Cloud Tech – Page 53 of 55

Jul 1, 2016, 10:53 AM

Azure rising: Microsoft will be largest Infrastructure as a Service vendor by 2019, says new Morgan Stanley survey

A new, international survey of 100 CIOs has good news for cloud companies — especially Microsoft — and, predictably, bad news for… Read More

Jun 30, 2016, 12:15 PM

Allrecipes finds the perfect dining partner, picks Microsoft’s Azure to handle spikes in traffic

It’s 5:15 p.m. and 60 degrees on a rainy November 30 at your home in Miami. You go to Allrecipes seeking inspiration.… Read More

Jun 30, 2016, 8:02 AM

Amazon Web Services expands its text-messaging service to phones in 200 countries

Organizations are increasingly using cell phone text messages to verify log-in credentials, notify customers of their account status or even… Read More

Jun 29, 2016, 10:50 AM

Long-awaited AWS Elastic File System, while pricey and limited, is ‘one more step toward real-world IT’

After a beta period stretching nearly 15 months, Amazon Web Services today made its Elastic File System (EFS) generally available.… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 10:59 AM

Amazon Web Services adds Mumbai as a region, to better serve huge Indian market

Amazon Web Services has added a new cloud computing region in Mumbai, India — its first in the country — to better serve the… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 8:52 AM

Five years after launch, Microsoft’s Office 365 is the most popular enterprise cloud service

Microsoft’s Office 365 became generally available for businesses five years ago today, and it has grown remarkably in the time… Read More

Jun 28, 2016, 3:00 AM

Stung by compliance failures, Zenefits crafts cloud app to track insurance licensing

Attempting to recover from months of scandal over insurance agents’ credentials, HR service Zenefits today announced a cloud-based application it… Read More

Jun 27, 2016, 12:37 PM

Microsoft announces .NET Core 1.0 for Linux, MacOS and Windows

Continuing to make good on its November 2014 pledge of greater openness in its Core products, Microsoft today announced Linux, MacOS and Windows… Read More

Jun 27, 2016, 8:47 AM

NASCAR starts using Microsoft app to monitor live data from track

NASCAR officials have started using a new Windows 10 app from Microsoft to monitor live video feeds and transponder data… Read More

Jun 27, 2016, 6:00 AM

Resin.io, a DevOps vendor for the Internet of Things, scores $9M from Ericsson, GE and others

Resin.io, a Seattle-based startup that helps Linux-based developers more easily update the software in internet-connected devices, has received $9 million in funding… Read More

Jun 24, 2016, 10:26 AM

Q&A: AI2 researcher Peter Clark explains how the cloud is changing artificial intelligence

Peter Clark is a senior research manager at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, overseeing Project Aristo, an effort to… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 12:50 PM

Salesforce adds features to help build communities and generate analytics

Customer-relationship management giant Salesforce today announced Lightning Customer Community, describing it as an extension of its Community Cloud service that lets… Read More

Jun 23, 2016, 9:24 AM

Feds certify Amazon and Microsoft clouds to handle sensitive government data

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft both said today that parts of their respective cloud offerings have won federal certification as being secure, allowing the government… Read More

Jun 22, 2016, 11:58 AM

Dropbox adds ‘plus button’ to iOS app with document scanning, Microsoft Office capabilities

A new “plus” button will allow Dropbox iOS app users to quickly create Microsoft Office files in real time, making it… Read More

Jun 22, 2016, 11:06 AM

Microsoft Azure’s new data protection service leverages technology from Secure Islands acquisition

Microsoft Azure is preparing to launch a new cloud service to help keep sensitive data from getting into the wrong hands, taking… Read More

Jun 22, 2016, 1:00 AM

DevOps survey: High-performing IT organizations deploy code 200 times more frequently

High-performing IT organizations deploy apps and software updates 200 times more frequently than low performers, with lead times that are 2,555 times… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 2:49 PM

Meet Zeph Gardler, an 11-year-old Docker fan who mines ‘Halo’ stats using container technology

“Docker is an inspiration, an enabler and a learning tool.” So proclaimed Zephaniah (“Zeph”) Gardler, 11, who gave a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 1:47 PM

How can Docker improve? DockerCon 2016 attendees share their wishlists

Docker has experienced rapid growth and adoption, as evidenced by the sold-out crowd of more than 4,000 people attending DockerCon… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 10:58 AM

Docker gets down to business on second day of DockerCon 2016 in Seattle

Updated 11:25 a.m.: The emphasis shifted from developers to businesses this morning on the second and final day of DockerCon 2016 in downtown… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 10:47 AM

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy: Virtually every major country will have an AWS region

Updated below with video of the talk. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy, in his first public comments since being… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 8:27 AM

Salesforce launches App Cloud Mobile, aiming to accelerate iOS and Android app development

Salesforce today released App Cloud Mobile, a no-cost addition to its software arsenal that the company says integrates previously separate elements for… Read More

Jun 20, 2016, 3:44 PM

‘Monetization is coming’: Docker CEO Ben Golub on revenue, user growth and the future of containers

At DockerCon 2016 in Seattle today, the containerized-software firm’s CEO, Ben Golub, responded to questions about Docker from reporters and analysts over lunch.… Read More

Jun 20, 2016, 10:18 AM

Docker marks rapid growth of software containers, unveils big upgrade at DockerCon 2016

Updated 12:20 p.m.: Containerized software technology company Docker opened its annual DockerCon convention in downtown Seattle this morning, announcing a… Read More

Jun 20, 2016, 7:00 AM

Docker use up 30 percent in one year, says survey of 10,000 companies

About 10.7 percent of 10,000 firms surveyed by cloud monitoring firm Datadog have adopted technology from containerized-software vendor Docker as of… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 3:54 PM

Oracle reports rising cloud revenue after adding thousands of new customers

Oracle Corp., which has been pushing hard — perhaps too hard — to build its cloud business, today reported cloud Software… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 3:45 PM

Microsoft debuts Project Bletchley, exploring the use of blockchain in Azure

Microsoft has introduced Project Bletchley, its vision for the role that blockchain technology will play in Azure. Blockchain is a tamper-resistant… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 10:24 AM

Amazon hires Carnegie Mellon machine-learning expert as Google expands its own AI initiatives

Both Amazon and Google are advancing their efforts in machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence that lets computers learn… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 10:00 AM

Sold-out DockerCon 2016, starting Sunday in Seattle, has grown eight-fold in two years

How popular is Docker, the open-source technology and company most closely associated with the red-hot containerized-software movement? Put it this way: the 500… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 4:00 AM

New survey: Software container use nearly doubled year over year

The movement toward containerized software continues to grow, with production container use increasing 96 percent over last year, according to… Read More