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Why IT Leaders Should Make Cloud Training a Top Priority
As IT operations continue drifting into the cloud, it's important to ensure that organization personnel keep pace with the latest skills and practices.
How Google Cloud Might Help the FinOps Foundation Evolve
The first of the major cloud services providers joins the fledgling trade association's technical advisory council.
What Cloud Attacks Have Taught Us About Hidden Compliance Costs
Recent compromises to cloud services and increased data privacy regulations can negatively impact the bottom line for businesses with nationwide operations.
FTD’s CTO Powell on Transforming and the Next New Normal
One year after joining the 110-year-old company, Powell talks about the floral ecommerce retailer's revamp of its infrastructure.
Are Your Cloud Costs Outpacing Your Growth?
Here are three key business areas to investigate as you assess how the cloud is serving your larger business goals.
AWS Names Selipsky as Next CEO to Succeed Andy Jassy
New leadership chosen for the cloud services provider as parent company Amazon sets the stage for its future.
How Quickly Are Companies Really Adopting Cloud? It’s Complicated
While cloud computing is becoming ever-more common in enterprise IT, what the hype leaves out is that most companies are still relatively early in the adoption cycle.
How to Define Your Edge Computing Architecture
The growth of edge computing and IoT will require rearchitecting IT infrastructures. Here are some options to consider before you get started.
AI Must Play a Role in Data Cloud Management
The past year has forced businesses to pivot and modernize their technology, including making the move to the cloud and using the flexibility and scalability of artificial intelligence.
Red Hat CIO Kelly Talks Hybrid Cloud for Post-Pandemic World
The stage has been set for more cloud transformation with the role CIOs play in the equation continuing to evolve.
Do You Know These 4 Tricky Cloud Terms?
Here are four trip-up topics found to frequently stump cloud learners and what IT teams should know to master them and build their cloud vocabulary.
The Hybrid Workplace Is a Reality, but the Office Is Not Dead
The flexibility to support teams cycling through in-person and remote work highlights the need for investment in cloud-based services to support the workflows of the future at scale.
What Comes Next for AWS with Jassy to Become Amazon CEO
Change looms as the chief executive at the dominant player in cloud computing prepares to lead parent company.
Aegis Sciences CIO on Scaling IT to Meet COVID Testing Demand
Toxicology lab finds flexible way to scale up its resources that also cut costs while increasing the pace of testing.
Why the Financial Services Industry is Embracing the Cloud
Financial services firms, such as banks and insurance providers, are rapidly heading into the cloud, lured by the promise of multiple monetary, innovation and performance benefits.
Where Cloud Adoption is Still Needed
COVID-19 is a wake-up call for leaders to embrace cloud technology. However, some industries that would benefit from cloud adoption still resist.
What Happens If a Cloud Provider Shuts You Out?
When AWS bounced Parler from its servers, it raised questions about continuity of service other companies may need to consider.
2021 Outlook: Tackling Cloud Transformation Choices
Weighing complex decisions on cloud adoption and how to make the most of it is a discussion more CIOs will face this new year -- and in the future.
Why Quantum Computing's Future Lies in the Cloud
When real-world quantum applications begin appearing, cost, complexity, and other issues will likely float them into the cloud.
Can Reskilling Lead to Lasting Jobs in Digital and Cloud?
More options are emerging to retrain workers for possibly career-changing roles in the transforming enterprise landscape.
Gartner on Drivers and Deterrents to Cloud Adoption
Conference sessions shows midsize enterprises weigh costs and uncertainty about the cloud against potential time savings and efficiency.
CIOs: The New Corporate Rock Stars
Here are five practical ways technology leaders can meet emerging obligations.
Google Cloud’s Penny Avril on Preparing for the Unexpected
Cloud resources must be prepared to adapt to tumultuous events, from sudden surges in online shopping to the repercussions of the pandemic.
5 Use Cases for the Next Great Frontier in IT Services
IT leaders should take note of the industry dynamics and these emerging use cases in order to get ahead of their peers in the next few years.
Andy Jassy: Speed is Not Preordained; It’s a Choice
AWS CEO talks cloud, the changing landscape of enterprise IT, and the need to be maniacal and relentless to drive reinvention.
What Must Enterprises Learn to Increase ROI from the Cloud?
Survey by Accenture shows some organizations have yet to realize the most value from their cloud strategies.
