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Daily Cloud Computing News from @cloudfeednet - Nov 17, 2016
Daily Cloud Computing news from @cloudfeednet.
The vSAN Witness Appliance in vCloud Air: Part 2 (OVA Upload)
Witness Appliance in vCloud Air. The process isn’t extremely difficult, but …
Google Begins Using High-Accuracy Neural Machine Translation System For
Tom’s Hardware Recently, Google announced that it achieved near-human accuracy for translating to and from English, Spanish, and Chinese. The company is using a …
SnapLogic Enhances Leading Integration Platform and Expands Library of
Yahoo Finance Microsoft Azure Data Lake Store support: Building on SnapLogic’s support for Microsoft HDInsight introduced earlier this year, this latest release …
Harnessing the power of big data to bring innovative solutions to financial
Bobsguide (press release) At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’re helping our financial services customers from startups to the largest global enterprises harness the power …
Microsoft’s AI Gets a Boost from Nvidia, Elon Musk’s OpenAI
Nvidia and OpenAI announce they’re joining Microsoft in its efforts to … Cognitive Toolkit and Microsoft Azure the fastest, most versatile AI platform.
Forget about the cloud: imagine the hybrid multi-cloud fog
For example, Netflix is known for using AWS, but backs its data up in the Google Cloud. This type of provider diversity can enhance reliability beyond …
Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, After Calling Linux a ‘Cancer’
Fast-forward to today, and Microsoft now supports Linux on Azure, and says more Linux VMs are being created on Azure than Windows Server VMs.
Google Unleashes its Machine Learning Group
Google announced its Google Cloud Machine Learning Group to be led by two machine-learning experts: Fei-Fei Li and Jia Li. The group will focus on …
Elon Musk’s philanthropic not-for-profit OpenAI project partners with
Inquirer “OpenAI chose Microsoft due to our deep learning research and ongoing commitment to AI, along with Azure’s support for open source technologies …
Azure Application Insights now generally available
Microsoft today announced that Azure Application Insights (previously Visual Studio Application Insights) is now generally available and it comes with …
Graphics processor services coming to Google Cloud in 2017
The GPU processors that the Google Cloud Platform service will offer include AMD FirePro S9300 x2 for GPU-based remote workstations and NVIDIA …
Cubic Joins Forces with Microsoft CityNext to Bring Innovation to Cities
Business Wire (press release) Cubic and Microsoft’s partnership for the CityNext initiative will be on … of transportation and the Microsoft Azure cloud platform provides the hosting …
‘G’ is for ‘Google’ and ‘GPU’ and ‘gaining on other clouds’
Google’s followed its cloudy rivals into the servers-plus-GPUs caper, announcing that Early in 2017, Google Cloud Platform will offer GPUs worldwide …
Critical Watch FusionVM: Vulnerability management product overview
Alert Logic offers a price calculator for Cloud Insight based on the number of Amazon Web Services instances running in the customer’s cloud …
Google Joins .NET Foundation Technical Steering Group; Samsungs Tizen Gets
NDTV The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides first-class support to .NET on the internet search giant’s infrastructure; Microsoft products Visual Studio and …
The vSAN Witness Appliance in vCloud Air: Part 4 (Deployment)
effective option.
AMZN Stock: AWS Success Will Continue To Power Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) Stock
Amigobulls Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud offering, has been growing at above 50% levels. During the third quarter of the current fiscal, AWS …
Vodafone ties up with Google Cloud
Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS): Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, on Thursday announced it has tied up with Google …
Microsoft joins Linux Foundation as it continues to embrace open source
Microsoft Azure team architect John Gossman will now sit on the foundation’s board of directors and help underwrite projects. Microsoft Cloud and …
Eseye announced as Advanced Technology Partner in Amazon Web Services
Creamer Media’s Engineering News Becoming an Advanced Technology Partner differentiates Eseye as an APN member that has demonstrated relevant technical proficiency and proven …
Vodafone joins hands with Google Cloud
Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, on Thursday, announced it has tied up with Google Cloud to offer G Suite to …
Will Machines Become More Intelligent Than Us?
