Cloud Tech – Page 5 of 55

Feb 17, 2021, 9:54 AM

Former AWS real estate managers, accused of taking millions in kickbacks, challenge Amazon’s motives amid FBI investigation

Update: In a court filing on Jan. 10, 2024, federal prosecutors vacated the prior guilty pleas of Christian Kirschner and… Read More

Feb 6, 2021, 7:54 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon, Andy Jassy and the cloud, with Corey Quinn of The Duckbill Group

What does Andy Jassy’s track record at Amazon Web Services say about how he’ll lead Amazon as the company’s next… Read More

Feb 5, 2021, 7:00 AM

Dispute between Elastic and AWS highlights ongoing battle over open source business model

Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Daniel Li, partner at Madrona Venture Group, which first appeared in his… Read More

Feb 3, 2021, 10:45 AM

Amazon’s next CEO, Andy Jassy, is a music-loving, wing-eating, hard-charging disciple of Jeff Bezos

When singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile sat down for a live video interview in December, the person asking the questions on stage… Read More

Feb 2, 2021, 4:29 PM

Amazon Web Services posts record $13.5B in profits for 2020 in Andy Jassy’s AWS swan song

Turns out Andy Jassy was basically running most of Amazon already. Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing giant led by… Read More

Jan 21, 2021, 1:56 PM

Federal judge cites U.S. Capitol breach in denial of Parler’s initial motion for reinstatement on AWS

A federal judge in Seattle has denied an initial attempt by Parler to require Amazon Web Services to restore cloud… Read More

Jan 19, 2021, 2:00 PM

Court filings show how Amazon Web Services is using Section 230 as a legal sword against Parler

[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in journalist Eli Sanders’ “Wild West” newsletter, which covers internet-related legal issues. Subscribe here.]… Read More

Jan 11, 2021, 11:41 AM

Parler files lawsuit against Amazon after getting kicked off Amazon Web Services

Editor’s note: Story updated with comment from Amazon. Social media company Parler filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Monday after… Read More

Dec 23, 2020, 10:45 AM

How the SolarWinds hackers are targeting cloud services in unprecedented cyberattack

[Editor’s Note: Independent security consultant Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft’s Security Response Center for 10 years.] Analysis: To understand where… Read More

Dec 15, 2020, 5:22 PM

Amazon: Trump corruption the only plausible explanation for Microsoft winning $10B cloud deal

In a newly unsealed court filing, Amazon blames an “extraordinary environment of corruption, interference, and retribution” by President Donald Trump… Read More

Dec 12, 2020, 8:37 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Facebook fallout; Seattle’s status as ‘Cloud City’; testing SpaceX Starlink

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: How the antitrust case against Facebook could impact the rest of the tech industry;… Read More

Dec 8, 2020, 4:01 PM

Amazon Web Services launches new tool to detect bias and blind spots in machine learning

A new feature from Amazon Web Services will alert developers to potential bias in machine learning algorithms, part of a… Read More

Dec 3, 2020, 10:42 AM

Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

Microsoft is rolling out new cloud technologies for wrangling, protecting and analyzing large amounts of corporate data, escalating its competition… Read More

Dec 3, 2020, 8:55 AM

After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

Kicking off the annual Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference this week, AWS CEO Andy Jassy pointed to a major milestone… Read More

Dec 2, 2020, 2:37 PM

CoreStack raises $4M to help companies manage cloud infrastructure cost, compliance, consumption

Seattle-area startup CoreStack raised another $4 million as the company sees demand increase for its cloud governance software. It follows… Read More

Dec 1, 2020, 1:55 PM

Salesforce’s $27.7B Slack deal combines two Amazon allies, creates big new rival for Microsoft

Salesforce confirmed its plan to acquire Slack and revealed the purchase price, $27.7 billion in cash and stock, perhaps not… Read More

Nov 30, 2020, 9:34 PM

Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers

Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising… Read More

Nov 30, 2020, 10:46 AM

Amazon details cause of AWS outage that hobbled thousands of online sites and services

A “relatively small addition of capacity” to the Amazon Kinesis real-time data processing service triggered a widespread Amazon Web Services… Read More

Nov 25, 2020, 10:21 AM

Amazon Web Services outage affects Adobe, Roku, Twilio, Flickr, others

Amazon Web Services suffered an outage Wednesday that affected several applications and services that rely on Amazon’s cloud computing platform.… Read More

Nov 20, 2020, 9:09 AM

Under pressure from investor, F5 Networks walks a tightrope after spending $1.6B on acquisitions

Deep into the third hour of F5 Networks‘ analyst and investor meeting this week, CEO François Locoh-Donou spoke carefully as… Read More

Nov 17, 2020, 11:29 AM

Seattle data management startup Igneous lays off staff, citing ‘difficult economic environment’

Igneous, a Seattle startup that helps companies manage unstructured data across a variety of systems, has laid off staff. A… Read More

Oct 28, 2020, 7:15 AM

Silicon Valley mainstay NEA leads $37.5M investment in Seattle cloud startup Pulumi

Pulumi has raised a new $37.5 million investment led by NEA, representing a vote of confidence by the longtime venture… Read More

Oct 15, 2020, 9:00 AM

AWS, Microsoft, Uber engineering vets raise $20M from top VCs for Seattle startup Temporal

A Seattle startup led by cloud computing veterans has quietly attracted big-name users and top venture capital firms as it… Read More

Oct 8, 2020, 1:45 PM

Progress makes layoffs at Chef after $220M acquisition, says it remains committed to roadmap

Business application platform Progress is making an unspecified number of job cuts at Chef after completing its previously announced $220… Read More

Sep 22, 2020, 4:12 PM

As ‘low-code’ competition grows, Microsoft integrates Power Apps with GitHub and Teams

One of T-Mobile’s most important applications is one its customers rarely see. It’s called ORBIT, and apart from the requisite… Read More

Sep 17, 2020, 9:58 AM

Acumatica jabs at SAP Concur with new expense reporting features in latest challenge to tech titans

Business technology company Acumatica expanded its expense reporting capabilities as part of a broader wave of product updates this week,… Read More

Sep 8, 2020, 7:39 AM

Chef to be acquired for $220M by Progress in ‘next chapter’ for Seattle automation tech company

Updated below with details from interview with Chef CEO Barry Crist. Business application platform Progress will acquire Seattle-based automation technology… Read More

Sep 4, 2020, 12:25 PM

Amazon tears into Trump after Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft as winner of $10B JEDI cloud contract

[Updated at 3 p.m. Pacific on Friday, Sept. 4.] Amazon issued a searing response Friday to the Department of Defense’s… Read More

Sep 3, 2020, 11:03 AM

Seattle startup Cloudentity raises $13M to expand identity and authorization tech

Seattle startup Cloudentity announced a $13 million Series A investment round to grow its security software. The startup helps Fortune… Read More

Aug 31, 2020, 11:37 AM

Former Amazon, Microsoft engineers raise $120K for Seattle cloud startup Cloudshim

A new startup out of Seattle called Cloudshim just raised $120,000 to help grow the company’s self-serve cloud management platform.… Read More