Cloud Tech – Page 28 of 55

Feb 23, 2018, 10:32 AM

Microsoft and Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi deepen ties with new AI and cloud partnership

Microsoft and Chinese electronics company Xiaomi agreed to a new strategic partnership focused on artificial and cloud technology, further cementing… Read More

Feb 23, 2018, 9:40 AM

Microsoft’s Guthrie claims Azure is seeing blockchain momentum, but that’s not moving the cloud needle any time soon

Microsoft Azure is seeing demand for cloud-based blockchain services, Microsoft Azure chief Scott Guthrie said Friday, but it doesn’t sound… Read More

Feb 22, 2018, 1:56 PM

HPE surprises Wall Street with strong first-quarter results on storage and networking growth

It’s been a rough few years for old-school IT companies, but HPE easily outpaced Wall Street expectations for its first… Read More

Feb 21, 2018, 8:00 AM

Early-bird tickets on sale for the 2018 GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, board of advisors announced and speaker submissions opened

The Seattle region sits at the epicenter of cloud computing. And that’s why we’re excited to formally announce the return… Read More

Feb 20, 2018, 10:16 AM

New version of Chef’s open-source project InSpec lets you check for leaky cloud storage buckets

Despite months of wake-up calls to cloud storage administrators about the consequences of insecure storage buckets lost in the shuffle,… Read More

Feb 14, 2018, 3:04 PM

VMware acquires Seattle’s CloudCoreo for its cloud security expertise

VMware continued to build out its cloud story Wednesday, acquiring cloud configuration-management startup CloudCoreo to help customers get a better… Read More

Feb 14, 2018, 11:19 AM

Intel expands bug bounty program to include Spectre-like side-channel attacks, dangles $250K

Intel is promising up to $250,000 to security researchers who uncover new side-channel vulnerabilities in its processors, in the wake… Read More

Feb 12, 2018, 9:09 AM

Amazon reportedly expanding chip design efforts, aiming at Echo, cameras, and AI

Amazon has been designing its own chips for a few years, ever since acquiring Annapurna Labs in 2016, but it… Read More

Feb 9, 2018, 10:55 AM

Private-equity firm acquires majority stake in Bellevue’s Nintex as CEO John Burton steps down

Workplace automation software vendor Nintex is getting a new majority investor and a new CEO, it announced Friday. Thoma Bravo… Read More

Feb 8, 2018, 2:51 PM

Amazon Web Services adds new at-rest encryption option for DynamoDB database users

DynamoDB users have a new encryption option from Amazon Web Services, as the cloud leader continues to try and make… Read More

Feb 8, 2018, 4:30 AM

Icertis raises $50M, looks to become the Salesforce of contract management

Samir Bodas, co-founder and CEO of Bellevue-based Icertis, thinks the contract-lifecycle management industry his company serves could become as large… Read More

Feb 5, 2018, 1:53 PM

Apptio continues drive toward profitability on revenue growth, now cash-flow positive

Bellevue’s Apptio capped off 2017 by exceeding financial analyst expectations for revenue and earnings per share, as more companies adopt… Read More

Feb 5, 2018, 5:00 AM

Former Intel executive Renee James launches Ampere, a new Arm-based server chip company

A former top executive at Intel is launching a new server chip company Monday, betting on Intel’s rival architecture with… Read More

Feb 2, 2018, 12:26 PM

Apptio acquires former VMware spinoff Digital Fuel for $42.5M

Apptio added another another product to its lineup Friday with the acquisition of Digital Fuel, a fellow provider of tools… Read More

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at Google I/O 2017

Feb 1, 2018, 2:30 PM

Google says it is recording $1B per quarter in cloud revenue, including G Suite

For what appears to be the first time Thursday, Google publicly revealed how much revenue it is generating from its… Read More

Feb 1, 2018, 1:18 PM

Amazon Web Services hits $5B in quarterly revenue with no signs of slowing down

It looks like the whole cloud computing thing is going to work out well for Amazon. Amazon Web Services reported… Read More

Feb 1, 2018, 10:39 AM

Honeycomb raises $11.5M Series A round to help companies monitor modern tech infrastructure

There are a lot of great tools and services available at this point in the history of tech infrastructure development,… Read More

Jan 31, 2018, 1:21 PM

Microsoft’s cloud business still growing strong in its fiscal Q2, led by Office 365 and Azure

After officially crossing its cloud revenue goal set in 2015 last quarter, Microsoft’s cloud businesses showed strong gains during its… Read More

Jan 31, 2018, 9:49 AM

Microsoft’s skyrocketing stock closing in on $100/share thanks to cloud emphasis

In October 2016, Microsoft stock hit a then all-time high of $59.66, eclipsing a milestone set 17 years prior. Fifteen… Read More

Jan 30, 2018, 1:55 PM

Red Hat snaps up CoreOS for $250M, adding a big piece to its container strategy

One of the more prominent startups on the cloud-native computing scene, San Francisco’s CoreOS, was acquired by Red Hat Tuesday… Read More

Jan 30, 2018, 8:00 AM

Microsoft’s Azure Event Grid, a management layer for serverless computing, now generally available

A key part of Microsoft’s strategy for serverless computing is ready for prime time. Azure Event Grid, first announced last… Read More

Jan 29, 2018, 11:50 AM

Microsoft acquires Seattle startup PlayFab to bolster cloud offerings for game developers

Microsoft said it has acquired Seattle gaming startup PlayFab, in a bid to strengthen its position in the more than… Read More

Jan 25, 2018, 1:43 PM

Intel promises more “transparency” around chip flaws, as strong Q4 offset by weaker 2018 forecast

Intel enjoyed one of its best years ever in 2017. 2018 is going to be a lot tricker. The chip… Read More

Jan 25, 2018, 3:00 AM

Another huge round for Snowflake: Bob Muglia’s database company raises $263M valued at $1.5B

Longtime tech executive Bob Muglia might just be warming up. The CEO of Snowflake Computing has closed another huge funding… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 3:12 PM

F5 adds four new senior executives and beats Wall Street earnings expectations

After a rough year, F5 Networks got off to a good start Wednesday, reporting earnings that beat Wall Street expectations… Read More

Jan 24, 2018, 11:44 AM

Congress wants to know how Big Tech managed the Meltdown/Spectre embargo period

That didn’t take long: the leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee within the U.S. House of Representatives sent letters… Read More

Jan 23, 2018, 7:18 PM

Amazon Web Services catches Sqrrl, a security startup founded by ex-NSA staffers

Cloud security is going to be an even more important topic this year than ever, thanks to the Meltdown and… Read More

Jan 23, 2018, 5:00 AM

SheerID raises $18M Series B round to build out the verification layer for cloud services

Portland’s SheerID is trying to give web companies a secure and easy way to verify whether prospective customers belong to… Read More

Jan 22, 2018, 10:52 AM

Intel says it has found “root cause” of flawed patches for Meltdown and Spectre on older systems, but advises customers to avoid patches for now

After it acknowledged two weeks ago that its initial fix for the Meltdown and Spectre flaws was itself flawed for… Read More