Cloud Tech

Docker founder Solomon Hykes leaving company, cites need for enterprise-focused CTO

Solomon Hykes, who as Docker founder and chief technical officer laid the groundwork for one of the most quickly adopted… Read More

GoDaddy signs multiyear deal with Amazon Web Services for ‘vast majority’ of its computing infrastructure

Internet domain name registrar GoDaddy has signed a multiyear deal with Amazon Web Services to migrate most of its computing… Read More

As it shifts cloud focus to platform services, Oracle tries to hold on to its database legacy

After years of taunting and dismissing Amazon Web Services, Oracle founder Larry Ellison all but acknowledged Tuesday that AWS “pioneered”… Read More

Google Cloud makes text-to-speech capabilities in apps like Google Maps available on Google Cloud Platform

Google continues to focus on ways it can use its artificial intelligence research to court cloud customers, announcing Tuesday that… Read More

Cloud products drove Red Hat’s Q4 growth, and CEO Jim Whitehurst thinks CoreOS sets it up for container success

Red Hat’s cloud products continue to grow faster than the company itself during its fourth quarter, and while the price… Read More

President Trump signs omnibus spending bill, putting the CLOUD Act on the books in big shift for cloud data

A profound change in the way the U.S. government treats cloud data became law Friday with little or no debate,… Read More

Dropbox soars almost 50 percent in its stock-market debut, closes up 35 percent

Dropbox got the famous “bump” in its first hour of trading on the Nasdaq Friday, hitting a high of $31… Read More

Demand for Dropbox IPO reportedly pushes opening price to $21, above its initial projections

The stock market had a rough Thursday, but Dropbox is looking ahead to Friday’s trading, when it will officially become… Read More

Congress dumps the CLOUD Act into the omnibus spending bill. Will there be debate?

Backers of the CLOUD Act, which would change the way the federal government deals with foreign law enforcement requests for… Read More

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sudip Chakrabarti joins Madrona, will invest in Seattle cloud startups

Sudip Chakrabarti is bullish about Seattle’s future as a startup city — particularly given his experience in Silicon Valley. The… Read More

Sure, why not? Google said to be getting in on the blockchain

It’s not a huge surprise that a company known for moonshots is taking a close look at the blockchain. Bloomberg… Read More

Google introduces several new cloud security tools, promises transparency and usability

Two days after one of Google’s earliest employees laid down a bit of a manifesto regarding its commitment to cybersecurity,… Read More

Salesforce makes a $6.5B bet on the hybrid cloud with the acquisition of MuleSoft

Salesforce just made the largest acquisition in its history, snapping up MuleSoft for $6.5 billion in order to help it… Read More

Facebook developed a new networking architecture to handle increased demands on its data centers, will donate to OCP

In order to keep up with demand for its services inside its data centers, Facebook developed a new networking architecture… Read More

Aimed at the data center, Windows Server 2019 is almost all about the hybrid cloud

Microsoft is ready to talk about Windows Server 2019, the first fully-featured release of its server operating system since Windows… Read More

Jive co-founder unveils new startup, a SaaS tool designed to help managers

Two former Jive Software colleagues have teamed up to launch a new business-productivity service, betting that business managers are looking… Read More

Microsoft partners with BlackBerry to integrate Office 365 with secure mobile app technology

A new partnership aims to pair Microsoft’s cloud and productivity tools with BlackBerry’s security software for customers that require extra… Read More

Amazon Web Services reveals more details on the thinking behind SageMaker, its machine-learning service for cloud developers

Machine-learning services promise to be one of the most competitive areas for cloud computing vendors over the next few years.… Read More

Docker founder Solomon Hykes leaving company, cites need for enterprise-focused CTO

GoDaddy signs multiyear deal with Amazon Web Services for ‘vast majority’ of its computing infrastructure

As it shifts cloud focus to platform services, Oracle tries to hold on to its database legacy

Cloud products drove Red Hat’s Q4 growth, and CEO Jim Whitehurst thinks CoreOS sets it up for container success

Dropbox soars almost 50 percent in its stock-market debut, closes up 35 percent

Demand for Dropbox IPO reportedly pushes opening price to $21, above its initial projections

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sudip Chakrabarti joins Madrona, will invest in Seattle cloud startups

Sure, why not? Google said to be getting in on the blockchain

Google introduces several new cloud security tools, promises transparency and usability

Salesforce makes a $6.5B bet on the hybrid cloud with the acquisition of MuleSoft

Facebook developed a new networking architecture to handle increased demands on its data centers, will donate to OCP

Aimed at the data center, Windows Server 2019 is almost all about the hybrid cloud

Jive co-founder unveils new startup, a SaaS tool designed to help managers

Microsoft partners with BlackBerry to integrate Office 365 with secure mobile app technology

Amazon Web Services reveals more details on the thinking behind SageMaker, its machine-learning service for cloud developers

Amazon GameOn cloud service enables in-game competitions, with prizes fulfilled by the tech giant

Women in Cloud Accelerator names first startups, giving access to Microsoft and HPE sales channels

Microsoft aims to woo game developers with new cloud gaming division

Intel says ‘partitions’ in new chips will correct the design flaw that created Spectre and Meltdown

Google picks up another win for G Suite as Airbus grounds Microsoft Office

Microsoft plans its first Middle East data center for cloud customers, adds European capacity

Cloudflare to open an edge computing service for developers using its network

At $16 to $18 a share, Dropbox’s IPO would value it below its last private funding round

Watch John Oliver break down blockchain and bitcoin on ‘Last Week Tonight’

Former Docker CEO Ben Golub named CEO of Storj Labs, a blockchain-based cloud storage company

How Atlassian moved Jira and Confluence users to Amazon Web Services, and what it learned along the way