AI workloads are now the primary driver of cloud spending growth in 2026, according to Cloudzero. The report says AI is shifting cloud demand beyond compute into storage and networking, making AI the main reason organizations consume cloud resources.
TITEL: Microsoft and Azure remain central in cloud provider competition
URL: https://www.flexera.com/blog/finops/the-latest-cloud-computing-trends-flexera-2025-state-of-the-cloud-report/
SAMENVATTING: Flexera reports that AWS and Azure continue to battle for top cloud provider status. It also says more than half of workloads are already in public cloud, with continued migration expected.
TITEL: Zero trust and MFA remain top cybersecurity priorities
URL: https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cybersecurity-best-practices
SAMENVATTING: Fortinet highlights zero trust architecture, multi-factor authentication, identity and access management, EDR, and regular patch management as key cybersecurity practices. The source says MFA blocks over 99% of credential-based attacks with minimal friction.
TITEL: CISA emphasizes basic cyber hygiene for organizations
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cybersecurity-best-practices
SAMENVATTING: CISA says the basics of cyber hygiene include strong passwords, software updates, thinking before clicking suspicious links, and turning on multi-factor authentication. The agency says these steps will drastically improve online safety.
TITEL: Enterprise AI is reshaping cloud architectures
URL: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/category/cloud-computing/
SAMENVATTING: Forrester says the cloud industry is moving beyond commodity infrastructure toward platforms built for generative AI and agentic AI. It also identifies new patterns such as AI infrastructure cloud platforms and AI-centric platform services.
https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/cloud-computing-statistics/
