Cloud Tech – Page 37 of 55

Jul 3, 2017, 10:30 AM

Why is Redfin running its site from a single data center without a backup facility?

Redfin surprised a few people Friday afternoon when it filed for an initial public offering, but inside the standard boilerplate… Read More

(L to R): Charles Fitzgerald, Platformonomics; Frank Artale, Ignition Partners; Shelia Gulati, Tola Capital; S. "Soma" Somasegar, Madrona Venture Group

Jul 1, 2017, 10:39 AM

Sizing up the cloud wars: Three Seattle VCs break down the competition between Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Google

When it comes to the public cloud, there are three companies at the forefront of everyone’s mind: Amazon Web Services,… Read More

Jun 30, 2017, 12:55 PM

Report: Microsoft reorganizing its sales organization around cloud strategy

Microsoft has reinvented itself over the past few years as a cloud-focused software company, and looks like it is applying… Read More

Jun 30, 2017, 10:30 AM

Top Docker execs: How the container powerhouse is positioning itself for a multi-cloud world

The CIOs have spoken: they’re determined to pursue a multi-cloud strategy, and Docker thinks it is well-positioned to help make… Read More

Jun 29, 2017, 10:51 AM

Make.tv raises $8.5M round led by Voyager for its cloud-based video management software

Microsoft Ventures, Vulcan Capital, and Arnold Ventures are joining initial investor Voyager Capital in pumping $8.5 million into Make.tv, a… Read More

Jun 29, 2017, 7:41 AM

Microsoft acquires Cloudyn for reported $50M, continuing Azure buying spree

Microsoft made another Azure acquisition Thursday, adding Israel’s Cloudyn and its cloud monitoring and analytics tools to the Azure team.… Read More

Jun 29, 2017, 7:30 AM

Vendorhawk raises a $1.2M seed round to help companies track their software spending

As the notion of software delivered as a service upended the centralized world of IT spending, app usage has exploded… Read More

Jun 28, 2017, 5:00 AM

Salesforce’s new Einstein AI services can detect if and why social media hates your product

Salesforce is expanding its Einstein artificial intelligence services for developers writing apps on its platform, launching three new services that… Read More

Jun 27, 2017, 7:54 AM

Microsoft and Box strike another partnership deal, this time for Box on Azure and AI

Microsoft and Box will be working together a little more closely after signing a partnership agreement to promote each other’s… Read More

Jun 27, 2017, 6:00 AM

JASK raises $12M in funding to help security pros prioritize threats with a crowdsourced AI model

Enterprise security is a much more labor-intensive task that a lot of people realize, and a new cybersecurity startup intends… Read More

Jun 27, 2017, 4:30 AM

Identity management startup Auth0 raises $30M to fuel international expansion

Identity is the bedrock of so many internet services, both personal and professional. Secure, easy-to-use identity management systems are in… Read More

Jun 26, 2017, 10:25 AM

Report: AWS set to add machine-translation services for developers

It sounds like Amazon Web Services is getting ready to bring translation technology used on the Amazon.com side of the… Read More

Jun 26, 2017, 9:41 AM

JFrog acquires Seattle startup CloudMunch as the market for DevOps tools stays hot

Cloudmunch, a DevOps monitoring startup based in Seattle, has been acquired by JFrog for an undisclosed amount to help round… Read More

Jun 26, 2017, 5:30 AM

Clobotics raises $5M and opens office in Seattle area for drone data monitoring

Small drones, big data and computer vision: That’s the tech-frontier trifecta for Clobotics, a Shanghai startup that says it’s raised… Read More

Jun 26, 2017, 5:00 AM

ExtraHop’s network analysis technology gets a boost from Cisco partnership

Networking giant Cisco plans to draw on technology developed by Seattle’s ExtraHop in a new partnership aimed at improving network… Read More

Jun 25, 2017, 1:00 PM

Morgan Stanley: Cloud computing is at ‘an inflection point’ — but how big will it get?

Over the next few years, we will learn whether cloud computing is a nice little business that will settle into… Read More

Jun 23, 2017, 5:00 AM

Google’s new AI investment arm leads $10.5M round in Algorithmia machine-learning marketplace

Google’s new artificial intelligence investment arm has made one of its first bets, leading a $10.5 million Series A round… Read More

Jun 22, 2017, 6:42 PM

Updated: Amazon Web Services US-East region back to normal after Lambda and Lex issues

(Update 8:00am, June 23rd: All AWS services were restored overnight, according to the company’s status page. No cause of the… Read More

Jun 22, 2017, 12:40 PM

Google’s data-driven pitch for the cloud: ‘finding the needle of value in the haystack of data’

For most of its existence, Google Cloud Platform has been fighting just to get a seat at the table for… Read More

Jun 22, 2017, 6:00 AM

Snowflake Computing is giving customers easier ways to share huge data sets

You’ll hear a mantra again and again if you spend enough time in enterprise computing circles: “data has gravity.” Usually… Read More

Jun 21, 2017, 3:28 PM

How Seattle’s Distelli is making one of the hottest products in enterprise tech easier to use

Software development organizations are falling in love with Kubernetes, the open-source container orchestration software that allows them to deploy software… Read More

Jun 21, 2017, 2:34 PM

Amazon Web Services’ new DAX database accelerator juices performance without an app overhaul

Amazon Web Services’ in-memory cache for its DynamoDB database, introduced just two months ago in preview mode, has been promoted… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 5:04 PM

Coming off a strong quarter, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst talks public clouds and containers

Coming off a quarterly earnings report that shattered expectations, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst believes his company is as well-positioned… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 2:25 PM

Microsoft Azure, Baidu embrace AMD’s new Epyc data center processor

Advanced Micro Devices’ long road back to relevance as a data center computing supplier got a little easier with promises… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 12:03 PM

Microsoft Azure’s Scott Guthrie: Serverless technology will drive further cost reductions in the cloud

New adopters of cloud computing services marvel about the cost efficiency they’re seeing compared to their traditional infrastructure, but Microsoft… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 8:56 AM

Microsoft’s new internal video hub, Microsoft Stream, is now generally available

Microsoft Stream, a video service that helps companies organize those boring training videos for their employees, is now generally available,… Read More

Adam Bosworth, VP, Amazon Web Services (Linkedin photo)

Jun 19, 2017, 1:33 PM

Tech vet Adam Bosworth directing mysterious Amazon Web Services project at crux of non-compete dispute

There’s a lot we still don’t know about the mysterious Amazon Web Services project that prompted the company to sue… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 9:59 AM

Chinese tech giant Alibaba joins key open-source cloud computing foundation

Kicking off a week in which it plans to encourage American businesses to invest in China, Alibaba Group announced plans… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 6:00 AM

Why is PitchBook shifting its infrastructure to microservices? Because speed wins

Customers of PitchBook, a Seattle-based investment guidance company, need up-to-the-second information to make decisions about their money during the trading… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 12:15 PM

Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition might take some cloud revenue off Microsoft’s table

Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Friday also took a major customer away from its closest rival in the… Read More