Cloud Tech – Page 42 of 55

Mar 19, 2017, 3:00 PM

How Amazon teaches Alexa, and what it hopes the virtual assistant will learn someday

Days after Amazon announced that it was bringing its Alexa to its iOS Amazon app, Amazon senior principal scientist Nikko… Read More

Mar 19, 2017, 7:33 AM

One year after Tay, Microsoft is still big on bots — and here is where it’s focusing now

Microsoft has learned a lot about chatbot technology since the unfortunate rollout of the short-lived “Tay” chatbot one year ago this… Read More

Mar 17, 2017, 11:48 AM

Analyst: AWS growth could ‘moderate’ as Microsoft and Google see new cloud momentum

Amazon Web Services’ growth “could moderate this year and next” amid rising competition from Microsoft and Google, according to a new… Read More

Mar 17, 2017, 7:36 AM

US government websites found to be slow, insecure, not mobile friendly and failing in accessibility

Federal agencies and officials have a lot on their plates these days, but a report from a Washington, D.C.-based think tank points… Read More

Mar 15, 2017, 8:55 AM

U.S. charges suspects with ties to Russian government in Yahoo hacks

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged four people with ties to Russian intelligence agencies with computer hacking, economic espionage and… Read More

Mar 15, 2017, 6:08 AM

Amazon Web Services starts offering free cloud storage and computing for Alexa skills

Amazon Web Services will offer $100 in promotional credit and up to an additional $100/month to cover any extra cloud computing and storage… Read More

Mar 14, 2017, 8:30 AM

Microsoft Teams launches globally, taking on Slack, Amazon, Google, others in high-stakes chat battle

REDMOND, Wash. — After four months in preview, Microsoft is officially launching its Teams “chat-based workspace” for Office 365 in… Read More

Mar 14, 2017, 4:51 AM

Microsoft adds new service tier to Azure SQL Database, increases storage limits on existing databases

Microsoft is making a series of enhancements to its Azure SQL Database, including a new “Premium RS” tier, as the big public… Read More

Mar 9, 2017, 11:31 AM

Google challenges Slack, Microsoft and Amazon with new Hangouts Meet and Chat

Google this morning expanded its Hangouts real-time communications platform with the announcement of two new services: Hangouts Meet, a new video… Read More

Mar 9, 2017, 11:08 AM

Google acquires AppBridge to help move files from servers to G Suite

Google has acquired a Vancouver B.C. startup called AppBridge to help users move files over from physical servers to G… Read More

Mar 9, 2017, 10:23 AM

Google Cloud launches new Windows partner program, aims to be ‘a great Windows platform’

No, the image above isn’t from a Microsoft event. That’s the Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco this morning, where… Read More

Mar 9, 2017, 9:32 AM

Google plans 3 more cloud regions, escalates cloud pricing wars with new ‘committed use’ contracts

Google kicked off the second day of its Google Cloud Next conference with news that it will add three additional… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 5:21 PM

Microsoft says Google’s cloud reliability claim vs. Azure and Amazon Web Services does not compute

A comment today by Google’s top cloud executive, taking a subtle jab at Amazon Web Services, isn’t sitting well with Microsoft for… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 10:59 AM

How much is your junk worth? eBay’s new Google Home ‘shopbot’ knows

At the Google Cloud Next conference, eBay introduced a new personal shopping chatbot, or “shopbot,” for the Google Home speaker… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 10:09 AM

Google Cloud touts new customers, reliability and machine learning — says it’s ‘here for real’

Google is on a mission to become a leading option for businesses making the shift to the cloud, and in the wake of… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 9:10 AM

Look out, Intel? Microsoft tries ARM processors in the cloud with Qualcomm partnership

Microsoft has started testing out ARM processors, power-efficient chips best known for running smartphones and other mobile devices, to run portions of… Read More

Mar 7, 2017, 3:43 PM

What’s really in that Dropbox? Onehub enters data loss prevention market with Marshal scanning tool

How do small and medium-sized businesses make sure that the sensitive personal information and health data of their customers and… Read More

Mar 7, 2017, 1:15 PM

Google Cloud takes the stage: Can the consumer tech giant finally crack the enterprise?

Google’s top executives will unveil their latest cloud initiatives Wednesday morning, making the case for big businesses to choose Google’s cloud over… Read More

Mar 7, 2017, 8:45 AM

Two decades later, Microsoft’s Visual Studio looks to secure its role in a new world of technology

Microsoft this morning released Visual Studio 2017, the latest version of its integrated development environment — continuing its expansion beyond traditional Windows… Read More

Mar 7, 2017, 5:00 AM

Salesforce rolls out ‘Einstein Vision’ as part of broader artificial intelligence push

Salesforce is introducing a new wave of artificial intelligence technologies under its Einstein initiative this morning, including the first AI technology… Read More

Mar 6, 2017, 5:14 PM

Amazon Web Services makes another deal, acquiring Thinkbox media rendering tech company

Amazon Web Services has acquired Thinkbox Software, which makes technology used by media and entertainment architects and engineers to manage render farms… Read More

Mar 6, 2017, 2:08 PM

IBM and Salesforce connect Watson and Einstein in new artificial intelligence alliance

IBM and Salesforce will work together on artificial intelligence under a surprise partnership announced this afternoon. The companies will combine aspects… Read More

Mar 6, 2017, 10:45 AM

IBM plans to deliver ‘industry first’ quantum computers via the cloud

IBM today unveiled plans to build commercially-available quantum computer systems for business and science that will be accessed via the IBM… Read More

Mar 6, 2017, 8:54 AM

Microsoft Azure adds new data analytics, voice and facial recognition to its government cloud

Microsoft is beefing up its cloud capabilities for U.S. state and federal agencies, rolling out its PowerBI and HDInsight data… Read More

Mar 5, 2017, 12:59 PM

Analysis: Rethinking cloud architecture after the outage of Amazon Web Services

Editor’s Note: Brian Guy is Director of Cloud Services for Dev9, a custom software development firm focused on cloud services.… Read More

Mar 2, 2017, 3:50 PM

Hybrid cloud startup Midfin Systems gets CNBC honor, as AWS outage shows value of its approach

Cloud enterprise infrastructure company Midfin Systems of Redmond, Wash., landed on CNBC’s inaugural Upstart 25 list this week — on the same day,… Read More

Mar 2, 2017, 10:17 AM

Docker unveils new enterprise initiative, boosting software containers for big businesses

Docker is launching a new Enterprise Edition of its popular software container technology, along with an initiative to let partners certify their technology… Read More

Mar 2, 2017, 9:43 AM

Amazon explains big AWS outage, says employee error took servers offline, promises changes

Amazon has released an explanation of the events that caused the big outage of its Simple Storage Service Tuesday, also… Read More

Mar 2, 2017, 5:28 AM

Amazon Web Services cloud migration service 2nd Watch raises $19M

2nd Watch, which helps large organizations such as Crate & Barrel, Condé Nast, Coca-Cola North America and Lenovo build and… Read More

Mar 1, 2017, 5:27 PM

Amazon quiet on big AWS outage, but an explanation could come soon

UPDATE: Amazon has released an explanation of what caused the big outage this week and has started putting safeguards in… Read More