Cloud Tech – Page 39 of 55

May 18, 2017, 12:19 PM

How Amazon Web Services uses machine learning to make capacity planning decisions

Machine-learning research isn’t something that Amazon Web Services does just for its cloud customers; it has developed machine-learning driven models… Read More

May 18, 2017, 10:44 AM

Newly-named Docker CEO Steve Singh added to GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit lineup

The inaugural GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit — our first-ever technical conference — continues to gain momentum. And today we’re excited… Read More

May 18, 2017, 5:30 AM

Microsoft Cloud to set up shop in Africa with two new data centers coming in 2018

Microsoft plans to open two new data centers in South Africa next year to provide its cloud services to the… Read More

May 17, 2017, 10:54 AM

Google launches powerful new Cloud TPU machine-learning chips for Google Cloud Platform

Google is “rethinking our computational architecture again,” according to CEO Sundar Pichai, who rolled out the next generation of Google’s… Read More

May 16, 2017, 3:47 PM

Cloud Foundry now generally available for SAP customers, along with new infrastructure choices

SAP added several new features to its cloud services on Tuesday, giving customers the option of running their workloads on… Read More

May 16, 2017, 11:27 AM

Cray now an official member of Cloud City with new “supercomputing as a service” strategy

Cray will try and reinvent itself for the cloud era with a new product that promises “supercomputing as a service.”… Read More

May 16, 2017, 9:33 AM

AWS maintains sizable lead as public cloud market grows 42% in Q1

Demand for public cloud infrastructure services continues to be one of the hottest growth stories in technology. New market share… Read More

May 16, 2017, 9:00 AM

Ahead of I/O, Google Cloud Platform adds new managed IoT service, releases Cloud Spanner

Underscoring how the internet of things is finally going mainstream in 2017, Google now has a new service for Google… Read More

May 15, 2017, 12:08 PM

Nutanix adding IBM’s Power processors to its data center bundles for AI applications

Nutanix plans to release a line of server appliances with IBM’s Power processor for artificial-intelligence applications, the first time it… Read More

May 12, 2017, 10:48 AM

AI, DevOps, and microservices highlight tech talks at GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit

Cloud computing is turning into a real business, but the pioneering work of the engineers and product teams at cloud… Read More

May 11, 2017, 2:16 PM

Trump signs cybersecurity executive order, mandating a move to cloud computing

President Donald Trump today signed a long-awaited executive order aimed at beefing up cybersecurity at federal government agencies – with a… Read More

May 11, 2017, 1:18 PM

Intel’s last Itanium processor end of an era that never began

The Itanic is finally pulling into port. Intel announced Thursday that it will ship the last version of its notorious… Read More

May 11, 2017, 6:00 AM

Cloud development company Puppet to open Seattle engineering office, escalating talent wars

It’s more than a trend at this point. Another cloud-focused company, this time Portland-based Puppet, is opening an engineering office… Read More

May 10, 2017, 4:01 PM

Former tech adviser to Bill Gates raises $2M for cybersecurity startup that discourages hackers

Cybersecurity company Polyverse has raised $2 million in a new round of funding to continue building out its “moving target… Read More

May 10, 2017, 3:42 PM

Microsoft: Commercial cloud revenue to jump 55% to nearly $15B this fiscal year

Microsoft says total revenue from its commercial cloud businesses will reach an estimated $14.8 billion in its current fiscal year, ending June 30… Read More

May 10, 2017, 2:17 PM

Living on the edge: Microsoft prepares developers for shift to edge computing

Microsoft used one of its biggest events of the year to remind developers that edge computing is coming, and it’s… Read More

May 10, 2017, 10:34 AM

GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: Last chance for early-bird tickets, new speakers added for our first technical conference

We’re less than a month away from the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, an immersive day-long technical conference that will bring… Read More

May 10, 2017, 8:00 AM

Windows 10 reaches 500M devices as Microsoft makes its case to developers at Build 2017

Microsoft is kicking off its Build 2017 developer conference in Seattle this morning with a new milestone: The company says… Read More

May 10, 2017, 8:00 AM

Microsoft introduces Azure Cosmos DB, a new database with a broad money-back guarantee

Microsoft plans to strengthen its database pitch to cloud customers Wednesday at Microsoft Build by unveiling Azure Cosmos DB, a… Read More

May 10, 2017, 6:00 AM

Why doesn’t Harvard want to talk about its mystery Microsoft Azure project?

Microsoft Azure appears to have scored a high-profile customer: Harvard University’s prestigious CS50 computer science class, not that anybody wants… Read More

May 8, 2017, 3:33 PM

Dell Technologies makes its case as the safe place to spend IT budgets

Once upon a time, the running joke in enterprise technology was that even if using a really compelling new product… Read More

(L to R): Derek Tan, director of engineer, and Rick Negrin, director of product management, at work in MemSQL's new Seattle office.

May 8, 2017, 10:30 AM

Hot database startup MemSQL opens a Seattle engineering office

What do you do when you’re a high-flying database startup that wants to grow as efficiently as possible? MemSQL, like… Read More

May 6, 2017, 9:46 AM

Jeff Bezos explains Amazon’s artificial intelligence and machine learning strategy

https://youtu.be/LqL3tyCQ1yY?t=21m3s Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos appeared this week at the Internet Association‘s annual gala in Washington, D.C., taking part in a… Read More

May 5, 2017, 10:28 AM

BitTitan’s Geeman Yip: Augmented reality could be the next great cloud service

At some point in the not-too-distant future, Geeman Yip imagines walking into a bar — sort of like the one… Read More

May 4, 2017, 10:21 AM

Dell EMC furthers bet on hybrid cloud with support for Azure Stack

Businesses that still want to roll their own infrastructure in the age of the cloud have a new option from… Read More

May 3, 2017, 3:46 PM

Intel’s Diane Bryant, leader of its data center group, taking leave of absence

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced Wednesday that Diane Bryant, the executive in charge of Intel’s Data Center Group, is taking… Read More

May 3, 2017, 3:22 PM

Amazon Web Services cuts EC2 prices once again, as much as 21 percent in some cases

It’s once again cheaper to use Amazon Web Services. The leading cloud computing company announced price cuts Wednesday across the… Read More

May 3, 2017, 12:51 PM

Heptio’s Joe Beda: Before embracing cloud computing, make sure your culture is ready

Ours is a world enamored with the possibilities unlocked by technological advances. And if we ever update our organizational thinking… Read More

May 3, 2017, 10:11 AM

Rackspace CEO Taylor Rhodes out, nine months after private-equity buyout

Rackspace will move forward under a new CEO, as Taylor Rhodes announced Wednesday he’s leaving the company after three years… Read More

May 2, 2017, 3:57 PM

Who is Steve Singh? Docker’s new CEO takes the helm of an enterprise tech rocket ship

Steve Singh is well-known in the Seattle area for his role in building Concur into an enterprise tech success. Now… Read More