Cloud Tech

Sep 2, 2018, 12:37 PM

Is hybrid cloud the best of both worlds? Five experts explain how to get it right

Fervent cloud computing evangelists used to look down their noses at the notion of hybrid cloud, seeing the approach a… Read More

Aug 31, 2018, 12:40 PM

Report: Seattle’s Qualtrics is talking to bankers about an IPO

Qualtrics, which sells customer experience software as a service to companies looking to understand the best ways to keep their… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 10:59 AM

Oracle’s quixotic quest to derail the Pentagon’s JEDI cloud contract continues

The Department of Defense won’t announce the winner of its ten-year $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud computing… Read More

Aug 29, 2018, 2:50 PM

Salesforce posts record Q2 revenue and raises revenue guidance, but Wall Street frowns at earnings outlook

Usually after a 27-percent jump in revenue that exceeded analyst expectations and set a record for the second fiscal quarter,… Read More

Aug 29, 2018, 10:51 AM

Box makes sure it plays nicely with other enterprise software apps as it shifts attention to larger buyers

Less than 24 hours after Box warned of slowing revenue growth over the next year or so, company executives took… Read More

Aug 29, 2018, 10:36 AM

Snowflake Computing hints at IPO plans with hire of former Talend CFO Thomas Tuchscherer

After raising $473 million in funding over the last few years, Snowflake Computing announced Wednesday that it has hired Thomas… Read More

Aug 28, 2018, 9:46 AM

After huge wind and solar energy purchases in 2018, Facebook sets goal of 100 percent renewable energy usage by 2020

Facebook committed itself Tuesday to powering its entire global operation with renewable energy sources by the end of the decade,… Read More

Aug 27, 2018, 10:42 AM

Amazon Web Services extends hybrid cloud push, reveals new database management service for VMware users

Amazon Web Services and VMware expanded their hybrid-cloud partnership Monday, announcing that AWS will ship a new version of its… Read More

Aug 27, 2018, 5:00 AM

As customers gather for VMworld, VMware unveils new security and hybrid cloud management tools

Companies that rely on VMware’s software to manage their own data centers as they dip their toes in the public… Read More

Aug 19, 2018, 12:04 PM

Five experts explain how software development and operations teams are adjusting to the rapid changes caused by cloud computing

While software continues to eat the world, the philosophies and tactics used to build that software are constantly changing. Getting… Read More

Aug 17, 2018, 1:30 PM

Three Seattle cloud CEOs share tips on how to keep fighting in an ever-changing market

There’s never been a better time to be in the cloud computing business, and while that opportunity is bringing people… Read More

Aug 17, 2018, 10:15 AM

Google is now using AI to keep its data centers cool and save energy

Google is practicing what it preaches, handing control of one of the most vital components of its data center operation… Read More

Aug 16, 2018, 6:00 AM

Salesforce plans to open-source the technology behind its Einstein machine-learning services

Salesforce is open-sourcing the method it has developed for using machine-learning techniques at scale — without mixing valuable customer data… Read More

Aug 15, 2018, 6:00 AM

Portland’s Twistlock raises $33M Series C round as demand for cloud-native security grows

As more and more companies start developing applications on top of cloud computing platforms, sometimes they need a little help… Read More

Aug 14, 2018, 3:19 PM

New Intel chip flaw resembles Spectre and Meltdown, but targets special chip security features

Even security products have security flaws, and chip researchers just found a big one in Intel’s chips that can be… Read More

Aug 13, 2018, 9:15 AM

With Pentagon cloud contract in the balance, Microsoft’s hybrid-cloud product, Azure Stack, now certified for government use

As the federal government reviews submissions from cloud computing companies for the $10 billion Department of Defense cloud contract, Microsoft… Read More

Aug 11, 2018, 10:37 AM

Teaching the ghost in the machine: How cloud tech experts are managing the rise of AI

When it comes to the breakthroughs that brilliant scientists and engineers are working on in 2018, artificial intelligence technology somehow… Read More

Aug 9, 2018, 3:20 PM

Now you can see what the fish off the North Scotland coast think of Microsoft’s Project Natick undersea data center

If you’ve ever happened upon a conventional data center, you were probably underwhelmed: most resemble a supersized Wal-Mart with acres… Read More

Aug 7, 2018, 7:11 PM

Salesforce names President and COO Keith Block as co-CEO alongside co-founder Marc Benioff

Salesforce announced late Tuesday that there will now be two sheriffs atop the Salesforce Tower in downtown San Francisco, now… Read More

Aug 7, 2018, 7:00 AM

Downstream raises almost $2M in seed funding to ride the growing Amazon advertising wave

The founders of Downstream are betting that Amazon’s somehow-stealthy surge in advertising revenue will attract lots of brands that need… Read More

Aug 6, 2018, 3:50 PM

Tim Wagner, leader of Amazon Web Services’ Lambda serverless team, moving over to Coinbase

Thanks to its early start, Amazon Web Services is pretty far ahead of its cloud competitors when it comes to… Read More

Aug 4, 2018, 12:04 PM

As serverless computing starts to take shape, cloud tech experts sketch out its future

When you look back at decades of computing history, the arc bends toward abstraction: the process of making it easier… Read More

Aug 3, 2018, 9:30 AM

State of the cloud: Amazon Web Services is bigger than its other four major competitors, combined

Is Amazon Web Services going to be the Google of cloud computing? About 15 years ago, Google’s search technology catapulted… Read More

Aug 1, 2018, 12:23 PM

Amazon Web Services continues to lock customers into long-term cloud deals as deferred revenue and the length of contracts grew in Q2

As more and more companies have gotten used to the idea of renting servers from a bookseller, Amazon Web Services… Read More

Jul 30, 2018, 1:20 PM