Cloud Tech – Page 35 of 54

Apptio’s record revenue in Q2 beats Wall Street expectations as losses narrow

Apptio’s cloud-based applications for tracking IT spending propelled the Bellevue company to record-high revenue in its second fiscal quarter, beating… Read More

IBM and Sony breakthrough on tape storage density could lower cold storage costs again

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that we used to store all our data on magnetic tape. Yet tape storage is… Read More

Amazon Web Services’ Chinese partner is telling cloud customers in China that VPNs are not allowed

In another example of how tech companies are forced to navigate tricky waters in order to operate in China, Amazon… Read More

Connecting the cloud: Azuqua raises $10.8M to help companies integrate and manage cloud apps

We’re at the point where a lot companies need a cloud service to manage all their cloud services, and Seattle’s… Read More

How AWS lets Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spend billions on the future

Jeff Bezos owes Andy Jassy a beer. Or maybe a small Pacific island. Time and time again, Jassy’s Amazon Web… Read More

K2’s new Seattle-area office is ready for business, and its new cloud product is right behind

The nitty-gritty work of managing a business can be a thankless task in a world obsessed with disruption and crushing… Read More

How F5 is preparing for the application explosion: Interview with CEO Francois Locoh-Donou

New F5 CEO Francois Locoh-Donou has a big job in front of him. One of Seattle’s most prominent public tech… Read More

Another strong quarter for AWS: 42 percent jump in revenue to $4.1B

Amazon Web Services continues to drive the cloud computing industry. The cloud division of Amazon reported a 42 percent increase… Read More

F5 third-quarter revenue comes in lighter than expected as customers ponder the cloud

F5 Networks missed third-quarter revenue expectations by a sizable margin, as slower demand outside the U.S. and customer hesitation around… Read More

How T-Mobile is using containers in production to increase uptime and save money

After a year of running containers in production, T-Mobile felt comfortable enough Tuesday night before a crowd of Seattle techies… Read More

Microsoft unveils Azure Container Instances, joins Cloud Native group, isolating AWS on Kubernetes

Microsoft’s cloud business is making two notable moves involving containers Wednesday — unveiling a new service that aims to make… Read More

Stumped by DevOps? Experts share their views on how to do DevOps right

Back in the day, there were software development teams, and there were operations teams, and they might say hello to… Read More

Independent for two years, Kubernetes is at the center of the cloud — and now comes the hard part

The cloud computing world might be a different place if Google hadn’t open-sourced Kubernetes and donated the project to the… Read More

Microsoft’s cloud business is still on a tear, hitting a $18.9 billion run rate during Q4

We still don’t know exactly how much revenue Microsoft is making from its Azure cloud service, but it grew 97… Read More

Report: Amazon Web Services warming up to Kubernetes for container management

If the cloud world really does settle on Kubernetes as the de facto standard for managing containerized workloads, Amazon Web… Read More

Cloud computing’s Open Container Initiative hits the 1.0 release milestone

Another light-touch cloud standards effort under the auspices of The Linux Foundation reached a milestone Wednesday, with the release of… Read More

Oracle expands its hybrid cloud strategy with new managed services in the data center

Customers running Oracle’s hybrid cloud setup will now be able to run a variety of its services within their data… Read More

IBM opens four new data centers around the world as it chases cloud leaders

IBM is set to open four new data centers in California, London, and Sydney, as it tries to stay competitive… Read More

Baidu taps Microsoft Azure to power its self-driving car tech outside of China

Baidu has been among the most aggressive companies driving research into self-driving cars with artificial intelligence, and it announced Tuesday… Read More

Google's Transfer Appliance, for shipping data to its cloud servers. (Google Photo)

Don’t forget the tracking number: Google now lets you ship corporate data to its cloud

Cloud companies want your data center business so badly they’re willing to actually come over and pick it up. Amazon… Read More

New, simpler sign-in experience for Amazon Web Services users coming soon

Amazon Web Services is simplifying the way users can sign into their accounts, dumping a clunky web address that used… Read More

Report: Amazon Web Services working with VMware on hybrid cloud product for data centers

In what would be a strategy shift for Amazon Web Services, the public cloud market leader is apparently thinking about… Read More

Learn how three experts are bringing the power of artificial intelligence to cloud computing

This time, it seems like it’s actually going to happen. We’ve been hearing promises about how artificial intelligence and machine… Read More

Amazon Web Services adds IP protection while dropping controversial patent clause from user agreement

Around the same time it modified its basic user agreement to drop a patent-related clause that troubled customers, Amazon Web… Read More

Amazon Web Services rolls out new instances for customers that need high-performance graphics

Graphic artists and industrial designers have some new tools to play with from Amazon Web Services, with the upgrade of… Read More

Amazon Web Services drops controversial patent clause from standard user agreement

Amazon Web Services has quietly dropped a controversial provision from its user agreement that essentially forced customers to agree that… Read More

Box UI Elements Content Picker, running on Facebook Workplace. (Box Photo)

Box launches Elements, a tool that lets developers add Box tech to their apps

Box is ready to release the first in a series of embeddable components that software developers can use in their… Read More

Viewpoint snaps up Dexter & Chaney, its Seattle neighbor in cloud-based construction software

Construction is a booming business in the Pacific Northwest, and two companies that make cloud-based construction software are becoming one,… Read More

Lock your doors, people: Verizon breach on unsecured AWS server exposes 14M customer records

Storing files on public cloud services is one of the most secure ways to protect your data, so long as… Read More

Navin Shenoy, executive vice president and general manager, Intel's Data Center Group (Screenshot)

Intel looks to maintain its data center dominance with powerful new server chips

Intel took the wraps off its newest processors for data centers Tuesday, promising a significant boost in performance compared to… Read More