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Oracle’s Larry Ellison: Amazon’s lead in cloud is over

Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison last week said he’d do it, and he did. The company best known for its conventionally… Read More

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure best serve app developers, new Forrester study concludes

The four most important criteria for developers who are assessing public-cloud providers are infrastructure, analytics, migration services and tools, Forrester Research… Read More

Microsoft Azure just behind Amazon Web Services in Gartner’s new IaaS rankings; Google is a distant third

For the third straight year, Microsoft Azure ranks just behind Amazon Web Services in the coveted upper-right corner of Gartner’s annual “Magic Quadrant” ranking… Read More

IBM releases Graph, a service that can outperform SQL databases

IBM today announced the general availability of Graph, a service for the Bluemix cloud offering that the company said helps set… Read More

Amazon Web Services tops Microsoft, Google and everyone else in Gartner’s new public cloud ratings

Amazon Web Services occupies the coveted upper-right corner of Gartner’s new “magic quadrant” report on worldwide public cloud storage services,… Read More

Twitter vs. Zika: IBM teams with Brazilian organization to battle virus using social media

IBM announced today that they will supply technology and pro-bono work to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a Brazilian science and technology organization,… Read More

IBM sees strong cloud growth in Q2, but revenue dips as hardware sales slow

IBM this afternoon reported revenue of $20.2 billion for its second quarter ending June 30, sliding 2.6 percent from the year-ago period as the company… Read More

IBM, alone among major cloud providers, launches Infrastructure as a Service in Pakistan

IBM and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. have agreed to offer public cloud services in Pakistan, the companies announced. They will use servers… Read More

IBM powers new predictive and beacon technology for golf fans at the U.S. Open

IBM is helping fuel another round of technology improvements at the U.S. Open. The world’s top golfers will descend upon… Read More

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

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

Tech Moves: Whitepages adds former Box exec to board; ex-AOL president Bob Lord joins IBM; etc.

—Whitepages appointed Whitney Bouck to its board of directors. The former Box vice president is Seattle-based Whitepages‘ third external director and will… Read More

Technology at The Masters: IBM partners with Tom Watson as virtual reality and 4K feeds go live

Embed from Getty Images Given the company’s partnership with The Masters and its Watson artificial intelligence platform, it was only a… Read More

IBM Watson supercomputer

IBM Watson AI XPRIZE offers $5M for projects that link humans and computers – but who’ll sign up?

The latest multimillion-dollar tech challenge – known as the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE – will be aimed at encouraging collaboration… Read More

IBM wins more U.S. patents than anyone else in 2015 — depending on how you count

IBM received more U.S. patents than any other company in 2015 — a total of 7,355 granted utility patents — marking its 23rd… Read More

New stats: Samsung surges past IBM to lead U.S. patent race for 2015

Update: IBM says it believes it will still top the official U.S. patent list for the year. See a statement… Read More

IBM partners with Spare5 to use Watson technology for golf advice app

IBM wants to improve your golf game and it’s getting help from a Seattle startup to do so. The tech… Read More

Tech Moves: IBM names Blue Box founder distinguished engineer; Avvo recruits former Microsoft ad manager; and more

—IBM named Blue Box CTO and founder Jesse Proudman as one of IBM’s distinguished engineers. The executive-level position means Proudman will serve as a technical consultant for… Read More

Study: These tech companies treat job candidates the best during interviews

The job interview is a nerve-wracking experience. But some companies do better than others to make prospective employees comfortable on… Read More

Ignition Partners backs a new cloud startup, while IBM acquires one already in its portfolio

Ignition Partners announced some changes to its investment portfolio on Thursday, as the Bellevue-based venture capital firm saw IBM scoop up… Read More

Box teams up with IBM on cloud storage, making new inroads in the enterprise

IBM and Box are teaming up in an effort to bring a smarter, more centralized cloud-storage model to enterprise customers. Box will integrate… Read More

How the geeks behind the U.S. Open website track every player and every shot

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Chambers Bay is a massive property, spanning some 950 acres and challenging players with the longest golf… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Amazon same-day delivery, Windows 10 launch, and farewell to Urbanspoon

This week on the GeekWire radio show: What happened when we tested Amazon same-day delivery on a weekend; what’s at… Read More

Apple releases ResearchKit open source development kit to medical researchers

Apple has released its ResearchKit development framework as an open source project today, giving medical researchers a new way to… Read More

Technology at The Masters: Lasers, data centers, and predictive analytics on golf’s biggest stage

Whether you like golf not, the technology packed into the Masters.com website this year is impressive. IBM, the official technology partner of the… Read More

IBM plans $3B Internet of Things push, links arms with The Weather Channel

IBM is betting big on the Internet of Things — the idea that connected devices (everything from refrigerators to toasters… Read More

Can the iPad conquer the enterprise? Apple, IBM unveil first industry apps

Microsoft, not Apple, has long been the mainstay of business computing, but Apple is aiming to change that through its partnership with… Read More

‘AppleCare for Enterprise’: Apple launches new business tech support program with IBM’s help

Apple is making a new move into the enterprise with the unveiling of AppleCare for Enterprise, a new service plan that’s designed… Read More

IBM teaming up with Microsoft in the cloud, continuing partnership spree

IBM and Microsoft have teamed up in a move that will put some of the largest players in the cloud… Read More

Apple teams with IBM to push iPad and iPhone further into business world

Apple and IBM are teaming up in an effort to improve the position of iOS devices in the business world.… Read More

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