Cloud Tech – Page 9 of 55

Aug 5, 2019, 3:05 PM

Seattle-area web services provider becomes haven for online extremism following El Paso shooting

The Seattle region may have a reputation as a liberal enclave but it’s also home to a safe haven for… Read More

Aug 2, 2019, 12:01 PM

Google Cloud vets launch Seattle startup Kaskada to bolster machine learning tech with real-time data

After spending several years working at Google Cloud, Davor Bonaci and Ben Chambers saw an opportunity to help companies take… Read More

Aug 1, 2019, 3:34 PM

Pentagon reconsiders $10B cloud contract as Trump sounds alarm over alleged Amazon favoritism

The Department of Defense announced Thursday it is reviewing a $10 billion, 10-year contract to build the military’s war cloud.… Read More

Jul 31, 2019, 10:19 AM

Amazon sues former AWS exec for joining rival Google division as cloud wars escalate

Amazon’s pioneering cloud business gave the company an early lead in an emerging and lucrative industry but competition is heating… Read More

Jul 31, 2019, 10:02 AM

Amazon acquires enterprise flash storage startup E8 Storage

Amazon has acquired enterprise flash storage startup E8 Storage. Founded in 2014, the company sold a rack-scale software storage solution… Read More

Jul 31, 2019, 6:00 AM

Ex-Microsoft engineers land $3M to launch distributed computing platform Edge Delta

Edge Delta, a Seattle-based startup that’s building a distributed analytics platform, raised $3 million in seed funding from lead investors… Read More

Jul 29, 2019, 1:50 PM

AppViewX raises $30M to grow networking infrastructure automation software platform

Seattle-based company AppViewX just raised $30 million to help expand its networking automation technology, GeekWire has learned. Brighton Park Capital,… Read More

Jul 29, 2019, 9:46 AM

Microsoft acquires BlueTalon to bolster its Azure Data Governance group

Microsoft has acquired BlueTalon, a Redwood City, Calif.-based startup that builds data governance and compliance software for Fortune 100 companies.… Read More

Jul 25, 2019, 3:59 PM

Amazon Web Services powers tech giant’s profits, again, but slower growth raises new questions

Amazon Web Services posted $8.4 billion in net sales and $2.1 billion in operating profits in the second quarter, continuing… Read More

Jul 25, 2019, 11:50 AM

New tool from cloud startup Stackery streamlines AWS serverless development on local machines

Cloud technology startup Stackery, a graduate of the Seattle Techstars program, released a new tool that promises to make developing… Read More

Jul 24, 2019, 1:41 PM

F5 Networks reports $563M in Q3 revenue with web server NGINX now under its umbrella

In the first quarter with popular web server company NGINX under its umbrella, F5 Networks reported stronger revenue growth but… Read More

Jul 24, 2019, 10:08 AM

Industrial IoT startup Balena raises $14M to help developers build edge computing apps

As more companies deploy fleets of IoT devices, Seattle startup Balena is helping them manage their edge computing needs. The… Read More

Jul 23, 2019, 3:02 PM

Microsoft milestone: Tech giant’s cloud revenue now matches traditional products, analyst says

Microsoft, which built its business on PC software like Windows and Office, has reached a tipping point in the cloud.… Read More

Jul 23, 2019, 12:27 PM

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is moving to the public cloud, and guess which platform it’s choosing?

LinkedIn is moving all its data to the public cloud — bringing the professional information and networks of 645 million… Read More

Jul 22, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI, vows to build AI tech platform of ‘unprecedented scale’

Microsoft will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and work with the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence powerhouse to create a computational… Read More

Jul 20, 2019, 9:52 AM

Amazon hires lobbyist with Trump ties amid contentious Pentagon cloud contest

Amazon Web Services is enlisting Jeff Miller, a former fundraiser for President Donald Trump, according to a lobbying disclosure form… Read More

Jul 18, 2019, 2:12 PM

Step aside, Windows and Office: Microsoft’s key cloud segment surges to the top for the first time

Quarterly revenue in Microsoft’s main cloud segment surged to $11.4 billion, topping each of the tech giant’s other major divisions… Read More

Jul 18, 2019, 9:50 AM

Workday buys Trusted Key in first exit for Seattle’s Kernel Labs, and a proof point for startup studios

Business cloud software giant Workday has acquired Seattle-based Trusted Key in a deal that shows how the startup studio model… Read More

Jul 11, 2019, 1:41 PM

New Microsoft Azure service helps companies share (and potentially sell) their internal data

A new cloud service unveiled by Microsoft today sets the stage for the company’s customers to share and monetize some… Read More

Jul 11, 2019, 12:05 PM

‘We can’t afford this’: Partner cloud costs blindside Microsoft, but company’s solution causes uproar

UPDATE, Friday, June 12: Well, nevermind! Microsoft says it won’t make these changes, after all. Follow-up story to come. Original… Read More

Jul 11, 2019, 6:00 AM

Here are the most popular programming languages used by the world’s largest unicorn startups

Software development tools are the backbone of today’s startups. That’s why it’s worth a look at the most-used programming languages,… Read More

Jul 9, 2019, 12:03 PM

Amazon’s bid for $10B Pentagon cloud deal faces friction as it battles with Microsoft

Amazon and Microsoft are locked in a battle for a massive contract to build cloud infrastructure for the Department of… Read More

Jul 5, 2019, 10:12 AM

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott sees ‘mind-blowing’ potential for AI, the cloud, 5G and devices

Kevin Scott is the chief technology officer for Microsoft, a company that built its business on software, but he also… Read More

Jun 28, 2019, 10:16 AM

Can Seattle become a financial technology hub? Why some tech leaders are banking on it

Madrona Venture Group managing partner Tom Alberg has witnessed and participated in the rise of the aerospace, wireless and e-commerce… Read More

Jun 27, 2019, 5:24 PM

Stackery CEO steps down as serverless technology startup seeks new leader for its next phase

Stackery CEO and co-founder Nate Taggart is leaving the serverless software development startup, telling employees in a message that he… Read More

Jun 26, 2019, 10:49 AM

JPMorgan Chase expands Seattle engineering center to 100 people, plans to add hundreds more

JPMorgan Chase is building a major technology engineering center in Seattle, quietly growing to 100 people in its first year… Read More

Jun 24, 2019, 8:23 PM

Amazon Web Services rolls out Control Tower and Security Hub, courting big business customers

After seven months in preview, Amazon Web Services on Monday night announced the general availability of AWS Control Tower and… Read More

Jun 22, 2019, 10:18 AM

Slack vs. Microsoft: Inside the competition to reshape how work gets done

If you tuned into the news this week, you probably heard one name over and over again. Slack, the workplace… Read More

Jun 21, 2019, 10:31 AM

No Slack for you! Microsoft puts rival app on internal list of ‘prohibited and discouraged’ software

As Slack makes its stock market debut, there’s a major company that won’t be allowing its employees to use the… Read More

Jun 20, 2019, 10:23 AM

DHS moving biometric screening system to Amazon Web Services amid debate over government tech

The Department of Homeland Security is migrating the system it uses to search for people using biometric data to Amazon’s… Read More