Cloud Tech – Page 14 of 55

Mar 7, 2019, 2:01 PM

Okta acquires Seattle’s Azuqua for $52.5M to marry identity management with no-code development platforms

Okta, which helps companies manage how employees access sensitive corporate resources, has agreed to acquire Seattle’s Azuqua for $52.5 million… Read More

Mar 6, 2019, 1:00 AM

Microsoft’s South African data centers are now open for Azure business

Microsoft is ready to start serving Africa with local data centers, bringing its previously announced South African data centers online… Read More

Mar 5, 2019, 7:00 AM

Former spouse’s allegations against Portland startup CEO ripple through tech community

As most people in Portland were getting ready for New Year’s Eve in late 2017, PDX Women in Tech was… Read More

Mar 4, 2019, 3:08 PM

Salesforce beats Q4 earnings expectations, but investors frown at its Q1 outlook

Salesforce vowed to double its yearly revenue by the end of its 2023 fiscal year and reported fourth-quarter earnings better… Read More

Mar 4, 2019, 12:05 PM

Amazon fuels Harvard hospital’s machine learning research program

Amazon thinks the cloud can make hospitals run better. The company’s Amazon Web Services unit is sponsoring a program at… Read More

Mar 4, 2019, 11:05 AM

Nintex acquires business bot company EnableSoft, filling a key gap in its workflow automation platform

Bellevue, Wash.-based workflow automation company Nintex has acquired EnableSoft, a Robotic Process Automation company that offers bots for handling a business’s… Read More

Mar 1, 2019, 10:48 AM

Amazon Web Services will no longer require security pros running penetration tests on their cloud-based apps to get permission first

Amazon Web Services recently changed a policy that required security researchers to get permission before testing applications running on some… Read More

Feb 28, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft unveils new Azure Sentinel cloud security service to help manage threat detection and analysis

Ahead of next week’s big RSA security conference, Microsoft plans to introduce a new cloud service Thursday that will help… Read More

Feb 26, 2019, 10:48 AM

Microsoft reportedly exploring new partnership with VMware as Windows Server 2008 deadline looms

One of the biggest obstacles to the growth of cloud computing is inertia, as companies that spent tens of millions… Read More

Feb 25, 2019, 12:26 PM

Decision on the $10B JEDI cloud contract likely delayed after Pentagon agrees to review bias charges against Amazon employee

Those closely watching the battle for a ten-year $10-billion cloud computing contract on offer from the Department of Defense were… Read More

Feb 25, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft expands partnership deal with Telefonica with edge computing in mind

Microsoft’s annual Spanish holiday in Barcelona will include a revamped partnership agreement with Madrid-based telecom provider Telefonica, the companies plan… Read More

Feb 21, 2019, 9:07 AM

JFrog acquires Seattle’s Shippable to improve its DevOps product line

Seattle DevOps startup Shippable has been acquired by JFrog, a larger Bay Area software company focused on helping companies ship… Read More

Feb 20, 2019, 6:00 AM

Arm unveils next-generation server processor designs, emphasizing performance in hopes of cloud momentum

The long wait for a viable Arm server processor finally ended in 2018. The chip design company is hoping 2019… Read More

Feb 19, 2019, 10:39 AM

Google acquires data migration startup Alooma in hopes of easing customers into its cloud

It’s easier to win cloud business when it’s easier for potential customers to move their data into your cloud, and… Read More

Feb 19, 2019, 9:15 AM

After paying out $250,000 in 2018, GitHub plans to boost bug bounty bonuses

Bug bounties have transformed the way enterprise tech companies think about security, and now that it’s part of Microsoft, GitHub… Read More

Feb 19, 2019, 5:00 AM

After new licensing sparked a huge open-source debate, database vendor Redis Labs raises $60M

App fashions will come and go, but databases will always be one of the most fundamental parts of software development.… Read More

Feb 18, 2019, 10:07 AM

Microsoft Teams kicks off the week by going down for several hours

Microsoft Teams went down for several hours Monday morning after infrastructure problems forced some traffic to be diverted, giving users… Read More

Feb 15, 2019, 10:47 AM

Steve Ballmer’s Los Angeles Clippers sign cloud deal with Microsoft rival Amazon Web Services

Imagine Lakers legend Kobe Bryant selling season tickets for the Los Angeles Clippers. That’s a little bit like what happened… Read More

Feb 12, 2019, 8:30 AM

IBM Watson will now run on third-party clouds like Amazon Web Services

Watson, IBM’s artificial intelligence service, is taking its act on the road. IBM plans to announce later Tuesday at its… Read More

Feb 12, 2019, 5:00 AM

Chef hires cloud industry veteran Brian Goldfarb as chief marketing officer

Chef has tapped Brian Goldfarb, who has held prominent marketing roles inside several notable enterprise tech companies, as its newest… Read More

Feb 8, 2019, 9:56 AM

Strange bedfellows: American Media appears to host the National Enquirer on Amazon Web Services

Here’s a complexifier for you: the parent company of the National Enquirer, under fire from Amazon founder and CEO Jeff… Read More

Feb 6, 2019, 9:00 AM

Microsoft joins open-source foundation that is trying to simplify the software supply chain

The OpenChain Project, which is attempting to bring a little more clarity to the turbulent world of modern open-source licensing,… Read More

Feb 5, 2019, 11:00 AM

Microsoft: Almost all our commercial cloud revenue is sold through partners

There’s very little about enterprise software that cloud computing has left untouched, and that includes the relationship between enterprise tech… Read More

Feb 4, 2019, 2:39 PM

Google boosts capital expenditures in Q4 by 80 percent to $6.8B as it chases cloud rivals

Google continued to plow the profits from its search advertising business into cloud computing capacity and headcount during the fourth… Read More

Feb 4, 2019, 9:42 AM

Slack takes a step closer to an IPO with confidential filing of its registration statement

The first wave of 2019 initial public offerings appears back on track after the government shutdown, with Slack announcing Monday… Read More

Jan 31, 2019, 1:26 PM

AWS revenue grows 45% to $7.4B in fourth quarter; full-year revenue hits $25B

Revenue from Amazon Web Services’ market-leading cloud business crossed $7 billion for the first time during the last quarter of… Read More

Jan 31, 2019, 9:38 AM

Seattle’s Cloudentity lands $2M in funding for its secure cloud traffic-management product

After realizing that it was building the same cloud security solution over and over again for consulting clients trying to… Read More

Jan 31, 2019, 8:16 AM

After seven months of searching, Intel gives interim CEO Bob Swan the top job

Just a week ago, interim Intel CEO Bob Swan promised that the company’s board of directors would name a permanent… Read More

Jan 30, 2019, 1:36 PM

Strong Q2 cloud revenue growth continues to drive Microsoft forward

Microsoft’s embrace of cloud computing continues to pace its growth, as revenue from several key cloud products made steady gains… Read More

Jan 29, 2019, 9:30 AM

Data startup Koverse uses NSA tech to spot risks in supply chains

You wake up, drink a cup of Colombian coffee, check a phone made of rare earth metals, and drive a… Read More