Data Center

Enterprise Spotlight: Data Center Modernization

Download the March 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World and learn how data center modernization is taking shape in 2026.

By CIO staff

Feb 27, 202620 mins

Data CenterEnterprise Buyer’s Guides

Cost is driving enterprises to rethink virtualization, but most aren’t ready yet

By Maxwell Cooter

Feb 12, 20264 mins

Data CenterVMwareVirtualization

Articles

AIOps isn't ready to run your data center — but these 3 capabilities are ready now

AIOps won’t replace your ops team next year — but if you ignore AI-driven prioritization, RCA and automation, you’ll fall behind fast.

By John Appleby

Feb 12, 2026 7 mins

Data Center AutomationData Center ManagementDevops

What hyperscalers’ hyper-spending on data centers tells CIOs

Capital expenditure and not new features could now become the clearest signal of cloud resilience, analysts say.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 6, 2026 5 mins

Amazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud PlatformIaaS

Nvidia and Dassault Systèmes combine digital twins and AI in industry world models

The companies want to ground AI models in science and engineering to grow industrial know-how.

By Lynn Greiner

Feb 5, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData CenterData Center Design

When the AI goes dark: Building enterprise resilience for the age of agentic AI

Enterprises are racing to build AI-dependent operations, but the most overlooked resilience lay-er might not be technical.

By Dave Wright

Feb 5, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceBusiness ContinuityDisaster Recovery

Evolving cloud strategy: Why sovereignty and regional autonomy matter more than ever

Why conventional sovereign cloud approaches fail mission-critical industries in the age of the intelligent edge. Learn more today.

By Sandeep Modhvadia

Dec 2, 2025 5 mins

Cloud ComputingDigital TransformationEdge Computing

CIOs must rethink resiliency for an increasingly complex IT world

Maintaining a minimum viable business through service disruptions is becoming more challenging due to widespread IT interdependencies. AI will soon compound the complexity and court greater risk.

By Clint Boulton

Feb 5, 2026 6 mins

Backup and RecoveryDisaster RecoveryRisk Management

Gartner: IT spending will exceed $6 trillion in 2026

Market researchers expect strong growth in AI infrastructure in 2026, while rising storage prices will dampen demand for end devices.

By Manfred Bremmer

Feb 3, 2026 3 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData CenterGenerative AI

5 IT shifts every CIO must master this year

This year’s IT playbook is clear: Hybrid everywhere, AI guarding security, data treated like a product, automation doing the heavy lifting and compute moving to the edge.

By Justin Giardina

Feb 3, 2026 8 mins

Data QualityEdge ComputingHybrid Cloud

Oracle may slash up to 30,000 jobs to fund AI data-center expansion as US banks retreat

Oracle is considering workforce cuts and selling Cerner to alleviate financial pressure, warns investment bank TD Cowen.

By Gyana Swain

Jan 30, 2026 5 mins

Data CenterOracleVendors and Providers

Skilling mainframe developers for an AI-first future

AI won’t modernize the mainframe if developers aren’t ready. Skills gaps, weak governance and low confidence will stall progress fast.

By Richard Baird

Jan 26, 2026 6 mins

High-Performance ComputingIT Skills and TrainingMainframes

How adaptive infrastructure is evolving capabilities at the speed of business

Old-school infrastructure can’t keep up with AI, so smart teams are breaking it into modular pieces that AI agents can reassemble on the fly.

By Dion Eusepi

Jan 19, 2026 11 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEdge ComputingEnterprise Architecture

IT portfolio management: Optimizing IT assets for business value

CIOs can improve IT’s value to the business by managing its assets like a portfolio of investments tuned to deliver, diversify, and de-risk.

By Mary Shacklett

Jan 16, 2026 7 mins

Asset Management SoftwareROI and MetricsRisk Management

5 essential skills every project manager needs during a data center transformation to the cloud

Cloud migrations aren’t won by tools alone — they succeed when project managers can think big, adapt fast, speak tech and business, and lead through change.

By Viba Renganathan

Jan 9, 2026 8 mins

Data Center ManagementDigital TransformationProject Management