Google appoints VMware vet to run cloud business

The company is hoping to change the perception that its business offerings are a lower priority than its consumer businesses.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 24, 2015

Cisco purchase further expands its presence in enterprise collaboration market

Networking giant wants to help businesses connect and collaborate better with video.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 24, 2015

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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

Bigger not always better when it comes to cloud

Forrester recommends CIOs work with major public cloud providers rather than small ones, but the right fit depends on a company’s needs.  

By Justine Brown • Nov. 23, 2015

Microsoft and HP Enterprise announce as-a-service partnership

The companies say they plan to target corporate customers with automated management of updates to Windows 10, among other things.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 20, 2015

Google pushing cloud services, price competition

Their VP predicts Google cloud will be bigger than ad sales in 5 years.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 20, 2015

Salesforce raises revenue forecast again

The company says higher demand by businesses for its software is driving revenue gains.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 20, 2015

Government agencies want better transparency from cloud providers

FBI CISO says lack of transparency is making government cloud adoption difficult.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 19, 2015

Amazon pushing providers to distinguish cloud revenue sources

AWS recently became the first company to break out financial results for its various cloud services.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 17, 2015

Containers for enterprise will be key focus over next two years: Forrester

Containerization is still very immature compared with other tech areas, but it’s growing fast.  

By Justine Brown • Nov. 17, 2015

How CIOs can make cloud count

Now that cloud is so pervasive, it’s no longer the competitive advantage it once was. But CIOs that think strategically can do much more with it than those that don’t.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 11, 2015

Microsoft says it will build a cloud data center in the UK, too

Less than a week after Amazon Web Services announced its plans to open a U.K. data center by 2017, Microsoft follows suit.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 11, 2015

Cloud alone no longer a competitive advantage: Report

Businesses can leverage cloud to adapt business models in order to stay ahead of the competition.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 10, 2015

Amazon will increase capacity with London data center by 2017

A new datacenter in Europe will help the company deal with strict data privacy restrictions.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 8, 2015

Bitglass: Majority of CIOs will be 'cloud-first' in 2016

Despite security challenges, CIOs are finding benefits to embracing cloud.

By Justine Brown • Nov. 8, 2015

Oracle to take on IaaS cloud market

Once a cloud naysayer, Oracle has now embraced all aspects of cloud technology.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 30, 2015

Line between tech businesses and traditional businesses blurs

As companies like Target and Walmart invent and even share new technologies with other businesses, will pure tech companies become less necessary?

By Justine Brown • Oct. 26, 2015

Google offers businesses up to $75K to switch to Apps for Work

As cloud-based productivity tool competition heats up, Google tries a new approach. 

By Justine Brown • Oct. 26, 2015

Cloud services help boost Microsoft profits

Despite a slow PC market, Microsoft reports a ninth consecutive quarter of profits.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 26, 2015

HP to move away from public cloud services

Shortly after confirming that it was in the public cloud market to stay, HP changes course.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 23, 2015

U.S. CIO: Get to the cloud "as soon as you can"

Touting security as a top advantage, Tony Scott said government agencies and private businesses alike have much to gain from the cloud.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 23, 2015

What does the Dell/EMC deal mean for CIOs?

There’s been lots of speculation about the big deal, but will it actually change the IT landscape?

By Justine Brown • Oct. 22, 2015

Dell and Microsoft team to offer enterprises affordable hybrid cloud solution

Microsoft says customers can get a basic set of Azure services up and running in as little as three hours.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 22, 2015

IBM revenue drops for 14th straight quarter

Revenues have not yet caught up with big shifts in company strategy.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 20, 2015

Forrester: Microsoft's cloud platform biggest money maker among enterprise competitors

Microsoft generates more cloud revenue than IBM, SAP and Oracle.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 16, 2015

Walmart to open source its cloud technology

The retailer says the move will help other companies avoid “vendor lock-in.”

By Justine Brown • Oct. 16, 2015