Cloud Computing

Editor’s picks: New Thinking about Cloud Computing

Buyer’s guide: Top 20 cloud cost management tools — and how to choose

Cloud cost analysis tools help your organization keep on top of its overall cloud use and associated costs, which can add up rapidly.

By Peter Wayner

7 Aug 202518 mins

Cloud ComputingCloud ManagementEnterprise Buyer’s Guides

Enterprise Buyer’s Guides

MCSP buyer’s guide: 6 top managed cloud services providers — and how to choose

Our buyer's guide will help you select the right managed cloud services provider for your needs.

2 Sep 2022 10 mins

Cloud Computing Enterprise Buyer’s Guides Managed Cloud Services

Avoiding costly ERP and cloud systems implementation failures: A perspective from the deal room

Want to dodge ERP disasters? Do your homework, get everyone on the same page and lock in clear terms before you sign.

By Sean Christy

13 Aug 202516 mins

Digital TransformationERP SystemsHybrid Cloud

Oracle SVP Thorsten Herrmann: Being late to the cloud has its advantages

By Martin Bayer

8 Aug 202519 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDatabasesOracle

7 tips for a more effective multicloud strategy

By Bob Violino

31 Jul 202510 mins

Cloud ComputingIT StrategyMulticloud

Will AI agents eat the SaaS market? Experts are split

By Grant Gross

31 Jul 20257 mins

Generative AIMarketsSaaS

Welcome to the new world of risk: Microsoft cuts off services to energy company without notice

By Evan Schuman

30 Jul 20256 mins

Cloud ComputingMicrosoftRisk Management

7 enterprise cloud strategy trends shaking up IT today

By John Edwards

29 Jul 20257 mins

Cloud ArchitectureCloud ManagementCloud Security

IT leaders find quick wins when adapting cloud strategies to gen AI

By Pat Brans

16 Jul 20259 mins

BudgetingCIOGenerative AI

How AI is transforming the data center: 7 talking points

By Matt Egan

15 Jul 20255 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingData Center

GSA, Oracle sign major deal offering 75% discount on licenses

By Paul Barker

9 Jul 20255 mins

Government ITOracleSoftware Licensing

Articles

CIOs rethink public cloud as AI strategies mature

Concerned about cost and data privacy, IT leaders increasingly see private cloud or on-prem as the better alternative for AI once workloads stabilize and experimentation is done.

By Grant Gross

1 Jul 2025 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingIT Strategy

Larry Ellison has big ambitions for Oracle’s cloud business

Oracle is betting on its database dominance, AI vision, and massive data center investments in a bid to overtake current giants in the cloud.

By Tristan Fincken

27 Jun 2025 4 mins

DatabasesOracleTechnology Industry

8 trends defining the enterprise IT market today

Where’s the IT market headed? From AI to the edge, here’s a rundown of what’s shifting of late in terms of IT offerings, strategies, deployments, and investments.

By John Edwards

26 Jun 2025 8 mins

Data and Information SecurityGenerative AIPrivate 5G

Join our live discussion – CIO Essential Insights: New Thinking about Cloud Computing

Cloud capabilities are a critical part of the IT portfolio today, but tech leaders continue to evolve their thinking on the best role for cloud and how to manage some of the challenges that have emerged around cost, manageability, security, and more.

By Matt Egan

26 Jun 2025 4 mins

Cloud Computing

The 10 biggest issues IT faces today

AI has disrupted the IT agenda. But the need to deliver business value quickly, navigate geopolitical risks, and future-proof the IT organization are also reshaping CIOs’ thinking on IT.

By Mary K. Pratt

23 Jun 2025 11 mins

CIODigital TransformationGenerative AI

Multicloud ROI: A guide to maximizing value and efficiency

IT experts offer advice for calculating ROI in a multicloud environment, including cloud cost management, performance insights, and effective governance to boost business outcomes.

By Josh Fruhlinger

20 Jun 2025 15 mins

Cloud Computing

How sovereign is Microsoft Sovereign Cloud really?

Microsoft promises its customers in Europe greater sovereignty with new cloud offerings. However, analysts describe the offer as a smokescreen.

By Martin Bayer

19 Jun 2025 6 mins

Cloud ComputingIT StrategyMicrosoft

Cloud in the age of AI: Six things to consider

AI-ready organizations need to consider factors such as value, scalability, data sovereignty and sustainability as they weigh up infrastructure options including cloud computing, on-premise data center and edge computing.

By Matt Egan

19 Jun 2025 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud Computing

SaaS sprawl keeps growing with no end in sight

Employees at many organizations are adding new apps every month, even when more tools can lead to dependency hell and security risks.

By Grant Gross

18 Jun 2025 5 mins

Cloud ComputingEnterprise ApplicationsSaaS

Why Microsoft is unifying data and AI within Fabric

Fabric is being transformed as a decision infrastructure layer to support faster decision making and easier development of agentic applications, analysts say.

By Anirban Ghoshal

22 May 2025 1 min

DatabasesGenerative AIMicrosoft Azure

SAP and AWS launch co-innovation program to accelerate enterprise AI adoption

At SAP Sapphire 2025, the two tech giants teamed up to embed generative AI deeper into ERP, targeting supply chain, finance, and beyond.

By Mastufa Ahmed

22 May 2025 3 mins

Amazon Web ServicesGenerative AISAP

The road to S/4HANA: How CIOs are managing SAP ECC’s end of support

CIOs face a daunting task in migrating their legacy ERP systems to S/4HANA and an entirely new platform in the cloud as the technology vendor’s deadline moves closer.

By Rosalyn Page

19 May 2025 11 mins

Cloud ManagementERP SystemsSAP