Cloud Tech – Page 49 of 55

Sep 27, 2016, 6:57 AM

How Microsoft’s new Adobe partnership brings its LinkedIn acquisition into clearer focus

ATLANTA, GA. — Microsoft’s ambitious acquisition of LinkedIn raised some eyebrows with its $26B price tag. Monday’s announcement of a strategic partnership… Read More

Sep 26, 2016, 11:21 AM

Microsoft and Docker bet big on containerized apps with release of Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016, due out next month, will gain new capabilities thanks to its inclusion of the commercially supported Docker Engine… Read More

Sep 26, 2016, 10:58 AM

Microsoft Ignite: How algorithms, the cloud, IoT and data are changing computing

Algorithms, the cloud, the internet of things, and data — a combination referred to as ACID — are changing the face… Read More

Sep 26, 2016, 6:00 AM

Adobe partners with Microsoft to use Azure as ‘preferred solution’ for cloud services

ATLANTA, GA. — Technology giants Adobe and Microsoft announced a strategic cloud partnership at Microsoft Ignite on Monday, with each company throwing… Read More

Sep 26, 2016, 6:00 AM

Microsoft announces new versions of Windows Server and System Center, teases ‘AI supercomputer’

At its annual Ignite technology conference in Atlanta today, Microsoft announced the availability next month of System Center 2016 and… Read More

Sep 21, 2016, 1:08 PM

Microsoft sees ‘staggering’ potential for blockchain technology as it releases new ‘Bletchley’ template

Microsoft has released version 1 of Bletchley template for Azure, which lets users create a distributed-ledger, or blockchain, network with minimal knowledge… Read More

Sep 21, 2016, 12:01 AM

Microsoft opens two Azure regions in Germany, adhering to strict security laws

Microsoft has opened two more cloud regions, this time in Germany. These are the third and fourth new regions the company… Read More

Sep 20, 2016, 3:45 PM

Oracle’s Ellison rips Amazon Web Services on performance, price and openness

Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison unleashed a flurry of punches against Amazon Web Services this afternoon at the OpenWorld users’ conference, making… Read More

Sep 19, 2016, 3:07 PM

Google buys Api.ai, a voice-command startup, to help build natural-language interfaces

Google has acquired Api.ai, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based startup that helps developers integrate voice-command capabilities into user interfaces. Financial terms of the… Read More

Sep 19, 2016, 2:37 PM

IBM focuses on a hybrid-cloud future with latest hardware and software

IBM today announced new hardware and software intended to help organizations embrace a hybrid-computing approach, including both on-premises and public-cloud computing.… Read More

Sep 19, 2016, 10:24 AM

Oracle’s Larry Ellison: Amazon’s lead in cloud is over

Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison last week said he’d do it, and he did. The company best known for its conventionally… Read More

Sep 16, 2016, 8:54 AM

Cloud price wars ending? Oracle chief Larry Ellison won’t be signing any truce

Some may think the cloud-computing price wars are waning — Microsoft cloud chief Scott Guthrie said so just the other day — but… Read More

Sep 15, 2016, 8:49 AM

Salesforce hires Microsoft vet Tony Prophet as its first chief equality officer

CRM giant Salesforce has hired Tony Prophet, a veteran of Microsoft and HP, to become its chief equality officer, reporting to CEO… Read More

Sep 14, 2016, 10:40 AM

Microsoft Azure boss Scott Guthrie: Cloud price war with Amazon Web Services is winding down

A few years ago, most of the cloud-computing headlines were about price cuts, as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services battled… Read More

Sep 14, 2016, 8:30 AM

Microsoft partnering with Ping Identity to allow cloud-based secure access for more web apps

Microsoft is partnering with Ping Identity, a privately held, Denver-based firm, to provide cloud-based secure access to some on-premises web… Read More

Sep 13, 2016, 4:48 PM

Google sees Evernote as an ‘innovation partner’ as note-taking service moves to search giant’s cloud

Google plans to be an “innovation partner” with Evernote, the popular note-taking and productivity service that today said it will… Read More

Sep 13, 2016, 2:31 PM

Microsoft scored a ‘takeout’ against Salesforce with HP win, says cloud chief Scott Guthrie

Microsoft registered a “takeout” against Salesforce when it won a six-year contract yesterday to provide Dynamics CRM to HP Inc., said Scott Guthrie,… Read More

Sep 13, 2016, 12:05 PM

Salesforce to name a ‘chief equality officer,’ reporting to CEO Marc Benioff

Salesforce next week will announce its first chief equality officer, reporting directly to chairman and CEO Marc Benioff, he said this… Read More

Sep 13, 2016, 10:59 AM

Google tries to lure Microsoft developers by offering PowerShell for its cloud

Google has released a beta version of Cloud Tools for PowerShell, aiming to make Google’s cloud more attractive to .NET developers who have used… Read More

Sep 13, 2016, 9:00 AM

Microsoft bringing Azure microservices to Linux, continuing to cozy up to open-source OS

Microsoft will soon release a preliminary version of Azure Service Fabric for Linux, a free offering that brings to Linux the microservices-development… Read More

Sep 12, 2016, 12:25 PM

Salesforce agrees to buy commercial-texting firm HeyWire, its ninth purchase of 2016

Customer-relationship management giant Salesforce has agreed to buy HeyWire, a privately held, Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of cloud-based commercial texting services for… Read More

Sep 12, 2016, 10:59 AM

Microsoft inks six-year deal with HP to use Dynamics CRM for sales and partnerships

Microsoft has entered a six-year agreement for hardware giant HP Inc. to use its Dynamics CRM online service, the companies said this morning in… Read More

Sep 9, 2016, 10:04 AM

Microsoft Azure hit with widening outages in Europe and India

Microsoft’s Azure cloud service has been experiencing significant outages overseas, leading to a torrent of angry Tweets from customers there. The problems started… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 8:25 AM

Google buys Apigee for $625M, to help both developers and non-techies use APIs in the cloud

To give both developers and non-technical staffers new connectivity powers, Google has agreed to buy API manager Apigee, of San Jose, Calif., for about… Read More

Sep 7, 2016, 3:44 PM

HPE sells some ‘non-core’ software assets in $8.8B deal, aiming to improve focus on hybrid cloud

In a move that emphasizes hybrid private-public cloud computing, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has sold some of its “non-core” software assets to… Read More

Sep 7, 2016, 3:30 PM

Microsoft surpasses pioneer Salesforce in enterprise software as a service revenue, new study says

Microsoft has become the world’s largest provider of enterprise software as a service (SaaS), according to a new study, surpassing… Read More

Sep 7, 2016, 10:56 AM

Dell and EMC complete merger, becoming Dell Technologies and preparing to battle AWS and Azure

Dell Inc. today closed its $67 billion deal to buy EMC Corp., taking on the name Dell Technologies and sealing… Read More

Sep 7, 2016, 8:18 AM

Slack leads list of top 100 private cloud companies in new Forbes ranking

Team messaging and collaboration company Slack topped the first-ever “Cloud 100” listing published by Forbes today. The listing ranks private companies… Read More

Sep 7, 2016, 12:01 AM

Microsoft expands cloud business, opens two Azure regions in the U.K.

Microsoft has opened two Azure cloud regions and an Office 365 region in the United Kingdom, with the intention of letting… Read More