Cloud Tech – Page 54 of 54

Salesforce debuts new Lightning features, promises $50M in developer incentives

Protection against unwanted data sharing, in-browser inspection and a command line code-review plug-in are among the features Salesforce plans to debut… Read More

Microsoft makes ‘extensive commitment’ to Apache Spark in latest open-source move

Microsoft today announced what it called “an extensive commitment” to Apache Spark, an engine for large-scale data processing, bringing several offerings out… Read More

Cubic Transportation Systems will use Microsoft’s Azure for new traffic-management system

Microsoft’s Azure cloud will take on a role coordinating the flow of cars and other vehicles in major cities, thanks… Read More

Cloud cost-management firm Cloudability raises $24M in new financing round

Cloudability, a public-cloud cost-management firm based in Portland, Ore., has closed a $24M Series B round, led by the Foundry… Read More

WinDocks releases Docker support for Windows through Amazon Web Services

The Amazon Web Services Marketplace has begun offering a free, downloadable “community edition” of WinDocks, from the Bellevue, Wash.-based startup of… Read More

Google hires Box exec Sam Schillace to help run its cloud engineering operations

Google has hired Sam Schillace to help run its cloud engineering operations, company spokesperson Michael Moeschler confirmed today. As the… Read More

Google Cloud Platform adds beta support for standard SQL and more

A new beta of BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform’s data warehousing and analysis service, lets database administrators use standard SQL rather… Read More

Salesforce CTO Gary Flake departs 3 years after tech giant bought his startup

Gary Flake, who joined Salesforce in Seattle as CTO for search and data science after the CRM giant bought his… 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

Cybersecurity firm Praesidio rebrands to DefenseStorm and plans to raise more cash

Seattle-based Praesidio, a two-year-old company that has aimed to protect financial institutions’ on-premises data from attack, will change its name to DefenseStorm… Read More

Salesforce agrees to pay $2.8B for cloud-commerce firm Demandware

Cloud-based customer-relations giant Salesforce agreed today to buy Demandware, a cloud commerce firm based in Burlington, Mass., for roughly $2.8… Read More

Study: Microsoft Office 365 usage still limited among small U.S. firms

Adoption of Microsoft’s cloud-based Office 365 is in its infancy, with only 7.5 percent of small and medium-sized businesses in… Read More

Microsoft launches venture fund, eyes investments in cloud startups

Microsoft has launched its first formal venture fund, planning to make new investments in companies that align with its own interests… Read More

Salesforce confirms Amazon Web Services as its ‘preferred’ public cloud infrastructure provider

Amazon has solidified its relationship with Salesforce in the cloud, announcing today that the San Francisco-based tech company has chosen Amazon… Read More

Salesforce expands customer support technology on the web, unifying experience across devices

Salesforce is expanding its Service Cloud platform to let companies offer web-based customer service and support comparable to what they provide inside smartphone apps —… Read More

Cloud Foundry ‘Dojo’ opening in Seattle, hosted by HP Enterprise

Seattle will be one of only seven cities in North America and the UK to host a Cloud Foundry “Dojo,” giving… Read More

Carbon-free cloud: Microsoft sets ambitious goals for renewable energy

REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft is kicking up its targets for environmentally sustainable cloud computing by pledging that half of the electricity… Read More

SAP teams up with Microsoft to integrate software, house databases in Azure

SAP is bringing its business database solution to Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, the company announced today. SAP is pushing its own… Read More

Amazon introduces $20 Dash-like button for the Internet of Things, sells out in a day

Amazon’s Dash Buttons are there to make shopping easier. Instead of pulling out your phone or heading to the computer when… Read More

Zillow goes deep with Splunk for ‘operational intelligence’

Zillow Group is getting a ton of traffic. As the housing market continues to grow, the company commands 63 percent market… Read More

Amazon’s cloud computing cash cow: AWS, now a $10B business, fuels record quarter for company

Amazon is happy about its cloud computing business, and so are investors. The Seattle-based company crushed analyst expectations for its… Read More

Amazon puzzled by leak claiming Apple is moving to Google Cloud Platform

Yesterday, a report from tech news publication CRN alleged that Apple is moving some of its cloud spending from Amazon Web… Read More