Cloud Tech

Oct 7, 2017, 9:00 AM

With Datacastle acquisition, cloud storage company Carbonite looks to grow in Seattle

Carbonite became one of Seattle’s latest arrivals with its acquisition of Datacastle earlier this year, and it’s evaluating expansion plans… Read More

Oct 6, 2017, 6:02 PM

SEC filing shows Docker is raising a $75 million funding round

Docker has been pretty quiet in the months since Steve Singh was named CEO of the once white-hot container startup,… Read More

Oct 5, 2017, 10:51 AM

Report: The Pentagon plans to increase its use of cloud computing in security push

After his recent trip to the West Coast to check out how cloud tech companies are fending off cybersecurity attacks,… Read More

Oct 4, 2017, 9:00 AM

Microsoft adds support for Java to its Azure Functions serverless service

Developers interested in using Java to build serverless apps using Microsoft Azure Functions will now have that option, Microsoft plans… Read More

Oct 3, 2017, 1:46 PM

Microsoft Azure fire system glitch shows why everyone benefits from transparent cloud outage reports

Outage reports issued by most cloud companies tend to be meaningless exercises in brevity, designed by lawyers and put into… Read More

Oct 2, 2017, 3:00 PM

Oracle cloud acquisitions bear fruit, with a new serverless platform and container services

Eager to court developers and tech executives who have long seen it as a cloud also-ran, Oracle unveiled a new… Read More

Oct 2, 2017, 10:47 AM

New AI-oriented cloud business apps and a blockchain service highlight Oracle OpenWorld news blast

Oracle unveiled nearly a dozen new products and services Monday morning on the second day of Oracle OpenWorld 2017, beefing… Read More

Oct 1, 2017, 8:10 PM

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison slams Amazon Web Services in OpenWorld keynote, also mentions new database product

Given an hour in front of thousands of his company’s most important customers Sunday evening, Oracle co-founder and executive chairman… Read More

Sep 29, 2017, 10:39 AM

How Microsoft became a destination for a new generation of open-source developers

An old tongue-in-cheek journalism canard suggests that once something has happened three times, it’s a trend. Along those lines, when… Read More

Sep 28, 2017, 10:55 AM

With a focus on stability and security, Kubernetes 1.8 is ready for container management

The latest version of Kubernetes shows that the white-hot container-orchestration technology is increasingly focused on making it sure the core… Read More

Sep 28, 2017, 7:00 AM

Portland’s Stackery releases management console for aspiring serverless developers

Serverless development is still a new concept among mainstream software developers, many of whom are still wrapping their heads around… Read More

Sep 27, 2017, 9:36 AM

Gartner: Amazon Web Services on top of the public cloud, as Alibaba gains the most ground

The top four major public cloud vendors all grew faster than the overall market last year, according to a new… Read More

Sep 26, 2017, 2:26 PM

Mobile chip giant Arm opening Bellevue office with focus on artificial intelligence and IoT development

One of the most influential companies in tech has jumped on the Seattle-area bandwagon: Arm, which designs the mobile chips… Read More

Sep 26, 2017, 1:41 PM

Google follows Amazon Web Services in allowing cloud customers to bill by the second

One week after Amazon Web Services announced per-second billing for its cloud customers, Google plans to do the same for… Read More

Sep 25, 2017, 3:21 PM

Amazon Web Services plans Middle East operating region as cloud computing goes global

By 2019, there will be Amazon Web Services data centers in just about every corner of the world following Monday’s… Read More

Sep 25, 2017, 1:19 PM

Stack Overflow uses Microsoft AI tech to create a chat bot that assists software developers

Software developers stuck with a thorny programming problem now have a new option when browsing Stack Overflow: a chatbot built… Read More

Sep 25, 2017, 6:00 AM

Microsoft links its new Cosmos DB database to serverless technology for Azure developers

Microsoft’s strategy for helping its customers use one of the more exciting developments in cloud computing — serverless technologies —… Read More

Sep 20, 2017, 9:00 AM

Puppet acquires Distelli to bolster cloud computing automation platform

Rahul Singh started with a single focus when he launched Distelli more than two years ago: give developers a way… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 5:00 AM

Salesforce promises more accurate sales forecasts with Einstein artificial intelligence

When making business plans, the accuracy of your sales forecasting can make or break companies and careers. Salesforce thinks it… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 12:01 AM

Qumulo unveils next generation of its file storage system, now available on Amazon Web Services

After raising $130 million over five years, Qumulo is ready to reveal what it thinks is the biggest product launch… Read More

Sep 18, 2017, 4:42 PM

Amazon Web Services shakes up cloud pricing with per-second billing

Pay by the hour for cloud computing? That’s so last decade. Amazon Web Services today announced a new pricing structure… Read More

Sep 15, 2017, 9:02 AM

Google, Microsoft emphasize cloud security as hacks intensify and big businesses eye the cloud

Security fears have been associated with cloud computing ever since it began, and for the most part those fears have… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 5:09 PM

Oracle’s Larry Ellison takes aim at Amazon Web Services, promises a new “self-driving” database

Say what you want about Oracle executive chairman and chief technology officer Larry Ellison, but he hasn’t lost his passion… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 3:10 PM

Acumatica partners with Smartsheet and Adobe, targets legacy project accounting software in update to cloud-based ERP technology

Acumatica, the privately held enterprise cloud technology company, is rolling out integrations with Smartsheet’s project and work management tools and Adobe’s Sign… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 9:00 AM