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

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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

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

BroadSoft joins Cisco's growing list of acquisitions

The company's 200th acquisition for $1.9 billion will extend cloud calling capabilities to partnered service providers with Cisco offerings, furthering its transformation under a new "innovation strategy."

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 23, 2017

Google to offer AI 'crash courses'

Recognizing the limited pool of talent capable of AI development, the tech giant will begin offering access to free, online learning materials to help coders take up machine learning.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 20, 2017

Azure CTO: Cloud encryption of data 'in use' coming soon

Under coming security updates, customer data will be encrypted at rest and in use, the latter of which was not possible before and may ease fears of companies yet to migrate.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 19, 2017

Symantec reduces expenses, collaborates with Microsoft

There are also plans to implement Azure Container Services, ML and PaaS for Symantec’s entire IT strategy and operations. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 17, 2017

Alibaba adds Red Hat software to its cloud offerings

The China-based cloud giant is working to expand its international customer base, but there are limitations, especially AWS' stature as an already established, global cloud.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 16, 2017

Rethinking security for cloud workloads

For the first time in the digital age, cloud software and SaaS enable the company that develops the software to also be the company that hosts the software for the consumption of its customers.

By Manish Gupta • Oct. 12, 2017

Two-thirds of Office users will be in the cloud by FY19, Microsoft says

The tech giant boasts about 100 million active users on its commercial cloud, which includes more than 90 million iOS and Android Office customers.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 12, 2017

IT budget optimism bodes well for cloud investment and tech jobs

An overall increase in company revenue is expected to translate to a 19% increase in IT budgets, opening up opportunities for investment and expansion.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 11, 2017

GE solidifies commitment to AWS for IT apps

The company is forgoing building and running its own data centers in order to focus IT teams and resources on digital innovation.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 9, 2017

AWS alerts customers when they have low cloud utilization — costing the vendor $500M a year

The company has given up "hundreds of million of dollars" a year as part of its customer focus and attention toward ensuring products are effectively used, AWS' CEO said.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 5, 2017

Three tips for securing hybrid IT

By understanding the differences in security demands for cloud and on-premises environments, enterprises can be confident applications and data across a hybrid IT landscape are secure.

By Suresh Sridharan • Oct. 3, 2017

Oracle debuts autonomous cloud database for data warehouse workloads

The news may be cause for concern for DevOps or testing IT workers, but studies have shown AI and automation are more likely to improve worker productivity and create new tech jobs.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 2, 2017

Toyota races to AWS analytics for real-time vehicle data collection

Toyota Racing Development shifting its workloads to AWS goes against the hybrid approach favored by many enterprises.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 29, 2017