Cloud Tech – Page 8 of 54

How Microsoft and Oracle became cloud buddies, and what’s next for their improbable partnership

Splashy partnerships between big tech companies can be hard to take seriously. Implementing them with success is much harder than… Read More

Oracle to appeal court ruling on Pentagon cloud contract as Microsoft and Amazon vie for $10B deal

Oracle’s JEDI fight isn’t over. The company will appeal a Court of Federal Claims ruling that rejected its attempt to… Read More

Microsoft, Google, Red Hat and others join forces for cloud security in ‘confidential computing’ group

A number of big-name tech companies — including Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Red Hat, IBM, and Intel — are joining forces… Read More

Chef names new CTO to succeed its co-founder, eyes broader market for enterprise automation

It’s a new era at Chef, and not just because the removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct has suddenly created… Read More

Microsoft takes big gulp of Java with jClarity acquisition, further boosting Azure’s open-source cred

Microsoft has acquired London-based JClarity, a London-based venture that has become a key player behind a popular open-source implementation of… Read More

Cray to develop insanely fast $600M ‘El Capitan’ supercomputer for U.S. nuclear simulations

Seattle-based supercomputer maker Cray has been tapped to develop a new $600 million system for the U.S. Department of Energy,… Read More

Amazon seeks to root out any ties to 8chan, as tech firms grapple with implications of extremist sites

Amazon’s cloud powers vast swaths of the internet, so perhaps it was only a matter of time until the debate… Read More

Seattle-area web services provider becomes haven for online extremism following El Paso shooting

The Seattle region may have a reputation as a liberal enclave but it’s also home to a safe haven for… Read More

Google Cloud vets launch Seattle startup Kaskada to bolster machine learning tech with real-time data

After spending several years working at Google Cloud, Davor Bonaci and Ben Chambers saw an opportunity to help companies take… Read More

Pentagon reconsiders $10B cloud contract as Trump sounds alarm over alleged Amazon favoritism

The Department of Defense announced Thursday it is reviewing a $10 billion, 10-year contract to build the military’s war cloud.… Read More

Amazon sues former AWS exec for joining rival Google division as cloud wars escalate

Amazon’s pioneering cloud business gave the company an early lead in an emerging and lucrative industry but competition is heating… Read More

Amazon acquires enterprise flash storage startup E8 Storage

Amazon has acquired enterprise flash storage startup E8 Storage. Founded in 2014, the company sold a rack-scale software storage solution… Read More

Ex-Microsoft engineers land $3M to launch distributed computing platform Edge Delta

Edge Delta, a Seattle-based startup that’s building a distributed analytics platform, raised $3 million in seed funding from lead investors… Read More

AppViewX raises $30M to grow networking infrastructure automation software platform

Seattle-based company AppViewX just raised $30 million to help expand its networking automation technology, GeekWire has learned. Brighton Park Capital,… Read More

Microsoft acquires BlueTalon to bolster its Azure Data Governance group

Microsoft has acquired BlueTalon, a Redwood City, Calif.-based startup that builds data governance and compliance software for Fortune 100 companies.… Read More

Amazon Web Services powers tech giant’s profits, again, but slower growth raises new questions

Amazon Web Services posted $8.4 billion in net sales and $2.1 billion in operating profits in the second quarter, continuing… Read More

New tool from cloud startup Stackery streamlines AWS serverless development on local machines

Cloud technology startup Stackery, a graduate of the Seattle Techstars program, released a new tool that promises to make developing… Read More

F5 Networks reports $563M in Q3 revenue with web server NGINX now under its umbrella

In the first quarter with popular web server company NGINX under its umbrella, F5 Networks reported stronger revenue growth but… Read More

Industrial IoT startup Balena raises $14M to help developers build edge computing apps

As more companies deploy fleets of IoT devices, Seattle startup Balena is helping them manage their edge computing needs. The… Read More

Microsoft milestone: Tech giant’s cloud revenue now matches traditional products, analyst says

Microsoft, which built its business on PC software like Windows and Office, has reached a tipping point in the cloud.… Read More

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is moving to the public cloud, and guess which platform it’s choosing?

LinkedIn is moving all its data to the public cloud — bringing the professional information and networks of 645 million… Read More

Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI, vows to build AI tech platform of ‘unprecedented scale’

Microsoft will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and work with the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence powerhouse to create a computational… Read More

Amazon hires lobbyist with Trump ties amid contentious Pentagon cloud contest

Amazon Web Services is enlisting Jeff Miller, a former fundraiser for President Donald Trump, according to a lobbying disclosure form… Read More

Step aside, Windows and Office: Microsoft’s key cloud segment surges to the top for the first time

Quarterly revenue in Microsoft’s main cloud segment surged to $11.4 billion, topping each of the tech giant’s other major divisions… Read More

Workday buys Trusted Key in first exit for Seattle’s Kernel Labs, and a proof point for startup studios

Business cloud software giant Workday has acquired Seattle-based Trusted Key in a deal that shows how the startup studio model… Read More

New Microsoft Azure service helps companies share (and potentially sell) their internal data

A new cloud service unveiled by Microsoft today sets the stage for the company’s customers to share and monetize some… Read More

‘We can’t afford this’: Partner cloud costs blindside Microsoft, but company’s solution causes uproar

UPDATE, Friday, June 12: Well, nevermind! Microsoft says it won’t make these changes, after all. Follow-up story to come. Original… Read More

Here are the most popular programming languages used by the world’s largest unicorn startups

Software development tools are the backbone of today’s startups. That’s why it’s worth a look at the most-used programming languages,… Read More

Amazon’s bid for $10B Pentagon cloud deal faces friction as it battles with Microsoft

Amazon and Microsoft are locked in a battle for a massive contract to build cloud infrastructure for the Department of… Read More

Podcast

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott sees ‘mind-blowing’ potential for AI, the cloud, 5G and devices

Kevin Scott is the chief technology officer for Microsoft, a company that built its business on software, but he also… Read More