4 executives who are shaking up the cloud business

Their clout and leadership will help determine the future of many enterprises.

By Justine Brown • May 9, 2016

Box announces government-focused cloud service

The new solution meets FedRAMP security and compliance standards, making it easier for government agencies at all levels to use the content management platform. 

By Naomi Eide • May 5, 2016

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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.

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Meet Dell Technologies, the Dell-EMC rebrand

The merger will also create sub-brands, including Dell EMC, the name for the company's enterprise business.

By Naomi Eide • May 2, 2016

Dominated by AWS, cloud market grows 50% in Q1

The cloud market pulled in more than $7 billion in the first quarter of 2016, with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM and Google together accounting for 53% of the total market.   

By Justine Brown • May 1, 2016

AWS drives earnings, responsible for 56% of Amazon's Q1 profit

With the strength of its cloud business, the company reported revenue was up 28% over last year. 

By Justine Brown • April 29, 2016

Report: VMware cloud leader departs, to be replaced by two 'co-general managers'

The cloud outlook has been hazy for VMware, as the pending Dell-EMC merger would create cloud redundancies between the three companies.

By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016

Dropbox wants 'Infinite' storage to save users' hard drive space

With the new effort, dubbed "Project Infinite," Dropbox hopes to make storage a non-issue in the enterprise.

By Justine Brown • April 27, 2016

Baiting Microsoft customers, Google extends free Apps offer to smaller businesses

Both companies have been raising the stakes in their ongoing battle for enterprise customers.

By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016

To address skill set demand, OpenStack Foundation to offer certification program

Huge growth in the popularity of the open source IaaS platform prompted OpenStack to initiate a formal training program.

By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016

Personal information of every voter in Mexico left unsecured

The data was available on an Amazon Web Services server that was not password protected, but the company says on its website that security in the cloud is up to the customers, while it manages security of the cloud. 

By Justine Brown • April 25, 2016

Box, Cognizant partner on cloud systems integration

The companies plan to target specific industries for cloud migration services, from the healthcare to retail markets. 

By Justine Brown • April 21, 2016

Microsoft Azure revenue grew 120% in Q3

Though Microsoft's earnings fell short of analysts' estimates, the company's overall quarterly earnings were boosted by strong performance in what it calls the "Intelligent Cloud." 

By Naomi Eide • April 21, 2016

Amazon rolls out tool for automated cloud security

Despite huge growth in the adoption of cloud technology, security remains a primary concern for enterprises. 

By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016

GoDaddy's cloud, tech leader to leave for Google

The news comes as GoDaddy is increasingly looking to the cloud to expand business, offering "pay as you go" services for smaller businesses interested in moving to the cloud. 

By Justine Brown • April 18, 2016

Survey: 80% of enterprise IT budgets to be devoted to cloud computing

Though security concerns remain, cloud technology is continuing strong growth.   

By Justine Brown • April 18, 2016

Email Privacy Act takes another small step forward

The bill would require the government to get a warrant to get companies to hand over their customers’ emails or other electronic communications.

By Justine Brown • April 14, 2016

Why Google's cloud went dark for 18 minutes

A bug set off a domino-effect that eventually took down Google’s Compute Engine.

By Justine Brown • April 14, 2016

Cloud IT spending to reach $38B in 2016, IDC says

Global cloud infrastructure spending on server, storage and networking is expected to grow 18.9% in 2016.

By Justine Brown • April 12, 2016

Survey: Small businesses judge security, services when selecting cloud vendor

Availability once was the key concern, but that is no longer an issue as the market has grown.

By Justine Brown • April 7, 2016

IBM and SAP team up in the cloud

Working together may help the two companies take on large cloud service providers that currently dominate the market.   

By Justine Brown • April 7, 2016

Microsoft releases tool for tracking shadow IT

The new product helps companies see where data is potentially leaving the organization. 

By Justine Brown • April 7, 2016

Microsoft unveils cloud developer tools to rival AWS

On Thursday, at Build 2016, Microsoft's developer conference, the company touted its performance and growth in cloud services. 

By Naomi Eide • April 1, 2016

IBM to buy Salesforce consulting partner Bluewolf

Big Blue hopes to improve its appeal to SMBs and capture a piece of the $111 billion Salesforce industry.

By Justine Brown • March 31, 2016

4 of the biggest stories from 2016's first quarter

From the rise of the cloud wars to technology battles with the FBI, the first quarter of 2016 saw stories that could have a lasting impact on the enterprise technology market. 

By Justine Brown • March 31, 2016

Oracle making its public cloud available for private use

Oracle Cloud at Customer replicates the company's standard enterprise cloud offering, but houses it onsite for customers.   

By Justine Brown • March 27, 2016