Cloud Tech – Page 54 of 55

Jun 14, 2016, 10:44 AM

Chef takes ‘big risk’ with release of Habitat, an open-source project for application management

Chef, the Seattle-based DevOps automation company, today announced the release of Habitat, an open-source project that lets applications self-organize and self-configure.… Read More

Jun 13, 2016, 10:47 AM

Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition could boost its Azure cloud platform

Microsoft’s $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn, announced earlier today, may present an opportunity to bring the popular business network into the… Read More

Jun 13, 2016, 6:00 AM

Survey: 27% of third-party cloud apps pose a corporate security risk

Third-party cloud apps are essential to many users, and their number is increasing rapidly — to nearly 157,000 this year, from… Read More

Jun 10, 2016, 11:21 AM

Amazon Web Services and Salesforce expanding in India in response to rising cloud demand

Part of the $3 billion that Amazon earlier this week pledged to invest in India will go toward building an AWS data… Read More

Jun 9, 2016, 11:21 AM

Amazon Web Services starts certifying partners that help customers move to the cloud

Migrating to the cloud is less of a strain with guidance from trained professionals, and with that in mind, Amazon… Read More

Jun 9, 2016, 10:30 AM

Microsoft supports popular FreeBSD open-source OS with new Azure virtual-machine image

FreeBSD, a popular open-source Unix operating system with roots stretching back to the 1970s, is now available through the Azure Marketplace as a… Read More

Jun 9, 2016, 4:00 AM

After nine years on its own, BitTitan raises its first $15M in venture capital

BitTitan was founded by former Microsoft developer Geeman Yip in his basement, and operated for nine years on its own… Read More

Jun 8, 2016, 10:25 AM

Survey: Tech security pros becoming more confident in safety of cloud

More than half (52 percent) of 2,200 cybersecurity professionals in a new survey say they think cloud applications are at least as secure… Read More

Jun 7, 2016, 5:47 PM

Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bundle Docker technology with every server

Hewlett Packard Enterprise today acknowledged the growing popularity of containerized software, saying it will bundle Docker Engine with its servers and will provide varied… Read More

Jun 7, 2016, 1:02 PM

Acumatica inks deal to sell its cloud-based software in Germany, its latest international move

Acumatica, which offers cloud-based accounting and enterprise resource-planning software, will bring its product to small and medium-sized companies in Germany through… Read More

Jun 7, 2016, 10:10 AM

IBM doubles down on Apache Spark with new ‘Data Science Experience’

A day after Microsoft pledged an “extensive commitment” to large-scale data processing engine Apache Spark, IBM today announced Data Science Experience,… Read More

Jun 7, 2016, 8:26 AM

Microsoft’s new venture fund joins in $23M investment for Helpshift mobile customer support company

Microsoft Ventures is among the investors in a $23 million Series B financing round announced this morning by Helpshift, a San Francisco-based… Read More

Jun 7, 2016, 5:00 AM

Salesforce debuts new Lightning features, promises $50M in developer incentives

Protection against unwanted data sharing, in-browser inspection and a command line code-review plug-in are among the features Salesforce plans to debut… Read More

Jun 6, 2016, 3:23 PM

Microsoft makes ‘extensive commitment’ to Apache Spark in latest open-source move

Microsoft today announced what it called “an extensive commitment” to Apache Spark, an engine for large-scale data processing, bringing several offerings out… Read More

Jun 6, 2016, 2:26 PM

Cubic Transportation Systems will use Microsoft’s Azure for new traffic-management system

Microsoft’s Azure cloud will take on a role coordinating the flow of cars and other vehicles in major cities, thanks… Read More

Jun 6, 2016, 11:25 AM

Cloud cost-management firm Cloudability raises $24M in new financing round

Cloudability, a public-cloud cost-management firm based in Portland, Ore., has closed a $24M Series B round, led by the Foundry… Read More

Jun 6, 2016, 10:24 AM

WinDocks releases Docker support for Windows through Amazon Web Services

The Amazon Web Services Marketplace has begun offering a free, downloadable “community edition” of WinDocks, from the Bellevue, Wash.-based startup of… Read More

Jun 2, 2016, 2:58 PM

Google hires Box exec Sam Schillace to help run its cloud engineering operations

Google has hired Sam Schillace to help run its cloud engineering operations, company spokesperson Michael Moeschler confirmed today. As the… Read More

Jun 2, 2016, 2:51 PM

Google Cloud Platform adds beta support for standard SQL and more

A new beta of BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform’s data warehousing and analysis service, lets database administrators use standard SQL rather… Read More

Jun 2, 2016, 11:46 AM

Salesforce CTO Gary Flake departs 3 years after tech giant bought his startup

Gary Flake, who joined Salesforce in Seattle as CTO for search and data science after the CRM giant bought his… Read More

Jun 1, 2016, 3:02 PM

IBM to buy Israeli software firm that aids cloud integration

IBM today announced it will pay an undisclosed sum to buy EZ Legacy Ltd., an Israeli company that helps developers understand and… Read More

Jun 1, 2016, 11:27 AM

Cybersecurity firm Praesidio rebrands to DefenseStorm and plans to raise more cash

Seattle-based Praesidio, a two-year-old company that has aimed to protect financial institutions’ on-premises data from attack, will change its name to DefenseStorm… Read More

Jun 1, 2016, 9:32 AM

Salesforce agrees to pay $2.8B for cloud-commerce firm Demandware

Cloud-based customer-relations giant Salesforce agreed today to buy Demandware, a cloud commerce firm based in Burlington, Mass., for roughly $2.8… Read More

Jun 1, 2016, 6:00 AM

Study: Microsoft Office 365 usage still limited among small U.S. firms

Adoption of Microsoft’s cloud-based Office 365 is in its infancy, with only 7.5 percent of small and medium-sized businesses in… Read More

May 31, 2016, 7:15 AM

Microsoft launches venture fund, eyes investments in cloud startups

Microsoft has launched its first formal venture fund, planning to make new investments in companies that align with its own interests… Read More

May 25, 2016, 2:22 PM

Salesforce confirms Amazon Web Services as its ‘preferred’ public cloud infrastructure provider

Amazon has solidified its relationship with Salesforce in the cloud, announcing today that the San Francisco-based tech company has chosen Amazon… Read More

May 25, 2016, 8:40 AM

Salesforce expands customer support technology on the web, unifying experience across devices

Salesforce is expanding its Service Cloud platform to let companies offer web-based customer service and support comparable to what they provide inside smartphone apps —… Read More

May 24, 2016, 1:36 PM

Cloud Foundry ‘Dojo’ opening in Seattle, hosted by HP Enterprise

Seattle will be one of only seven cities in North America and the UK to host a Cloud Foundry “Dojo,” giving… Read More

May 19, 2016, 1:52 PM

Carbon-free cloud: Microsoft sets ambitious goals for renewable energy

REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft is kicking up its targets for environmentally sustainable cloud computing by pledging that half of the electricity… Read More

May 17, 2016, 1:10 PM

SAP teams up with Microsoft to integrate software, house databases in Azure

SAP is bringing its business database solution to Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, the company announced today. SAP is pushing its own… Read More