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

Explore the Trendline➔

Hybrid cloud

IT decision makers turn to hybrid cloud in search of security, flexibility and scale within enterprise infrastructure.

By CIO Dive staff

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

Google launches cloud-based AI offerings

At the 2016 Google Cloud Platform Next conference in San Francisco, the company unveiled a number of artificial intelligence-based tools and products for its cloud platform. 

By Naomi Eide • March 24, 2016

Report: Despite rapid growth, cloud misconceptions abound

A new survey from Spanning by EMC asked U.S. and UK IT decision makers about their experiences and concerns when using cloud technology. 

By Justine Brown • March 24, 2016

Google brings on Disney and Coca Cola as cloud customers

The Google Cloud Platform is gaining momentum under the leadership of Diane Greene, who has made strides earning major enterprises as clients for the company. 

By Justine Brown • March 24, 2016

Google opening 12 new data centers in push to increase corporate cloud customers

The company will open two new cloud data regions in Oregon and Japan in the coming months, with another 10 planned over the next 12 to 18 months.

By Justine Brown • March 23, 2016

GoDaddy goes after AWS with new cloud offerings

The web hosting company plans to offer "pay as you go" cloud services for smaller businesses.

By Justine Brown • March 21, 2016

Google shopping for 'middle market' businesses to boost enterprise offerings

The company is looking at a number of possible acquisitions, including startups, to help grow its cloud computing and workplace applications.

By Justine Brown • March 21, 2016