Amazon Web Services is aiming to land more business from the U.S. government and its contractors with the rollout of “GovCloud,” a new cloud computing service that complies with U.S.… Read More
We’ve been writing a lot lately about how Ignition Partners is transforming itself into a national firm, doing deals wherever they find them. And here’s the latest example of that.… Read More
As the founding CEO of Avanade, Mitch Hill once oversaw close to 9,000 employees. In his latest gig, there won’t be quite as many heads to count. The 52-year-old Seattle… Read More
Amazon.com’s EC2 service suffered another outage this evening, taking out several high-trafficked Web sites and adding another black eye to the reliability of online services. The outage, which Amazon first… Read More
Citrix Systems announced today that it is acquiring Cloud.com, raising the competitive bar on other cloud infrastructure services such as those from Amazon Web Services and Microsoft’s Azure. Terms of… Read More
Dropbox updated its terms of service last week and a firestorm of controversy ensued. Many thought Dropbox was setting itself up to take license rights in user content that went beyond… Read More
Amazon.com is investing an undisclosed amount of money into ParAccel, a Campbell, California maker of business analytics software that helps executives and analysts “predict the future.” “From “great leap” conceptual… Read More
Without Amazon.com, Zynga might not be where it is today. The social gaming powerhouse, which just last week filed to raise up to $1 billion through an initial public offering,… Read More
Amazon Web Services suffered a massive outage back in April, one that caused all sorts of havoc developers. So, here’s one way that Amazon is giving back to those who… Read More
Our guest on the latest GeekWire Podcast was Daniil Kulchenko, the 15-year-old sophomore from Kenmore, north of Seattle, who last week announced the sale of his cloud-computing startup, Phenona, to Vancouver, B.C.-based… Read More
Ignition Partners and Accel Partners have invested $11 million in ScaleXtreme, a Palo Alto, California-based cloud computing startup. As a result of the investment, Ignition’s Frank Artale — a former… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we get to talk with Daniil Kulchenko, the 15-year-old sophomore from Kenmore’s Inglemoor High School, north of Seattle, who this week announced the sale… Read More
The rise of free online alternatives to traditional cable television means the big cable operators will need to roll out user-experience innovations to keep those users in the fold. Cable… Read More
Looks like Microsoft’s Xbox Live didn’t have room in the company’s E3 media event this morning for all of its upcoming news. Here are two notable tidbits about additional upcoming… Read More
Avanade, the Seattle-based technology consulting company, this week released the results of its third global survey on cloud computing — finding that more and more companies are replacing on-site servers and… Read More
Steve Herrod, chief technology officer for VMWare, made a swing through Seattle today, amid news that the company is planning a major expansion in its hometown of Palo Alto, Calif. No… Read More
Amazon.com’s first attempt at selling Lady Gaga’s new album for 99 cents didn’t go so well, with the promotion crashing the company’s servers. But now the Seattle online retailer is… Read More
Amazon Web Services has been taking some PR knocks in recent weeks. First, came the massive outage which sparked anger and frustration among many core customers. Now, word comes that… Read More
What can people do to better position themselves for emerging jobs in technology? That was a core question earlier this week when I moderated a panel of experts in cloud… Read More
Concur Technologies swung to a net loss during its second quarter largely due to its acquisition of TripIt. The Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense management software reported a… Read More
Amazon.com has issued a formal apology to customers who suffered through last week’s Elastic Block Store outage, offering a 10-day credit to customers whether they were affected or not. Is… Read More
It’s been a tough few days for Amazon.com. The Seattle online retailer took a PR beating after a massive outage at Amazon Web Services, then on Tuesday the company’s stock… Read More
It was just a matter of time. Amazon.com’s recent Web services outage has been memorialized in a “Downfall” parody on YouTube. The parody is absolutely hilarious (see below), with the… Read More
As some sites continue to show signs of Amazon.com’s cloud computing glitches, the company updated its public Amazon Web Services Health Dashboard a short time ago to say that it’s… Read More
Guest Commentary: Like many companies running on Amazon’s Web Services, BigDoor has been affected by the AWS outage today. And like most startups, we are braced for bad stuff to… Read More
Amazon.com is experiencing a serious outage this morning with its Elastic Compute Cloud and other Web services, causing downtime at major sites such as HootSuite, Reddit and Foursquare. We’re tracking… Read More
Documents unsealed last week by a federal court, and posted online by Microsoft this morning, show the U.S. government disputing Google’s claim that Google Apps for Government has received a… Read More
We’ve seen high-tech companies — including Google, Microsoft and Tableau Software — open offices on both sides of Lake Washington in order to attract workers who don’t want to commute… Read More
Mozy has built a big business around online backups. But most people don’t realize that the company’s headquarters is located right here in Seattle. About 50 of Mozy’s 350 employees… Read More
Now, here’s some complex corporate maneuvering for you. VMware announced today that it is gobbling up Mozy, the six-year-old Seattle online backup service previously owned by storage giant EMC. The… Read More