Cloud Tech – Page 34 of 55

Sep 19, 2017, 5:00 AM

Salesforce promises more accurate sales forecasts with Einstein artificial intelligence

When making business plans, the accuracy of your sales forecasting can make or break companies and careers. Salesforce thinks it… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 12:01 AM

Qumulo unveils next generation of its file storage system, now available on Amazon Web Services

After raising $130 million over five years, Qumulo is ready to reveal what it thinks is the biggest product launch… Read More

Sep 18, 2017, 4:42 PM

Amazon Web Services shakes up cloud pricing with per-second billing

Pay by the hour for cloud computing? That’s so last decade. Amazon Web Services today announced a new pricing structure… Read More

Sep 15, 2017, 9:02 AM

Google, Microsoft emphasize cloud security as hacks intensify and big businesses eye the cloud

Security fears have been associated with cloud computing ever since it began, and for the most part those fears have… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 5:09 PM

Oracle’s Larry Ellison takes aim at Amazon Web Services, promises a new “self-driving” database

Say what you want about Oracle executive chairman and chief technology officer Larry Ellison, but he hasn’t lost his passion… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 3:10 PM

Acumatica partners with Smartsheet and Adobe, targets legacy project accounting software in update to cloud-based ERP technology

Acumatica, the privately held enterprise cloud technology company, is rolling out integrations with Smartsheet’s project and work management tools and Adobe’s Sign… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 9:00 AM

Tech’s old guard continues to embrace Kubernetes, as Oracle joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Oracle has always been a little more pragmatic about the role of open-source software in the tech industry than a… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 4:00 AM

Heptio raises $25M Series B funding round as Kubernetes takes over the world

The founders of Heptio knew they were onto something big when they developed Kubernetes, the open-source container-orchestration product based on… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 3:55 AM

New AI-driven features from New Relic aim to help ops engineers respond faster to issues

New Relic is building some new artificial intelligence capabilities into its core infrastructure monitoring product that will allow operations engineers… Read More

Sep 12, 2017, 10:08 AM

Survey: Half of all cloud customers are running in more than one cloud

Cloud computing was supposed to simplify the process of deploying enough infrastructure to support a company’s business applications, but it’s… Read More

Sep 10, 2017, 3:55 PM

Hundreds gather in downtown Portland to say goodbye to AWS Elemental’s Sam Blackman

Amos Blackman, younger brother of AWS Elemental co-founder Sam Blackman, probably put it best during a morning of tributes to… Read More

Sep 8, 2017, 10:50 AM

Portland remembers AWS Elemental’s Sam Blackman ahead of public memorial service

As one of the Portland tech scene’s major events unfolded Thursday night, it was pretty clear that something was missing.… Read More

Sep 7, 2017, 11:25 AM

Microsoft and Adobe’s friendship deepens with partnership on e-signatures

Almost one year after Microsoft and Adobe announced the start of a sweeping partnership, the two companies are teaming up… Read More

Sep 7, 2017, 6:00 AM

Atlassian hopes to dent Slack’s momentum with Stride, a new group collaboration tool

One nice thing about the rise of design thinking within enterprise software has been the emergence of workplace tools that… Read More

Sep 6, 2017, 12:51 PM

Mesosphere adds support for rival Kubernetes in nod to changing tide in container-orchestration market

Mesosphere, after spending a few years focused on building out its own container-orchestration software, now plans to add support for… Read More

Sep 6, 2017, 6:00 AM

CapitalOne invests $5M in Snowflake Computing after trying its new data warehouse for Wall Street

CapitalOne liked Snowflake Computing’s new data warehouse product for financial services companies so much that it decided it wanted to… Read More

Sep 5, 2017, 10:17 AM

With one eye on Amazon, Walmart plans to develop its own artificial intelligence networks

If artificial intelligence lives up to the hype and becomes the most important aspect of cloud computing over the next… Read More

Sep 5, 2017, 8:34 AM

Huawei ups its bet on cloud computing with broader support for Microsoft apps

Huawei’s bid to be a player in China’s cloud computing scene got a little stronger Tuesday with the signing of… Read More

Sep 5, 2017, 12:01 AM

Seattle’s StackPointCloud partners with Bitnami for serverless computing on top of Kubernetes

If you want to run one of the most cutting-edge infrastructure setups on the block, StackPointCloud is partnering with Bitnami… Read More

Sep 2, 2017, 10:38 AM

After weak start to the year, layoffs hit F5 Networks

F5 Networks laid off a number of people across the company this week, GeekWire has learned, after two straight disappointing… Read More

Aug 30, 2017, 12:59 PM

Why it may be time for Amazon to seriously consider spinning off Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services is arguably Amazon’s second-greatest creation, after the construction of a retail empire that has done so much… Read More

Aug 29, 2017, 1:19 PM

Target reportedly checking out of Amazon Web Services as tech giant’s retail ambitions grow

If you’re a chief information officer at a large or medium-size retailer that has embraced cloud computing while feeling the… Read More

Aug 29, 2017, 10:36 AM

Now with VMware and Pivotal, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation is becoming the hub of enterprise tech

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation, the industry group that directs the development of the Kubernetes container-orchestration product, gained two new… Read More

Aug 28, 2017, 3:21 PM

How cloud and data center providers are dealing with Hurricane Harvey

As Houston continues to deal with the widespread and devastating impacts of Hurricane Harvey, the rain, wind, and flooding affecting… Read More

Aug 28, 2017, 11:53 AM

Intel’s Movidius division targets edge computing devices with new AI-focused chip

Edge computing is the next major step in the evolution of cloud and enterprise computing, and Intel’s new Movidius chip… Read More

Aug 28, 2017, 10:59 AM

AWS Elemental CEO Sam Blackman, 41, dies after suffering cardiac event

Sam Blackman, one of the more prominent leaders of the Portland technology scene and CEO of AWS Elemental, has died… Read More

Aug 28, 2017, 8:34 AM

VMware’s hybrid cloud product for Amazon Web Services now generally available

VMware customers who would like to get in on some of the benefits of cloud computing without having to rip… Read More

Aug 25, 2017, 1:36 PM

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy to lead Uber? Nope, not going to happen

As the summer-long search for a new Uber CEO rolls along, a new name surfaced Friday as a possible candidate:… Read More

Aug 25, 2017, 12:26 PM

Zillow shifts Zestimate home valuation tool to the cloud, claims better accuracy than ever

As thousands of scientists work to improve Zillow’s Zestimate, the company said today its home valuation tool is more accurate… Read More

Aug 24, 2017, 12:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: CloudEnablers makes it easier for companies to manage their cloud-based tools

As the tools needed to run a business increasingly shift to the cloud, companies often find themselves managing a wide-range… Read More