Cloud Tech – Page 6 of 55

Jun 15, 2020, 8:10 AM

Cloud wars: Amazon Web Services to open new office just down the road from Microsoft HQ

The cloud rivalry between Amazon and Microsoft continues to heat up. Amazon announced Monday that it will open a 111,000-square-foot… Read More

Jun 10, 2020, 9:11 AM

Data warehousing startup Snowflake confidentially files for IPO, could reach $20B valuation

Cloud computing startup Snowflake Computing is aiming to go public. Bloomberg and the Financial Times reported that the company has… Read More

Jun 10, 2020, 7:19 AM

Amazon asks court to block former AWS marketing VP from working on Google Cloud Next speeches

Amazon is seeking a court order to keep Brian Hall, former Amazon Web Services vice president of product marketing, from… Read More

Jun 4, 2020, 3:08 PM

Slack expands Amazon partnership, will switch to AWS Chime infrastructure for user calls

Slack will shift to Amazon Web Services’ Chime infrastructure for voice and video calls on its platform under an expanded… Read More

Jun 2, 2020, 5:08 PM

Chef hits key financial milestone as digital boom fuels demand for software automation

Chef CEO Barry Crist delivered the opening ChefConf keynote address on video from his Seattle home on Tuesday morning, with… Read More

May 11, 2020, 2:42 PM

Microsoft reportedly teamed up with Oracle to fend off Amazon for the Pentagon’s JEDI contract

The Information revealed Monday how Microsoft had a “secret ally” — Oracle — to help land the coveted Joint Enterprise… Read More

May 7, 2020, 4:41 PM

Microsoft slams Amazon’s latest protest over Pentagon cloud contract as ‘a way to avoid the consequences of its own bad business decisions’

Amazon is once again challenging the Department of Defense’s decision to award a $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft. Amazon… Read More

May 4, 2020, 8:23 AM

Cloud lift: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple and others find a common cushion in the crisis

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is advising the company’s shareholders to “take a seat” to prepare for the tech giant’s ambitious… Read More

Apr 28, 2020, 2:11 PM

Google Cloud revenue rises 52% as crisis forces tech giant to temper hiring and spending

Google Cloud revenue increased 52% to $2.78 billion in the first quarter, helping Google parent Alphabet beat Wall Street’s revenue… Read More

Apr 27, 2020, 8:07 AM

Microsoft signs Coca-Cola to 5-year cloud technology and business software deal

Coca-Cola Co. will standardize its business operations on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, Dynamics 365 customer service software and Microsoft 365… Read More

Apr 22, 2020, 4:58 PM

Amazon’s new ‘AppFlow’ links cloud-based apps to AWS services, automating data flows

Amazon released a new cloud service called AppFlow that promises to easily connect cloud-based apps to AWS services, automating the… Read More

Apr 15, 2020, 3:50 PM

Amazon ‘bid high and lost’ on JEDI, Microsoft says after release of DoD watchdog report

Microsoft took aim at Amazon in a blog post Wednesday, accusing its rival of seeking an unfair advantage as the… Read More

Apr 14, 2020, 5:00 AM

SoftNAS changes name to Buurst, raises $5M to help companies manage data in the cloud

Buurst today announced a $5 million investment round and a new pitch to companies looking to manage their data in… Read More

Apr 9, 2020, 1:07 PM

Zscaler to acquire Seattle cloud security startup Cloudneeti

Cloud security giant Zscaler will acquire Cloudneeti, a 3-year-old startup based in Redmond, Wash. Cloudneeti sells a “digital governance platform”… Read More

Mar 31, 2020, 9:39 AM

Microsoft answers Amazon’s Verizon cloud partnership with new 5G-enabled Azure Edge Zones, starting with AT&T

A new service from Microsoft will connect its Azure cloud services to 5G wireless networks inside data centers operated by… Read More

Mar 23, 2020, 4:59 PM

Amazon settles non-compete lawsuit involving AWS sales exec who joined Google Cloud

Amazon settled a lawsuit involving a former Amazon Web Services sales executive who joined rival Google Cloud last year. Amazon… Read More

Mar 17, 2020, 8:00 AM

Seattle-area cloud governance startup CoreStack raises $8.5M

Seattle-area cloud governance startup CoreStack today announced an $8.5 million Series A investment round. As more business moves to the… Read More

Mar 6, 2020, 4:20 PM

Amazon: Pentagon should have tossed Microsoft’s JEDI bid over ‘noncompliant storage solution’

Amazon claims that Microsoft’s winning bid for the Pentagon’s coveted $10 billion cloud computing contract should have been disqualified after… Read More

Feb 27, 2020, 5:34 PM

Amazon Web Services VP Adam Bosworth exits, says secret AWS product ‘coming relatively soon’

Adam Bosworth, a veteran tech executive known for his work at companies including Microsoft, Salesforce and Google, is leaving his… Read More

Feb 13, 2020, 8:00 AM

DevOps for IoT device fleets: Ex-Microsoft, Amazon leaders raise $7.6M for Seattle-area startup Esper

Seattle-area startup Esper today announced a $7.6 million Series A investment round led by Madrona Venture Group. Founded in 2018,… Read More

Feb 7, 2020, 5:11 PM

Cloud data platform giant Snowflake raises $479M at $12.4B valuation, partners with Salesforce

Data warehousing startup Snowflake Computing announced a $479 million funding round that gives the cloud company a whopping $12.4 billion… Read More

Feb 7, 2020, 7:17 AM

Acumatica ramps up after private equity deal, using new owner’s cash for an acquisition of its own

Business technology company Acumatica is taking advantage of a cash infusion from its new majority owner to make an acquisition… Read More

Feb 4, 2020, 6:25 AM

Google discloses cloud revenue for the first time — here’s how it compares to Amazon and Microsoft

Google parent Alphabet gave new insight into the state of its cloud division this week, disclosing quarterly and annual revenue… Read More

Jan 30, 2020, 2:58 PM

Amazon Web Services makes nearly 67% of Amazon’s operating profit in blockbuster quarter

Amazon Web Services posted net sales of nearly $10 billion and operating profit of $2.6 billion in the fourth quarter,… Read More

Jan 27, 2020, 5:00 PM

F5 Networks software revenue jumps 50% as big acquisitions help to transform its business

F5 Networks is “ahead of plan” in its efforts to expand beyond hardware and into software and services, its CEO… Read More

Jan 22, 2020, 10:30 AM

Microsoft to test ‘Total Recall’-style personnel scanners at two data centers, Redmond office and mystery East Coast location

Microsoft is poised to test a new millimeter-wave body scanner at four locations, according to two filings made with the… Read More

Jan 21, 2020, 10:06 AM

Google wades deeper into Expedia’s territory with new travel and cloud pact with Sabre

Google is taking a major step in its travel push, teaming up with travel giant Sabre Corp. in a new… Read More

Jan 14, 2020, 6:35 AM

Amazon seeks to block Microsoft from working on JEDI contract as legal battle continues

Amazon’s legal quest to overturn the decision to award the coveted JEDI cloud contract to rival Microsoft could be a… Read More