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    PC shipments saw sluggish growth in 2024 despite AI hype

     IT leaders leveraged cloud for AI and took a wait-and-see approach to investing in souped up AI PCs, according to Gartner.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 17, 2025
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    Citi deploys AI coding tools to 30K developers in modernization push

    The bank poured nearly $12 billion into technology in 2024, executives said Wednesday.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 16, 2025
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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
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    Is private cloud having a moment?

    Faced with mounting hyperscaler bills, proliferating data and compute-hungry generative AI, enterprises are weighing alternatives to public cloud.

    By Matt Ashare • Updated Jan. 16, 2025
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    IT teams plan to double down on hybrid cloud

    Instead of updating existing infrastructure, enterprises are designing entirely new strategies, Rackspace’s Srini Koushik said.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 15, 2025
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    Cloud, enterprise spend on data center gear spiked in 2024

    Hyperscaler investments dominated the market, but CIOs and their surrogates contributed to the spending surge, according to Synergy Research Group.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 10, 2025
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    SAP tailors cloud-based ERP for retail businesses

    The S/4HANA industry vertical centralizes operational data and integrates finance, procurement and merchandising.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 9, 2025
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    Microsoft plans to pour $80B into cloud data centers

    The tech giant will funnel more than half of the investments into U.S.-based facilities, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said Friday.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 6, 2025
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    How Akamai regained control of its runaway cloud bills

    “What started organically had ballooned to hundreds of millions of dollars in spend,” Akamai CIO Kate Prouty said.

    By Matt Ashare • Updated Jan. 7, 2025
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    Opinion

    How enterprise cloud architects can drive adoption

    The complexity of cloud requires at least one accountable architectural leader to guide companies through transformation.

    By Ang Troy • Jan. 2, 2025
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    Accenture sees enterprises prioritizing large-scale transformations

    “Our clients are focused on reinvention,” CEO Julie Sweet said Thursday, during the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 19, 2024
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    Infosys turns to Google Cloud to expand AI portfolio

    The IT services firm unveiled a Google Cloud center of excellence with a dedicated AI lab Tuesday.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 17, 2024
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    SAP adds carbon-tracking solution to its cloud-based ERP toolkit

    The Green Ledger tool tracks and accounts for emissions across business units, the technology company said Monday.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 16, 2024
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    AI costs shape enterprise data strategy

    IT leaders are leaning on object storage and hybrid infrastructure to keep budgets in check as they leverage the technology, according to MinIO.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 11, 2024
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    Oracle reaps benefits of infrastructure investments as AI usage spikes

    The company saw quarterly cloud revenues near $6 billion, driven in part by a major year-over-year increase in GPU consumption.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 10, 2024
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    AI spending to grow faster than IT budgets next year, executives say

    “Enterprises are continuing to focus on cost optimization and efficiency programs to fund transformation and customer experience enabled by AI,” ISG’s Michael Dornan said.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 9, 2024
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    AWS takes a swing at Microsoft, aims Q at Windows workloads

    “Customers would love an ‘easy button’ to get off of Windows,” AWS CEO Matt Garman said Tuesday.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 4, 2024
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    AWS leans on AI to decarbonize data centers

    The hyperscaler signed a deal with Orbital Materials and made infrastructure updates to boost data center sustainability and energy efficiency.

    By Zoya Mirza • Dec. 3, 2024
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    SAP leans on AWS to drive cloud-based ERP adoption

    The hyperscaler will begin offering the GROW with SAP SaaS solution through AWS Marketplace in coming months, the companies said Tuesday.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 3, 2024
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    Oracle activates first AWS multicloud data integration

    The two providers launched the first of several planned Oracle Database@AWS deployments on Monday under limited preview.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 2, 2024
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    Capital One report finds data disconnect between IT and business leaders

    Most executives are confident in their organization’s data capabilities. Technical practitioners aren’t so sure.

    By Matt Ashare • Updated Dec. 4, 2024
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    Big tech on track to pour more than $180B into data centers this year

    Amazon, Google and Microsoft accounted for more than three-quarters of infrastructure capital expenditures in Q3 2024, according to Dell’Oro Group.

    By Matt Ashare • Nov. 26, 2024
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    Snowflake gets a Q3 boost from surging enterprise data consumption

    The data cloud provider expanded vendor partnerships to enhance analytics and embed more generative AI tools in its products.

    By Matt Ashare • Nov. 22, 2024
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    Nvidia nearly doubles quarterly revenues as AI gold rush continues

    The chipmaker also saw net income rise by more than 100% despite supply chain constraints.

    By Matt Ashare • Nov. 21, 2024
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    Microsoft, Oracle to add 24 regions to multicloud alliance

    The two providers have opened nine Oracle Database@Azure locations since 2023.

    By Matt Ashare • Updated Nov. 21, 2024
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    Global cloud spend to surpass $700B in 2025 as hybrid adoption spreads: Gartner

    “The use of AI technologies in IT and business operations is unabatedly accelerating the role of cloud computing,” Gartner VP Analyst Sid Nag said.

    By Matt Ashare • Nov. 19, 2024