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Cal Henderson - GeekWire Cloud Summit 2019

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

Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec - GeekWire Cloud Summit 2019

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

Kubernetes Panel - GeekWire Cloud Summit 2019

Jun 9, 2019, 11:57 AM

Kubernetes at 5: Joe Beda, Brendan Burns, and Craig McLuckie on its past, future, and the true value of open source

At a time when open-source enterprise software is at a crossroads, wracked by debates over licensing and monetization, Kubernetes stands… Read More

Jun 6, 2019, 10:51 AM

Inside the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit: Cloud leaders brace for the coming ‘data explosion’

There were several themes running through the sessions of our third annual GeekWire Cloud Summit Wednesday, but one thing is… Read More

Jun 6, 2019, 6:27 AM

Google acquires Looker for $2.6 billion to add its business intelligence software to Google Cloud

Google is getting deeper into enterprise software with the $2.6 billion acquisition of Looker, which makes business-intelligence software for data… Read More

Jun 5, 2019, 3:42 PM

Seattle is the ‘landlord’ of the internet, thanks to Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud prowess

Depending on the day, Amazon and Microsoft are the two most valuable companies in the U.S., and a big part… Read More

Jun 5, 2019, 2:33 PM

Is AI overhyped? Cloud startup CEOs call out proliferation of trendy technology

The world’s biggest technology companies are pouring billions of dollars into developing sophisticated artificial intelligence capabilities, but its usefulness in… Read More

Jun 5, 2019, 8:12 AM

Microsoft and Oracle will link two of their East Coast data centers, promising better performance for mutual customers

Oracle and Microsoft announced a partnership Tuesday that will allow mutual customers to run workloads within both Azure and Oracle’s… Read More

Jun 4, 2019, 10:26 AM

Another open-source database company will tighten its licensing strategy, wary of Amazon Web Services

Cockroach Labs, the New York-based database company behind the open-source CockroachDB database, will change the terms of the license agreement… Read More

Jun 3, 2019, 10:55 AM

GeekWire Cloud Summit FAQ: What to know for Wednesday’s conference featuring tech leaders from Slack, Microsoft, AWS and more

Our biggest technical conference of the year — the GeekWire Cloud Summit — is taking place Wednesday. Here’s everything you… Read More

Jun 3, 2019, 10:07 AM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kubernetes at 5: Joe Beda, Brendan Burns, and Craig McLuckie on its past, future, and the true value of open source

Inside the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit: Cloud leaders brace for the coming ‘data explosion’

Google acquires Looker for $2.6 billion to add its business intelligence software to Google Cloud

Is AI overhyped? Cloud startup CEOs call out proliferation of trendy technology

Microsoft and Oracle will link two of their East Coast data centers, promising better performance for mutual customers

Another open-source database company will tighten its licensing strategy, wary of Amazon Web Services

New startup from Azuqua founder wants to become the Salesforce of compliance

Networking issues take down Google Cloud in parts of the U.S. and Europe, YouTube and Snapchat also affected

Polyverse raises $1M in new funding, readies Windows version of its Linux security product

Why the looming end-of-support deadline for Windows Server 2008 is an enormous cloud migration opportunity

Seattle startup led by former VMware execs raises $4.7M for ‘machine-learning-in-a-box’ service

Amazon Web Services’ infrastructure czar Peter DeSantis now part of Amazon’s inner circle, according to report

Palo Alto Networks shells out $410M for Portland’s Twistlock and its container security technology

GeekWire Cloud Summit is almost here: Learn from tech leaders at Slack, Microsoft, AWS and more

Salesforce introduces a low-code development platform based on the blockchain for sharing sales data among partners

Interview: Puppet CEO Yvonne Wassenaar on her first 100 days, the shift to the cloud, and open source

Report: Oracle lays off hundreds from its Seattle office as its cloud strategy remains grounded