Nvidia revenues soar amid hyperscaler AI rush

The chipmaker's products underpin the AI services at the center of an enterprise adoption wave, but research and development are still underway.

By Matt Ashare • Updated Feb. 22, 2024

AWS expands AI training portfolio

The cloud provider added eight training courses for upskilling in prompt engineering, building LLMs and other AI proficiencies.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 27, 2023

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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

Cloud security myths can leave SMBs exposed

AWS identified three cyber misconceptions that hinder small- and medium-sized businesses as they migrate workloads.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 22, 2023

FTC extends cloud competition scrutiny to generative AI

“Cloud computing is a key input for artificial intelligence technologies,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said. 

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 20, 2023

Hyundai, AWS design training, certification program for critical cloud skills

The third-largest carmaker will migrate on-prem applications and leverage jointly designed tech training programs. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 17, 2023

FinOps Foundation rolls out cloud cost controls with hyperscaler backing

The trade association’s new FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification expands the standard’s scope with support from AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Oracle.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 16, 2023

IBM bolsters hybrid AI strategy, arms watsonx with governance solution

The toolkit validates LLM inputs, monitors outputs for bias, drift and compliance and integrates with models from IBM and other providers.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 15, 2023

Cloud spend climbs as hyperscaler infrastructure becomes ‘indispensable’

Hunger for generative AI technologies and industry verticals will help drive end-user public cloud spend to $679 billion in 2024, according to Gartner.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 14, 2023

5 highest-paying IT certifications in 2023

Google Cloud certifications topped the highest earners list, ousting an AWS certification from its top-paying spot.  

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 14, 2023

Cloud buyers need bundled services, not siloed features

By shifting the focus from discrete services to interlocking components, providers can help customers address specific use cases and drive better business outcomes, Sid Nag writes. 

By Sid Nag • Nov. 14, 2023

3 reasons to avoid cloud repatriation: Forrester

Migrations don’t always go as planned, but shifting applications back to on-prem data centers isn’t a slam dunk either.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 9, 2023

Warby Parker’s ERP implementation costs tip $5M mark

The vision care retailer is investing in its digital capabilities as it pursues a stronger tech stack, better user experiences and productivity gains. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 8, 2023

Half of cloud transformations are ‘abject failures’

As the technology matures, CFOs are asking CIOs to justify the business value of existing migrations, HFS CEO and Chief Analyst Phil Fersht said.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 8, 2023

Salesforce, Accenture unveil joint life sciences cloud solution

The two companies will leverage their generative AI partnership to develop the industry vertical.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 6, 2023

Normalized billing, sovereignty to shape cloud in 2024: Forrester

Bowing to customer demand, providers will also address data center sustainability and introduce prompt engineering services, the firm expects.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 2, 2023

Inside Kyndryl’s sprint to decouple IT from IBM

Ahead of a Nov. 3 deadline, CIO Michael Bradshaw detailed the company’s push to rebuild IT, moving 1,800 applications to an all-cloud infrastructure in two years.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 31, 2023

AWS looks to Bedrock AI for sustained cloud dominance

The largest hyperscaler retained its command of one-third of the global cloud market as a yearlong enterprise cost optimization push showed signs of easing.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 27, 2023

IBM leans on hybrid approach — in generative AI, too

The company is leveraging hyperscaler partnerships and deploying its own models to bring the technology to clients, CEO Arvind Krishna said.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 26, 2023

Microsoft grows cloud business, banks on full-stack AI strategy

Large language models and the generative AI tools they power aren’t the only driver of Azure usage and revenue growth — but the technology has gained traction.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 25, 2023

MassMutual more than halfway done with multicloud journey

While migration is the end goal, modernization is the means, regardless of where an application lives, Head of Product and Platform Technology Sherriff Balogun said.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 24, 2023

Hyperscaler data center capacity to nearly triple by 2029

Cloud providers are building new infrastructure and retrofitting systems to prepare for high-intensity generative AI workloads, according to Synergy Research Group.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 20, 2023

Tech spend to top $5 trillion in 2024 as CIOs contend with change fatigue

Cloud vendor price hikes and deferred projects will push 2024 IT spend above $5 trillion for the first time in Gartner's forecast.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 18, 2023

Google challenges AWS, boosts cloud database speed, performance

Upgrades to the company’s Cloud Spanner service increase transaction efficiency by 50%, effectively cutting costs in half, according to the company.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 12, 2023

Unilever taps Google Cloud, Accenture for custom enterprise app

The solution links more than 53,000 factory-based associates to Google collaboration tools and third-party learning and payroll systems, the consumer goods giant said.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 11, 2023

AWS launches training institute to tackle the cloud skills gap

Designed with input from Accenture and American Family Insurance, the 12-course program covers proficiencies in cloud architecting, Python coding and Amazon CodeWhisperer.

By Matt Ashare • Updated Oct. 10, 2023