The top public cloud providers—Amazon, Microsoft and Google—continue to see gains in cloud computing with no end in sight for growth.

To digitally transform a business process, automate a process. But before taking that process to the cloud, start by focusing on the people behind the process.

Its strategy for the hybrid cloud opportunity emphasizes managed services and custom cloud platforms.

Even with the best intentions to transform, organizations that lack in-house cloud knowledge may struggle to compete.

While Azure has been growing steadily, it faces steep competition for big deals from Amazon.com Inc., the dominant cloud service, and Google, which ranks third in the market but is pouring resources into the business as it works to catch up.

Google has tried to step away from transactional deals and instead pursue strategic partnerships. In some of these deals, old-school clients get access to a team of Google engineers, who will help the carmaker develop new digital services.

The complexity of container management prompted an emerging aspect of digital transformation – Kubernetes as a Service.

When the Pentagon pulled the plug on the $10 billion cloud deal, it raised questions on how big IT contracts might be handled going forward.

The provider powers up its application-centric infrastructure business strategy with a customer hand-holding capability.