Silicon Valley's next dynamic duo: Edge computing and cloud

Edge computing needs the centralization and scale of cloud, and cloud needs the physical touchpoint of edge, according to Ed Anderson, VP and distinguished analyst at Gartner. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 18, 2018

Microsoft had to 'eat its own dog food' to modernize its portfolio

The company had to adopt at scale the technologies, software and services it sold its customers. 

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 18, 2018

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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

How Ginni Rometty is positioning IBM to play a role in customers' future

There's a lot to be learned from a company in transition. After almost seven years at the helm of IBM, Rometty shared takeaways at the Gartner Symposium. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 17, 2018

6 charts take the confusion out of Kubernetes

Containers are an increasingly popular tool for businesses to provision workloads on the cloud and maximize resources. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 16, 2018

Report: AWS inks $1B in deals, expanding existing partnerships with Symantec, SAP

Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud infrastructure and platforms market, Microsoft, reportedly vied for the Symantec deal as well, based off a memo reviewed by Bloomberg. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 11, 2018

Microsoft looks to rake in growing IT spend in the cloud

The company sees a lot of opportunity in highly regulated markets, where many organizations still haven't carried out significant cloud adoption.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 9, 2018

Cloudera, Hortonworks merger creates Hadoop leader amid framework's decline

Some hold a less rosy view of the merger given the declining prevalence of the Hadoop framework, an open-source software for data storage, orchestration and computing. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 5, 2018

Making high availability more cost-effective in the cloud

Provisioning resources for high availability in a way that does not sacrifice security or performance has never been easy or cheap. 

By David Bermingham • Oct. 1, 2018

Alibaba boosting AI and quantum hardware, SAP cloud partnership

Alibaba has established a chip subsidiary to work on embedded and customized AI chips for the company's cloud and IoT businesses.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 20, 2018

The Information: Google to take on Microsoft with cloud capabilities for on-prem servers

The prospect of a custom tool may be ideal for companies in regulated industries that are restricted from using off-premise cloud services.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 18, 2018

Enterprise cultural shifts required for successful cloud adoption

Many organizations underestimate the legacy-to-cloud cultural shift and the specific IT skill sets required for managing cloud infrastructure environments.

By Joy Sim and Michael Byrne • Sept. 17, 2018

Stripe, Slack maintain top spots in private cloud company rankings

A hundred private companies are on cloud nine after making the cut for Forbes annual Cloud 100 ranking, which featured 27 newcomers this year. 

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 14, 2018

Google quickly surpasses Microsoft in serverless computing, but can it beat AWS?

Just three months in, GCP's quick upward trajectory in serverless computing demonstrates that it could "have a shot at taking on Amazon." 

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 11, 2018

Cloud computing could be caught in crosshairs of US-China tariff battle

The third list of proposed tariffs by the Trump administration targets components of cloud computing hardware and data centers that would disrupt supply chains and hurt providers.

By Alex Hickey • Updated Sept. 19, 2018

The Information: Cloud prospects for Alibaba scaling back in US

Instead of looking to pull customers from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, Alibaba will focus on multinational companies in the U.S. with cloud services needs in China.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 4, 2018

DevOps and agile: Why this union is taking so long to consummate

Organizations are having difficulty finding candidates familiar with agile and DevOps who can collaborate across teams.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 30, 2018

As hyperscale capex hits records, a few operators solidify hold on market

Hyperscale capabilities have become critical to leading cloud infrastructure, software and platform providers.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 29, 2018

VMware pushes further into multicloud with CloudHealth Technologies buy

The company has developed tools to build cloud infrastructure and recent activity demonstrates a strong focus on hybrid cloud environments.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 28, 2018

Big cloud providers heel to the demands of multicloud

Microservices undergirded the adoption of multicloud strategies but also added complexity by increasing components, hastening the rise of third-party tools.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 24, 2018

To modernize from monolithic applications, the College Board followed its 'North Stars'

Simplification was a motivating factor in developing seven guiding principles.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 22, 2018

Foundation that brought industry Kubernetes graduates 2nd tool: Prometheus

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation's project has more than 13,000 commits from its user base and 1,000 contributors.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 10, 2018

AWS just made an IT services power play with DXC deal

A $10 billion, 10-year contract to build the Pentagon's cloud infrastructure is up for grabs. A close relationship to a services firm like DXC would make it easier for AWS to run multiple large-scale cloud migrations at once.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 8, 2018

Hackett Group: Digital transformations can make or break IT organizations

On any day that ends in the letter Y, IT faces a crossroads. Of late, it is transformation that goes beyond a move to the cloud.

By Deborah Barrington • Aug. 8, 2018

With $2.35B Duo Security purchase, Cisco stakes claim on end-to-end network access

It's a new security era for Cisco, which is traditionally rooted in networking technology.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 3, 2018

AWS maintains stranglehold on cloud market after Q2; Microsoft, Google top cloud growth rate

Unlike several years ago, functionality is strong across all three top providers, making the selection process more difficult for customers. 

By Alex Hickey • Updated Aug. 1, 2018