Cloud Computing

Who owns the control plane? Google Cloud Next 2026 and the real contest in agentic AI

By Dion Eusepi

Jun 17, 202613 mins

Enterprise ArchitectureGoogle Cloud NextGoogle Cloud Platform

IT hurtles toward the ‘Great Enterprise Pricing Reset’

By Grant Gross

Jun 16, 20267 mins

BudgetingSaaSTechnology Industry

AI is the new cloud — and we're repeating the same mistakes

By Jess J. Montgomery

Jun 12, 20268 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingDigital Transformation

Why CIOs should reopen the build vs. buy question

By Mihai Strusievici

Jun 12, 20269 mins

CIOSoftware ProvidersTechnology Industry

Articles

Amazon claims its data centers are 7x more water-efficient than the industry average

New figures position the company ahead of rivals on water consumption as hyperscalers race to prove AI's growing infrastructure footprint is sustainable.

By Taryn Plumb

Jun 11, 2026 7 mins

Amazon Web ServicesIaaSSustainable IT

AWS adds FinOps Agent to bring cloud cost management into engineering workflows

The agent could improve accountability, accelerate remediation, and make cloud financial governance more operational as enterprises grapple with increasingly complex cloud and AI spending, analysts say.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 9, 2026 6 mins

Cloud ComputingIT LeadershipIT Strategy

The 12 most strategically important IT initiatives today

IT’s top initiatives underscore how CIOs are increasingly shaping and enabling business outcomes — and focusing less on maintaining service levels as their primary objective.

By Mary K. Pratt

Jun 8, 2026 10 mins

Cloud ManagementDigital TransformationIT Strategy

AI is breaking the economic logic of the public cloud

Treating the public cloud as your default setting doesn't work for AI; teams now have to choose infrastructure based on the actual cost of a specific workload.

By Ranko Cosic

Jun 8, 2026 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceBudgetingHybrid Cloud

How digital sovereignty shapes Amnesty International Spain’s tech model

The NGO has spent over 10 years betting on free software, self-hosted systems, and its own infrastructure to strengthen privacy, independence, and control of data.

By Nuria Cordón

Jun 5, 2026 7 mins

Digital TransformationDiversity and InclusionEmployee Experience

Your AI cloud strategy isn't about cost. It's about gravity

Treating AI agent deployment as a procurement choice rather than a data physics problem is pure strategic sabotage.

By Pete Johnson

Jun 4, 2026 9 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ManagementIT Strategy

Enterprise Spotlight: Rethinking cloud strategy in the age of AI

Download the June 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World, and learn how to navigate the latest cloud strategy developments.

By CIO staff

Jun 3, 2026 1 min

Cloud ComputingCloud Management

The value of vendor relationships in the AI era

AI tools mean companies can build software themselves, forcing vendors to prove their worth with faster updates and fairer pricing.

By Thomas Madden

Jun 3, 2026 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceSaaSVendor Management

Cloud strategies have become more complicated than ever

AI, data regulations, and complex concerns around costs and workload optimization are just a few of the factors altering CIOs’ approaches to the cloud.

By Esther Shein

Jun 2, 2026 13 mins

Cloud ArchitectureCloud ManagementCloud Security

FTC broadens Microsoft probe to cloud, AI, and software bundling

New reports reveal regulators are examining licensing, interoperability, and product bundling practices that could affect enterprise customers' ability to switch vendors.

By Taryn Plumb

Jun 1, 2026 5 mins

GovernmentLaws and RegulationsMarkets