Cloud Tech – Page 53 of 54

Salesforce adds features to help build communities and generate analytics

Customer-relationship management giant Salesforce today announced Lightning Customer Community, describing it as an extension of its Community Cloud service that lets… Read More

Feds certify Amazon and Microsoft clouds to handle sensitive government data

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft both said today that parts of their respective cloud offerings have won federal certification as being secure, allowing the government… Read More

Dropbox adds ‘plus button’ to iOS app with document scanning, Microsoft Office capabilities

A new “plus” button will allow Dropbox iOS app users to quickly create Microsoft Office files in real time, making it… Read More

Microsoft Azure’s new data protection service leverages technology from Secure Islands acquisition

Microsoft Azure is preparing to launch a new cloud service to help keep sensitive data from getting into the wrong hands, taking… Read More

DevOps survey: High-performing IT organizations deploy code 200 times more frequently

High-performing IT organizations deploy apps and software updates 200 times more frequently than low performers, with lead times that are 2,555 times… Read More

Meet Zeph Gardler, an 11-year-old Docker fan who mines ‘Halo’ stats using container technology

“Docker is an inspiration, an enabler and a learning tool.” So proclaimed Zephaniah (“Zeph”) Gardler, 11, who gave a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation… Read More

How can Docker improve? DockerCon 2016 attendees share their wishlists

Docker has experienced rapid growth and adoption, as evidenced by the sold-out crowd of more than 4,000 people attending DockerCon… Read More

Docker gets down to business on second day of DockerCon 2016 in Seattle

Updated 11:25 a.m.: The emphasis shifted from developers to businesses this morning on the second and final day of DockerCon 2016 in downtown… Read More

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy: Virtually every major country will have an AWS region

Updated below with video of the talk. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy, in his first public comments since being… Read More

Salesforce launches App Cloud Mobile, aiming to accelerate iOS and Android app development

Salesforce today released App Cloud Mobile, a no-cost addition to its software arsenal that the company says integrates previously separate elements for… Read More

‘Monetization is coming’: Docker CEO Ben Golub on revenue, user growth and the future of containers

At DockerCon 2016 in Seattle today, the containerized-software firm’s CEO, Ben Golub, responded to questions about Docker from reporters and analysts over lunch.… Read More

Docker marks rapid growth of software containers, unveils big upgrade at DockerCon 2016

Updated 12:20 p.m.: Containerized software technology company Docker opened its annual DockerCon convention in downtown Seattle this morning, announcing a… Read More

Docker use up 30 percent in one year, says survey of 10,000 companies

About 10.7 percent of 10,000 firms surveyed by cloud monitoring firm Datadog have adopted technology from containerized-software vendor Docker as of… Read More

Oracle reports rising cloud revenue after adding thousands of new customers

Oracle Corp., which has been pushing hard — perhaps too hard — to build its cloud business, today reported cloud Software… Read More

Microsoft debuts Project Bletchley, exploring the use of blockchain in Azure

Microsoft has introduced Project Bletchley, its vision for the role that blockchain technology will play in Azure. Blockchain is a tamper-resistant… Read More

Amazon hires Carnegie Mellon machine-learning expert as Google expands its own AI initiatives

Both Amazon and Google are advancing their efforts in machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence that lets computers learn… Read More

Sold-out DockerCon 2016, starting Sunday in Seattle, has grown eight-fold in two years

How popular is Docker, the open-source technology and company most closely associated with the red-hot containerized-software movement? Put it this way: the 500… Read More

New survey: Software container use nearly doubled year over year

The movement toward containerized software continues to grow, with production container use increasing 96 percent over last year, according to… Read More

Chef takes ‘big risk’ with release of Habitat, an open-source project for application management

Chef, the Seattle-based DevOps automation company, today announced the release of Habitat, an open-source project that lets applications self-organize and self-configure.… Read More

Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition could boost its Azure cloud platform

Microsoft’s $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn, announced earlier today, may present an opportunity to bring the popular business network into the… Read More

Survey: 27% of third-party cloud apps pose a corporate security risk

Third-party cloud apps are essential to many users, and their number is increasing rapidly — to nearly 157,000 this year, from… Read More

Amazon Web Services and Salesforce expanding in India in response to rising cloud demand

Part of the $3 billion that Amazon earlier this week pledged to invest in India will go toward building an AWS data… Read More

Amazon Web Services starts certifying partners that help customers move to the cloud

Migrating to the cloud is less of a strain with guidance from trained professionals, and with that in mind, Amazon… Read More

Microsoft supports popular FreeBSD open-source OS with new Azure virtual-machine image

FreeBSD, a popular open-source Unix operating system with roots stretching back to the 1970s, is now available through the Azure Marketplace as a… Read More

After nine years on its own, BitTitan raises its first $15M in venture capital

BitTitan was founded by former Microsoft developer Geeman Yip in his basement, and operated for nine years on its own… Read More

Survey: Tech security pros becoming more confident in safety of cloud

More than half (52 percent) of 2,200 cybersecurity professionals in a new survey say they think cloud applications are at least as secure… Read More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bundle Docker technology with every server

Hewlett Packard Enterprise today acknowledged the growing popularity of containerized software, saying it will bundle Docker Engine with its servers and will provide varied… Read More

Acumatica inks deal to sell its cloud-based software in Germany, its latest international move

Acumatica, which offers cloud-based accounting and enterprise resource-planning software, will bring its product to small and medium-sized companies in Germany through… 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

Microsoft’s new venture fund joins in $23M investment for Helpshift mobile customer support company

Microsoft Ventures is among the investors in a $23 million Series B financing round announced this morning by Helpshift, a San Francisco-based… Read More