Cloud infrastructure spending is growing at its fastest rate in eight years, driven overwhelmingly by AI workloads. The report also says generative AI cloud services grew 165% year over year in Q2 2026, with security and sovereign cloud becoming more important alongside that shift.
TITEL: Gartner highlights AI, multicloud, sustainability, and digital sovereignty as top cloud trends
URL: https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-05-13-gartner-identifies-top-trends-shaping-the-future-of-cloud
SAMENVATTING: Gartner says the main cloud trends include AI/ML, multicloud, sustainability, digital sovereignty, and industry solutions. These priorities reflect how enterprise cloud strategies are being shaped by compliance, resilience, and AI demand.
TITEL: Microsoft Azure remains a major enterprise cloud platform
URL: https://www.flexera.com/blog/finops/cloud-computing-trends-flexera-2024-state-of-the-cloud-report/
SAMENVATTING: Flexera reports that Azure is widely used in enterprise environments, with 45% of respondents using it for significant workloads. The same report shows multicloud is still dominant, which reinforces Azure’s role in hybrid and multi-cloud strategies.
TITEL: CISA emphasizes MFA, strong passwords, software updates, and phishing awareness
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cybersecurity-best-practices
SAMENVATTING: CISA describes strong passwords, software updates, thinking before clicking suspicious links, and multi-factor authentication as core cyber hygiene. These basics remain central for reducing unauthorized access and common attack paths.
TITEL: Security best practices now focus on zero trust, MFA, IAM, and incident response
URL: https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cybersecurity-best-practices
SAMENVATTING: Fortinet lists zero trust architecture, MFA, identity and access management, endpoint detection and response, and incident response planning as essential practices for 2026. The guidance reflects a shift toward controlling identity, limiting privilege, and improving detection across cloud and enterprise systems.
