IT Leadership

Is Meta’s $10 billion cloud deal a good idea for you?

Large cloud commitments tempt companies with their promises of deep discounts, but they come with hidden costs that may be a mistake for your business.

By David Linthicum

Sep 5, 20256 mins

Cloud ComputingDigital TransformationIT Strategy

Articles

Software development meets the McNamara Fallacy

Measuring and measurements are taking over software development. Let’s not lose sight of what really matters.

By Nick Hodges

Jun 25, 2025 4 mins

CareersEngineerIT Leadership

Devops debt: The hidden tax on innovation

Dead code, security false positives, and idle cloud capacity are the leading drags on devops in Java environments. Here’s how to address them.

By Simon Ritter

Jun 23, 2025 7 mins

DevopsEngineerJava

Why AI projects fail, and how developers can help them succeed

AI initiatives fail for a handful of well-known reasons. Developers, data scientists, and technology leaders hold the keys to keeping them on track.

By Matt Asay

Jun 23, 2025 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEngineerGenerative AI

Understanding how data fabric enhances data security and governance

Learn how data fabric addresses fragmentation, compliance, and Shadow IT to deliver robust, centralized data protection and governance.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Jun 16, 2025 10 mins

AnalyticsData and Information SecurityIT Governance

Mastering AI risk: An end-to-end strategy for the modern enterprise

Organizations gain a strategic advantage with a life-cycle approach to AI cyber risk that acknowledges the rapid evolution of AI technologies, threats, and regulations. Here’s how.

By John Verry

Jun 10, 2025 8 mins

Data GovernanceData and Information SecurityGenerative AI

Download the ‘New Thinking about Cloud Computing’ Enterprise Spotlight

In this issue: Cloud computing is highly established, and IT’s view has shifted from understanding the concept to making the best use of it to solve both technology and business challenges. The time is ripe to step back and revisit your thinking about the cloud.

By InfoWorld and CIO.com staff

Jun 2, 2025 1 min

Cloud ComputingIT Strategy

How to hire software developers

You’ll only attract top-tier developers if your organization is built to support them. And if you avoid these common mistakes.

By Nick Hodges

May 28, 2025 5 mins

CareersDeveloperIT Leadership

IT leadership lessons from Leeroy Jenkins

A viral video from years ago reminds us of the importance of strategy over impulse, an especially valuable point in light of AI and cloud computing.

By David Linthicum

May 27, 2025 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AITechnology Industry

Enterprises are wasting the cloud’s potential

High cloud costs rooted in insufficient training and inadequate architectural oversight use up money that could go to innovation or new markets.

By David Linthicum

May 23, 2025 5 mins

Cloud ArchitectureCloud ComputingIT Strategy

Cloud and IT strategies in a time of global upheaval

Navigating the new world requires business resilience, heterogeneous architectures, and a more diverse approach to cloud partnerships.

By David Linthicum

May 16, 2025 5 mins

Cloud ComputingIT StrategyMulticloud

GenAI isn’t taking software engineering jobs, but it is reshaping leadership roles

Generative AI is redefining software engineering leadership roles by augmenting developer productivity, not eliminating jobs, according to a recent Gartner report.

By Dan Muse

May 9, 2025 4 mins

DeveloperGenerative AISoftware Deployment