Cloud Tech – Page 46 of 55

Dec 6, 2016, 8:33 AM

Google to achieve 100% renewable power next year, relying mostly on the wind

With 2.6 GW (gigawatts) of renewable energy purchased, Google is on pace to reach 100 percent renewable energy next year,… Read More

Dec 6, 2016, 7:00 AM

Smartphone app uses multiple Amazon Web Services to cut emergency response time after crashes

U.S. traffic fatalities are spiking for the first time in 50 years, and Agero Inc., of Medford, Mass., is using… Read More

Dec 6, 2016, 6:00 AM

Data-linking service Usermind expands to help companies connect to their partners’ data

Seattle startup Usermind has released enhancements to its eponymous application- and data-integration service that let companies include their partners’ data as well.… Read More

Dec 5, 2016, 10:24 AM

The busiest Amazon ’employee’ ever? Execs explain their plan to put Alexa everywhere

Amazon is crafting its Alexa voice-based digital assistant to be like one of its employees, and now, with the introduction… Read More

Dec 2, 2016, 8:51 AM

Amazon Web Services and Salesforce deepen relationship through new IoT and Alexa links

Cloud leader Amazon Web Services and CRM giant Salesforce will expand their strategic alliance — delivering five new service integrations and making… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 11:43 AM

AWS cheat sheet: Here are the key re:Invent announcements to know about today

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services unleashed another wave of technologies today at its re:Invent conference during a keynote by… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 10:15 AM

Amazon enables AWS CodeBuild, a managed service to build applications

While many developers use build servers running in AWS, typically those build environments are deployed, configured and managed by the… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 9:59 AM

Amazon unveils AWS X-Ray and Personal Health Dashboard to help monitor application health in the cloud

Developers who deploy applications on AWS now have a new set of tools from Amazon to help them monitor and… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 9:33 AM

Amazon Web Services unveils ‘Shield’ to protect sites from crippling online attacks

A little more than a month after a massive online assault took down Reddit, Netflix, Twitter and other major online properties,… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 9:24 AM

AWS serves up new Chef integration, boosting Seattle-based software automation startup

LAS VEGAS — This morning at the fifth annual re:Invent user’s conference, Seattle-based software-automation firm Chef announced that the full capabilities… Read More

Nov 30, 2016, 2:37 PM

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy ‘optimistic’ AWS will become a $100B business, but no spinoff plans

LAS VEGAS — After his two-hour keynote at re:Invent 2016 this morning, Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy fielded questions from… Read More

Nov 30, 2016, 10:47 AM

Amazon reveals AWS Snowmobile, a 45-foot semi-trailer that moves exabytes of data to the cloud

LAS VEGAS — Snowball, a physical device introduced by Amazon last year to quickly move 50 TB of data out… Read More

Nov 30, 2016, 10:13 AM

New Amazon Athena service enables SQL queries on data stored in Amazon S3

Amazon introduced a new SQL query service called Amazon Athena at the re:invent conference in Las Vegas this morning. Athena… Read More

Nov 30, 2016, 9:47 AM

Amazon debuts new AWS features: FPGA instances, Elastic GPUs, virtual private servers, and more

LAS VEGAS — Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a host of new AWS features that make its online-computing rental simpler for basic… Read More

Nov 30, 2016, 9:39 AM

Amazon launches Amazon Lightsail with low-cost $5 virtual private servers

Providers of low-costs virtual private servers (VPS) are facing a major new competitor this morning, as AWS announced the new… Read More

Nov 30, 2016, 12:55 AM

AWS Storage Gateway adds virtual on-premises file server and lowers pricing

Amazon Web Services wants enterprises to move their data storage to the cloud, replacing on-premise file servers, SANs and backup… Read More

Nov 29, 2016, 11:45 PM

How cloud computing boosts NASA’s quest to explore the final frontier

When one of NASA’s top geeks talks to the cloud-computing geeks at Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent conference, you can bet… Read More

Nov 29, 2016, 11:19 PM

Amazon Web Services says open-source MXNet will be the ‘foundation’ of future AI services

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services is making MXNet its deep-learning framework of choice, a top executive said this evening at… Read More

Nov 29, 2016, 11:01 PM

Amazon Web Services pledges to power data centers with 50% renewable energy by end of 2017

Large-scale data centers consume huge amounts of power, but Amazon Web Services is making an effort to move more of… Read More

Nov 29, 2016, 9:58 PM

Tableau goes with Amazon Web Services for new expansion into public cloud

Seattle-based Tableau Software is making a big move into the public cloud, expanding the subscription-based, hosted version of its data visualization… Read More

Nov 29, 2016, 7:54 PM

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy implores partners to commit to AWS to receive business

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy told a room full of its cloud partners and consultants to fully commit to… Read More

Nov 29, 2016, 3:04 PM

Amazon Web Services introduces partner programs for Alexa, IoT and VMware

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services today announced several new programs for its partners, the thousands of businesses that help… Read More

Nov 29, 2016, 1:00 PM

Former Isilon executive Bill Richter named CEO of Qumulo, says new job was a ‘no brainer’

Peter Godman and Bill Richter have known each other for 10 years, dating back to the time when the two… Read More

Nov 28, 2016, 4:51 PM

What AWS customers are hoping to hear from Amazon’s cloud team in Las Vegas this week

LAS VEGAS — Easier-to-understand pricing. Best practices. GovCloud enhancements. Those are some of the topics the roughly 28,000 people pouring… Read More

Nov 28, 2016, 8:33 AM

Shipping firm Matson abandons its data centers for Amazon Web Services

Matson, a Honolulu-based shipping firm with 22 vessels serving Micronesia, the South Pacific and North America, has closed its four… Read More

Nov 25, 2016, 7:00 AM

Samsung’s cloud consultancy is growing in Seattle, reinforcing region’s infrastructure cred

A cloud technology unit within Samsung has been quietly growing its presence in Seattle, in another sign of the region’s status as a… Read More

Nov 25, 2016, 6:00 AM

What’s next for Amazon Web Services? Public cloud leader to reveal plans at giant Las Vegas event

Amazon Web Services, now 10 years old, is by far the dominant public-cloud service, but can it retain its lead?… Read More

Nov 23, 2016, 1:00 PM

Amazon Web Services re:Invent preview: 5 themes to watch, from Madrona’s Matt McIlwain

[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary is by Matt McIlwain, managing director at Madrona Venture Group. Stay tuned for more about AWS… Read More

Nov 21, 2016, 2:36 PM

IBM’s Watson Internet of Things engine scores top ranking in new analyst study

In trying to enlarge its share of the public-cloud market, IBM has put a lot of emphasis on its Watson Internet… Read More