According to company’s blog, in late September Google gathered all its enterprise tools into a single department, Google Cloud, headed up by Diane …
Has Linux got OpenStack licked? The Vanilla ‘Plus’ strategy
No man is an island, nor is OpenStack removed from the fates of two of its until recently best-known names. Hewlett-Packard Enterprise was once …
Is Google crashing the Microsoft open source party?
Microsoft has been in that position more than once this week as it found itself … As part of the deal, OpenAI will use Microsoft Azure for its large scale …
Google to put GPUs on cloud
Google’s GPU services will be available in early 2017 through Google Compute Engine and Google Cloud Machine Learning. Google has also …
Google Translate Made More Accurate by Integrating It with Neural Machine
Nashville Chatter There is more coming to the Google Cloud Platform, Google’s cloud service for the public, which now offers Machine Learning APIs which will make it …
Loves spreads, new Microsoft SQL Server now previewed on Ubuntu
The promise of the next version of SQL Server is it allows DBAs to build Microsoft Azure-based databases without having to add more hardware.
Microsoft Partners With Elon Musk-backed OpenAI
Microsoft stated, We’re also excited that OpenAI chose Microsoft Azure as their primary cloud platform, to help advance their research and create new …
Vodafone, Google Cloud bring G Suite to Indian enterprises
Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, has partnered with Google Cloud to offer the ‘G Suite’ platform on a …
Is Google Cloud Machine Learning enterprise-ready?
From the get-go, the core value proposition of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has been granting enterprises access to the same infrastructure and …
Google will help shape the future of .NET
NET libraries, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers support for .NET, but the latest move marks an increase in Google’s participation in the project.
Parasoft Continuous Testing within Microsoft VSTS and Azure Helps
Yahoo Sports Parasoft announced today that its industry-leading service virtualization technology, Parasoft Virtualize, is now available on the Microsoft Azure …
Microsoft signs agreement with Elon Musk’s OpenAI Project
Our news today builds on other recent Azure releases designed to power AI … Teaming up with Microsoft will help OpenAI developers get access to a …
Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. Continues to Hold Position in Amazon.com Inc.
DailyQuint … vendors and those offered by third-party sellers. The Company has three segments: North America, International and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Managing the Opportunities and Challenges of Open Source Innovation
Take OpenStack for example. OpenStack, built on open source technology, is the fastest growing private cloud platform because of its rich feature set, …
Infoblox Brings Additional Network Control Security to Microsoft Azure
16, 2016 – Infoblox Inc., which provides DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI), today introduced Infoblox DDI for Microsoft Azure, a virtual …
Microsoft to partner with Elon Musk-backed non-profit in hopes of
YourStory.com According to this deal, OpenAI will now use Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service as the primary platform for conducting cutting-edge research.
Goldman Sees Google Cloud Market Share Up 6.5x In 4 Years
Goldman Sachs’ Heather Bellini believes Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has the technical capabilities and innovative services required to potentially …
Google Translate: ‘This landmark update is our biggest single leap in 10
ZDNet Turovsky also notes that developers can also access its Google Cloud Platform Translation API to give their apps some of the features that enabled …
Amazon’s AWS Is 10 Years Old: A Look Backward And Forward
This business, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has maintained its first mover advantage over the last decade and continues to be the clear leader in …
MPP Global Announces the Adoption of the Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform
Microsoft empowers companies across all industries to deliver new audience experiences on the Azure cloud platform. By hosting eSuite on Azure, …
Microsoft, Time Warner, NetApp Upgraded; Cisco PT Sliced
Goldman Sachs upgraded Microsoft to buy from hold with a price target of 68. Heather Bellini, a Goldman analyst, says Microsoft’s Azure cloud service …
Code Dx Selected by Bitnami for Microsoft’s Azure Government Cloud
IT Business Net Code Dx, Inc., a provider of an award-winning suite of fast and affordable tools that help software developers, testers and security analysts find, …
Google will add GPUs to its cloud in early 2017
GPUs in Google Cloud give you the freedom to focus on solving challenging computational problems while accessing GPU-equipped machines from …
GREE Adopts Aviatrix Software with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Agility
Business Wire (press release) AWS services, along with Aviatrix point and click networking, radically simplifies the process of new game development and launch through VPCs in …
Amazon SaaS Subscriptions Available on AWS Marketplace
Amazon.com, Inc. ’s AMZN Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made AWS Marketplace a one-stop solution for customers who subscribe to third party …
Google cloud chief sceptical of ‘AI singularity’
Speaking at the Code Enterprise conference, Diane Greene, head of cloud business for Google, said that she does not believe that AI singularity will …
New Skyhigh Networks Cloud Security Report Finds Growing Risk to Critical
Business Wire (press release) Meanwhile, Google Cloud Platform combined with other niche providers collectively make up 34.7 percent of new application deployments not to …
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate for PC announced
On November 16th, Microsoft made an announcement of the Visual Studio … to easily create cloud-first applications is powered by Microsoft Azure.
