Articles about cloud

OpenAI sees ‘staggering’ demand for Amazon offering, says Microsoft partnership held it back

OpenAI’s chief revenue officer touted the AWS alliance as a key enterprise growth driver, saying that the Microsoft relationship has constrained the company’s reach into big business. Read More

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AWS accelerator initiatives will offer $100M in credits to federal agencies for cloud and AI services

One program will support defense applications, the other will boost scientific research in fields ranging from biotech to quantum computing. Read More

Microsoft and NFL extend partnership, bringing AI and cloud tools to football sidelines and beyond

Microsoft is extending its longtime partnership with the National Football League, integrating AI and cloud tools into assorted workflows from… Read More

Microsoft teaming with Premier League to enhance soccer fans’ digital experience using AI

Microsoft announced a new strategic partnership with the Premier League on Tuesday in which the tech giant will use its… Read More

It’s Snowflake season in Bellevue as cloud giant puts cool touches on major new office space

Even with summer heating up, it feels a lot like winter in the Spring District. Snowflake, the cloud computing and… Read More

Mercedes-Benz makes job cuts at cloud-focused R&D office in Seattle

Mercedes-Benz laid off an unspecified number of employees from the Seattle office of its North American research and development arm,… Read More

Microsoft’s earnings report will offer a new gauge for AI demand and cloud investments

Microsoft’s earnings report Tuesday afternoon, July 30, will provide new insights into the impact of artificial intelligence on its business,… Read More

Where Amazon Web Services is still hiring after cutting hundreds of jobs this week

Amazon Web Services announced hundreds of job cuts this week, in areas including training, sales, and physical stores technology, but… Read More

Larry Ellison makes first-ever visit to Redmond to announce Oracle databases in Microsoft cloud

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Oracle Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison made a rare joint appearance this afternoon to announce… Read More

From idea to IPO to IBM: How Apptio defied the skeptics on its 16-year journey to a $4.6B deal

Feb. 9, 2017, will go down as one of the toughest days in Apptio’s history. It had been less than… Read More

The cloud in orbit: Amazon Web Services demonstrates data analysis on a satellite

For the past 10 months, Amazon Web Services has been running data through its cloud-based software platform on what’s arguably… Read More

Portland startup raises $5.5M for tech that monitors reliability of cloud products

Metrist, a Portland-based startup designed to monitor the reliability of cloud services and products from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft’s Azure… Read More

Microsoft and Xplore team up with NOAA to demonstrate cloud-based satellite operations

What do you do with an aging weather satellite? If you’re the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, you turn to… Read More

Astronomers demonstrate how using the cloud can rev up the race to find asteroids

Astronomers have used a cloud-based technique pioneered at the University of Washington to identify and track asteroids in bunches of… Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: Wall Street expects 18% revenue growth on continued cloud strength

Streaming video subscriptions might be more disposable than imagined, but the juggernaut of cloud infrastructure and enterprise services is another… Read More

Amazon, Google or Microsoft? Boeing chooses all of the above for cloud computing services

The billion-dollar competition to provide Boeing with cloud computing services is finished, and the winner is … a three-way split.… Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: Cloud growth promises to deliver another big quarter for tech giant

Is Microsoft’s cloud growth a temporary blip, driven by the fleeting circumstances of the pandemic, or an enduring trend reflecting… Read More

Microsoft joins space industry information clearinghouse to boost cybersecurity

Microsoft is joining the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center as a founding member, with a mission to strengthen cybersecurity… Read More

Report: Amazon, Microsoft and Google vie for billion-dollar Boeing cloud contract

Amazon, Microsoft and Google are involved in a bidding process to provide Boeing with cloud computing services, a contract that’s… Read More

NBA using Microsoft cloud and AI to power ‘CourtOptix’ and bring enhanced stats to fans

The NBA is tapping the power of its partnership with Microsoft to deliver advanced analytics that offer insights into shots,… Read More

Accounting software startup Lockstep raises $10M to help businesses better manage cash flow

Lockstep, a Seattle startup using software and the cloud to improve accounting practices, has raised $10 million in a Series… Read More

Rooted in Tacoma, cloudPWR’s Shadrach White delivers tech solutions for governments everywhere

Throughout his career, Shadrach White has participated in hundreds of successful government IT projects. While more often than not we hear… Read More

Microsoft partners with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service for Azure Space cloud platform

Microsoft says it’s taking the next giant leap in cloud computing, in partnership with SpaceX and its Starlink broadband satellite… Read More

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

Amazon defends partnerships with oil industry as Washington governor seeks to rein it in

Amazon’s sustainability chief defended the company’s partnerships with fossil fuel companies Thursday during an Axios virtual event with Washington Gov.… Read More

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

Portland cloud infrastructure automation startup Puppet raises $40M

Portland, Ore.-based cloud automation company Puppet today announced a $40 million funding round from BlackRock. Founded 15 years ago, Puppet… Read More

Cloud wars: Amazon Web Services to open new office just down the road from Microsoft HQ

The cloud rivalry between Amazon and Microsoft continues to heat up. Amazon announced Monday that it will open a 111,000-square-foot… Read More

Why Amazon can sue a former cloud VP for joining Google despite state’s new non-compete law

Amazon’s attempt to enforce a non-compete agreement with a former marketing executive who took a job at Google caused a… Read More

Amazon rips Microsoft for ‘spotty operational performance during the COVID-19 crisis’

Amazon took a swipe at Microsoft’s cloud computing technology performance this week, calling out the company’s “spotty operational performance during… Read More