Cloud spending is accelerating, with AI workloads described as the main driver of current demand. The report also highlights sovereign/regional cloud, FinOps, and stronger security for AI layers as major enterprise priorities.
TITEL: Cloud computing trends for 2026 center on AI, platform engineering, and FinOps
URL: https://www.simplilearn.com/trends-in-cloud-computing-article
SAMENVATTING: The article says the biggest cloud trends for 2026 and beyond are platform engineering, AI adoption, and cost management through FinOps. It also frames sustainability as an increasingly important cloud consideration.
TITEL: Enterprise cloud workloads are being reshaped by AI and security priorities
URL: https://www.techtarget.com/it-infrastructure/opinion/5-cloud-trends-to-watch-for-in-2026
SAMENVATTING: TechTarget reports that enterprise AI workloads are changing hyperscaler demand patterns and forcing IT teams to focus more on end-to-end security and observability. The piece emphasizes hybrid environments as a central operational challenge.
TITEL: Azure remains one of the major cloud platforms as AI and PaaS usage grow
URL: https://www.flexera.com/blog/finops/cloud-computing-trends-flexera-2024-state-of-the-cloud-report/
SAMENVATTING: Flexera’s report says Azure is used for significant workloads by a large share of respondents, alongside AWS and Google Cloud. It also shows growing use of PaaS, serverless, and machine learning/AI, with AI drawing the most experimentation and planned adoption.
TITEL: Cybersecurity best practices for 2026 continue to emphasize zero trust, MFA, and patching
URL: https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cybersecurity-best-practices
SAMENVATTING: Fortinet lists zero trust architecture, multi-factor authentication, identity and access management, endpoint detection and response, and regular patch management as core security practices. The guidance reflects a layered defense approach for modern cloud and enterprise environments.
