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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 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 Dec. 17, 2024
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    Digital transformation

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

    By CIO Dive staff
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Nov. 19, 2024
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    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 Nov. 15, 2024
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    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 Nov. 14, 2024
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    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 Nov. 14, 2024
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    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 Nov. 11, 2024
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    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 Nov. 8, 2024
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    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 Nov. 5, 2024
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    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 Nov. 4, 2024
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    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
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    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 Nov. 1, 2024