Cloud Tech – Page 54 of 55

Jun 21, 2016, 1:47 PM

How can Docker improve? DockerCon 2016 attendees share their wishlists

Docker has experienced rapid growth and adoption, as evidenced by the sold-out crowd of more than 4,000 people attending DockerCon… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 10:58 AM

Docker gets down to business on second day of DockerCon 2016 in Seattle

Updated 11:25 a.m.: The emphasis shifted from developers to businesses this morning on the second and final day of DockerCon 2016 in downtown… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 10:47 AM

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy: Virtually every major country will have an AWS region

Updated below with video of the talk. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy, in his first public comments since being… Read More

Jun 21, 2016, 8:27 AM

Salesforce launches App Cloud Mobile, aiming to accelerate iOS and Android app development

Salesforce today released App Cloud Mobile, a no-cost addition to its software arsenal that the company says integrates previously separate elements for… Read More

Jun 20, 2016, 3:44 PM

‘Monetization is coming’: Docker CEO Ben Golub on revenue, user growth and the future of containers

At DockerCon 2016 in Seattle today, the containerized-software firm’s CEO, Ben Golub, responded to questions about Docker from reporters and analysts over lunch.… Read More

Jun 20, 2016, 10:18 AM

Docker marks rapid growth of software containers, unveils big upgrade at DockerCon 2016

Updated 12:20 p.m.: Containerized software technology company Docker opened its annual DockerCon convention in downtown Seattle this morning, announcing a… Read More

Jun 20, 2016, 7:00 AM

Docker use up 30 percent in one year, says survey of 10,000 companies

About 10.7 percent of 10,000 firms surveyed by cloud monitoring firm Datadog have adopted technology from containerized-software vendor Docker as of… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 3:54 PM

Oracle reports rising cloud revenue after adding thousands of new customers

Oracle Corp., which has been pushing hard — perhaps too hard — to build its cloud business, today reported cloud Software… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 3:45 PM

Microsoft debuts Project Bletchley, exploring the use of blockchain in Azure

Microsoft has introduced Project Bletchley, its vision for the role that blockchain technology will play in Azure. Blockchain is a tamper-resistant… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 10:24 AM

Amazon hires Carnegie Mellon machine-learning expert as Google expands its own AI initiatives

Both Amazon and Google are advancing their efforts in machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence that lets computers learn… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 10:00 AM

Sold-out DockerCon 2016, starting Sunday in Seattle, has grown eight-fold in two years

How popular is Docker, the open-source technology and company most closely associated with the red-hot containerized-software movement? Put it this way: the 500… Read More

Jun 16, 2016, 4:00 AM

New survey: Software container use nearly doubled year over year

The movement toward containerized software continues to grow, with production container use increasing 96 percent over last year, according to… Read More

Jun 14, 2016, 10:44 AM

Chef takes ‘big risk’ with release of Habitat, an open-source project for application management

Chef, the Seattle-based DevOps automation company, today announced the release of Habitat, an open-source project that lets applications self-organize and self-configure.… Read More

Jun 13, 2016, 10:47 AM

Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition could boost its Azure cloud platform

Microsoft’s $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn, announced earlier today, may present an opportunity to bring the popular business network into the… Read More

Jun 13, 2016, 6:00 AM

Survey: 27% of third-party cloud apps pose a corporate security risk

Third-party cloud apps are essential to many users, and their number is increasing rapidly — to nearly 157,000 this year, from… Read More

Jun 10, 2016, 11:21 AM

Amazon Web Services and Salesforce expanding in India in response to rising cloud demand

Part of the $3 billion that Amazon earlier this week pledged to invest in India will go toward building an AWS data… Read More

Jun 9, 2016, 11:21 AM

Amazon Web Services starts certifying partners that help customers move to the cloud

Migrating to the cloud is less of a strain with guidance from trained professionals, and with that in mind, Amazon… Read More

Jun 9, 2016, 10:30 AM

Microsoft supports popular FreeBSD open-source OS with new Azure virtual-machine image

FreeBSD, a popular open-source Unix operating system with roots stretching back to the 1970s, is now available through the Azure Marketplace as a… Read More

Jun 9, 2016, 4:00 AM

After nine years on its own, BitTitan raises its first $15M in venture capital

BitTitan was founded by former Microsoft developer Geeman Yip in his basement, and operated for nine years on its own… Read More

Jun 8, 2016, 10:25 AM

Survey: Tech security pros becoming more confident in safety of cloud

More than half (52 percent) of 2,200 cybersecurity professionals in a new survey say they think cloud applications are at least as secure… Read More

Jun 7, 2016, 5:47 PM

Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bundle Docker technology with every server

Hewlett Packard Enterprise today acknowledged the growing popularity of containerized software, saying it will bundle Docker Engine with its servers and will provide varied… Read More

Jun 7, 2016, 1:02 PM

Acumatica inks deal to sell its cloud-based software in Germany, its latest international move

Acumatica, which offers cloud-based accounting and enterprise resource-planning software, will bring its product to small and medium-sized companies in Germany through… Read More

Jun 7, 2016, 10:10 AM

IBM doubles down on Apache Spark with new ‘Data Science Experience’

A day after Microsoft pledged an “extensive commitment” to large-scale data processing engine Apache Spark, IBM today announced Data Science Experience,… Read More

Jun 7, 2016, 8:26 AM

Microsoft’s new venture fund joins in $23M investment for Helpshift mobile customer support company

Microsoft Ventures is among the investors in a $23 million Series B financing round announced this morning by Helpshift, a San Francisco-based… Read More

Jun 7, 2016, 5:00 AM

Salesforce debuts new Lightning features, promises $50M in developer incentives

Protection against unwanted data sharing, in-browser inspection and a command line code-review plug-in are among the features Salesforce plans to debut… Read More

Jun 6, 2016, 3:23 PM

Microsoft makes ‘extensive commitment’ to Apache Spark in latest open-source move

Microsoft today announced what it called “an extensive commitment” to Apache Spark, an engine for large-scale data processing, bringing several offerings out… Read More

Jun 6, 2016, 2:26 PM

Cubic Transportation Systems will use Microsoft’s Azure for new traffic-management system

Microsoft’s Azure cloud will take on a role coordinating the flow of cars and other vehicles in major cities, thanks… Read More

Jun 6, 2016, 11:25 AM

Cloud cost-management firm Cloudability raises $24M in new financing round

Cloudability, a public-cloud cost-management firm based in Portland, Ore., has closed a $24M Series B round, led by the Foundry… Read More

Jun 6, 2016, 10:24 AM

WinDocks releases Docker support for Windows through Amazon Web Services

The Amazon Web Services Marketplace has begun offering a free, downloadable “community edition” of WinDocks, from the Bellevue, Wash.-based startup of… Read More

Jun 2, 2016, 2:58 PM

Google hires Box exec Sam Schillace to help run its cloud engineering operations

Google has hired Sam Schillace to help run its cloud engineering operations, company spokesperson Michael Moeschler confirmed today. As the… Read More