How Capital One unlocked enterprise data, self-service workflows

Data democratization depends on organizational realignment as well as tech solutions, according to the company.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 4, 2023

Accenture leans on cloud, data to prepare for generative AI

The company expects mounting enthusiasm for the technology to spur modernization across banking, retail, utilities and other industries, CEO Julie Sweet said.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 2, 2023

Enterprise data overload triggers cost overruns, spending spikes

Despite the business value of analytics, organizations limit ingestion and randomly purge databases as data ecosystems balloon.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 25, 2023

Microsoft, Oracle tighten multicloud alliance, ease data migrations

In the new arrangement, Oracle will operate and manage qualifying cloud infrastructure services directly within Microsoft's data centers.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 15, 2023

IBM raises prices for cloud infrastructure, platform services

While most IaaS billing increases won’t impact U.S. customers, data storage rates will increase for all customers by as much as 26% in January.

By Matt Ashare • Updated Sept. 7, 2023

Most unstructured enterprise data is siloed, report finds

Potential data breach costs nearly double for organizations with more fragmented data stockpiles, an IDC report found.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 7, 2023

BMW Group taps AWS to engineer its automated driving platform

The luxury carmaker will shift engineering and operational deployment of new vehicle technologies from on-prem to the cloud.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 5, 2023

SAP brings generative AI to data cloud platform with Google’s help

The solution infuses the ERP provider’s data ecosystem with Vertex AI tools and initially targets the automotive industry.

By Matt Ashare • Aug. 29, 2023

Google Cloud taps Deloitte, Hitachi Energy to expand ESG toolkit

The collaborations will let organizations leverage cloud, data and analytics tools to further sustainability goals.

By Matt Ashare • Aug. 25, 2023

Snowflake banks on LLM demand to boost cloud data consumption

The company requested 1,000 Nvidia GPUs amid high demand for the processing units that power generative AI.

By Matt Ashare • Aug. 24, 2023

Red Sox chase business, baseball wins in cloud

Boston’s MLB franchise turned to IBM and Wasabi to manage its complex data ecosystem and modernize operations, the team’s CTO Brian Shield said.

By Matt Ashare • Aug. 14, 2023

How to create seamless customer journeys with generative AI

Explore the transformative power of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in enhancing customer experiences, leveraging big data and fostering brand loyalty.

By Rick Laner, Chief Customer Officer, Elastic • Aug. 14, 2023

Microsoft-Epic partnership yields EHR cloud solution

Mount Sinai Health System is the first provider to implement Azure Large Instances, which scales database capacity to the level needed for health record workloads.

By Matt Ashare • Aug. 10, 2023

Yum Brands inks AI-powered customer data partnership

Treasure Data will collect first-, second- and third-party data for the restaurant company to create “a single view of a customer across multiple brands.”

By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • July 6, 2023

Oracle deploys EU sovereign cloud solution in bid to satisfy regulators

New OCI data centers in Germany and Spain aim to satisfy stringent European data privacy and security regulations as part of the company’s broader distributed cloud strategy.

By Matt Ashare • June 21, 2023

IT leaders are stressed — here’s why

Pressed by generative AI hype and market uncertainty, technology leaders deal with multiple stressors as they search for stability in an unstable environment.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 12, 2023

Precious data skills may be lurking within your organization

Low-code data science tools give CIOs the ability to mine untapped analytics capabilities, a new Forrester report says.

By Matt Ashare • June 8, 2023

Snowflake launches public sector data cloud

The industry-tailored solution is designed for educational institutions and government agencies at the federal, state and local levels.

By Matt Ashare • June 7, 2023

Snowflake leans on supply chain solution to offset cooling growth

"Supply chain management is one of the few remaining realms in enterprise software that has struggled to platform itself," CEO Frank Slootman said.

By Matt Ashare • May 30, 2023

Snowflake feels the pinch of tightened cloud spend

“We are operating in an unsettled demand environment, and we see this reflected in consumption patterns across the board,” CEO Frank Slootman said.

By Matt Ashare • May 25, 2023

Levi’s and Swarovski focus on end users to avoid ‘digital Darwinism’

As consumer expectations grow and evolve, it’s on technology leaders to implement solutions that enhance the customer experience.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • May 17, 2023

How Capital One is democratizing ML to curb fraud

The financial services company found opportunities for cross-unit collaboration, using tech to spot potential fraud more efficiently.

By Roberto Torres • May 2, 2023

Technology pulls enterprise green ambitions within reach

Cloud, automation and data tools are narrowing the gap between what organizations say they want to achieve and what is possible.

By Matt Ashare • April 21, 2023

Inadequate data hurts ESG efforts in more ways than one

Companies struggle to measure sustainability gains, leading to an erosion of consumer trust.

By Matt Ashare • April 17, 2023

Leftover data lurks in the enterprise, creating business risk

When an organization has little data visibility, it becomes even more vulnerable to leaks and breaches — as well as insider and external threats. 

By Sue Poremba • April 11, 2023