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

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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Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.

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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

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

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

Microsoft, Kyndryl team up to help enterprises modernize mainframe applications

The two companies also expanded their partnership to include RISE with SAP ERP migration services for Azure customers.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 15, 2024

Federal watchdog flags restrictive licensing practices in cloud

The U.S. Government Accountability Office uncovered vendor management processes across several federal agencies that led to cost overruns.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 14, 2024

IT leaders reshape 2025 spending around AI despite cost concerns

OpenAI joined Microsoft, Google and AWS as a top software vendor for the first time this year, according to Flexera.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 14, 2024

European tech alliance rolls out switching specs to ease multicloud adoption

The lobbying group released a framework to help standardize EU Data Act compliance ahead of the 2025 enforcement deadline.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 11, 2024

IBM, Cognizant team up to tame rising enterprise cloud bills

The two companies launched a FinOps Center of Excellence initiative to help ease hybrid and multicloud cost management.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 8, 2024

Cloud consumption surge strains even the largest hyperscalers

“We have more demand than we could fulfill if we had even more capacity today,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Thursday. “Everyone today has less capacity than they have demand.”

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 5, 2024

FTC cloud market inquiry remains unresolved as US presidential race enters final stretch

An ongoing investigation into hyperscaler competition initiated last year by the Federal Trade Commission has largely been overshadowed by AI regulation concerns.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 4, 2024

Bridging the gap: The first enterprise-grade linux solution for the cloud-to-edge continuum

eLxr Pro offers the flexibility, support and innovation necessary to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

By Amit Ronen, Chief Customer Offer, Wind River • Nov. 4, 2024

AWS earnings round out a quarter of hyperscaler AI wins

The company cited AI demand as a driver of enterprise cloud consumption, a clear trend among large vendors.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 1, 2024

Microsoft runs into cloud constraints as Azure AI business booms

Data centers “don’t get built overnight,” CEO Satya Nadella said Wednesday during the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 31, 2024

Google Cloud enjoys an AI-fueled growth spurt in Q3

The hyperscaler saw cloud revenue grow 35% year over year to $11.4 billion in the third quarter.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 30, 2024

Executives worry over aging IT systems

Despite ongoing modernization efforts, tech debt is still hindering mission-critical infrastructure, according to Kyndryl.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 29, 2024

5 highest-paying IT certifications in 2024

An AWS certification earned the top position as employers and employees seek out credentials that verify security, data and cloud skills.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 29, 2024

How to improve your cloud costs with network observability

Network observability means putting teams in control of eliminating waste and optimizing cloud costs at the network level.

Oct. 29, 2024

Citi taps Google Cloud for app migration, AI adoption

The bank, as part of a broad modernization push, announced a multiyear partnership with the hyperscaler Monday.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 28, 2024

IBM leans into software as infrastructure revenue slides

Since its 2019 acquisition of Red Hat, IBM has moved software closer to the center of its product portfolio.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 24, 2024

SAP leans on ‘supercharging’ Joule to accelerate ERP migrations

The software giant said just one-fourth of its existing customers were shifting to cloud as segment revenues continued to mount.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 22, 2024

IBM doubles down on open models to help businesses customize AI

The company added two Granite LLMs under Apache 2.0 licenses and introduced general-purpose coding enhancements to its watsonx assistant Monday.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 21, 2024

How the Indiana Pacers, Fever upped their data game in cloud

“We took a sledgehammer to every wall and silo we had in the business,” Jared Chavez, data engineering and strategy manager at Pacers Sports & Entertainment, said.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 18, 2024

Tech leaders struggle to rescue data trapped in mainframes

Legacy systems are a goldmine for business insights but extraction remains a challenge, according to a Rocket Software report.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 16, 2024