Cloud Tech – Page 2 of 55

May 31, 2024, 9:39 AM

Amazon’s departing cloud chief: Gen AI can be ‘one of the biggest opportunities AWS has ever seen’

Three years after returning to Amazon Web Services to lead the cloud giant through one of the most challenging and… Read More

May 31, 2024, 9:38 AM

Adam Selipsky, the exit interview: Amazon Web Services CEO on AI, competition, and the future

Adam Selipsky spoke with GeekWire this week at Amazon Web Services headquarters in Seattle in an interview prior to his… Read More

May 22, 2024, 6:29 AM

How Amazon’s new cloud chief Matt Garman will approach the big challenges ahead

Three executives from Amazon Web Services were meeting with a top CIA tech leader, trying to come up with a… Read More

May 21, 2024, 8:30 AM

Microsoft will make Khan Academy’s Khanmigo AI tool free to U.S. teachers in cloud shift

Online education platform Khan Academy is shifting a portion of its cloud workload to Microsoft Azure under a partnership announced… Read More

May 14, 2024, 6:56 AM

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky steps down; senior exec Matt Garman named AWS CEO

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down from the role, three years after returning to the company to… Read More

Apr 30, 2024, 7:00 AM

Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

Analysts, investors, and the media are suddenly focused intensely on capital expenditures by tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Google, and… Read More

Apr 23, 2024, 5:47 AM

Amazon updates AWS Bedrock with new capability to import custom AI models

Amazon Web Services is releasing new capabilities for its Bedrock artificial intelligence service, including the ability for customers to import… Read More

Apr 13, 2024, 8:14 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the rapid progress of AI, and its impact on society

Early versions of generative AI were “like a dancing bear,” says Werner Vogels, the Amazon chief technology officer. “We’re all… Read More

Apr 3, 2024, 5:30 AM

Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group

Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred… Read More

Mar 29, 2024, 6:00 AM

Data protection giant Veeam moves HQ to Seattle region, tops $1.5B in annual recurring revenue

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Credit the cloud, and the talent. The cricket is just a bonus. Veeam Software, the top company… Read More

Mar 15, 2024, 8:58 AM

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader on AI, hiring, and the new realities of tech spending

Business software company Smartsheet surpassed $1 billion in annualized recurring revenue in the fourth quarter, within the timeframe established by… Read More

Mar 5, 2024, 2:00 AM

Will AI change how we shop? What it’s like to use Amazon’s new Rufus assistant

Searching on Amazon for a trainer to convert my road bike into a stationary cycle, I knew the make and… Read More

Feb 26, 2024, 10:24 AM

Microsoft invests in startup Mistral AI, outlines broader AI principles

Microsoft outlined a series of principles for its development and deployment of artificial intelligence, including a pledge to partner with… Read More

Jan 29, 2024, 7:27 AM

Risk vs. revenue: Microsoft results will offer a new AI benchmark after a tumultuous quarter

Some of the downsides of artificial intelligence have come into clearer focus for Microsoft recently, including high-profile AI deepfakes, an… Read More

Jan 24, 2024, 7:46 AM

An inside look at Tableau: What’s the future of the ‘DataFam’ at Salesforce?

Walking into the “Data1” building in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, it’s not easy to tell it’s the home of Tableau, with… Read More

Nov 28, 2023, 11:40 AM

Sphere of influence? Google’s big Vegas ad buy clouds the landscape at Amazon re:Invent

Reporting from Las Vegas … Brilliant marketing move or big waste of money? That’s the debate after Google Cloud bought… Read More

Nov 27, 2023, 10:05 PM

Amazon starts offering its palm recognition tech for building access and corporate security

Amazon is expanding its Amazon One palm recognition technology to corporate customers, allowing their employees to use their palms instead… Read More

Nov 27, 2023, 6:22 AM

Inside the AI chip race: How a pivotal happy hour changed Amazon’s strategy in the cloud

Annapurna Labs co-founder Nafea Bshara knows semiconductors and appreciates a good red wine. Amazon distinguished engineer James Hamilton has an… Read More

Nov 26, 2023, 5:00 PM

Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing

At a company famous for turning doors into desks, it only made sense for Amazon’s cloud division to find its… Read More

Nov 22, 2023, 11:14 AM

Shift AI Podcast: Laying the bedrock for generative AI at Amazon with AWS VP Vasi Philomin

“AI has massive benefits for automating and streamlining more tedious, redundant, and time consuming tasks. If we can offload these… Read More

Nov 15, 2023, 8:00 AM

Microsoft unveils custom AI chip, with help from OpenAI, playing catch-up with Amazon

Microsoft publicly confirmed its long-rumored plan to introduce its own datacenter processors, including one optimized for artificial intelligence and refined… Read More

Nov 6, 2023, 5:15 AM

Internal memo: Amazon Web Services plans reorg of Sales, Marketing, and Global Services team

Amazon Web Services will reorganize its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) group to “lay the foundation for accelerated customer… Read More

Oct 30, 2023, 5:23 AM

AI in the cloud: Microsoft boosts share; Amazon predicts ‘tens of billions’ in new revenue

AI is starting to generate real money for the big cloud providers. Global spending on cloud infrastructure services topped $68… Read More

Oct 17, 2023, 12:34 PM

UK regulator puts Amazon and Microsoft on notice with details of cloud investigation

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) outlined the scope of its planned investigation into major public cloud platforms, singling… Read More

Oct 3, 2023, 12:46 PM

Microsoft and Oracle, frenemies at last: What others can learn from their unlikely partnership

“All partnerships are tactical. There is no such thing as a strategic partnership.” That’s one of the lessons that business… Read More

Oct 3, 2023, 5:00 AM

Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform

Seattle startup Pulumi landed $41 million as it looks to boost its leadership position in the infrastructure as code market… Read More

Sep 25, 2023, 4:17 AM

Amazon pours up to $4B into AI startup Anthropic, escalating rivalry with Microsoft and Google

Amazon will invest up to $4 billion and take a minority stake in Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company… Read More

Aug 28, 2023, 9:45 AM

Amazon Web Services acquires Fig, a YC grad that boosts the command line for devs

Amazon Web Services has acquired Fig, a small San Francisco-based startup that helps developers be more efficient and collaborative while… Read More

Aug 1, 2023, 12:02 PM

Amazon’s cloud business and AI initiatives in the spotlight in advance of earnings report

Amazon’s cloud revenue growth rate and its artificial intelligence initiatives will be closely scrutinized when the company reports second-quarter earnings… Read More

Jul 25, 2023, 3:30 PM

Google Cloud posts second straight profitable quarter on 28% revenue growth

Google Cloud boosted its operating profits to $395 million for the second quarter, a improvement of close to $1 billion… Read More