In a multicloud world, Lucky Brand's strategy centers on a single vendor

Lucky Brand had a disparate architecture, multiple cloud platforms and multiple colocations, but it wanted a simplified cloud portfolio.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 11, 2019

The answer to cloud migration? An incremental, multicloud approach

Every cloud migration story is different, but there is a common thread. No organization wants to interrupt mission-critical business operations.

By Jason Hall • Nov. 11, 2019

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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

Multicloud vs. hybrid cloud: What it all means

While hybrid clouds and multicloud can be used together — and tend to get lumped together —​ they are not the same thing.

By Jen A. Miller • Nov. 8, 2019

Bank of America's 18-month collaboration with IBM leads to bank-focused public cloud

The bank is "committing to use this public cloud environment for even sensitive data," IBM Cloud CTO Hillery Hunter said.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 6, 2019

BMW hires new CIO amid mobility tech push

Long-time BMW executive Alexander Buresch will take over the role on Jan. 1, succeeding Klaus Straub.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 1, 2019

Hilton turned to the cloud to solve a troublesome room lock problem

With its Connected Room concept, Hilton is using digital products to fix pain points while improving guest experiences.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 30, 2019

How 'the couch' is supporting ExxonMobil's sprint to digital transformation

The company is relying on DevOps and agile to hit a bold growth goal by 2025: doubling profits without changing prices.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 29, 2019

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

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

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 Roberto Torres • Sept. 17, 2019

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

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

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

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

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 Roberto Torres • 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