Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 5, 2017.
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Analysis: Rethinking cloud architecture after the outage of Amazon Web Services
Editor’s Note: Brian Guy is Director of Cloud Services for Dev9, a custom software development firm focused on cloud services. … Read More
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen makes landmark $40M gift for University of Washington computer science school
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will make a $40 million gift to the University of Washington’s computer science and engineering program — a historic act of philanthropy that university officials say will put the UW and Seattle region at the forefront of the technology revolution for decades to come. … Read More
Microsoft says Google’s cloud reliability claim vs. Azure and Amazon Web Services does not compute
A comment today by Google’s top cloud executive, taking a subtle jab at Amazon Web Services, isn’t sitting well with Microsoft for a different reason. … Read More
Early Uber and Twitter investor Chris Sacca on Trump: ‘We are in an absolute unmitigated crisis right now’
AUSTIN, TX. — Chris Sacca didn’t hold back during a fireside chat on Saturday when asked about Donald Trump. … Read More
Concur CEO Steve Singh’s next venture: A smart corporate credit card with touchscreen and battery
Concur Technologies made a name for itself streamlining and simplifying expense reports, and now its longtime CEO Steve Singh is back to disrupt another budget line item known to cause headaches for companies: the corporate credit card. … Read More
Hungry for reliable talent, tech companies are finding employees in unexpected places
With so many years of growth, it’s not always easy for Amazon to find the talented, dedicated workers it needs. … Read More
Amazon scoops up yet another Seattle office building as it continues to juice downtown construction boom
Amazon has inked a lease for another new office building in Seattle, the latest sign that the online retail giant has no intention of slowing its growth despite building out a huge new campus north of downtown. … Read More
Dick’s Drive-In lovers crash the Seattle burger joint’s website trying to cast votes for next location
Update: Dick’s announced on its Facebook page Tuesday morning that its website was back up and running, and that despite the trouble on Monday, more than 100,000 votes had been cast. … Read More
Billionaire Paul Allen hopes his ‘ginormous’ Stratolaunch plane will fly this year
The world’s biggest airplane is staying on track to take to the air for the first time by the end of this year, according to Paul Allen, who made billions of dollars as Microsoft’s co-founder and is now spending millions of dollars on the Stratolaunch air-launch system. … Read More
Here are the highest-paying jobs in America, according to Glassdoor’s annual list
The average UX manager takes home a bigger paycheck than a nuclear engineer. … Read More