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Workday buys Platfora to bring Big Data to its HR software
The company said it will build Platfora’s "data discovery" product into its cloud software.
By Justine Brown • July 21, 2016 -
Gartner: Cloud to affect $1 trillion in IT spending by 2020
A huge amount of money has moved from traditional IT products to cloud, and there’s no end in sight.
By Justine Brown • July 21, 2016 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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IT decision makers turn to hybrid cloud in search of security, flexibility and scale within enterprise infrastructure.
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Deep Dive
Why we now live in an 'as a Service' world
So many offerings are now service and subscription based. So what's the appeal and what exactly is available on that market?
By Justine Brown • July 21, 2016 -
Google pushing AI capabilities to set its cloud offerings apart
The battle for customers in the ultra-hot cloud market continues.
By Justine Brown • July 21, 2016 -
Microsoft boasts strong Q4 earnings as Azure revenue doubles
The company's primary cloud offering, Azure, saw its revenue grow 102% in Q4, though Microsoft did not reveal the actual revenue amount.
By Justine Brown • July 19, 2016 -
Gartner: AWS scores highest in latest IaaS evaluation
The research firm conducted an in-depth technical assessment of the three major cloud IaaS providers, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
By Justine Brown • July 19, 2016 -
EMC shareholders overwhelmingly approve Dell merger
Approximately 98% of EMC shareholders voted for the $60 billion merger, which is expected to close in October.
By Naomi Eide • July 19, 2016 -
Boeing to move aviation analytics to Microsoft Azure
Boeing says the move toward the cloud will allow it to analyze a larger set of data provided by customers and other sources of information.
By Justine Brown • July 19, 2016 -
When comparing latency, cloud leaders vie for regional dominance
During a 48-hour period in May, Cedexis measured and compared the cloud latency of IBM, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Rackspace across four regions.
By Justine Brown • July 18, 2016 -
IBM, AT&T collaborate on IoT tools for developers
The companies hope to help developers build IoT solutions on the IBM Cloud using open-source tools.
By Justine Brown • July 15, 2016 -
Microsoft wins email data search appeals case
An appeals court ruled that the Stored Communications Act does not apply outside the U.S. and can only be used domestically to mandate organizations turn data over to the government.
By Naomi Eide • July 14, 2016 -
Intel's security business draws interest from equity firms
The company is reportedly considering the sale of its security business, rooted in its 2010 purchase of McAfee.
By Justine Brown • July 13, 2016 -
Bringing its devices into the enterprise, Microsoft offers 'Surface as a Service'
The company is rolling out subscription service offerings for both Windows 10 and Surface.
By Justine Brown • July 13, 2016 -
Report: Most IT leaders lack an effective cloud strategy
Softchoice's 2016 State of Cloud Readiness Study found that many IT decision makers do not have a formalized cloud strategy in place.
By Justine Brown • July 11, 2016 -
VMware hires former Oracle VP to head cloud business
The move may help steady VMware's faltering cloud unit, which has struggled to make a broad market impact.
By Justine Brown • July 11, 2016 -
Merging CRM, ERP cloud solutions, Microsoft to roll out Dynamics 365
Available this fall, the platform allows businesses to pay for the solutions they need in a single platform, including financials, sales, operations, marketing and customer service.
By Naomi Eide • July 7, 2016 -
Survey links higher cloud trust with increased profitability
Executives from 10 different countries and multiple industries discuss how they are using the technology.
By Naomi Eide • July 5, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Public, private or hybrid: How to choose the best cloud option
The decision has a lot to do with the level of risk an enterprise is willing to tolerate.
By Justine Brown • July 1, 2016 -
AWS launches service to help enterprises scale file systems
After over a year of testing, AWS says Elastic File System is now ready for wide usage.
By Justine Brown • June 30, 2016 -
Federal government making slow progress on cloud adoption
The government adopted a cloud-first initiative five years ago, but public cloud still only makes up 1% to 5% of IT spending.
By Justine Brown • June 28, 2016 -
IBM reportedly investigating cloud broker strategy
The company could eventually broker deals for other companies looking to get the best deal on cloud services.
By Justine Brown • June 24, 2016 -
Twilio IPO price may signal improving tech investment interest
The company will become just the fourth tech IPO of 2016.
By Justine Brown • June 23, 2016 -
Gartner: 'no-cloud' companies will nearly disappear within years
Enterprises will continue their mass migration, making it the default IT approach for more companies by 2020, the research firm predicts.
By Justine Brown • June 22, 2016 -
Dropbox introduces new enterprise tools
New features are geared toward making the platform more enterprise friendly.
By Justine Brown • June 22, 2016 -
Google looks to attract computer science students with cloud education grants
The company will allow students free use of its many cloud tools.
By Justine Brown • June 22, 2016