Cloud Tech – Page 9 of 55

Jul 24, 2019, 10:08 AM

Industrial IoT startup Balena raises $14M to help developers build edge computing apps

As more companies deploy fleets of IoT devices, Seattle startup Balena is helping them manage their edge computing needs. The… Read More

Jul 23, 2019, 3:02 PM

Microsoft milestone: Tech giant’s cloud revenue now matches traditional products, analyst says

Microsoft, which built its business on PC software like Windows and Office, has reached a tipping point in the cloud.… Read More

Jul 22, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI, vows to build AI tech platform of ‘unprecedented scale’

Microsoft will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and work with the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence powerhouse to create a computational… Read More

Jul 20, 2019, 9:52 AM

Amazon hires lobbyist with Trump ties amid contentious Pentagon cloud contest

Amazon Web Services is enlisting Jeff Miller, a former fundraiser for President Donald Trump, according to a lobbying disclosure form… Read More

Jul 18, 2019, 2:12 PM

Step aside, Windows and Office: Microsoft’s key cloud segment surges to the top for the first time

Quarterly revenue in Microsoft’s main cloud segment surged to $11.4 billion, topping each of the tech giant’s other major divisions… Read More

Jul 18, 2019, 9:50 AM

Workday buys Trusted Key in first exit for Seattle’s Kernel Labs, and a proof point for startup studios

Business cloud software giant Workday has acquired Seattle-based Trusted Key in a deal that shows how the startup studio model… Read More

Jul 11, 2019, 1:41 PM

New Microsoft Azure service helps companies share (and potentially sell) their internal data

A new cloud service unveiled by Microsoft today sets the stage for the company’s customers to share and monetize some… Read More

Jul 11, 2019, 12:05 PM

‘We can’t afford this’: Partner cloud costs blindside Microsoft, but company’s solution causes uproar

UPDATE, Friday, June 12: Well, nevermind! Microsoft says it won’t make these changes, after all. Follow-up story to come. Original… Read More

Jul 11, 2019, 6:00 AM

Here are the most popular programming languages used by the world’s largest unicorn startups

Software development tools are the backbone of today’s startups. That’s why it’s worth a look at the most-used programming languages,… Read More

Jul 9, 2019, 12:03 PM

Amazon’s bid for $10B Pentagon cloud deal faces friction as it battles with Microsoft

Amazon and Microsoft are locked in a battle for a massive contract to build cloud infrastructure for the Department of… Read More

Jul 5, 2019, 10:12 AM

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott sees ‘mind-blowing’ potential for AI, the cloud, 5G and devices

Kevin Scott is the chief technology officer for Microsoft, a company that built its business on software, but he also… Read More

Jun 28, 2019, 10:16 AM

Can Seattle become a financial technology hub? Why some tech leaders are banking on it

Madrona Venture Group managing partner Tom Alberg has witnessed and participated in the rise of the aerospace, wireless and e-commerce… Read More

Jun 27, 2019, 5:24 PM

Stackery CEO steps down as serverless technology startup seeks new leader for its next phase

Stackery CEO and co-founder Nate Taggart is leaving the serverless software development startup, telling employees in a message that he… Read More

Jun 26, 2019, 10:49 AM

JPMorgan Chase expands Seattle engineering center to 100 people, plans to add hundreds more

JPMorgan Chase is building a major technology engineering center in Seattle, quietly growing to 100 people in its first year… Read More

Jun 24, 2019, 8:23 PM

Amazon Web Services rolls out Control Tower and Security Hub, courting big business customers

After seven months in preview, Amazon Web Services on Monday night announced the general availability of AWS Control Tower and… Read More

Jun 22, 2019, 10:18 AM

Slack vs. Microsoft: Inside the competition to reshape how work gets done

If you tuned into the news this week, you probably heard one name over and over again. Slack, the workplace… Read More

Jun 21, 2019, 10:31 AM

No Slack for you! Microsoft puts rival app on internal list of ‘prohibited and discouraged’ software

As Slack makes its stock market debut, there’s a major company that won’t be allowing its employees to use the… Read More

Jun 20, 2019, 10:23 AM

DHS moving biometric screening system to Amazon Web Services amid debate over government tech

The Department of Homeland Security is migrating the system it uses to search for people using biometric data to Amazon’s… Read More

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Jun 19, 2019, 3:02 PM

Interview: Slack CTO explains the company’s tech strategy in its quest to rid the world of email

Workplace chat and collaboration technology company Slack is set to become a public company on Thursday, with implications for a… Read More

Jun 19, 2019, 6:05 AM

Acumatica acquired by global private equity firm in bid to take on Oracle, Microsoft and other business software giants

In what it calls an attempt to take on global enterprise software giants including Microsoft, Oracle and Sage, Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More

Jun 17, 2019, 11:29 AM

Microsoft’s GitHub acquires Pull Panda, will integrate code review tools into its platform

Microsoft-owned GitHub has acquired Pull Panda, a startup that makes code review tools for developers using GitHub. Pull Panda’s products… Read More

Jun 14, 2019, 10:30 AM

Microsoft shrugs off CERN’s planned “Microsoft Alternatives” transition to open-source software after price hike

Citing unbearable price increases after Microsoft decided it was no longer eligible for an academic discount, CERN announced this week… Read More

Jun 14, 2019, 9:00 AM

Multicloud is here, and it will level the playing field for everyone, according to Seattle cloud CEOs

As cloud computing matures, more and more companies are looking to diversify their IT spending across different vendors, and that’s… Read More

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Jun 11, 2019, 2:00 PM

Amazon Web Services’ Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec is preparing for a future in which data lives forever

Ridding themselves from the burden of managing hardware is one of the primary reasons why companies are moving their technology… Read More

Jun 11, 2019, 10:52 AM

Dropbox unveils a brand-new design and user experience for its desktop app

Dropbox introduced a new desktop application Tuesday that brings a new look to the file-sharing service as well as new… Read More

Jun 11, 2019, 5:00 AM

Seattle startup Pulumi unveils new service for brand-new Amazon Web Services customers looking for help

If you want to take full advantage of cloud computing and providers like Amazon Web Services, it helps to have… Read More

Jun 11, 2019, 3:00 AM

Microsoft’s M12 venture fund leads $25M round for API marketplace RapidAPI

Application programming interfaces, or APIs, are essential building blocks of the online apps and connected services we use everyday. That’s… Read More

Jun 10, 2019, 7:56 PM

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy supports federal regulation of facial-recognition technology

After widespread criticism of Amazon Web Services’ decision to sell cloud-based facial-recognition technology to law enforcement agencies, CEO Andy Jassy… Read More

Jun 10, 2019, 5:30 AM

Microsoft adds some no-code AI and blockchain tools to its Power Platform

Microsoft plans to announce several improvements to its Power Platform later on Monday, including a new tool that will make… Read More