You've requested...

Analyst report: Making the cloud work for you

If a new window did not open, click here to view this asset.

Download this next:

Workforce upskilling for the AI era: Tools and training

As AI and generative AI transform work practices, organizations must upskill employees and invest in automation to drive productivity gains.

This InfoBrief draws upon primary survey research from IDC to explore key challenges and requirements for companies as they better prepare their workers to succeed in an era of AI-enabled businesses.

The move toward working everywhere has created new opportunities to inspire ingenuity and unlock great ideas. Combine creativity and technology to transform those ideas into innovations that lead to meaningful work.

Read the full report to learn how to secure remote access and build user trust.

These are also closely related to: "Analyst report: Making the cloud work for you"

  • 5 ways Enterprise Linux can support hybrid cloud

    As they set their hybrid cloud strategies into motion, many organizations encounter these common challenges: the skills shortage and proliferating security threats.

    How can businesses best address these issues? Along with exploring how developing an open hybrid cloud approach can help, this IDC report highlights 5 key reasons why Enterprise Linux is becoming more relevant for hybrid cloud.

    Tap into the report to unlock these insights, which are informed by the survey responses of cloud buyers in 2022 and 2023.

  • Driving Standardization Across Cloud with Enterprise Linux

    As organizations adopt open hybrid and multicloud deployments, standardizing on enterprise Linux provides the stable foundation needed for innovation and modernization with AI. This IDC report explores how enterprise Linux enables seamless integration, interoperability, and workload portability across on-premises and cloud environments.

    Key insights include:

    • The need for cloud-based infrastructure to support AI and evolving workloads
    • How enterprise Linux addresses challenges in skills, security, and cloud management
    • The role of open ecosystems and APIs for multicloud flexibility

    Learn how an open hybrid cloud strategy on enterprise Linux can prepare your organization for the future.

Find more content like what you just read:

  • Maximising the Business Value of AI with a Digital Platform

    As companies enhance digital capabilities, maximizing AI value is critical. This IDC report explores how a digital platform approach can help organizations drive business impact through AI, improve customer experience, and achieve better outcomes. Download the full report to learn more.

    Download

  • How businesses can win talent war with mobile apps, HR data analytics, and cloud technology

    Becoming more digital has emerged as a ruling concept among forward-looking organisations in recent years. Now, while having multi-channel engagement with customers is a big aspect of digital, so too is attracting and retaining the employees who can make a reality of digital transformation.

    Download

  • CW APAC: Trend Watch: Database technology

    In this handbook, focused on database technology in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at the impact of graph databases and the different types of database management systems currently on the market.

    Download

  • A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to financial analytics for planning

    The current economic climate provides a strong reason for firms to turn to the advantages of software. In this 14-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at the role of datasets in accounting, how technology is helping finance departments control budgets and the importance of integrating automation into business processes.

    Download

  • Gains of Private 4G/5G Networks for Enterprises

    Private 4G/5G networks can drive significant operational and strategic gains for enterprises, enabling improved connectivity, security, and digital innovation. Learn how these networks can benefit your organization by reading the full white paper.

    Download

  • Why today’s CISO is an architect and business leader

    Due to the growing importance of cybersecurity for overall business strategy and success, the role of the CISO is evolving. In order to understand this change, IDC conducted a survey of 847 decision makers across a variety of tech and cybersecurity products. Download the report now to unlock the findings.

    Download

  • CIO Trends #3: Benelux

    In this Benelux e-guide we look at how CIOs can succeed in the age of digital transformation. Find out if you have what it takes because the opportunity is massive if you get digital right. There is also some advice for CIOs looking to get more out of their budget so they can fund digital initiatives.

    Download

  • CIO Trends #3: Nordics

    In this Nordic e-guide we look at how CIOs can succeed in the age of digital transformation. Find out if you have what it takes because the opportunity is massive if you get digital right. There is also some advice for CIOs looking to get more out of their budget so they can fund digital initiatives.

    Download

  • CW ASEAN – September 2018: Time to clear DevOps hurdles

    ASEAN organizations are generally aware of the benefits of DevOps, but lesser known are the pathways to success. What would an organization that has successfully implemented DevOps look like?

    Download

  • CIO Trends #3

    This guide offers a collection of our most popular articles for IT leaders during the last part of 2016, looking at what it takes to be a great CIO and how to get the most out of your IT budget.

    Download

  • The future of enterprise IT: Social, social, mobile, analytics and cloud

    Cloud and data technologies are allowing organizations to provide service levels not even dreamt of a few years ago. This guide looks at some examples of these technologies transforming organizations in South-East Asia.

    Download

  • Computer Weekly – 24 January 2017: World leaders discuss risks of social unrest from advances in technology

    In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine the fears raised at the World Economic Forum over the potential for social unrest as technology transforms working practices. We hear from the CIO at the World Health Organization about how IT helped tackle the Ebola crisis. And we look at progress in adopting big data analytics. Read the issue now.

