CIOs grapple with the fallout from rush to cloud: uncontrolled costs

Executives are coming to grips with the result of decentralized decisions, and leaning on FinOps to curb usage and spend, according to KPMG’s Will DeMille.

By Matt Ashare • March 22, 2023

Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers, AWS among impacted teams

The company announced Monday it would cut jobs in its cloud unit amid a broader restructuring set to continue through April. 

By Roberto Torres • March 20, 2023

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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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Workforce reductions hinder tech upskilling: report

As layoffs and hiring freezes reach tech companies, funding and scheduling training becomes a problem, a Pluralsight report found.

By Matt Ashare • March 20, 2023

How CIO Monica Caldas keeps Liberty Mutual tech on track

“My conversation with my CEO has really centered around achieving what I call equilibrium between defensive and offensive priorities,” Caldas said during a CIO Dive Live event Wednesday.

By Matt Ashare • March 20, 2023

OpenAI inches toward the enterprise with GPT-4

Morgan Stanley and PwC onboard generative AI as the technology begins integrating visual recognition and expanding its text capabilities.

By Matt Ashare • March 15, 2023

Google embeds enterprise-grade generative AI in its cloud

Data science teams and developers will gain access to customizable ML models and AI app building capabilities, the company said.

By Matt Ashare • March 14, 2023

Technical debt migrates to the cloud

CIOs are grappling with fallout from rushed deployments, flawed service configurations and overprovisioning, SoftwareOne found.

By Matt Ashare • March 9, 2023

Southwest lands on AWS as preferred cloud for modernization push

Under new CIO leadership, the airline embarks on cloud-based digital transformation that includes customer-facing tech and IT infrastructure.

By Matt Ashare • March 8, 2023

Cost control edges out cybersecurity as top cloud concern: report

As companies continue to invest in cloud, many still haven’t taken advantage of savings opportunities offered by CSPs, Flexera found.

By Matt Ashare • March 8, 2023

Cloud skills gap raises cyber concerns for banks

As financial sector companies push forward with modernization, difficulty sourcing talent looms as a potential security risk.

By Matt Ashare • March 6, 2023

Snowflake bucks tech-sector layoff trend, plans 1,000 new hires

The cloud-based data warehouse company added 1,900 workers last year and will continue to hire in engineering and other areas, CFO Mike Scarpelli said during the company's Q4 earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • March 2, 2023

How Liberty Mutual’s CIO plans to raise her company’s digital IQ

“We are spending enormous amounts of energy in making sure that we have the skills that we need for today, but also for tomorrow,” Monica Caldas said.

By Matt Ashare • March 1, 2023

Kyndryl, Delta renew infrastructure support, modernization deal

The five-year service agreement covers crew scheduling applications, FAA maintenance compliance software and other critical systems.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 23, 2023

AWS, Hugging Face partnership promises faster and cheaper generative AI deployment

The pair is the latest to enter the AI arena following Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership and Google’s Anthropic investment.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Feb. 22, 2023

Fidelity Investments adds 700 technologists in hiring push

While big tech continues to trim staff, the financial services company said it plans to expand its IT footprint in the first half of 2023.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 17, 2023

Uber signs cloud deals with Google, Oracle in bid to sunset data centers

The ride-hailing company extended its partnership with Google Cloud and selected Oracle for additional services in a classic hybrid cloud move.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 13, 2023

Leading energy company conquers ERP complexity with RISE with SAP

Delek US discusses its RISE with SAP journey, sharing how it completed its implementation of SAP S/4HANA Cloud in 13 months from initial assessment to go live—all on-time, on-budget, and on-scope.

By John Tully, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the NA South Market Unit • Feb. 13, 2023

US government weighs in on cloud adoption in banking

The Department of the Treasury stood up an interagency group to provide neutral guidance as financial services companies accelerate cloud migration.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 9, 2023

Tech spending decelerates as economic troubles ensue

Software is the primary driver of tech spending, and is set to grow 8.3% in 2023, Forrester said.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 7, 2023

Microsoft gains ground on AWS as cloud sector slows

The tech giant expanded its market share despite a strong dollar and an economic contraction stalling cloud growth.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 6, 2023

AWS doubles down on optimization, reducing customers’ cloud cost

Enterprises kept looking for ways to optimize cloud spend in Q4 as economic conditions worsened, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky said during Thursday’s earnings call. 

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 3, 2023

Google Cloud inches toward profitability, even as revenue growth slows

The third largest cloud service provider is still losing money, but now sees a light at the end of the tunnel.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 3, 2023

IBM experiences growing pains as hybrid cloud strategy takes shape

Software and consulting services were the business drivers in "the first full year of the new IBM," CEO Arvind Krishna said during an earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 30, 2023

4 hidden obstacles to cloud transformation

Gain understanding to pinpoint and work through obstacles for cloud migration within your business.

By Brian Copeland, Executive Director, Solutions and Sales Enablement, TEKsystems Global Services • Jan. 30, 2023

Microsoft leans on cloud revenue, even as Azure growth stalls

The tech giant reported quarterly gains in its cloud business, but tempered expectations as enterprise spending shifts from migration to optimization.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 25, 2023