Land O’Lakes spreads to the cloud with Microsoft (and Google)

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CIO Cloud Computing Jul 25, 2016 Land O'Lakes spreads to the cloud with Microsoft (and Google) Land O'Lakes CIO says no single cloud provider can meet all of the company's requirements. Google and Microsoft are both in the mix, but the agricultural cooperative still isn't ready for a full migration. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • CIOs: Shadow IT is actually great for your cloud strategy • Cloud services now account for a third of IT outsourcing market • What CIOs need to know about SQL Server 2016 • Skype sets a course for the cloud, ditching some apps on the way • Microsoft, IBM tout cloud services as key drivers of earnings strength • Google launches new cloud service for understanding human language • Exclusive: Oracle to reboot Java EE for the cloud Video/Webcast: IBM Corporation Achieving Digital Transformation through Cloud-Based Data and Analytics Services How are CIOs managing the new demand for self-service data with stringent requirements for data security? Hear insights from IDC analyst Dan Vesset in this short video. Read More ▶ CIOs: Shadow IT is actually great for your cloud strategy The three reasons that departments' own adoption of cloud technologies benefits CIOs' goals Read More ▶ Cloud services now account for a third of IT outsourcing market The 'as-a-service' market now accounts for a third of IT services activity. Can traditional outsourcing survive? Read More ▶ What CIOs need to know about SQL Server 2016 Every release of SQL Server promises increased performance, better security and improved business intelligence. You get all of that with SQL Server 2016, plus other strategic options such as cloud integration and Linux support. Read More ▶ Skype sets a course for the cloud, ditching some apps on the way Skype is leaving behind its peer-to-peer roots and going all in on the cloud. While the popular messaging app made it this far by facilitating connections between computers for video calls and other communications, it's moving to a cloud architecture that is supposed to improve performance and expand the service's capabilities. Read More ▶ Microsoft, IBM tout cloud services as key drivers of earnings strength It is earnings season, which for publicly-traded technology vendors in the cloud market means it's time to update investors on the momentum of emerging products helping to displace eroding revenue from legacy offerings. For two technology vendor stalwarts – Microsoft and IBM - cloud computing has played a significant role in their earnings this quarter. Read More ▶ Google launches new cloud service for understanding human language Google's intelligent cloud developer tools are expanding with the launch of a new Cloud Natural Language API on Wednesday. The service is aimed at helping developers create applications that understand human language. Read More ▶ Exclusive: Oracle to reboot Java EE for the cloud In an InfoWorld interview, Oracle lifts the lid on its plan to modernize enterprise Java amid criticisms of inactivity Read More ▶ White Paper: IBM Corporation Insights from the Global C-suite Study Technological advances are transforming the way we connect, disrupting the status quo and creating huge turbulence. Industries are converging, and new opportunities and threats are emerging, as never before. So how are CIOs managing their way through the mayhem? Read More ▶ 8 noteworthy improvements in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update You have lots of good stuff to look forward to in the next major release of Windows 10. Here are the highlights. ▶ How to decide when to buy software and when to build it Every company may be a software company now, but that doesn't mean you have to build it all yourself. When can you buy the same standard apps your competitors use? Why should you invest in building your own? And when you do build, how little code can you get away with? We explain. ▶

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