Cloud Tech

Former Intel executive Renee James launches Ampere, a new Arm-based server chip company

A former top executive at Intel is launching a new server chip company Monday, betting on Intel’s rival architecture with… Read More

Apptio acquires former VMware spinoff Digital Fuel for $42.5M

Apptio added another another product to its lineup Friday with the acquisition of Digital Fuel, a fellow provider of tools… Read More

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at Google I/O 2017

Google says it is recording $1B per quarter in cloud revenue, including G Suite

For what appears to be the first time Thursday, Google publicly revealed how much revenue it is generating from its… Read More

Amazon Web Services hits $5B in quarterly revenue with no signs of slowing down

It looks like the whole cloud computing thing is going to work out well for Amazon. Amazon Web Services reported… Read More

Honeycomb raises $11.5M Series A round to help companies monitor modern tech infrastructure

There are a lot of great tools and services available at this point in the history of tech infrastructure development,… Read More

Microsoft’s cloud business still growing strong in its fiscal Q2, led by Office 365 and Azure

After officially crossing its cloud revenue goal set in 2015 last quarter, Microsoft’s cloud businesses showed strong gains during its… Read More

Microsoft’s skyrocketing stock closing in on $100/share thanks to cloud emphasis

In October 2016, Microsoft stock hit a then all-time high of $59.66, eclipsing a milestone set 17 years prior. Fifteen… Read More

Red Hat snaps up CoreOS for $250M, adding a big piece to its container strategy

One of the more prominent startups on the cloud-native computing scene, San Francisco’s CoreOS, was acquired by Red Hat Tuesday… Read More

Microsoft’s Azure Event Grid, a management layer for serverless computing, now generally available

A key part of Microsoft’s strategy for serverless computing is ready for prime time. Azure Event Grid, first announced last… Read More

Microsoft acquires Seattle startup PlayFab to bolster cloud offerings for game developers

Microsoft said it has acquired Seattle gaming startup PlayFab, in a bid to strengthen its position in the more than… Read More

Rook, an open-source project adding storage to Kubernetes, joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation has agreed on the 15th project to grace its roster: Rook, a storage-oriented plugin for… Read More

Intel promises more “transparency” around chip flaws, as strong Q4 offset by weaker 2018 forecast

Intel enjoyed one of its best years ever in 2017. 2018 is going to be a lot tricker. The chip… Read More

Another huge round for Snowflake: Bob Muglia’s database company raises $263M valued at $1.5B

Longtime tech executive Bob Muglia might just be warming up. The CEO of Snowflake Computing has closed another huge funding… Read More

F5 adds four new senior executives and beats Wall Street earnings expectations

After a rough year, F5 Networks got off to a good start Wednesday, reporting earnings that beat Wall Street expectations… Read More

Congress wants to know how Big Tech managed the Meltdown/Spectre embargo period

That didn’t take long: the leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee within the U.S. House of Representatives sent letters… Read More

Amazon Web Services catches Sqrrl, a security startup founded by ex-NSA staffers

Cloud security is going to be an even more important topic this year than ever, thanks to the Meltdown and… Read More

SheerID raises $18M Series B round to build out the verification layer for cloud services

Portland’s SheerID is trying to give web companies a secure and easy way to verify whether prospective customers belong to… Read More

Intel says it has found “root cause” of flawed patches for Meltdown and Spectre on older systems, but advises customers to avoid patches for now

After it acknowledged two weeks ago that its initial fix for the Meltdown and Spectre flaws was itself flawed for… Read More

Former Intel executive Renee James launches Ampere, a new Arm-based server chip company

Apptio acquires former VMware spinoff Digital Fuel for $42.5M

Google says it is recording $1B per quarter in cloud revenue, including G Suite

Amazon Web Services hits $5B in quarterly revenue with no signs of slowing down

Honeycomb raises $11.5M Series A round to help companies monitor modern tech infrastructure

Microsoft’s cloud business still growing strong in its fiscal Q2, led by Office 365 and Azure

Microsoft’s skyrocketing stock closing in on $100/share thanks to cloud emphasis

Red Hat snaps up CoreOS for $250M, adding a big piece to its container strategy

Microsoft’s Azure Event Grid, a management layer for serverless computing, now generally available

Microsoft acquires Seattle startup PlayFab to bolster cloud offerings for game developers

Intel promises more “transparency” around chip flaws, as strong Q4 offset by weaker 2018 forecast

Another huge round for Snowflake: Bob Muglia’s database company raises $263M valued at $1.5B

F5 adds four new senior executives and beats Wall Street earnings expectations

Congress wants to know how Big Tech managed the Meltdown/Spectre embargo period

Amazon Web Services catches Sqrrl, a security startup founded by ex-NSA staffers

SheerID raises $18M Series B round to build out the verification layer for cloud services

Intel says it has found “root cause” of flawed patches for Meltdown and Spectre on older systems, but advises customers to avoid patches for now

Intel admits that patches for Meltdown and Spectre are causing reboots on a wider variety of systems

New security service from Cloudflare hopes to kill the VPN once and for all

Seattle’s Usermind raises $23.5M as demand for its marketing tech grows

Google announces plans for five new cloud computing regions, as well as new undersea cables

Comcast Cable signs new cloud deal with Amazon Web Services, building on its hybrid cloud strategy

Jama Software acquires Notion, a fellow Portland-based product-development tool maker

Amazon is expanding in Portland, as the company signs lease for new space

Intel: Our initial fix for the Meltdown and Spectre chip design flaws had flaws

Who will pay for Meltdown and Spectre? Chip flaws could leave a financial mess in their wake

Report: Dropbox submits confidential filing for an IPO

Derek Collison, the architect behind Cloud Foundry, has left Apcera for a new cloud-messaging startup