10 Ways to Transition Traditional IT Talent to Cloud Talent
While many IT professionals love learning new things, IT leaders and their organizations must do several things to facilitate a smooth transition to cloud.
Looking at the Cloud in 2021: Growth and Changes
CIOs will have a host of cloud options to choose from in 2021 as the cloud business evolves, according to a new Forrester Research report.
Why Distributed Cloud Is in Your Future
Most companies have a hybrid cloud strategy but IT departments are struggling with it. Distributed cloud addresses some of the issues.
How to Optimize Your Cloud Operations
Fast, efficient, and affordable cloud performance is an achievable goal when you take advantage of essential optimization techniques.
Cloud Tech: The Make or Break in Today's Business Resiliency
Cloud is non-negotiable for business continuity in the COVID-19 era. Yet the scramble to get online has led businesses to forget about three key components.
Ways to Help CIOs and CFOs Calculate Cloud Costs and ROI
More tools are available to give enterprise leadership greater clarity on the expenses and opportunities that come from cloud migration.
Ready to Thrive in a Multi-Cloud Environment?
When building out a multi-cloud environment, it's important to focus on a unified strategy with the proper controls in place to manage applications, security and costs.
Why Higher Ed CIOs Should Embrace Moving to the Cloud
An initial cloud migration investment can deliver both immediate and long-term benefits -- especially if the infrastructure evolves along with an institution's digital operations.
6 Reasons Why Internal Data Centers Won’t Disappear
Even with cloud, companies don't want to give up their internal data centers. Why do data centers have such staying power?
Is Cloud Migration a Path to Carbon Footprint Reduction?
Report from Accenture examines ways transformation might cut down energy consumption and possibly give CIOs and CTOs more to contribute to the enterprise.
Is Your Pandemic-Fueled Cloud Migration Sustainable?
COVID-19 shoved enterprises into the cloud. While remote work is sustainable, emergency cloud strategies are not.
The Other CFO: The Rise of the Cloud Economist
Here's why you need someone on hand who understands the technical and financial aspects of cloud management so that things don't spiral out of control.
Why More Healthcare Providers are Moving to Public Cloud
As the pandemic continues to test the limits of healthcare providers, the public cloud can support surge care capacity and ensure resilient technology infrastructure.
Shifting Cloud Adoption in the Enterprise
Portability of applications, seamless data integration, and business alliances between vendors means enterprises need to prepare for omni-cloud adoptions soon.
10 Top Cloud Computing Startups
These cloud-native startups are redefining familiar technology and enabling entirely new products.
Is Your Cloud Strategy Ready to Hyperscale?
In the face of the unexpected demands 2020 has seen so far, business and IT leaders need to stay in a constant state of planning with their cloud operations.
Gartner Forecast Sees 7.3% Shrinkage in IT Spending for 2020
Revenue uncertainty triggered by the pandemic could push CIOs with tighter budgets to migrate to cloud resources, according to research company.
Overcoming the IoT Security Skills Gap
While the tech industry is currently challenged by an IoT skills gap, there are steps that companies and leaders can take to minimize these issues and drive change.
3 Tips to Recognize Hidden Costs of the Cloud
Cloud usage and demand has spiked, but businesses must be wary of hidden cloud "gotchas" when it comes to modernizing and scaling their cloud infrastructure.
IT Career Paths You May Not Have Considered
As IT continues to expand into new areas, there are lots of potential career moves. Some lie outside the IT department.
Study: Cloud Migration Gaining Momentum
A new survey finds that organizations plan to migrate the majority of their applications to the cloud over the next year. Microservices and SRE are also gaining steam.
Cloud 101: Getting Started and Saving Costs
No doubt, wide adoption of the cloud as a one-size-fits-all solution brings tons of benefits to the table. However, they come at a cost not everyone can handle.
How Cloud Is Enabling Autonomous Systems
The soft economy just gave cloud adoption a shove. Get ready for more autonomous IT resources.
How to Optimize Your Cloud Investment
For those looking to reduce cloud costs as much as possible, here are four tips to help improve your overall investment.
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The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
Download this report to compare how cloud usage and spending patterns have changed in 2020, and how respondents think they'll evolve over the next two years.
Successful Strategies for Digital TransformationDownload this report to learn about the latest technologies and best practices or ensuring a successful transition from outdated business transformation tactics.
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