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Mar 23, 2017, 10:37 AM

Introducing GeekWire’s Cloud Tech Summit, a technical conference about the future of computing

Is your head full of ideas and questions about containers, microservices, serverless architectures, machine learning and APIs? Or do you just… Read More

Mar 23, 2017, 6:28 AM

IBM in the cloud: Inside the tech giant’s quest to stand out against Amazon, Microsoft and Google

LAS VEGAS — IBM CEO Ginni Rometty seemed this week to be the living embodiment of what could be the company’s… Read More

Mar 22, 2017, 2:12 PM

Microsoft and Publicis strike cloud partnership for data-driven ad targeting

Publicis Groupe is expanding its alliance with Microsoft — combining the ad company’s Cosmos A.I. marketing technology with the tech giant’s Azure cloud platform… Read More

Mar 22, 2017, 12:35 PM

Amazon Chime team responds to trademark suit, claims it wasn’t aware of competing Chime service

An Amazon Web Services employee claims the company had never heard of CafeX Communications and its competing Chime service when it… Read More

Mar 22, 2017, 10:04 AM

Adobe unveils new Microsoft HoloLens and Amazon Alexa integrations

Adobe is in the middle of its big Summit conference, where it is introducing a variety of new technologies, including… Read More

Mar 22, 2017, 7:56 AM

Twitter starts using IBM’s Watson technology to help identify bullies who tweet

LAS VEGAS — Twitter wants to do a better job of policing bullies who tweet, and Twitter vice-president of data strategy… Read More

Mar 21, 2017, 10:52 AM

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff talks ‘crisis of trust’ in the world and jobs in the era of AI

Artificial intelligence is going to transform and impact many jobs, and it is up to the companies building the technology… Read More

Mar 21, 2017, 9:46 AM

IBM announces new data center in China, aims to use Watson to beat out cloud competitors

The cloud is becoming a bigger part of IBM’s business, and the technology giant is expanding its data center offerings.… Read More

Mar 21, 2017, 8:09 AM

Actor and musician Will Smith explains how he honed his career with data, ‘like an African American Watson’

LAS VEGAS — At a conference full of news on cloud storage, enterprise device management and other technical advances, Will Smith… Read More

Mar 21, 2017, 6:00 AM

Big cities see early benefits from the Internet of Things, and grapple with ongoing challenges

As many of the world’s biggest urban centers implement Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in a quest to become “smart cities”… Read More

Mar 20, 2017, 10:52 AM

IBM’s new ‘cognitive assistant’ uses Watson to manage and secure devices on corporate networks

LAS VEGAS — IBM today announced a new initiative to tackle a big challenge for IT professionals in the enterprise:… Read More

Mar 20, 2017, 8:49 AM

IBM aims to undercut AWS and Azure with new ‘Flex’ cloud storage service

LAS VEGAS — IBM unveiled a raft of new products and services at its InterConnect conference here today, aimed at making it easier… Read More

Mar 19, 2017, 3:00 PM

How Amazon teaches Alexa, and what it hopes the virtual assistant will learn someday

Days after Amazon announced that it was bringing its Alexa to its iOS Amazon app, Amazon senior principal scientist Nikko… Read More

Mar 19, 2017, 7:33 AM

One year after Tay, Microsoft is still big on bots — and here is where it’s focusing now

Microsoft has learned a lot about chatbot technology since the unfortunate rollout of the short-lived “Tay” chatbot one year ago this… Read More

Mar 17, 2017, 11:48 AM

Analyst: AWS growth could ‘moderate’ as Microsoft and Google see new cloud momentum

Amazon Web Services’ growth “could moderate this year and next” amid rising competition from Microsoft and Google, according to a new… Read More

Mar 17, 2017, 7:36 AM

US government websites found to be slow, insecure, not mobile friendly and failing in accessibility

Federal agencies and officials have a lot on their plates these days, but a report from a Washington, D.C.-based think tank points… Read More

Mar 15, 2017, 8:55 AM

U.S. charges suspects with ties to Russian government in Yahoo hacks

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged four people with ties to Russian intelligence agencies with computer hacking, economic espionage and… Read More

Mar 15, 2017, 6:08 AM

Amazon Web Services starts offering free cloud storage and computing for Alexa skills

Amazon Web Services will offer $100 in promotional credit and up to an additional $100/month to cover any extra cloud computing and storage… Read More

Mar 14, 2017, 8:30 AM

Microsoft Teams launches globally, taking on Slack, Amazon, Google, others in high-stakes chat battle

REDMOND, Wash. — After four months in preview, Microsoft is officially launching its Teams “chat-based workspace” for Office 365 in… Read More

Mar 14, 2017, 4:51 AM

Microsoft adds new service tier to Azure SQL Database, increases storage limits on existing databases

Microsoft is making a series of enhancements to its Azure SQL Database, including a new “Premium RS” tier, as the big public… Read More

Mar 9, 2017, 11:31 AM

Google challenges Slack, Microsoft and Amazon with new Hangouts Meet and Chat

Google this morning expanded its Hangouts real-time communications platform with the announcement of two new services: Hangouts Meet, a new video… Read More

Mar 9, 2017, 11:08 AM

Google acquires AppBridge to help move files from servers to G Suite

Google has acquired a Vancouver B.C. startup called AppBridge to help users move files over from physical servers to G… Read More

Mar 9, 2017, 10:23 AM

Google Cloud launches new Windows partner program, aims to be ‘a great Windows platform’

No, the image above isn’t from a Microsoft event. That’s the Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco this morning, where… Read More

Mar 9, 2017, 9:32 AM

Google plans 3 more cloud regions, escalates cloud pricing wars with new ‘committed use’ contracts

Google kicked off the second day of its Google Cloud Next conference with news that it will add three additional… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 5:21 PM

Microsoft says Google’s cloud reliability claim vs. Azure and Amazon Web Services does not compute

A comment today by Google’s top cloud executive, taking a subtle jab at Amazon Web Services, isn’t sitting well with Microsoft for… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 10:59 AM

How much is your junk worth? eBay’s new Google Home ‘shopbot’ knows

At the Google Cloud Next conference, eBay introduced a new personal shopping chatbot, or “shopbot,” for the Google Home speaker… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 10:09 AM

Google Cloud touts new customers, reliability and machine learning — says it’s ‘here for real’

Google is on a mission to become a leading option for businesses making the shift to the cloud, and in the wake of… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 9:10 AM

Look out, Intel? Microsoft tries ARM processors in the cloud with Qualcomm partnership

Microsoft has started testing out ARM processors, power-efficient chips best known for running smartphones and other mobile devices, to run portions of… Read More

Mar 7, 2017, 3:43 PM

What’s really in that Dropbox? Onehub enters data loss prevention market with Marshal scanning tool

How do small and medium-sized businesses make sure that the sensitive personal information and health data of their customers and… Read More

Mar 7, 2017, 1:15 PM

Google Cloud takes the stage: Can the consumer tech giant finally crack the enterprise?

Google’s top executives will unveil their latest cloud initiatives Wednesday morning, making the case for big businesses to choose Google’s cloud over… Read More