Category: Cloud Clients

August 31, 2023

Modernizing IT is meant to rationalize processes, simplify operations and reduce friction. When systems resist integration, it can also lead to frustration and cost overruns. Organizations cautiously loosened the purse strings this year, as the macroeconomic environment improved. But investing […]

August 30, 2023

When Mats Hultin, pictured, took over as group CIO at Ericsson four years ago, the company decided to review its large outsourcing contract. At the same time, the cloud team, led by cloud service VP Johan Sporre Lennberg, stressed for […]

August 16, 2023

Nearly 15 years ago, the then Vägverket Produktion was incorporated so road maintenance on Sweden’s national road network could be put on the competitive open market. Today, state-owned Svevia is the country’s largest company in the operation and maintenance of […]

August 9, 2023

Oracle is adding a new managed offering to its Cloud@Customer platform that will allow enterprises to run applications on proprietary optimized infrastructure in their own data centers to address data residency and security regulations and solve low-latency requirements. Dubbed Oracle […]

July 28, 2023

Banking and financial services, initially cautious adopters, have embraced cloud as security and control measures improved and service providers introduced industry-specific solutions. Unifying standards for common services across major cloud platforms should remove additional roadblocks, paving the way for broader […]

July 13, 2023

Salesforce’s decision to raise the price of its software products starting in August can be attributed to a combination of factors, including inflation and pressure to fuel revenue after a pause in price hikes during the pandemic period — issues […]

July 12, 2023

Microsoft clawed its way back from oblivion by betting big on the cloud rather than focusing on its then-cash cow, Windows. Not only has the company become a big provider of cloud services to enterprises, but it’s also converted as […]

June 22, 2023

The UK government’s public cloud-first policy has undergone its first major update in a decade, with the guidance now urging central government departments to “challenge themselves” to source services from a wider range of providers to prevent supplier lock-in. Introduced […]

June 22, 2023

Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit is building a program to help customers develop and deploy new kinds of artificial intelligence products as the biggest seller of cloud services tries to match Microsoft and Google in the market for so-called generative AI. […]

June 16, 2023

For MoneyGram International, migrating workloads from the mainframe to the cloud has been a boon for the bottom line — and a lifeline against increasing market disruption from digital money-transfer upstarts. As expected, operating in the cloud has enabled the […]

May 8, 2023

Like most CIOs you’ve no doubt leaned on ROI, TCO and KPIs to measure the business value of your IT investments. Maybe you’ve even surpassed expectations in each of these yardsticks. Those Three Big Acronyms are still important for fine-tuning […]

April 14, 2023

As IT organizations attempt wide-scale cloud adoption, the importance of common best practices across applications and products is growing, sparking an exciting new conversation about platform teams and related disciplines like platform engineering. The problem statement driving the investment in […]

April 5, 2023

Whether it’s your computer, smartphone, or tablet, there’s a lot of personal information on devices you don’t want to lose. That’s why the best cloud services have become so popular in recent years. Today’s services are compatible with various devices […]

March 21, 2023

How are modern CIOs making an impact with multi-cloud? A recently released VMware report, “CIO Essential Guidance: Modernizing Applications in a Multi-Cloud World,” outlines these four key factors that influence success: Drive Developer Velocity The best applications are created by […]

March 17, 2023

Cloud-using industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and the public sector face additional challenges complying with laws and requirements within specific regions. This has increased the demand for sovereign clouds. This cloud architecture approach seems to fly under everyone’s radar; […]

March 14, 2023

Google announced a raft of new artificial intelligence-powered features for customers of its cloud-computing business, as the technology giant jostles for dominance in the burgeoning field with rivals such as Microsoft Corp. and startup OpenAI. As Silicon Valley buzzes about […]

March 8, 2023

In the wake of the December meltdown, Southwest CEO Bob Jordan defended the carrier’s technology while acknowledging that crew reassignment systems failed. He pledged $1.3 billion to IT and other operational upgrades this year, during a January earnings call. IT […]

February 21, 2023

It’s always healthy to take a critical view of any new technology or approach, and cloud finops (financial operations) is no different. As we’re learning about what finops does well, we’re also learning about what needs to be worked on. […]

February 20, 2023

IBM’s answer to the cost-effective supercomputer has already been up and running for several months now, but only recently has it disclosed any tangible information about its so-called Vela project. Turning to its blog(opens in new tab) to discuss details, […]

February 17, 2023

Aside from commercial real estate dealers, office equipment vendors were among the hardest hit by the massive office evacuation following the pandemic. But the death of the office was much exaggerated, say some affected CIOs, who point to an increasing […]