    Download

  • The technological evolution of IT industry leaders: Part one

    This first part of this e-guide explores the technological evolution of Oracle, Cisco and Dell throughout the past two decades, including the technologies that have risen to the forefront, from real-time analytics and data management to Cisco's edge computing ambitions.

    Download

  • A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to cloud enterprise applications

    Businesses require suitable cloud applications to manage their processes effectively. In this 17-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at the advantages of best-of-breed SaaS products, explores the rise of industry cloud and assesses its value in the corporate IT sector.

    Download

  • Computer Weekly – 3 October 2017: Digitally preserving history

    In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how cloud technologies are helping Gibraltar to digitally preserve historic documents and safeguard its cultural heritage. We examine progress on the roll-out of the new NHS national network. And our latest buyer's guide looks at cloud-based ERP software. Read the issue now.

    Download

  • CW ASEAN – January 2019: Dive into microservices

    In this edition of CW ASEAN, we uncover the state of adoption of microservices in ASEAN and what needs to be in place for enterprises to get the most out of the technology.

    Download

  • CW ANZ – Jan 2019: Keeping pace with microservices

    In this edition of CW ANZ, we look at how enterprises are using microservices to solve problems and the challenges they are facing in moving to this new paradigm in software development. Read the issue now.

    Download

  • SaaS ERP mushrooms during Covid crisis, up to a point

    In this e-guide we look at the migration of business applications to the cloud, under the discipline of the Covid crisis; we examine the question of who is winning the cloud ERP wars; and offer a case study of one large, complex company, Vodafone, that gives a counter example of how cloud still has limits when it comes to ERP.

    Download

  • CIO Trends #11: Middle East

    Read in this e-guide how Saudi Arabia is harnessing the cloud during the global healthcare crisis. Also read in this issue how SMEs in the United Arab Emirates are adopting the latest technologies at pace to help their businesses survive the Covid-19 related business disruption.

    Download

  • CIO Trends #11: Middle East

    Read in this e-guide how Saudi Arabia is harnessing the cloud during the global healthcare crisis. Also read in this issue how SMEs in the United Arab Emirates are adopting the latest technologies at pace to help their businesses survive the Covid-19 related business disruption.

    Download

  • Computer Weekly - 16 February 2021: How Covid-19 has hit IT salaries and job prospects

    In this week's Computer Weekly, our salary survey reveals the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on IT professionals' wages and job security. A potentially deadly cyber attack on a US water plant highlight the risks to critical infrastructure. And we find out how NHS Scotland is using tech to support its vaccine roll-out. Read the issue now.

    Download

  • 10 ways to optimize costs and innovate with AWS

    Discover 10 ways AWS helps you optimize costs and accelerate innovation. Migrate workloads, optimize Windows applications, and leverage AWS machine learning accelerators - all to boost performance and savings. Read the infographic to learn more.

    Download

  • 6 tips to grow as a software vendor

    The cloud landscape is changing, with a rise in demand for cloud software. With that in mind, this infographic highlights 6 key accelerators for software vendors in cloud and SaaS. Check out the infographic now to learn how you can propel your software company's cloud growth.

    Download

  • MicroScope E-Zine: January 2017

    Is the year ahead a bright one for channel? In this January 2017 edition of MicroScope E-zine, uncover the key expectations for channel in 2017.

    Download

  • Computer Weekly - 1 November 2022: How the pandemic accelerated tech adoption in hospitality

    In this week's Computer Weekly, the hospitality sector was devastated by the pandemic, and it's turning to technology to rebuild – we find out what's changing. Google's cloud business is growing but remains well behind the market leaders – what does its future look like? And we look at the benefits of AIOps for storage. Read the issue now.

    Download

  • IDC: SD-WAN market spend to top $5B in 2023

    Discover the current vendors' share of the SD-WAN market, and why the market will grow an average of nearly 31% annually through 2023.

    Download

  • Drive success with a modern hybrid multicloud infrastructure

    To thrive in the digital-first economy, organizations must transform their IT infrastructure to be agile, automated, and cloud-ready. This IDC report explores how leading companies are building modern hybrid multicloud platforms to drive business success. Read the full report now to learn more.

    Download

  • AI proves value in HR, but handle with care

    In this e-guide, discover how the allocation of work by algorithm might have advantages for workers as well as employers, how AI is proving its value for HR and how data analytics is being used to support expansion and development.

    Download

  • Computer Weekly – 6 October 2020: The Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2020

    In this week's Computer Weekly, we announce our annual list of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology, and talk to this year's winner, Stemettes CEO and diversity campaigner Anne-Marie Imafidon. Meet our five Rising Stars and the latest entrants to our women in tech Hall of Fame. Read the issue now.

    Download

  • Build Modern applications on AWS

    Take a look through this e-book to learn about building modern applications on AWS, and to see the success that working on AWS has delivered for businesses like Coca Cola.

