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Cloud Tech

GeekWire’s Cloud Tech channel breaks news and explores key trends in cloud computing, DevOps, enterprise technologies and more. Story ideas? Email tips@geekwire.com.

Oct 23, 2018, 9:32 AM

Amazon Web Services pitched ICE on using its Rekognition face-recognition cloud service

Amazon Web Services pitched the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on using its Rekognition video analysis service, which it… Read More

Oct 23, 2018, 8:00 AM

Igneous rolls out new hybrid cloud services for managing large amounts of unstructured data

Igneous Systems plans to introduce two new products Tuesday for hybrid cloud customers working with massive data sets, in yet… Read More

Oct 23, 2018, 7:30 AM

Seattle’s Versive acquired by eSentire for its AI-powered security analysis platform

After several twists and turns along the way during its six years working on artificial intelligence technology, Versive has been… Read More

Oct 22, 2018, 9:47 AM

GitHub recovering after a widespread outage caused by networking and database issues

Software teams were stymied late Sunday and early Monday by a widespread GitHub outage that prevented developers from using the… Read More

Oct 22, 2018, 5:00 AM

Pulumi raises $15M in Series A funding, launches its SaaS multicloud app deployment service

It didn’t take long for the ex-Microsoft engineers behind Pulumi to prove their software development platform for multicloud computing was… Read More

Oct 18, 2018, 10:20 AM

Google turns on integrations with popular services like Box, Dropbox, and others in Gmail

Google has made a lot of improvements to Gmail this year as it continues to build out its G Suite… Read More

Oct 18, 2018, 8:00 AM

Atlassian’s overhaul of Jira is complete, with a more user-friendly interface for the cloud-native era

The process of developing software has gone through incredible changes since 2002, when Atlassian first unveiled its Jira bug-tracking software.… Read More

Oct 16, 2018, 1:58 PM

Anonymous employee calls on Amazon Web Services to stop selling face-recognition technology to police departments

More than 450 Amazon employees have now signed a letter originally addressed to CEO Jeff Bezos and other senior executives… Read More

Oct 16, 2018, 10:00 AM

GitHub introduces GitHub Actions to further automate the art of software development

GitHub isn’t content with being the storage locker for your code: it thinks it has come up with a better… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 3:44 PM

According to an SEC filing, Docker has raised $92M of a $192M funding round

As it continues to transition from a technology-driven platform company into a sales-driven services company, Docker is raising more money… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 1:46 PM

As storms gather over upcoming Saudi tech conference, Google says Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene will no longer attend

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene joined the increasing list of prominent U.S. technology and business executives distancing themselves from the… Read More

Oct 11, 2018, 1:52 PM

VMware doubles down on Bellevue as its partnerships with cloud providers deepen

VMware plans to expand its presence in Bellevue with enough space to double its headcount in the region its two… Read More

Oct 11, 2018, 9:58 AM

After killing the consumer version, Google will try to turn Google+ into a real enterprise tool

Google+ was one of the search giant’s notable failures along its road to becoming one of the most powerful companies… Read More

Oct 11, 2018, 4:00 AM

With huge new $450M funding round, Snowflake Computing has now raised almost $1 billion

In January, after raising $263 million, Snowflake Computing CEO Bob Muglia indicated that the next time his fast-growing cloud data… Read More

Oct 10, 2018, 10:33 AM

Report: Amazon Web Services cuts deals with SAP, Symantec valued at a combined $1B

It’s become clear over the last several quarters that Amazon Web Services is signing longer-term cloud computing deals with big… Read More

Oct 10, 2018, 9:07 AM

Microsoft vows to protect Linux from future patent wars by joining the Open Invention Network

After years of waging patent war on Google’s Linux-based Android mobile operating system, Microsoft agreed Wednesday to join the Open… Read More

Oct 10, 2018, 8:00 AM

Pioneer Square Labs spins out Shujinko, which wants to automate compliance work in the cloud

Two pervasive trends in modern enterprise computing could work out very nicely for Shujinko. The Seattle startup is launching Tuesday… Read More

Oct 9, 2018, 8:10 AM

Microsoft makes its pitch for the Pentagon cloud contract with expanded federal certifications

The bids for the $10 billion Department of Defense cloud computing contract are due by the end of the week,… Read More

Oct 9, 2018, 6:00 AM

Puppet launches new product line to help companies get the most out of their DevOps efforts

Building on the work done by its most recent acquisition, Puppet plans to announce a brand new product line Tuesday… Read More

Oct 8, 2018, 2:54 PM

Google Cloud drops out of the running for the Pentagon’s $10B cloud contract

Google’s decision to articulate a set of principles around its use of artificial intelligence has officially cost it business. EARLIER:… Read More

Oct 8, 2018, 8:04 AM

Amazon’s other brick-and-mortar move: Inside the growing network of ‘AWS Loft’ co-working spaces

SAN FRANCISCO — The co-working space at 525 Market St. looks, at first glance, like many others in this city and… Read More

Oct 8, 2018, 5:00 AM

Capping a year of change, Chef taps former Impinj CFO Evan Fein as its new CFO

With the appointment of three new executives, Chef believes it is most of the way through a year-long strategy shift… Read More

Oct 5, 2018, 12:05 PM

Another strong IPO for SaaS investors, as open-source search provider Elastic enjoys huge pop on opening day

Shares in Elastic, a software-as-a-service company that helps other companies find, sort, and analyze their internal data, soared Friday in… Read More

Oct 4, 2018, 8:11 AM

Amazon Web Services, Apple dispute report that China placed spy chips in some of their servers

A blockbuster Bloomberg report that Chinese spies infiltrated the networks of Amazon Web Services and Apple was met with unusually… Read More

Oct 4, 2018, 6:00 AM

D-Wave’s quantum computing cloud service is now available for developer experiments

After years of hype about the potential of quantum computing, D-Wave is about to let mainstream developers finally take its… Read More

Oct 3, 2018, 1:38 PM

Updated: Big data stalwarts Cloudera, Hortonworks to merge, Cloudera CEO Tom Reilly to run new company

Cloudera and Hortonworks have been symbolic of the “big data” era as two of the most successful companies built around… Read More

Oct 3, 2018, 11:45 AM

After historic court decision on e-commerce taxes, Avalara launches new licensing program to help manage the new world

National e-commerce retailers might have bemoaned the recent Supreme Court decision allowing states to require retailers to collect sales taxes… Read More

Oct 3, 2018, 9:33 AM

Apptio buys Boston-based FittedCloud, adding a cloud infrastructure cost analysis tool to the mix

Apptio completed its third acquisition Wednesday, announcing that it has bought FittedCloud, a fellow provider of tools for monitoring cloud… Read More

Oct 2, 2018, 12:01 PM

Nortal acquires cloud modernization startup Dev9, will expand Seattle-area footprint

Nortal, an Estonia-based multinational end-to-end technology services provider, today announced the acquisition of Seattle-area cloud services startup Dev9 as it expands its… Read More

Sep 30, 2018, 12:00 PM

Salesforce singles out gaps in Microsoft and Oracle’s services as its road map for growth

Business-to-business marketing, at least in tech, is all about making the tech buyer absorb the talking points they need to… Read More

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