Cloud Tech – Page 45 of 55

Jan 9, 2017, 10:02 AM

Amazon Web Services quietly buys cybersecurity startup Harvest.ai to bolster cloud protections

Amazon Web Services has stealthily acquired San Diego-based cybersecurity startup Harvest.ai to bolster cloud security for its end-users, according to an investor… Read More

Jan 6, 2017, 9:20 AM

As cloud computing grows, the market for commercial servers, switches and routers declines

As cloud computing grows and swells the coffers of companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Google and IBM, it’s instructive to also note… Read More

Jan 5, 2017, 4:10 PM

You could win $25,000 in FTC’s contest for Internet of Things cybersecurity thingies

The Internet of Things can be a rough neighborhood, as October’s massive botnet attack illustrated – and so, in an attempt… Read More

Jan 5, 2017, 10:11 AM

‘I just have to pinch myself’: The Linux Foundation is still adjusting to AT&T’s embrace of open source

LAS VEGAS — “AT&T is an open-source software company now — I just have to pinch myself.” That’s how Linux… Read More

Jan 4, 2017, 3:15 PM

The internet of beds? Microsoft exec teases the future of IoT, which could include 50 billion devices

LAS VEGAS — You may have heard about the internet of cows, but we may soon see the internet of beds… Read More

Jan 4, 2017, 9:29 AM

Cloud computing revenues jumped 25% in 2016, with strong growth ahead, researcher says

The year 2016 was the first in which cloud computing started to dominate many IT market segments, with cloud revenue… Read More

Jan 3, 2017, 9:20 AM

Why this early Amazon investor bet on Jeff Bezos’ vision, and how the tech giant created its ‘flywheel’

In early 1995, when Amazon.com was still just an idea in Jeff Bezos’ head, a lawyer friend of venture capitalist Tom… Read More

Jan 2, 2017, 10:02 AM

Cloud wars: Amazon Web Services expands pricing API in new effort to show cost savings

The ability to choose from a wide range of computing and storage services is one of cloud computing’s big draws,… Read More

Jan 2, 2017, 6:49 AM

The Cloud in 2017: Seven key trends, from AWS and Azure to voice services and machine learning

Here’s a no-brainer: 2017 will be a big year for the cloud. Cloud computing is an innovation rivaling the advent of… Read More

Dec 27, 2016, 12:14 PM

‘OpenStack is not going to be an Amazon killer’: Open-source cloud tech faces U.S. market realities

The year 2016 has been huge for the big public-cloud providers, with Amazon Web Services on track to a $12-billion… Read More

Dec 26, 2016, 8:14 AM

Analytics startup CloudMoyo grows to 200 people a year after Icertis spin-off

In a computing landscape where the word “cloud” figures into most every conversation and company name, the name CloudMoyo stands… Read More

Dec 23, 2016, 12:01 PM

2016’s parting gift is an extra second of time — and Amazon has a last-minute cloud fix

Look, we all know it’s been a tough year. A divisive presidential campaign; celebrity deaths including David Bowie, Prince and Leonard… Read More

Dec 23, 2016, 7:40 AM

Container startup ClusterHQ calls it quits, citing duplicated efforts

ClusterHQ, a San Francisco-based container-products startup, is shutting down operations effective immediately, chairman Mark Davis wrote in a blog post entitled… Read More

Dec 19, 2016, 3:28 PM

How Starbucks is using artificial intelligence to connect with customers and boost sales

Imagine pulling into a Starbucks drive-thru and seeing not just your drink order but your name on the screen — along… Read More

Dec 16, 2016, 3:20 PM

Machine Reading? Microsoft releases giant Q&A dataset to help researchers build AI tools that read and answer questions as well as humans

MS MARCO may sound like the name of a giant ocean liner (and, in fact, the MS Marco Polo does… Read More

Dec 16, 2016, 1:38 PM

Shipping-simplifier Globatom scores new investment and execs, and goes all in with Microsoft Azure

Globatom, a software-as-a-service startup aimed at improving the process of shipping goods, has overhauled its executive team, received new venture… Read More

Dec 15, 2016, 3:53 PM

Oracle reports increased revenue from some cloud offerings, but it’s hardly a threat to Amazon

Database stalwart Oracle Corp., which would very much like to be a major player in the public-cloud market, reported sharply… Read More

Dec 15, 2016, 12:37 PM

Azure in the car: Microsoft and TomTom partner on location services for U.S. automakers

Microsoft has partnered with TomTom, a Dutch firm specializing in electronic navigation and mapping, to help build up location-based services… Read More

Dec 14, 2016, 1:39 PM

Another one bites the dust: Cisco discontinues its $1B cloud initiative as AWS, Azure and others expand

Cisco will abandon its InterCloud cloud-computing offering on March 31 and will move any InterCloud workloads to other, unnamed cloud… Read More

Dec 14, 2016, 9:01 AM

Amazon Web Services expands yet again, this time in London, as cloud movement thrives

Amazon Web Services has opened a London region, offering UK-based companies and their end-users lower latency than they may have… Read More

Dec 14, 2016, 6:00 AM

Docker donates a core piece of its container technology, an effort to fuel innovation by others

Docker, the venture-backed maker of the most popular offering for creating containerized applications, is donating a vital piece of its software to… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 11:15 AM

New version of container orchestrator Kubernetes advances support for Windows containers

Just weeks after Amazon Web Services entered the container-management space with Blox, the leading open-source container-management product, Kubernetes, has moved… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 10:55 AM

Amazon Web Services expands to offer cloud IT services to big companies

Amazon Web Services continues to chew its way upward through the “stack” of computing services that organizations require, moving from… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 8:54 AM

Starbucks hires Amazon Web Services and Microsoft vet to build cloud-based ‘digital flywheel’

Tal Saraf, a veteran of Cisco, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, has joined Starbucks as its senior vice president of engineering… Read More

Dec 12, 2016, 12:55 PM

Why the data center isn’t dead yet: Explaining the rise of the ‘pragmatic hybrid cloud’

Amazon Web Services’ recent re:Invent conference in Las Vegas highlighted the excitement and momentum that public-cloud computing is generating these… Read More

Dec 11, 2016, 12:45 PM

Guest post: The biggest trends at the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference

The momentum continues to build and scale in leaps and bounds. That was the overwhelming observation and feeling at the… Read More

Dec 8, 2016, 2:01 PM

Moving to the cloud requires (and attracts) scarce, expensive talent, say 3 big AWS users

Moving to Amazon Web Services is proving pricey for Matson, a Honolulu-based shipping company that last month announced it has abandoned its… Read More

Dec 8, 2016, 11:56 AM

Amazon Web Services expands with its first Canadian region

Amazon Web Services has opened a region in Canada, its first in that country. The Canada (Central) region, located in Montreal,… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 1:16 PM

Microsoft releases R Server 9.0, improved Azure interface and more

Microsoft today announced version 9.0 of its R Server, a product designed for data scientists working with large sets of information.… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 10:00 AM

‘It’s fun!’ Microsoft vet Bob Muglia speaks out on competing with Amazon, his first CEO post, and his stint in Redmond

It takes a certain amount of courage to compete with public-cloud giant Amazon Web Services — especially when your own product… Read More