    Download

  • What the future holds for cloud management in APAC

    In this e-guide, we dish out useful tips from APAC organisations that have successfully migrated to the cloud, the thinking behind their approaches to cloud migration and what they are doing to not only keep the lights on, but also raise their game in areas such as cloud data management and cloud security.

    Download

  • CW EMEA – December 2023: Prepare for cyber war

    When the war between Hamas and Israel began, cyber security professionals and major government and private organisations braced for an inevitable accompanying online war. In this issue of CW EMEA, we outline cyber war, patterns of threat activity, and find out what security teams can do to protect their organisations. Read the issue now.

    Download

  • IT Project in the Middle East

    The Middle East is becoming a trailblazer in the use of modern technology to improve business and society.

    Download

  • Technology, media and telecommunications predictions 2017

    Deloitte predicts the key trends in technology, media and telecommunications in 2017

    Download

  • Clouds in the desert as Middle East transforms

    Cloud computing is driving digital transformation across the Middle East, with the take-up of on-demand computing resources surging. Read in this e-guide why technology suppliers are building cloud infrastructures across the region and why businesses crave them.

    Download

  • Computer Weekly – 28 February 2017: Navigating software licences

    In this week's Computer Weekly, after SAP won a court case against a major customer, Diageo, over software charges, we look at what this means for users. We talk to the IT consultancy that recruits only autistic IT professionals. And we look at the CIO's big challenges for the year. Read the issue now..

    Download

  • Computer Weekly – 25 February 2020: Using meteorological data to prepare for the worst

    In this week's Computer Weekly, after the storms that swept across the UK, we look at the technology behind Weather Source's meteorological data service. Oracle and SAP are battling over customers to upgrade their ERP systems to the cloud. And we report from the world's biggest retail tech show.

    Download

  • CW APAC, July 2020: Trend Watch: Security

    In this handbook, Computer Weekly looks at what organisations in the Asia-Pacific region are doing to secure their systems, from adopting a DevSecOps approach, to preparing for cyber attacks and ensuring the privacy of Covid-19 contact-tracing app users.

    Download

  • Computer Weekly - 17 August 2021: How to choose between SIEM and SOAR

    In this week's Computer Weekly, our buyer's guide examines the use of SIEM and SOAR to improve IT security, and asks which you should use, and when? We look at what you need to know about NVMe over Fabrics, the emerging storage networking technology. And we find out how Oracle customers are introducing its Fusion Cloud suite. Read the issue now.

    Download

  • The long march of S/4 Hana

    S/4 Hana, the ERP system built on SAP's in-memory, columnar database Hana has been on a long march through the enterprise since its launch in February 2013. In this e-guide, we discuss the pros and cons of upgrading to S/4 Hana, what the future has in store for the system and how its users are feeling about C/4 Hana integration.

    Download

  • The growth of cloud-based networking: What to expect in 2022 and beyond

    By upgrading to advanced network infrastructure, firms can deliver mission-critical services through cloud providers and through their own cloud resources. These increased capacity need has seen deployment of optical networking and advanced network solution such as software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN). Read more in our exclusive e-guide.

    Download

  • Deloitte Global CIO Survey 2018 – UK Edition

    Fewer than 10% of CIOs identified themselves and their companies as being advanced in the journey to incorporate technology into their digital business strategies, Deloitte's 2018 CIO survey reveals in the UK edition of its 2018 global CIO survey, Manifesting Legacy: Looking Beyond the Digtal Era.

    Download

  • Computer Weekly – 24 July 2018: Building intelligent aircraft engines with AI and analytics

    In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to Rolls-Royce about using AI, sensors and data analytics to build intelligent aircraft engines. Our latest buyer's guide examines the next generation of desktop IT. And we ask whether a court ruling in Chile could lead to a worldwide change in Oracle's software licensing practices. Read the issue now.

    Download

  • Your guide to avoiding the software licensing traps for the unwary

    Will software licensing continue to be a battleground for suppliers and users, or can new, mature relationships between the two sides be forged in the digital crucible of contemporary on-demand, pay as you go software?

    Download

  • Top 10 cloud stories of 2019

    Adopting a hybrid-centric or multicloud strategy is increasingly becoming the favoured approach for many enterprises, including those operating in verticals that were previously sceptical or too tightly regulated to consider moving to the cloud in the past. Here's a look back over Computer Weekly's top 10 cloud stories of 2019.

    Download

  • AI workstations for power users

    This 2024 IDC InfoBrief explores how AI-ready workstations can accelerate productivity. Read on to access insights for decision-makers, the C-suite, IT department managers and advanced PC users.

    Download

  • AI workstations for power users

    This 2024 IDC InfoBrief explores how AI-ready workstations can accelerate productivity. Read on to access insights for decision-makers, the C-suite, IT department managers and advanced PC users.

    Download