Cloud Tech – Page 5 of 55

Dec 8, 2020, 4:01 PM

Amazon Web Services launches new tool to detect bias and blind spots in machine learning

A new feature from Amazon Web Services will alert developers to potential bias in machine learning algorithms, part of a… Read More

Dec 3, 2020, 10:42 AM

Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

Microsoft is rolling out new cloud technologies for wrangling, protecting and analyzing large amounts of corporate data, escalating its competition… Read More

Dec 3, 2020, 8:55 AM

After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

Kicking off the annual Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference this week, AWS CEO Andy Jassy pointed to a major milestone… Read More

Dec 2, 2020, 2:37 PM

CoreStack raises $4M to help companies manage cloud infrastructure cost, compliance, consumption

Seattle-area startup CoreStack raised another $4 million as the company sees demand increase for its cloud governance software. It follows… Read More

Dec 1, 2020, 1:55 PM

Salesforce’s $27.7B Slack deal combines two Amazon allies, creates big new rival for Microsoft

Salesforce confirmed its plan to acquire Slack and revealed the purchase price, $27.7 billion in cash and stock, perhaps not… Read More

Nov 30, 2020, 9:34 PM

Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers

Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising… Read More

Nov 30, 2020, 10:46 AM

Amazon details cause of AWS outage that hobbled thousands of online sites and services

A “relatively small addition of capacity” to the Amazon Kinesis real-time data processing service triggered a widespread Amazon Web Services… Read More

Nov 25, 2020, 10:21 AM

Amazon Web Services outage affects Adobe, Roku, Twilio, Flickr, others

Amazon Web Services suffered an outage Wednesday that affected several applications and services that rely on Amazon’s cloud computing platform.… Read More

Nov 20, 2020, 9:09 AM

Under pressure from investor, F5 Networks walks a tightrope after spending $1.6B on acquisitions

Deep into the third hour of F5 Networks‘ analyst and investor meeting this week, CEO François Locoh-Donou spoke carefully as… Read More

Nov 17, 2020, 11:29 AM

Seattle data management startup Igneous lays off staff, citing ‘difficult economic environment’

Igneous, a Seattle startup that helps companies manage unstructured data across a variety of systems, has laid off staff. A… Read More

Oct 28, 2020, 7:15 AM

Silicon Valley mainstay NEA leads $37.5M investment in Seattle cloud startup Pulumi

Pulumi has raised a new $37.5 million investment led by NEA, representing a vote of confidence by the longtime venture… Read More

Oct 15, 2020, 9:00 AM

AWS, Microsoft, Uber engineering vets raise $20M from top VCs for Seattle startup Temporal

A Seattle startup led by cloud computing veterans has quietly attracted big-name users and top venture capital firms as it… Read More

Oct 8, 2020, 1:45 PM

Progress makes layoffs at Chef after $220M acquisition, says it remains committed to roadmap

Business application platform Progress is making an unspecified number of job cuts at Chef after completing its previously announced $220… Read More

Sep 22, 2020, 4:12 PM

As ‘low-code’ competition grows, Microsoft integrates Power Apps with GitHub and Teams

One of T-Mobile’s most important applications is one its customers rarely see. It’s called ORBIT, and apart from the requisite… Read More

Sep 17, 2020, 9:58 AM

Acumatica jabs at SAP Concur with new expense reporting features in latest challenge to tech titans

Business technology company Acumatica expanded its expense reporting capabilities as part of a broader wave of product updates this week,… Read More

Sep 8, 2020, 7:39 AM

Chef to be acquired for $220M by Progress in ‘next chapter’ for Seattle automation tech company

Updated below with details from interview with Chef CEO Barry Crist. Business application platform Progress will acquire Seattle-based automation technology… Read More

Sep 4, 2020, 12:25 PM

Amazon tears into Trump after Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft as winner of $10B JEDI cloud contract

[Updated at 3 p.m. Pacific on Friday, Sept. 4.] Amazon issued a searing response Friday to the Department of Defense’s… Read More

Sep 3, 2020, 11:03 AM

Seattle startup Cloudentity raises $13M to expand identity and authorization tech

Seattle startup Cloudentity announced a $13 million Series A investment round to grow its security software. The startup helps Fortune… Read More

Aug 31, 2020, 11:37 AM

Former Amazon, Microsoft engineers raise $120K for Seattle cloud startup Cloudshim

A new startup out of Seattle called Cloudshim just raised $120,000 to help grow the company’s self-serve cloud management platform.… Read More

Aug 24, 2020, 2:54 PM

Cloud startup Snowflake reveals financials in IPO filing as it battles Amazon, Microsoft, others

Cloud computing startup Snowflake Computing filed for an IPO on Monday, revealing its financial data for the first time as the… Read More

Aug 13, 2020, 5:00 AM

Oracle names new cloud infrastructure leader, signals broader ambitions to challenge Amazon

Oracle wasn’t the first big tech company to offer public cloud computing infrastructure, or the second, or the third. When… Read More

Aug 10, 2020, 3:31 PM

DoD requests one month extension on JEDI reevaluation decision

[Update, Tuesday Aug. 11: U.S. Federal Claims Court Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith granted the one-month extension in an order today.] The… Read More

Jul 27, 2020, 6:06 PM

F5 Networks software revenue jumps 43%, as CEO offers vision for applications as ‘living organisms’

F5 Networks continued to benefit from its expansion into software and services, boosting revenue by 4% overall to $586 million,… Read More

Jul 16, 2020, 11:50 AM

Amazon uses Twitch technology for new AWS live interactive video service

Amazon Web Services is giving content creators a new way to include live streaming video into their apps and websites… Read More

Jul 16, 2020, 10:40 AM

Portland cloud infrastructure automation startup Puppet raises $40M

Portland, Ore.-based cloud automation company Puppet today announced a $40 million funding round from BlackRock. Founded 15 years ago, Puppet… Read More

Jul 16, 2020, 6:00 AM

Seattle’s newest billion-dollar startup: Qumulo reaches unicorn status with $125M round

Qumulo is joining an elite club of Seattle startups. The company just announced a $125 million funding round that propels… Read More

Jul 9, 2020, 8:26 AM

Oracle’s Larry Ellison looks to one-up Amazon, offering full cloud inside customer data centers

Oracle unveiled a new service that promises to make all of its public cloud services available as a fully managed… Read More

Jul 8, 2020, 4:37 PM

Microsoft releases preview of Text Analytics for health, battle-tested in COVID-19 partnership

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform announced a new iteration of its Text Analytics technology for healthcare, bringing to market some of… Read More

Jul 3, 2020, 8:22 AM

Meet the ‘chief availability officer’: Salesforce names Seattle-area exec to unusual C-suite role

Salesforce, the San Francisco-based cloud company known for its flagship customer relationship management software, has created a new C-suite role:… Read More

Jun 24, 2020, 3:53 PM

AWS ‘Honeycode’ makes Amazon a player in booming no-code software movement

A new Amazon service called Honeycode promises to let non-developers quickly create interactive web and mobile apps without knowing how… Read More