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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.

Apr 10, 2018, 6:00 AM

Google and Netflix team up on Kayenta, an open-source project for automated deployment monitoring

A new open-source project from Google and Netflix aims to help other companies that want to modernize their application deployment… Read More

Apr 9, 2018, 6:00 AM

DimensionalMechanics releases second-generation of its AI product, announces new funding

Some of the biggest and most powerful companies in technology are racing each other to make machine learning easier to… Read More

Apr 5, 2018, 1:27 PM

Puppet lays off three percent of workforce as it looks for more growth

Portland-based DevOps startup Puppet has laid off three percent of its workforce, around 20 people, as it gears up for… Read More

Apr 5, 2018, 10:00 AM

Stripe launches new subscription-billing service aimed at SaaS companies

If you’re selling software these days, you’re probably selling it over the internet on a subscription basis. Stripe’s new version… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 1:06 PM

Amazon Web Services adds new features to SageMaker and makes its AI-powered transcription services generally available

Developers using Amazon SageMaker to build machine-learning applications will now be able to take advantage of new computing resources and… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 12:11 PM

Amazon Web Services launches AWS Secrets Manager and other new tools, as cloud customers continue to prove they need security help

As companies move more of their workloads into the cloud, too many of them are doing a poor job securing… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 12:05 PM

Wall Street warms to enterprise software: Could this bode well for Smartsheet, DocuSign and others?

The way Steve Singh sees it, big changes are coming to the enterprise software world. “There will be a next… Read More

Apr 3, 2018, 9:00 PM

Google plans to boost cloud performance between Asia and Australia with new undersea cable

Google’s latest undersea cable project will result in a faster connection between important tech centers in Asia and Australia like… Read More

Apr 3, 2018, 9:37 AM

Stackery raises $5.5 million to build out serverless monitoring product

Serverless computing is having a moment right now, but there’s still a lot of work to be done ensuring that… Read More

Apr 1, 2018, 6:00 AM

The need for speed (and security): Cloudflare has developed a new DNS service for PCs and phones

Despite the timing, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince would like to emphasize that his company’s latest announcement is not an April… Read More

Mar 30, 2018, 7:30 AM

Microsoft rolls out the first availability zones within Azure regions to boost customer reliability

The first availability zones within Microsoft Azure’s cloud computing regions are coming online for everyone Friday, bringing additional reliability and… Read More

Mar 29, 2018, 9:20 AM

Microsoft puts more eggs in cloud leader Scott Guthrie’s basket, moving core Windows development and some AI teams to his group

Microsoft’s cloud business is the company’s economic engine these days, hitting aggressive revenue targets earlier than expected with plenty of… Read More

Mar 28, 2018, 9:33 AM

Docker founder Solomon Hykes leaving company, cites need for enterprise-focused CTO

Solomon Hykes, who as Docker founder and chief technical officer laid the groundwork for one of the most quickly adopted… Read More

Mar 28, 2018, 6:00 AM

GoDaddy signs multiyear deal with Amazon Web Services for ‘vast majority’ of its computing infrastructure

Internet domain name registrar GoDaddy has signed a multiyear deal with Amazon Web Services to migrate most of its computing… Read More

Mar 27, 2018, 1:44 PM

As it shifts cloud focus to platform services, Oracle tries to hold on to its database legacy

After years of taunting and dismissing Amazon Web Services, Oracle founder Larry Ellison all but acknowledged Tuesday that AWS “pioneered”… Read More

Mar 27, 2018, 8:00 AM

Google Cloud makes text-to-speech capabilities in apps like Google Maps available on Google Cloud Platform

Google continues to focus on ways it can use its artificial intelligence research to court cloud customers, announcing Tuesday that… Read More

Mar 26, 2018, 4:54 PM

Cloud products drove Red Hat’s Q4 growth, and CEO Jim Whitehurst thinks CoreOS sets it up for container success

Red Hat’s cloud products continue to grow faster than the company itself during its fourth quarter, and while the price… Read More

Mar 23, 2018, 10:50 AM

President Trump signs omnibus spending bill, putting the CLOUD Act on the books in big shift for cloud data

A profound change in the way the U.S. government treats cloud data became law Friday with little or no debate,… Read More

Mar 23, 2018, 9:21 AM

Dropbox soars almost 50 percent in its stock-market debut, closes up 35 percent

Dropbox got the famous “bump” in its first hour of trading on the Nasdaq Friday, hitting a high of $31… Read More

Mar 22, 2018, 3:13 PM

Demand for Dropbox IPO reportedly pushes opening price to $21, above its initial projections

The stock market had a rough Thursday, but Dropbox is looking ahead to Friday’s trading, when it will officially become… Read More

Mar 22, 2018, 8:21 AM

Congress dumps the CLOUD Act into the omnibus spending bill. Will there be debate?

Backers of the CLOUD Act, which would change the way the federal government deals with foreign law enforcement requests for… Read More

Mar 22, 2018, 7:00 AM

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sudip Chakrabarti joins Madrona, will invest in Seattle cloud startups

Sudip Chakrabarti is bullish about Seattle’s future as a startup city — particularly given his experience in Silicon Valley. The… Read More

Mar 21, 2018, 2:37 PM

Sure, why not? Google said to be getting in on the blockchain

It’s not a huge surprise that a company known for moonshots is taking a close look at the blockchain. Bloomberg… Read More

Mar 21, 2018, 6:30 AM

Google introduces several new cloud security tools, promises transparency and usability

Two days after one of Google’s earliest employees laid down a bit of a manifesto regarding its commitment to cybersecurity,… Read More

Marc Benioff Salesforce
Mar 20, 2018, 2:26 PM

Salesforce makes a $6.5B bet on the hybrid cloud with the acquisition of MuleSoft

Salesforce just made the largest acquisition in its history, snapping up MuleSoft for $6.5 billion in order to help it… Read More

Mar 20, 2018, 11:00 AM

Facebook developed a new networking architecture to handle increased demands on its data centers, will donate to OCP

In order to keep up with demand for its services inside its data centers, Facebook developed a new networking architecture… Read More

Mar 20, 2018, 10:00 AM

Aimed at the data center, Windows Server 2019 is almost all about the hybrid cloud

Microsoft is ready to talk about Windows Server 2019, the first fully-featured release of its server operating system since Windows… Read More

Mar 20, 2018, 6:00 AM

Jive co-founder unveils new startup, a SaaS tool designed to help managers

Two former Jive Software colleagues have teamed up to launch a new business-productivity service, betting that business managers are looking… Read More

Mar 19, 2018, 1:00 PM

Microsoft partners with BlackBerry to integrate Office 365 with secure mobile app technology

A new partnership aims to pair Microsoft’s cloud and productivity tools with BlackBerry’s security software for customers that require extra… Read More

Mar 19, 2018, 11:51 AM

Amazon Web Services reveals more details on the thinking behind SageMaker, its machine-learning service for cloud developers

Machine-learning services promise to be one of the most competitive areas for cloud computing vendors over the next few years.… Read More

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