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

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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.

By CIO Dive staff

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

6 months to GDPR: What's next?

With May 2018 looming on the horizon, the vast majority of companies still have a long journey ahead of them in becoming compliant to the new data privacy regulations. A costly, confusing and long process is ahead for many.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 28, 2017

Symantec taps AWS to power workloads

The security company has a "data lake" on AWS, which gathers troves of data daily from 175 million endpoints as part of its "cloud-first" project.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 27, 2017

Salesforce sets sights on $20B revenue goal

The sales giant will reach "$20 billion faster than any enterprise software company in history," Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 27, 2017

Open servers reveal 1.8B social media records collected by DOD

The origin, nature and web addresses from the posted content accompanied the exposed information, but it is unknown "how or why" the data was collected. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 21, 2017

Google exec: Cloud will generate as much revenue as ad business — but not yet

Even though the cloud unit is "growing much faster," catching up to the advertising unit, which brings in $10 billion per quarter, is a challenge, said Urs Hölzle, Google's SVP of technical infrastructure.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 20, 2017

17 things to be thankful for in technology

Though some of us were not as lucky in dodging 2017's gift of cyberattacks and breaches, Thanksgiving is still a time for turkey, loved ones and Jimmy Fallon-style thank you notes. 

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Nov. 17, 2017

Why data center construction is 'where the action is'

As the number of connected devices increases, the need for more infrastructure supporting them is only going to grow.

By Kim Slowey • Nov. 16, 2017

Report: Amazon to bring 'Ironman' to AI for better computing

Because experts do not expect the emergence of another "megacloud," existing cloud leaders need to fight for relevance. That's why providers are heavily investing in the next great cloud capability: AI. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 14, 2017

Microsoft is using its sales team to win over cloud customers

Instead of traditional pitch presentations, the legacy software provider is engineering applications for potential customers during a sales call. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 14, 2017

Hybrid clouds increase but 'standalone' management is needed

A universal solution for managing data stored on multiple clouds is not something companies should hang their hopes on.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 13, 2017

No more new 'megaclouds,' but the market refuses to slow down

There is a movement shifting attention to "developer empowerment" and a heightened desire for on-premise cloud solutions. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 10, 2017

Kroger avoids the Amazon machine, prefers Google and Microsoft clouds

The largest grocery store chain in the country chose to stay away from the No. 1 cloud provider, AWS, for "obvious reasons competitively," Kroger CIO Chris Hjelm told CNBC.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 9, 2017

Why the Salesforce partnership is a big deal for Google Cloud

The companies have prior relations from a deal in 2008 that brought Salesforce into Google Apps but nothing to this extent. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 7, 2017

Cloud market remains SaaS-centric, but PaaS growing rapidly

The SaaS market is an already well-established enterprise fixture, and most companies have cloud-based software integrated into core systems.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 7, 2017

The great hunt for Amazon HQ2: 3 cities on our short list

While Amazon is sifting through its several hundred proposals, with a result expected in 2018, the CIO Dive Editorial Team predicts three contenders. 

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Nov. 3, 2017

The near future belongs to the cloud and AI

Spending on cloud services will reach more than $530 billion by 2021 as 90% of enterprises turn to dependence on cloud-based services and storage, IDC reports.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 1, 2017

Earnings are in: Microsoft reaches cloud milestone and AWS on track for another record year

Google Cloud's performance is hard to track as it sits alongside apps and hardware in a reporting segment which cumulatively brought in $3.4 billion in revenue, up 40% year-over-year.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 27, 2017

Why Microsoft is pushing for interoperability with its competitors

As a software and service provider with a hold on most tech markets, Microsoft has more reign to collaborate with other tech giants without sacrificing its own profitability.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 25, 2017

Crawl, walk, run: How global companies can shift to the cloud

By using a crawl, walk, run approach, companies can ease the digital transformation process and make sure all participants are on board with changes and challenges.

By Akhilesh Tiwari • Oct. 24, 2017