AWS Vs. Azure Vs. GCP: Flexera 2023 Customer Cloud Results

Hello, and welcome back to CRN Weekly, where we highlight the latest news and insights impacting the channel and technology industry over the past week.

In this edition, we take a look at a new report on cloud adoption and spending trends in 2023; the latest news on DXC Technology's acquisition discussions with a potential buyer; the opportunity ChatGPT is creating for Hewlett Packard Enterprise; highlights from CRN's parent company's XChange conference and more.

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Flexera 2023 State Of The Cloud

Businesses of all shapes and sizes are spending millions of dollars each month on public cloud providers Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, as the three worldwide market share leaders battle for customer share in 2023.

Flexera 's new 2023 State of the Cloud Report, released this week, sheds light on how 750 businesses are spending their public cloud dollars: including data on monthly spending, the number of viral machines (VMs) in public cloud, adoption rates and annual?cloud spending—with nearly 25 percent of all respondents spending over $12 million per year in public cloud.

Here are some of the most interesting results from the report comparing cloud titans AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

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• 6 Cloud Computing Trends: Costs, Hybrid Cloud, Economy
• The 10 Highest-Paying Cloud Certifications In 2023

DXC Technology Ends Takeover Talks With 'Financial Sponsor'

DXC Technology, the $16.3 billion solution provider giant, has terminated talks with a potential buyer after months of speculation that the company could be acquired from a private equity firm.

"Due to the financial sponsor's challenges in raising the necessary capital, as a result of current market conditions, no formal proposal was received by the company and DXC has terminated the discussions," the Ashburn, Va.-based company said in a statement earlier this week.

CEO Antonio Neri On HPE's Supercomputing ChatGPT Advantage, Axis Security And GreenLake Momentum

惠普企业服务 CEO Antonio Neri told CRN that ChatGPT has created a "very, very strong" sales pipeline for an HPE Supercomputing-as-a-Service offering.

"We are very well positioned, and we have a very large pipeline of customers," said Neri. "Last week, I was in Europe and I was amazed to see the large pipeline of customers demanding this."

Here are Neri's comments on ChatGPT, the Axis Security acquisition and HPE GreenLake on-premises edge-to-cloud platform pay-per-use momentum.

Catch Up On XChange March 2023

Check out CRN's coverage of parent company The Channel Company 's XChange March 2023 conference for solution providers and technology suppliers in Orlando this week, which includes video segments from CRNtv on Location:

?? How ThreatLocker Is Becoming An 'Ecosystem' Of Security Tools For MSPs (Read)

?? OpenText Winning Over MSPs Seeking One-Stop SMB Cybersecurity-Data Protection Stack (Read)

?? Security Hot Take: Not Every MSP Should Be An MSSP (Read)

Elsewhere In CRN

Here are some of CRN's other best-read stories and viewed videos on channel news over the past week:

?? 10 Women From Our 2023 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs Describe Their Channel Philosophy (Read)

?? The Trailblazer Perspective: The Power of A Voice, featuring Rhino Network Solutions CEO Ramin Keyvan (Watch)

?? How Women Can Break Into The Cybersecurity Industry (Read)

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