Cloud Tech – Page 52 of 55

Jul 20, 2016, 10:58 AM

Amazon Web Services makes Device Farm smartphone-testing service generally available

Amazon Web Services today opened up generally availability of its Device Farm remote access service, which allows for testing of… Read More

Jul 20, 2016, 10:06 AM

Google Cloud Platform opens its first West Coast region, cutting latency for users

Google Cloud Platform today opened its first West Coast cloud region, named us-west1, in The Dalles, Ore. Testing shows the new… Read More

Jul 20, 2016, 9:57 AM

Cray and Deloitte harnessing supercomputers to help organizations fend off intruders

Supercomputing firm Cray is working with consultancy Deloitte Advisory Cyber Risk Services to offer a subscription service intended to protect… Read More

Jul 19, 2016, 1:26 PM

Cloud powers Microsoft earnings as run rate tops $12B in Q4

Microsoft this afternoon posted an annualized run rate for its cloud offerings of more than $12.1 billion based on its… Read More

Jul 19, 2016, 10:51 AM

Gartner study: Amazon Web Services edges out Microsoft Azure for Infrastructure as a Service

Amazon Web Services scored slightly higher than Microsoft’s Azure in Gartner’s comprehensive Infrastructure as a Service assessment, released by the research… Read More

Jul 19, 2016, 10:13 AM

Is it you or the servers? Datadog offers website for checking on Pokémon Go status

As many players of Pokémon Go can attest, the augmented-reality mobile game’s astounding popularity has caused numerous server issues. The servers have been… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 3:20 PM

IBM sees strong cloud growth in Q2, but revenue dips as hardware sales slow

IBM this afternoon reported revenue of $20.2 billion for its second quarter ending June 30, sliding 2.6 percent from the year-ago period as the company… Read More

Jul 18, 2016, 10:46 AM

Microsoft Azure wins big piece of Boeing’s cloud computing business

Boeing will adopt Microsoft Azure for many of the commercial analytical aviation applications that the aerospace giant has built for more than… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 5:34 PM

How your future car’s virtual driver will take advantage of computing in the cloud

The car of the future may well be controlled by a certified virtual driver that relies on the cloud for… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 11:30 AM

Microsoft refines Azure’s motion-detection service and offers DIY usage-tracking project

Microsoft has upgraded the motion-detection features of Azure Media Services, the company said in a blog post today. Rather than detecting motion… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 9:24 AM

Amazon Web Services buys Cloud9, a maker of online development tools

Public cloud market leader Amazon Web Services has bought Cloud9, a privately held company that sells an online, collaborative integrated development… Read More

Jul 14, 2016, 5:00 AM

Algorithmia aims to democratize deep learning with expansion of its marketplace for algorithms

Deep learning — attempts to make software mimic the functions of the human brain — is one of the most… Read More

Jul 13, 2016, 12:58 PM

Azure SQL Data Warehouse goes GA, offering key IT service – well after its competitors

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure SQL Data Warehouse, a data-analysis service that many companies are likely to find important.… Read More

Jul 13, 2016, 10:06 AM

‘The cloud is the new normal’: Microsoft urges partners to get on board on third day of Toronto conference

Microsoft turned to legal issues, the environment and the nuts-and-bolts of selling its wares today as several execs addressed a… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 2:25 PM

IBM, alone among major cloud providers, launches Infrastructure as a Service in Pakistan

IBM and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. have agreed to offer public cloud services in Pakistan, the companies announced. They will use servers… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 11:27 AM

Unexpected hardware limits on Microsoft’s Azure Stack vex some developers

Azure Stack, the important hybrid-cloud product that Microsoft announced in January, will be more limited than some developers hoped. Now in… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 10:04 AM

‘Microsoft got cool again’: Office 365 lands Facebook in big customer win

Facebook has agreed to use pieces of Office 365 software as a service, vindicating the usefulness of Microsoft’s cloud-based productivity suite for a high-profile,… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 6:04 AM

Datadog hit by security breach affecting some Amazon Web Services customers

Cloud metrics firm Datadog has revoked all stored passwords and notified customers via email that a database containing the passwords… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 5:00 AM

Salesforce offers beta of Bring Your Own Key security, a risky but ultra-secure cloud protection

Salesforce today made available the beta version of its Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) security, characterized by end-users’ holding onto encryption… Read More

Jul 12, 2016, 4:00 AM

Chef debuts Automate, its first commercial, enterprise-level automation package

Seattle-based DevOps firm Chef today released Automate, a commercial integration of several open-source and commercial offerings that it described as a enterprise-oriented package for automating… Read More

Jul 11, 2016, 7:33 AM

Microsoft scores cloud partnership with GE’s Predix IoT platform, marking first step in ‘broad strategic collaboration’

Microsoft and General Electric this morning said they will make GE’s Predix platform for the Internet of Things (IoT) available… Read More

Jul 11, 2016, 6:00 AM

Datadog adds support for Microsoft’s Azure Resource Manager, helping wean users off ‘classic’ APIs

Cloud-monitoring firm Datadog now supports Azure Resource Manager, Microsoft’s unified product for controlling all pieces of an application’s infrastructure from… Read More

Jul 8, 2016, 3:09 PM

Microsoft releases Always Encrypted feature for Azure SQL Database

The Always Encrypted feature for Microsoft’s Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2016 is now generally available, the company said. It keeps… Read More

Jul 8, 2016, 10:35 AM

Google Cloud Platform acquires Anvato to add video-processing capabilities

Google Cloud Platform is aiming to add video processing to its services through its acquisition of Anvato, a Mountain View, Calif, company that… Read More

Jul 7, 2016, 12:30 PM

Microsoft releasing Power BI Embedded service and publish-to-web feature

Microsoft said today that it will make its Power BI Embedded Azure service generally available on Monday. The service lets independent… Read More

Jul 7, 2016, 5:30 AM

Video in a test tube? Microsoft and UW raise the bar for DNA data storage systems

Computer scientists from Microsoft and the University of Washington say they’ve set a new standard for DNA storage of digital… Read More

Jul 6, 2016, 10:29 AM

Microsoft challenges partner Salesforce with its Dynamics 365, combining CRM, ERP and Office

In a move that could give Microsoft new ammunition against its CRM rival and cloud partner Salesforce, the Redmond company today announced Dynamics… Read More

Jul 5, 2016, 2:51 PM

K2 Software adds Android support and DocuSign integration, details $150M investment

K2 Software, of Bellevue, Wash., today announced several additions and improvements to its line of tools for building business-process applications, including new… Read More

Jul 5, 2016, 11:31 AM

Microsoft releases tools for managing virtual machines through Azure Resource Manager

Microsoft has announced the general availability of tools that let customers with virtual machines manage them through the Azure Resource Manager rather than… Read More

Jul 5, 2016, 10:32 AM

Amazon Web Services expands EC2’s powerful ‘run command’ to outside servers and VMs

Amazon Web Services has added the ability to use the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)’s powerful “run command” feature with a single log-in to… Read More