FinOps gets a hyperscaler boost as AI, SaaS costs come into FOCUS

AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Oracle expanded their support for the FinOps Foundation’s ongoing battle to tame enterprise IT spending.

By Matt Ashare • June 5, 2025

HPE gains enterprise traction with private cloud, AI-powered servers

One-third of the company’s AI orders were driven by enterprise-based GPU server purchases, executives said Tuesday.

By Matt Ashare • June 4, 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

Snowflake retools data cloud to fuel AI agents, expand integrations

The company rolled out an expansive portfolio of product updates and acquired PostgreSQL startup Crunchy Data this week.

By Matt Ashare • June 3, 2025

AWS curbs transfer of marketplace cloud credits

The hyperscaler banned the transfer of Reserved Instances and Saving Plans discounts by third-party providers, effective June 1.

By Matt Ashare • June 2, 2025

Home Depot elevates CIO from within as AI adoption plans progress

Angie Brown will lead technology strategy for the home improvement retail giant after a 27-year career with the company.

By Matt Ashare • May 30, 2025

SAP and Microsoft broaden cloud ERP alliance

The two tech giants rolled out a migration acceleration initiative coupled with extensive platform integrations Tuesday.

By Matt Ashare • Updated June 2, 2025

Salesforce reinforces its AI cloud with $8B Informatica acquisition

The CRM provider plans to use the software company’s data governance tools to build “the most complete, agent-ready data platform in the industry,” Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff said.

By Matt Ashare • May 27, 2025

Lincoln Financial drafts former JPMorgan Chase executive as CTO

Tom Anfuso will guide IT infrastructure strategy for the insurance and financial services firm, reporting to CIO Jennifer Charters.

By Matt Ashare • May 22, 2025

Nvidia, American Express join the FinOps Foundation

The nonprofit trade group also welcomed AMD, Snowflake and ServiceNow to its ranks Wednesday amid a tech sector push to curb cloud spend.

By Matt Ashare • May 21, 2025

SAP retools its cloud-based ERP to ease migrations

The software vendor aims to simplify the shift from on-premises systems with line-of-business bundles for finance, supply chain, HR, procurement and CX.

By Matt Ashare • May 20, 2025

Nvidia activates AI PC partners, rolls out GPU cloud

“We have to reinvent computing and bring AI into traditional enterprise computing,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Monday at the Computex conference.

By Matt Ashare • May 19, 2025

Salesforce beefs up agent capabilities with Convergence acquisition

The startup’s resources will help power Agentforce as the CRM vendor deploys flexible pricing for the platform. 

By Nicole Laskowski • May 15, 2025

Marsh McLennan gears up for massive AWS migration

The 150-year-old professional services firm will move the majority of its on-premises infrastructure to the cloud as part of a multiyear plan.

By Matt Ashare • May 14, 2025

Kyndryl expands cloud alliance with Microsoft

The partnership integrates Kyndryl Distributed Cloud services with the hyperscaler’s Azure Arc and Azure Local hybrid management tools.

By Matt Ashare • May 13, 2025

EY, DXC join SAP’s ongoing ERP migration push

The consulting firms launched services to help enterprises move to S/4HANA cloud-based systems as a 2027 support deadline for on-prem customers looms.

By Matt Ashare • May 8, 2025

CIOs defer projects, cut costs as tariff uncertainty sours IT spending plans

Economic concerns rapidly reshuffled tech priorities in April, according to Boston Consulting Group.

By Matt Ashare • Updated May 8, 2025

PepsiCo taps AWS to accelerate digital transformation, AI adoption

The snack and beverage maker plans to migrate workloads, leverage Amazon Bedrock and improve real-time insights as part of a multiyear partnership.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • May 7, 2025

Cloud data usage surges to power business analytics

“We're at a tipping point where cloud data and data products are becoming essential infrastructure for the AI era,” Domo SVP of Product Ben Schein said.

By Matt Ashare • May 6, 2025

SAP, buoyed by cloud shift, extends CEO, CFO contracts

CEO Christian Klein will remain at the helm through 2030 as the push to migrate customers from on-premises ERP systems continues, the company said Monday.

By Matt Ashare • May 5, 2025

‘We’re not dabbling here’: AWS backs infrastructure investments as revenues soar

The largest hyperscaler poured billions into cloud capacity during Q1 to meet rising AI demand, CEO Andy Jassy said.

By Matt Ashare • May 2, 2025

Microsoft races to keep up with surging cloud demand

“We are working hard across all of the teams — hardware, software, even the build teams — to get things in place as quickly as possible,” CFO Amy Hood said Wednesday.

By Matt Ashare • May 1, 2025

Microsoft expands European footprint amid global trade tensions

The provider will boost its regional computing capacity by 40%, expanding operations in 16 European countries, President and Vice Chair Brad Smith.

By Roberto Torres • Updated May 1, 2025

How Roche revitalized customer analytics across its data estate

As the nearly 130-year-old pharmaceutical company consolidated its CRM systems, it cut down on vendor costs and paved the way for AI adoption.

By Matt Ashare • April 30, 2025

Google pours billions into AI, cyber and infrastructure expansion

The tech giant's cloud profits more than doubled year over year as it invested more than $17 billion, primarily in servers and data centers.

By Matt Ashare • April 25, 2025

SAP banks on cloud’s stability to navigate tariff turbulence

The ERP software giant is counting on longstanding hyperscaler partnerships to keep customer costs down as economic uncertainty looms.

By Matt Ashare • April 23, 2025