Cloud Tech – Page 6 of 54

Amazon ‘bid high and lost’ on JEDI, Microsoft says after release of DoD watchdog report

Microsoft took aim at Amazon in a blog post Wednesday, accusing its rival of seeking an unfair advantage as the… Read More

SoftNAS changes name to Buurst, raises $5M to help companies manage data in the cloud

Buurst today announced a $5 million investment round and a new pitch to companies looking to manage their data in… Read More

Zscaler to acquire Seattle cloud security startup Cloudneeti

Cloud security giant Zscaler will acquire Cloudneeti, a 3-year-old startup based in Redmond, Wash. Cloudneeti sells a “digital governance platform”… Read More

Microsoft answers Amazon’s Verizon cloud partnership with new 5G-enabled Azure Edge Zones, starting with AT&T

A new service from Microsoft will connect its Azure cloud services to 5G wireless networks inside data centers operated by… Read More

Amazon settles non-compete lawsuit involving AWS sales exec who joined Google Cloud

Amazon settled a lawsuit involving a former Amazon Web Services sales executive who joined rival Google Cloud last year. Amazon… Read More

Seattle-area cloud governance startup CoreStack raises $8.5M

Seattle-area cloud governance startup CoreStack today announced an $8.5 million Series A investment round. As more business moves to the… Read More

Amazon: Pentagon should have tossed Microsoft’s JEDI bid over ‘noncompliant storage solution’

Amazon claims that Microsoft’s winning bid for the Pentagon’s coveted $10 billion cloud computing contract should have been disqualified after… Read More

Ex-AWS, Azure employees raise $3.3M for Seattle startup that helps companies save on cloud costs

Aran Khanna, Nikhil Khanna, and Daniel Christianto know a lot about the complexity of cloud computing, having worked for industry… Read More

Amazon Web Services VP Adam Bosworth exits, says secret AWS product ‘coming relatively soon’

Adam Bosworth, a veteran tech executive known for his work at companies including Microsoft, Salesforce and Google, is leaving his… Read More

DevOps for IoT device fleets: Ex-Microsoft, Amazon leaders raise $7.6M for Seattle-area startup Esper

Seattle-area startup Esper today announced a $7.6 million Series A investment round led by Madrona Venture Group. Founded in 2018,… Read More

Cloud data platform giant Snowflake raises $479M at $12.4B valuation, partners with Salesforce

Data warehousing startup Snowflake Computing announced a $479 million funding round that gives the cloud company a whopping $12.4 billion… Read More

Acumatica ramps up after private equity deal, using new owner’s cash for an acquisition of its own

Business technology company Acumatica is taking advantage of a cash infusion from its new majority owner to make an acquisition… Read More

Google discloses cloud revenue for the first time — here’s how it compares to Amazon and Microsoft

Google parent Alphabet gave new insight into the state of its cloud division this week, disclosing quarterly and annual revenue… Read More

Amazon Web Services makes nearly 67% of Amazon’s operating profit in blockbuster quarter

Amazon Web Services posted net sales of nearly $10 billion and operating profit of $2.6 billion in the fourth quarter,… Read More

F5 Networks software revenue jumps 50% as big acquisitions help to transform its business

F5 Networks is “ahead of plan” in its efforts to expand beyond hardware and into software and services, its CEO… Read More

Microsoft to test ‘Total Recall’-style personnel scanners at two data centers, Redmond office and mystery East Coast location

Microsoft is poised to test a new millimeter-wave body scanner at four locations, according to two filings made with the… Read More

Google wades deeper into Expedia’s territory with new travel and cloud pact with Sabre

Google is taking a major step in its travel push, teaming up with travel giant Sabre Corp. in a new… Read More

Amazon seeks to block Microsoft from working on JEDI contract as legal battle continues

Amazon’s legal quest to overturn the decision to award the coveted JEDI cloud contract to rival Microsoft could be a… Read More

Cloudflare establishes Seattle-area office with purchase of browser security startup S2 Systems

Cloud security giant Cloudflare is entering the Seattle market by acquiring S2 Systems, a Kirkland, Wash., startup that aims to… Read More

Tech’s extraordinary decade: What mattered most in the past 10 years of innovation

What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn,… Read More

AWS antitrust? How Amazon’s cloud unit would defend against an expanded FTC inquiry

LAS VEGAS — Kicking off the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference earlier this week, AWS CEO Andy Jassy offered an… Read More

Amazon cloud boss targets Microsoft’s core business, eyes $3.7 trillion enterprise IT market

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy put the company’s neighboring tech giant directly in his sights here… Read More

What’s at stake for Amazon’s $36B cloud business at its big AWS re:Invent conference this week

Amazon Web Services will be able to tout some of the biggest numbers in the booming cloud industry at its… Read More

Microsoft and AT&T reveal the 1st major initiative to come out of their big cloud-5G partnership

Microsoft and AT&T today unveiled the first big plan as part of their multi-year cloud alliance: Combining AT&T’s burgeoning 5G… Read More

Alexa in every light switch? Amazon reduces requirements for voice controls in small devices

Amazon is releasing a new integration designed to help hardware makers build its Alexa voice assistant directly into smaller devices,… Read More

Seattle Seahawks partner with Amazon Web Services for cloud deal to ‘fuel future championships’

Amazon is expanding its work with the NFL, scoring a deal with the Seattle Seahawks to provide the team with… Read More

Lawsuits allege Amazon Web Services illegally stored biometric data obtained by customers

Amazon’s cloud division has been hit with multiple lawsuits, alleging the tech giant violated state law in Illinois by obtaining… Read More

Microsoft and Amazon vets raise $2.85M for multicloud management platform MontyCloud

New funding: Seattle-based MontyCloud brought in $2.85 million for its AI-driven software platform that helps companies work across multiple cloud… Read More

Salesforce and Amazon double down on cloud partnership following surprising Microsoft alliance

Amazon and Salesforce today strengthened their relationship with a new cloud partnership focused on technology for customer service centers. The… Read More

Together again? Microsoft and Salesforce deepen cloud partnership despite years of rivalry and rifts

Microsoft and Salesforce are strengthening their relationship, putting aside a complicated history for a new cloud partnership. Salesforce will move… Read More