Cloud Tech – Page 55 of 55

Jun 2, 2016, 2:51 PM

Google Cloud Platform adds beta support for standard SQL and more

A new beta of BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform’s data warehousing and analysis service, lets database administrators use standard SQL rather… Read More

Jun 2, 2016, 11:46 AM

Salesforce CTO Gary Flake departs 3 years after tech giant bought his startup

Gary Flake, who joined Salesforce in Seattle as CTO for search and data science after the CRM giant bought his… Read More

Jun 1, 2016, 3:02 PM

IBM to buy Israeli software firm that aids cloud integration

IBM today announced it will pay an undisclosed sum to buy EZ Legacy Ltd., an Israeli company that helps developers understand and… Read More

Jun 1, 2016, 11:27 AM

Cybersecurity firm Praesidio rebrands to DefenseStorm and plans to raise more cash

Seattle-based Praesidio, a two-year-old company that has aimed to protect financial institutions’ on-premises data from attack, will change its name to DefenseStorm… Read More

Jun 1, 2016, 9:32 AM

Salesforce agrees to pay $2.8B for cloud-commerce firm Demandware

Cloud-based customer-relations giant Salesforce agreed today to buy Demandware, a cloud commerce firm based in Burlington, Mass., for roughly $2.8… Read More

Jun 1, 2016, 6:00 AM

Study: Microsoft Office 365 usage still limited among small U.S. firms

Adoption of Microsoft’s cloud-based Office 365 is in its infancy, with only 7.5 percent of small and medium-sized businesses in… Read More

May 31, 2016, 7:15 AM

Microsoft launches venture fund, eyes investments in cloud startups

Microsoft has launched its first formal venture fund, planning to make new investments in companies that align with its own interests… Read More

May 25, 2016, 2:22 PM

Salesforce confirms Amazon Web Services as its ‘preferred’ public cloud infrastructure provider

Amazon has solidified its relationship with Salesforce in the cloud, announcing today that the San Francisco-based tech company has chosen Amazon… Read More

May 25, 2016, 8:40 AM

Salesforce expands customer support technology on the web, unifying experience across devices

Salesforce is expanding its Service Cloud platform to let companies offer web-based customer service and support comparable to what they provide inside smartphone apps —… Read More

May 24, 2016, 1:36 PM

Cloud Foundry ‘Dojo’ opening in Seattle, hosted by HP Enterprise

Seattle will be one of only seven cities in North America and the UK to host a Cloud Foundry “Dojo,” giving… Read More

May 19, 2016, 1:52 PM

Carbon-free cloud: Microsoft sets ambitious goals for renewable energy

REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft is kicking up its targets for environmentally sustainable cloud computing by pledging that half of the electricity… Read More

May 17, 2016, 1:10 PM

SAP teams up with Microsoft to integrate software, house databases in Azure

SAP is bringing its business database solution to Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, the company announced today. SAP is pushing its own… Read More

May 13, 2016, 10:45 AM

Amazon introduces $20 Dash-like button for the Internet of Things, sells out in a day

Amazon’s Dash Buttons are there to make shopping easier. Instead of pulling out your phone or heading to the computer when… Read More

May 10, 2016, 11:10 AM

Zillow goes deep with Splunk for ‘operational intelligence’

Zillow Group is getting a ton of traffic. As the housing market continues to grow, the company commands 63 percent market… Read More

Apr 28, 2016, 4:05 PM

Amazon’s cloud computing cash cow: AWS, now a $10B business, fuels record quarter for company

Amazon is happy about its cloud computing business, and so are investors. The Seattle-based company crushed analyst expectations for its… Read More

Mar 17, 2016, 10:54 AM

Amazon puzzled by leak claiming Apple is moving to Google Cloud Platform

Yesterday, a report from tech news publication CRN alleged that Apple is moving some of its cloud spending from Amazon Web… Read More