Intel shifts focus to private cloud market

With demand for PC chips falling, the company is betting on the sale of more chips for data centers.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 5, 2015

Government CIOs: Poor user experience, security top concerns for online services

A survey found cloud is growing among state and local governments, but at a slow pace.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 4, 2015

IBM adds to growing list of cloud patents

The patents cover a range of technologies for the cloud, including securing services and addressing security challenges.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 3, 2015

Alibaba takes on Amazon in battle for global cloud domination

As the Chinese-based company expands, it will face tough competition.

By Justine Brown • July 30, 2015

On Cloud 9: How CIOs can get the most out of cloud service investments

The devil’s in the details when it comes to reaping the greatest benefits from cloud vendor contracts.

By Justine Brown • July 29, 2015

Amazon touts cloud success as driver of strong quarterly growth

The e-commerce giant's web services division nearly doubled during Q2.

By Justine Brown • July 27, 2015

Intel: Cloud for All initiative key to speeding up cloud adoptions

The company said its new service can help businesses deploy cloud infrastructure more efficiently.

By Justine Brown • July 27, 2015

IBM invests in Compose as turn-around efforts continue

Following the announcement of slower second-quarter sales in its software and hardware divisions, the company is expanding its investments in cloud.

By Justine Brown • July 27, 2015

3 new reports signal cloud computing on the rise

Cloud infrastructure may soon make up one-third of all IT spending, according to IDC.

By Justine Brown • July 24, 2015

IBM's investments in new markets fail to prevent 13th-straight quarterly decline

Can the technology behemoth's recent moves in IoT and analytics help turn things around?

By Justine Brown • July 23, 2015

Startup Cazena to offer big data processing in the cloud

The new managed service platform promises to help companies overcome common cloud hurdles.

By Justine Brown • July 23, 2015

Study: CIOs need to use CRM more strategically

Many CIOs utilize the software primarily as a management tool rather than as a way to gain customer insights.

By Justine Brown • July 22, 2015

Microsoft's European rate hikes cause concern in cloud market

Some say a maturing cloud market will inevitably result in rising costs, while others argue we haven't reached that point.

By Justine Brown • July 20, 2015

Critical new role for CIOs: Cloud inventory management

There may be no way to stop employees from launching cloud apps, but CIOs can employ good practices to help ensure the enterprise is protected.

By Justine Brown • July 20, 2015

Cloud failures provide valuable lessons for CIOs

Most failures can be attributed to one of three fairly simple and preventable issues.

By Justine Brown • July 17, 2015

Startups aim to offer SMBs affordable cloud-managed Wi-Fi options

Tanzana and Cucumber Tony say they can provide enterprise-like capabilities without the associated costs.

By Justine Brown • July 17, 2015

Intel's revenue climbs, despite falling PC sales

Growth in the company's secondary businesses helped counter slowing demand for PCs.

By Justine Brown • July 16, 2015

Amazon to build NC wind farm to power cloud data center

Tech companies struggle to keep up with data demand as pressure to utilize renewable energy grows.

By Justine Brown • July 15, 2015

As controversy flares, what's next for IT outsourcing?

Experts say a slowdown in offshore IT outsourcing is already underway due to a changing business environment.

By Justine Brown • July 14, 2015

New service targets users that want to leverage AWS

The service is designed to help companies that want cloud solutions but lack the time or expertise.

By Justine Brown • July 9, 2015

Public, private cloud installations on the rise

As companies modernize IT, IDC finds they are increasingly open to a broad array of hybrid deployment scenarios.

By Justine Brown • July 8, 2015

Oracle pushes features of new SaaS e-commerce product

Commerce Cloud was designed to help businesses launch and manage e-commerce ventures without the hassle of more traditional approaches.

By Justine Brown • July 7, 2015

Why CIOs should be wary of cloud security claims

While Google and other companies tout the security of the cloud, security experts warn CIOs need to know all the facts before moving customer data.

By Justine Brown • July 7, 2015

New Microsoft tools aim to streamline hybrid cloud operations

System administrators can now more easily link in-house data centers with Azure.

By Justine Brown • July 2, 2015

Survey: Users express concern over cloud service providers

Cloud service providers are not meeting users' expectations.

By Isabella Alvarez • July 2, 2015