Don’t tell the IT guy: Rogue cloud services on the riseAvanade, the Seattle-based technology consulting company, this week released the results of its third global survey on cloud computing — finding… Read More
Q&A: VMWare CTO Steve Herrod on cloud competition and the future of appsSteve Herrod, chief technology officer for VMWare, made a swing through Seattle today, amid news that the company is planning a… Read More
Amazon touts 99 cent Lady Gaga album again, and says this time they’re readyAmazon.com’s first attempt at selling Lady Gaga’s new album for 99 cents didn’t go so well, with the promotion crashing… Read More
Another black eye for Amazon? Hackers may have used AWS in crippling Sony attackAmazon Web Services has been taking some PR knocks in recent weeks. First, came the massive outage which sparked anger… Read More
Job tips: Expert advice in mobile development, cloud computing, business intelligenceWhat can people do to better position themselves for emerging jobs in technology? That was a core question earlier this… Read More
Concur posts $84.6M in revenue, swings to loss on TripIt buyConcur Technologies swung to a net loss during its second quarter largely due to its acquisition of TripIt. The Redmond… Read More
Amazon apologizes for outage, promises big improvements in communicationAmazon.com has issued a formal apology to customers who suffered through last week’s Elastic Block Store outage, offering a 10-day… Read More
Jeff Bezos to shareholders: ‘Invention is in our DNA’It’s been a tough few days for Amazon.com. The Seattle online retailer took a PR beating after a massive outage… Read More
Geek humor: How Adolf Hitler would have reacted to the Amazon Web Services outageIt was just a matter of time. Amazon.com’s recent Web services outage has been memorialized in a “Downfall” parody on… Read More
Day 2: Amazon Web Services cites progress on cloud glitches, not everyone seeing itAs some sites continue to show signs of Amazon.com’s cloud computing glitches, the company updated its public Amazon Web Services… Read More
Amazon.com’s real problem isn’t the outage, it’s the communicationGuest Commentary: Like many companies running on Amazon’s Web Services, BigDoor has been affected by the AWS outage today. And… Read More
Massive failure at Amazon Web Services causes havoc for Quora, Foursquare and othersAmazon.com is experiencing a serious outage this morning with its Elastic Compute Cloud and other Web services, causing downtime at… Read More
Microsoft calls Google out after U.S. disputes Google Apps for Gov’t security claimDocuments unsealed last week by a federal court, and posted online by Microsoft this morning, show the U.S. government disputing… Read More
Marooned on Bainbridge, fast-growing Avalara establishes Seattle outpostWe’ve seen high-tech companies — including Google, Microsoft and Tableau Software — open offices on both sides of Lake Washington… Read More
Mozy executive Russ Stockdale on VMware deal: ‘I’d classify it as a transfer of talent’Mozy has built a big business around online backups. But most people don’t realize that the company’s headquarters is located… Read More
With a common corporate parent, VMware takes over Seattle back-up service MozyNow, here’s some complex corporate maneuvering for you. VMware announced today that it is gobbling up Mozy, the six-year-old Seattle… Read More
Lost in the cloud? File sharing service HomePipe raises $1.1MSometimes you just want to access your digital files — whether music, photos or documents — wherever you go. That’s… Read More
