How Microsoft is handling cloud capacity constraints

Driven by a surge in remote work from the coronavirus pandemic, Microsoft's service demand skyrocketed and availability waffled. 

By Samantha Schwartz • April 27, 2020

A 10-year, $10B cloud contract is at stake — was the process fair?

The Department of Defense's watchdog began investigating the JEDI cloud contract award process in June, and falls outside the ongoing legal battle over the award between Microsoft and AWS. 

By Naomi Eide • April 16, 2020

Explore the Trendline➔

Hybrid cloud

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

By CIO Dive staff

6 charts to understand the coronavirus impact on IT

COVID-19 is changing tech executives' assumptions about the future, their ability to access talent and supplies and spending priorities in key verticals.

By Roberto Torres • April 15, 2020

2 decades of cloud: Where it's been and where it's heading

As digital transformation accelerates, more applications are becoming cloud native, which presents a unique set of challenges that IT leaders need to address in the next phase of cloud adoption.

By Oussama El-Hilali • April 14, 2020

Yes, developers break cloud security rules. But do companies have adequate policies in place?

Even though developers are circumventing compliance policies, companies struggle with adopting guidelines altogether.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 9, 2020

Asleep at the cloud: A Microsoft Azure disruption changed who gets a wake-up call

Following service challenges last month, Microsoft Azure has updated communication protocols so that incident managers will now be paged when there's an issue. 

By Roberto Torres • April 9, 2020

Why Linux containers are a CIO's best friend

Linux containers are, by their nature, agile. This is key to effectively maneuvering through and rising above any challenges — or opportunities — that come a business's way.

By Brian Gracely • April 7, 2020

IBM draws former Bank of America CTO to lead cloud

Under new CEO Arvind Krishna, IBM is outlining "strategic battles" focused on hybrid cloud and AI.

By Naomi Eide • April 7, 2020

Azure tops AWS as preferred IaaS and PaaS vendor, Morgan Stanley says

CIOs are rethinking spending, prioritizing technology that can enable and secure remote work. This is where Microsoft has the advantage.

By Naomi Eide • April 3, 2020

Microsoft cloud use spikes 775%, testing capacity during coronavirus

While demand has not caused any significant service disruptions, deployments in taxed regions fell below a 99.99% success rate, Microsoft said.

By Naomi Eide • March 30, 2020

Understanding Google Cloud's recent service hiccups

The interconnectedness of the internet could spell trouble for the new normal, as one service's outage can lead to another site or platform going offline.

By Roberto Torres • March 27, 2020

Complications of guaranteeing uptime during a pandemic

Historical data is used for predictive analytics in the cloud, however, the coronavirus pandemic is challenging its reliability. 

By Samantha Schwartz • March 17, 2020

Pentagon has until August to reconsider cloud contract award to Microsoft

Technical aspects of the Pentagon's 10-year, $10 billion JEDI cloud contract award are under scrutiny.

By Naomi Eide • Updated April 20, 2020

A third of companies fail to turn cloud adoption into more effectiveness

Failing to connect cloud migration to business strategy makes it harder for companies to reap the full value of the technology. 

By Roberto Torres • March 5, 2020

Walmart outlines cloud strategy to investors

With the hybrid architecture, Walmart can move workloads between the private and public cloud, making use of flex capacity when necessary. 

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 28, 2020

Google Cloud's latest purchase targets customers who want to keep mainframes and have the cloud too

Central to Google Cloud's interest in Cornerstone Technology? The healthcare and financial services companies still running mainframes.

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 20, 2020

The other clouds

The $50 billion IaaS market prioritizes the hyperscalers at the very top, neglecting the providers at the bottom, the unnamed others offering alternative cloud solutions.

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 13, 2020

Report: Amazon, Google, Microsoft competing for Deutsche Bank's tech overhaul

The project comes amid a massive restructuring. The German lender expects to invest $14.2 billion in tech through 2022.

By Dan Ennis • Feb. 13, 2020

Judge hits pause on Microsoft's Pentagon cloud contract

In a motion made public this week, Amazon Web Services said the selection of Microsoft for the contract was "arbitrary, capricious, and prejudicial."

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 13, 2020

Insecure cloud coding templates run rampant, research finds

To maintain a template's "integrity" or prevent outside manipulation, organizations can use role-based access controls and version controls.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 5, 2020

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty steps down, paving way for cloud-focused future

Rometty ushered the company into the modern era of cloud computing and set sights on the future of technology.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 30, 2020

Cole Haan is weaving microservices throughout systems to build tech in-house

The cloud has played a role in every integration for Cole Haan, but the continuous fight between architecture health and new experiences remains.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 24, 2020

Supply, demand and talent constraints in the cloud workforce

Companies demand savvy talent as they shift to the cloud. They have a choice: Train existing workers or find new ones.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 22, 2020

What the global IT spending forecast says about corporate technology preferences

The Gartner spending forecast boils down to an increase in "soft" and a decrease in "hard" technology spending, with companies opting for service-based delivery models. 

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 16, 2020

What applications are moving to the cloud?

Early shifts to the cloud relied on easy wins. Upcoming migrations require a lot more planning — and patience.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 15, 2020