Microsoft, Google start to do more than chip away at AWS' lead

The two tech giants reportedly carved out 6% of AWS' market share over the course of a year, and future investment plans may take a bigger bite out.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 17, 2018

Two US cities lead world colocation market

More than one-quarter of the global market is held between Washington, D.C., New York, Tokyo, London and Shanghai.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 16, 2018

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Digital transformation

Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.

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After years of speculation, Dropbox reportedly files to go public

Dropbox's competitor, Box, is also a publicly shared company, but Box has struggled to maintain profits since announcing its 2015 IPO.  

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 12, 2018

Facing the unknown: Preparing accounting and finance departments for emerging technology

Today, a new generation of cloud-powered financial applications leveraging Big Data analytics provides finance and accounting departments with transformative capabilities. 

By Jim Walsh • Jan. 9, 2018

2018 business technology trends at a glance

This year, departments across a business are set to become more technical, concerned with up-and-coming technology like AI and Big Data. 

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Jan. 9, 2018

There can only be one: Microsoft and Amazon square off for top IaaS, PaaS provider

More than $100 billion in revenue for service providers came from cloud-based IaaS, PaaS, hosted private cloud services and enterprise SaaS.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 8, 2018

5 trends shaping the cloud in 2018

As the market changes, so too will its players, and 2018 will bring significant maturation to cloud portfolios and mid-sized players. 

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 8, 2018

Benioff sets fast track for Salesforce, but is it enough to hold Microsoft at bay?

Salesforce wants to double its revenue to $20 billion by FY 2022, with an eye on $60 billion by 2034. Microsoft, SAP and Oracle will be best poised to challenge the company's lead in the CRM market.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 5, 2018

Microsoft calls for tech companies to serve as 'medics in cyberspace'

Tension between technology and public policy is erupting in cybersecurity and AI spaces.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 2, 2018

Santa's migrating his toy workshop to the cloud

At the North Pole, elves were suffering and couldn't keep up with the high volume of orders. Because Santa failed to check the list twice, they were filling orders from Christmases long past, leading to inefficiency and wasted work.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 21, 2017

Big Data just got cheaper on Microsoft Azure

The framework dispatches Apache Hadoop properties in the Azure cloud, providing a software for managing and analyzing Big Data.

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 20, 2017

What's the biggest problem CIOs face? Deciding what to say no to

Coming into a new organization, it is imperative that CIOs have short- and long-term technology in place to make sure obstacles like a tech talent shortage do not derail IT, according to Dropbox CIO Sylvie Veilleux. 

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 18, 2017

Etsy adopts Google Cloud, steps away from 'do-it-yourself' tech approach

The adoption of Google's cloud indicates that the e-commerce site is looking to depend less on its own digital infrastructure. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 15, 2017

Cloud migrations remain a challenge, so Box is embedding consultants

Box's efforts are not unique to technology companies. The old-guard of enterprise technology, such as Oracle and SAP, have long-standing consulting practices that constitute the backbone of their product offerings. 

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 13, 2017

Microsoft offers Q# so developers don't fall flat on quantum

The tech company launched a quantum programming language, cloud-hosted simulators and code library as the race for quantum supremacy heats up.

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 12, 2017

How Microsoft will hit its $1 trillion valuation

Azure cloud and Microsoft 365 revenue growth are set to turn high profits for Microsoft in the coming years.

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 11, 2017

AWS announces single sign-on, but is it worth it?

If a bad actor were to obtain a single password that can access multiple applications, the damages could prove catastrophic.

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 11, 2017

How Pinterest transformed digital strategy from cloud to containers, ML and open source

Pinterest has used an array of advanced digital tools to grow its global footprint to 200 million active users. 

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 8, 2017

'Whole cloud' revenues projected to hit $554B in 2021

The "whole cloud" market includes public, private and hybrid cloud offerings as well as cloud-based services, software and infrastructure-related hardware.

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 7, 2017

Company of the Year: Microsoft

It may be the No. 3 most valuable company internationally, but right now Microsoft is No. 1 in the enterprise thanks to its turn from personal computing to enterprise and cloud services.

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 4, 2017

The CIO Dive Awards for 2017

The awards recognize the technology industry's top disruptors and innovators. These executives, companies and trends are transforming the industry and shaping the future.

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Dec. 4, 2017

AWS brings in new customers with AI, ML, security tools

While Amazon's spot as the No. 1 IaaS provider has never been in question, Microsoft and Google have been able to tout their own cloud platforms thanks to the wide array of AI, ML and Big Data tools.

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 1, 2017

Disney, NFL and TurboTax condense on AWS cloud

AWS announced new or expanding partnerships as more companies look to take advantage of its Big Data and machine learning cloud tools.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 30, 2017

Oh, the places you'll go: Microsoft adds location services to Azure

The tech giant is leveraging TomTom's international network as its "users continually provide active and passive map and traffic data," Microsoft said.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 29, 2017

Turner adoption proves AWS is creating a paradise for video content providers

Along with Turner, AWS already hosts AOL, BBC, C-SPAN, Netflix and other digital media companies.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 28, 2017