FTC cloud market inquiry remains unresolved as US presidential race enters final stretch

An ongoing investigation into hyperscaler competition initiated last year by the Federal Trade Commission has largely been overshadowed by AI regulation concerns.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 4, 2024

Bridging the gap: The first enterprise-grade linux solution for the cloud-to-edge continuum

eLxr Pro offers the flexibility, support and innovation necessary to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

By Amit Ronen, Chief Customer Offer, Wind River • Nov. 4, 2024

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AWS earnings round out a quarter of hyperscaler AI wins

The company cited AI demand as a driver of enterprise cloud consumption, a clear trend among large vendors.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 1, 2024

Microsoft runs into cloud constraints as Azure AI business booms

Data centers “don’t get built overnight,” CEO Satya Nadella said Wednesday during the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 31, 2024

Google Cloud enjoys an AI-fueled growth spurt in Q3

The hyperscaler saw cloud revenue grow 35% year over year to $11.4 billion in the third quarter.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 30, 2024

Executives worry over aging IT systems

Despite ongoing modernization efforts, tech debt is still hindering mission-critical infrastructure, according to Kyndryl.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 29, 2024

5 highest-paying IT certifications in 2024

An AWS certification earned the top position as employers and employees seek out credentials that verify security, data and cloud skills.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 29, 2024

How to improve your cloud costs with network observability

Network observability means putting teams in control of eliminating waste and optimizing cloud costs at the network level.

Oct. 29, 2024

Citi taps Google Cloud for app migration, AI adoption

The bank, as part of a broad modernization push, announced a multiyear partnership with the hyperscaler Monday.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 28, 2024

IBM leans into software as infrastructure revenue slides

Since its 2019 acquisition of Red Hat, IBM has moved software closer to the center of its product portfolio.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 24, 2024

SAP leans on ‘supercharging’ Joule to accelerate ERP migrations

The software giant said just one-fourth of its existing customers were shifting to cloud as segment revenues continued to mount.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 22, 2024

IBM doubles down on open models to help businesses customize AI

The company added two Granite LLMs under Apache 2.0 licenses and introduced general-purpose coding enhancements to its watsonx assistant Monday.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 21, 2024

How the Indiana Pacers, Fever upped their data game in cloud

“We took a sledgehammer to every wall and silo we had in the business,” Jared Chavez, data engineering and strategy manager at Pacers Sports & Entertainment, said.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 18, 2024

Tech leaders struggle to rescue data trapped in mainframes

Legacy systems are a goldmine for business insights but extraction remains a challenge, according to a Rocket Software report.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 16, 2024

Citi reaps rewards from modernization investments

The bank retired 450 legacy applications this year and over 1,250 since 2022, CFO Mark Mason said Tuesday.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 15, 2024

Data overload thwarts digital transformation in banking

Despite eagerness to scale AI capabilities, the financial sector remains mired in technical debt.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 11, 2024

AI adoption rush puts mainframes back in the spotlight

Coding assistants are, in turn, helping engineers refactor aging COBOL applications, according to IBM.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 10, 2024

AI adoption drives ‘unmanageable’ spike in cloud costs

IT and financial executives leverage FinOps to rein in software and infrastructure spending, according to a Tangoe report.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 7, 2024

Enterprises cling to mainframe as cloud expands

Companies that lean on the enterprise workhorse are increasing capacity and purchasing new units, according to ISG research.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 7, 2024

Banking tech alliance drafts enterprise AI adoption guidelines

The Fintech Open Source Foundation, which now includes Nvidia and Moody’s, outlined LLM risks and control measures to guide deployment in the industry.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 4, 2024

United Airlines leaned on real-time data to recover from the CrowdStrike outage

The airline modernized its technology foundations with better customer experiences in mind. Then, a major software outage underscored the importance of live data.

By Matt Ashare • Updated Oct. 3, 2024

Data center spending skyrockets as cloud building rush accelerates

Hyperscaler infrastructure investments surged during the first half of the year and are expected to reach $400 billion in 2024, according to Dell’Oro Group research.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 30, 2024

Enterprises funnel IT spend into AI and data, Accenture says

Executives are cutting resources elsewhere in IT to carry out AI and data investments, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said Thursday.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 26, 2024

Google accuses Microsoft of stifling cloud competition in EU complaint

Microsoft's licensing terms restrict European customers from migrating workloads to competing platforms, Google told the European Commission.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 25, 2024

Most mainframe application rewrites fail the first time

“Almost everyone in the mainframe space recognizes that these are not toy workloads,” Rocket Software executive Phil Buckellew said.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 24, 2024