Cloud Tech – Page 12 of 55

May 2, 2019, 8:00 AM

Does Google really run the most reliable cloud service? Even its own sources are skeptical

The slide whizzed by during a Google Cloud Next keynote address last month in San Francisco, perhaps a little too… Read More

May 2, 2019, 6:00 AM

Puppet updates its flagship product with increased support for Bolt, an open-source task automator

Puppet’s latest edition of its flagship infrastructure automation software includes additional support for Bolt, an open-source project that the company… Read More

May 1, 2019, 10:00 AM

Leader of Amazon Web Services’ key S3 storage service added to GeekWire Cloud Summit agenda

The agenda for the main stage at the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit is set, and we’re thrilled to welcome one… Read More

May 1, 2019, 9:47 AM

Snowflake Computing CEO Bob Muglia is out, replaced by former ServiceNow CEO Frank Slootman

Longtime Microsoft executive Bob Muglia, who oversaw five years of strong growth and enormous fundraising at data warehousing startup Snowflake… Read More

May 1, 2019, 7:30 AM

‘Prolific’ firm Tiger Global leads $50M round in Seattle spa and salon software startup Zenoti

Zenoti plans to announce Wednesday that it has raised $50 million in new Series C funding round led by Tiger… Read More

Apr 30, 2019, 2:12 PM

Former Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene and longtime Google CEO Eric Schmidt leaving Alphabet’s board of directors

Two long-serving members of Alphabet’s board of directors who also played prominent roles as executives at the company plan to… Read More

Apr 30, 2019, 10:00 AM

Docker’s quest for big-company revenue continues with Docker Enterprise 3.0, which comes with a fully-managed Docker platform service

Docker hopes that Docker Enterprise 3.0, which it plans to unveil later on Tuesday at DockerCon, will convince companies looking… Read More

Apr 29, 2019, 3:37 PM

Google Cloud is the single-largest driver of headcount growth at Google

The number of people working at Google surged 21 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last… Read More

Apr 29, 2019, 11:47 AM

Microsoft and VMware unveil new cloud service that lets VMware customers run their apps on Azure

Years after VMware cut a ground-breaking cloud deal with Amazon Web Services that helped make the hybrid cloud a reality,… Read More

Apr 26, 2019, 8:09 AM

Slack renegotiated its deal with Amazon Web Services in 2018, will spend at least $212M more through 2023

Slack revealed Friday that it joined the parade of companies that renegotiated long-term deals with Amazon Web Services over the… Read More

Apr 25, 2019, 3:11 PM

Seattle startup AppSheet raises $15M for no-code app development platform, will open Portland hub

Seattle startup AppSheet has raised $15 million to fuel growth of its platform that helps businesses develop their own data-based… Read More

Apr 25, 2019, 1:24 PM

AWS revenue approaches $8 billion in Q1, up 41 percent compared to last year

As bigger and bigger businesses take the plunge into cloud computing, Amazon Web Services is turning into a pretty big… Read More

Apr 24, 2019, 3:58 PM

F5 shares new details about its plans for NGINX after missing Q1 revenue targets

The $670 million March acquisition of NGINX was the largest purchase in the history of Seattle’s F5 Networks, and financial… Read More

Apr 24, 2019, 1:25 PM

Azure revenue remains a mystery, but cloud services continue to drive Microsoft forward

One of these days, Microsoft will decide that it needs to break out the amount of revenue it is recording… Read More

Apr 24, 2019, 10:00 AM

The creators of Kubernetes to discuss its past and future at GeekWire’s 3rd annual Cloud Summit

This June will mark the fifth anniversary of Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration project designed to bring Google’s infrastructure expertise to… Read More

Apr 24, 2019, 9:25 AM

Docker and Arm team up to speed adoption of containerized applications on Arm servers

It’s not clear how many developers are actually using the Arm cloud servers introduced last year by Amazon Web Services,… Read More

Apr 24, 2019, 8:00 AM

F5 decided to buy NGINX after coming within weeks of unveiling a competing cloud application-management product

As 2019 began at F5 Networks, the company was working on two separate projects that would change the course of… Read More

Apr 23, 2019, 10:00 AM

How multiyear contracts with big business are changing the economics of the cloud

As it scaled its way to unicorn status and beyond over the last few years, Pinterest was more focused on… Read More

Apr 23, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft to equip UAE company’s new HQ with ‘virtual AI persona’ in expansion of cloud strategy

Microsoft is outfitting a striking new office building just outside of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates with a suite… Read More

Apr 23, 2019, 6:00 AM

New features in Sales Cloud aim to help Salesforce customers eliminate some of the busywork

Almost every office job has some level of annoying administrative work involved, but Salesforce thinks that new features added to… Read More

Apr 22, 2019, 9:22 AM

Apple reportedly spending $30 million a month on Amazon Web Services

Apple’s use of Amazon Web Services has increased over the past few years and is now projected to hit $360… Read More

Apr 18, 2019, 10:00 AM

Hear from top speakers in AI, DevOps and Cloud Migration at the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit

One of the biggest tasks facing businesses interested in cloud computing is figuring out how to make the transition without… Read More

Apr 18, 2019, 9:59 AM

Microsoft bets on a real-time operating system for IoT devices with Express Logic acquisition

The devices that make up the internet of things require a different approach to computing, which is one of the… Read More

Apr 17, 2019, 3:18 PM

With a push from Amazon Web Services, Portland’s Anitian bets on compliance automation

After more than 20 years of reselling security software and services, an encounter with cloud giant Amazon Web Services led… Read More

Apr 16, 2019, 11:15 AM

Alexa, certify me: Amazon Web Services launching training program for Alexa skill builders

Amazon Web Services plans to launch a certification program Tuesday that will give developers building so-called “skills” for its Echo… Read More

Apr 15, 2019, 2:48 PM

Ex-Cray CEO Jim Rottsolk lands $2M for Seattle security startup using graph analytics

Trovares, founded by former Cray Inc. CEO Jim Rottsolk, announced Monday that it has raised $2 million in new funding… Read More

Apr 12, 2019, 7:28 AM

Stripe for ID verification: Investors bet on new Madrona Venture Labs accelerator startup Vouched

Vouched, a Seattle startup using AI to verify people’s identities online, has joined the Madrona Venture Labs accelerator. The 3-month… Read More

Apr 11, 2019, 1:32 PM

Cloud monitoring company PagerDuty goes public, shares close up 59 percent

PagerDuty, which offers an enterprise computing monitoring software as a service that has grown quite popular with companies looking to… Read More

Apr 11, 2019, 10:30 AM

Hear speakers from Slack, Icertis, Solo.io, and SendGrid at the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit

It might be spring break in Seattle, but plans for the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit, presented by F5, are in… Read More

Apr 10, 2019, 2:16 PM

And then there were two: Amazon Web Services and Microsoft named finalists for the Pentagon’s $10B JEDI cloud contract

The U.S. Department of Defense narrowed down the list of contenders for its ten-year $10 billion cloud contract to the… Read More