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Microsoft continues global expansion with data centers in Africa
Johannesburg and Cape Town provide entree into a promising market where Microsoft could generate significant revenue, especially if it beats AWS there.
By Justine Brown • May 19, 2017 -
Bombardier hires IBM to launch digital transformation efforts
IBM will take charge of Bombardier's worldwide IT infrastructure and operations and help the company transition to IBM Cloud.
By Justine Brown • May 18, 2017 -
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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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Study: Use of SaaS sees 33% increase in enterprise
More than 70% of organizations surveyed predict nearly all of their apps will be SaaS by 2020.
By Justine Brown • May 18, 2017 -
Google's new service will help enterprises collect data from IoT devices
The new service could help cities and businesses more quickly realize the value of IoT technology.
By Justine Brown • May 17, 2017 -
Report: Majority of enterprise IT spending dedicated to on-premise solutions
Cloud is growing, but traditional on-premise data centers are still the cornerstone of enterprise IT.
By Justine Brown • May 17, 2017 -
AWS maintains cloud lead, but rivals are growing faster
Microsoft and Google are using new features and lower costs to narrow the gap.
By Justine Brown • May 17, 2017 -
IBM and Nutanix to provide next generation data center infrastructure technology
The move fits in with IBM's strategy to rule the cognitive computing/AI space. But competitors do not intend to let that happen without a fight.
By Justine Brown • May 16, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Why 'as a Service' is becoming status quo in the enterprise
The acceleration of the model speaks volumes about how companies are looking to technology to streamline processes and make businesses more efficient.
By Justine Brown • May 15, 2017 -
How Microsoft's new cloud migration service takes a swing at Oracle
Oracle has dominated the database arena for years, but recently its hold on the market has slipped. A lot of its decline has to do with vendor lock-in.
By Justine Brown • May 11, 2017 -
Canonical founder: Changing support for OpenStack a 'sign of a healthy, maturing project'
Changes with OpenStack are a sign the effort is solidifying, eliminating services that were not going to last long term, according to Mark Shuttleworth.
By Justine Brown • May 10, 2017 -
Snowden: Handing data over to cloud providers comes at a cost
Public clouds can leave businesses vulnerable to spying by government or other entities, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns.
By Justine Brown • May 10, 2017 -
Oracle looks to cash in on data cloud
The company plans to sell access to its database of about 5 billion consumers and 15 million data points to help create a more immersive ad experience.
By Justine Brown • May 9, 2017 -
Google emphasizes functionality, advanced services as edge in the cloud wars
Google Cloud's president of customers says the company intends to beat cloud rivals with better features rather than cheaper prices.
By Justine Brown • May 8, 2017 -
Deep Dive
OpenStack pushes for traction as the cloud market continues 'maturing and consolidating'
The waning support from major vendors has some wondering if this is the end of OpenStack as we know it. Despite the headline-grabbing news, OpenStack still has many believers.
By Justine Brown • May 8, 2017 -
Gartner: Half of companies won't be ready for GDPR by next year
The European General Data Protection Regulation is set to go into effect next May, but the research firm says many companies won't be in full compliance by then.
By Justine Brown • May 5, 2017 -
Rackspace CEO resigns 6 months after company went private
Taylor Rhodes will become CEO at a "smaller private company," but declined to provide further details.
By Justine Brown • May 4, 2017 -
Atlassian shifts to AWS for new software deployment
The move allows the company to offer services in more cloud deployment regions, reducing latency and allowing for more failover options.
By Justine Brown • May 3, 2017 -
Companies rave about the cloud, but majority of workloads remain on-prem
Businesses still leverage on-premise data centers for a large amount of work, such as large scale transaction processing on mission-critical applications.
By Justine Brown • May 2, 2017 -
Facebook split its network to help manage bandwidth for its 1.86B users
The new network configuration separates machine-to-machine and internet user traffic to reduce latency.
By Justine Brown • May 2, 2017 -
Cloudera IPOs, receiving 20% boost from investors
Initially priced at $15 per share, Cloudera had a strong finish Friday, trading at more than $18 per share.
By Justine Brown • May 1, 2017 -
State of the cloud: Microsoft surges, AWS drives company's operating profit
Microsoft Azure grew 93% in the first quarter of 2017, vying for a large slice of the cloud market.
By Justine Brown • May 1, 2017 -
Report: Some IT organizations morphing into 'cloud service brokers'
Cloud-empowered capabilities are allowing companies to use technology for its strategic value. But implementing a cloud strategy can prove difficult.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2017 -
IBM opens new cloud data centers in DC, Texas
Big Blue says the new centers will give companies the bandwidth they need to leverage cognitive capabilities.
By Justine Brown • April 27, 2017 -
Google cloud leader predicts company will overtake AWS in 5 years
Speaking at the Forbes CIO Summit, Diane Greene said Google has a "huge advantage" when it comes to data centers, infrastructure, availability and security.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2017 -
Report: Oracle launching an in-house incubator to grow new technologies
The company hopes to push into new areas with the launch of an internal "startup."
By Justine Brown • April 25, 2017
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