity unicorn to make its public debut.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 15, 2019

UPS plans delivery routes for 21M packages on Google Cloud

Brands are hard pressed to adopt Amazon Web Services because they fear storing their data on a competitor's cloud. 

By Samantha Schwartz • May 2, 2019

Us vs. them: Vendors duel over open source project administration

In the open source market, some companies are pointing at AWS as the villain. This creates the opportunity for others to come across as open source heroes.

By Naomi Eide • April 30, 2019

4 questions to ask before adopting security as a service

Everyone is "trying to do everything as a service anyway," said Frank Konieczny, U.S. Air Force CTO, but because the services are expected, asking the right questions doesn't always come naturally. 

By Samantha Schwartz • April 26, 2019

In financial services, migrating to the cloud requires flexibility and sensitivity

The sector has wavered toward cloud acceptance, weaving it into services when customers — and compliance standards — permit.

By Naomi Eide • April 26, 2019

Where hybrid cloud systems do — and do not — work

It's impractical to move a large organization's entire legacy systems into the cloud. With so much on-prem technology it would struggle to move to the cloud within the century, one expert said.

By Jen A. Miller • April 23, 2019

Big 3 cloud providers look to renewables to power in-demand data centers

Microsoft, Google and Amazon are attempting to shrink their carbon footprints at a time when cloud demand is rising.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 22, 2019