Ancestry turned to AI to bring down cloud costs

One way to keep cloud costs down: let artificial intelligence find room for improvement.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 14, 2020

CIO Dive’s business technology predictions for 2020

In 2020, CIOs will spend their days using data to maximize the efficiency of their workforce, as cyberattacks and fierce competition loom large.

By Samantha Schwartz , Roberto Torres , Naomi Eide • Jan. 13, 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

Enterprise-scale companies adopting Azure over AWS, Goldman Sachs finds

Enterprise is Microsoft's sweet spot. As the cloud gained relevance, the company has shifted clients toward new, cloud-based tools.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 10, 2020

25 business technology trends for 2020

As tech leaders plan for 2020 and beyond, keep a close eye on interoperability and making technology purchasing decisions that can remain flexible in the long-term. 

Jan. 9, 2020

5 cloud trends for 2020

This year will offer more battles in the cloud wars and more vendors listening to understand the realities of where businesses actually are in cloud adoption.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 7, 2020

CIO Dive's Top Trends of 2019

Tie a bow on it, uncork the champagne and take a deep breath: say goodbye to 2019. 

Dec. 30, 2019

CIO Dive's Top News of 2019

The world of business technology is nonstop and the Top News of 2019 honors the constant churn.

Dec. 27, 2019

5 charts that show the rise of the cloud

Cloud technology defined the decade, creating a baseline for enterprise technology performance.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 20, 2019

The rise of cloud computing is having an impact on data center efficiency — and it's not great

In recent years, improvements to data center facility efficiency have flattened — or even slowed — as fewer computers do the actual work.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 18, 2019

Private cloud evolves as public cloud steals the industry spotlight

Private clouds aren't disappearing — they're changing to fit into a hybrid and multicloud world. 

By Jen A. Miller • Dec. 17, 2019

AWS decries Microsoft's JEDI cloud contract award with bid protest calling out Trump

A bid protest was expected with a contract this size, particularly with the contentious language and lawsuits leading up to the decision.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 10, 2019

Company of the Year: Google Cloud

Google Cloud's newly appointed leadership pushed it to become a general purpose platform accessible to enterprise customers, not merely an innovative, "Googly" technology stack.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 9, 2019

The CIO Dive Awards for 2019

From cloud contenders to technology stalwarts, these are the companies and executives shaping business transformation as digital disruption circles industry. 

Dec. 9, 2019

Disruptor of the Year: VMware

VMware retooled its central platform, vSphere, to become Kubernetes-native, a technology that is reshaping the way industries use cloud computing by enabling multicloud strategies.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 9, 2019

Best Western puts customer experience at the center of AWS migration

By moving the reservations system to the cloud, Best Western hopes to improve its system availability.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 6, 2019

Goldman Sachs gives AWS the financial services nod of approval

Though Goldman Sachs works with a few cloud providers, CEO David Solomon credits AWS as the first because of its capabilities and pace of innovation.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 4, 2019

AWS books Best Western as cloud customer for automation, personalization

By the end of 2020, the hotel chain will migrate its business application stack supporting 4,700 properties to AWS.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 3, 2019

Seattle Seahawks swarm AWS, seeking gametime analytics

The NFL inked a deal with AWS about two years ago, partnering with AWS on its Next Gen Stats platform.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 26, 2019

Cloud tips, tricks and definitions to take the mystery out of adoption

Even as more companies become comfortable with putting data into the cloud, IaaS retains an aura of fear and uncertainty.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 21, 2019

Multicloud boosts infrastructure report card

The majority of IT professionals who say their strategy isn't A-worthy blamed an infrastructure unequipped for optimization and wasted hours on maintenance, according to an INAP survey.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 20, 2019

AWS rolls out unique cost-control option, but vendor remains pricey

The cheaper and more flexible a service, the more allure for executives weighing cloud provider selection and commitment. 

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 15, 2019

Amid heated cloud war, Microsoft lands competitor Salesforce as a client

Running Salesforce's Marketing Cloud on Azure opens up Microsoft's wealth of development resources, analysts say.  

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 15, 2019

Mirantis' Docker Enterprise acquisition a lifeline as industry shifts to Kubernetes

For Docker fans, it's the end of an era. Industry is retooling, standardizing on container technology and orchestration on Kubernetes. 

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 14, 2019

Why Ocean Spray's CTO hit pause on cloud migration

Like any digital transformation, CTO and CDO Jamie Head expected things to break. His job was to make sure the rest of the business understood that, too.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 13, 2019

Disney+ launch day clouded by service availability issues

"We are so pleased you're excited to watch all your favorites and are working quickly to resolve any current issues," Disney said on Twitter. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 12, 2019