Mach7 Technologies Showcases Interoperability, Collaboration and Their
Business Wire (press release) Further supporting their mission of optimal patient care delivery, Mach7 recently announced their partnership with Microsoft Azure to bring its full suite …
Drawn by cloud giants, New Zealand-based Raygun opens offices in Seattle
… home to pioneering and market-leading AWS as well as second-place Microsoft Azure, and to DevOps firms like Chef whose software-development …
Admins aggro about Azure AM absence
Microsoft says it has recovered from the issues that left some Azure customers unable to access the cloud service in the US. The Azure status page …
Google’s hoping that Intel can help it make inroads against Amazon’s cloud
… rebranding effort, Greene’s strategy to chase down Amazon Web Services has centered around partnerships with key players in the business world.
Google And Intel Deepen Their Alliance To Bring More Big Customers Onto The
Forbes The agreement will also strengthen the ties between Intel’s ‘Internet of Things’ devices with Google Cloud and improve security for both, the …
Cloud Foundry Foundation CEO Sam Ramji departs for Google
Ramji tells me we will have to wait until Monday to hear more details, though (Cloud Foundry is pretty damn important to the Google Cloud Platform, …
Google and Intel announce strategic alliance to accelerate cloud adoption
Today, the Google Cloud team is excited to announce a strategic alliance with Intel to support and accelerate enterprise adoption of the cloud.
Australian govt. collaborates with Microsoft to deploy AI bots to deal with
The Tech Portal He also announced that OpenAI, the non-profit AI research organization associated with Elon Musk, has chosen Microsoft Azure as its primary cloud …
Microsoft joins The Linux Foundation to further open-source development
John Gossman, who is an architect on the Microsoft Azure team, will sit on The Linux Foundation’s Board of Directors where he will aid in underwriting …
Eseye announced as Advanced Technology Partner in Amazon Web Services
PR Newswire (press release) NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Eseye, a leading global cellular internet connectivity provider for IoT devices, today announced it has …
Google working to increase cloud adoption in enterprise with Intel alliance
In trying to compete with the likes of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud has been moving at breakneck speed. After a strong …
Microsoft, OpenAI Partner to Base Projects on Azure
Microsoft and OpenAI have entered an agreement which allows the machine learning specialist to carry out its experimental projects on the Microsoft …
The New Microsoft Is Here, Consistency Is Now the Key
… two-year period was that several smaller parts of the business were sharply growing, such as Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and related cloud solutions …
Barcelona Summit Notes: OpenStack Security on Track
Barcelona. Spend five minutes to keep up with the state of security …
Did Amazon secretly acquire online meeting startup Biba? Newly uncovered
GeekWire Biba says it hosts its cloud data on Amazon Web Services and offers several means to encrypt data and protect privacy. Biba’s executives all come …
IBM’s Spectrum Symphony and Spectrum LSF now supported on Microsoft Azure
Customers can bring their own Spectrum Symphony or Spectrum LSF licenses to Microsoft Azure, IBM will continue to deliver support directly just as it …
Live Webinar - Get Started with Xamarin and Microsoft Azure
12:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm GMT to learn how you can easily add powerful …
Google just made a very smart hire in its quest to topple Amazon in the
Business Insider Google has hired Sam Ramji, the CEO of the Cloud Foundry Foundation, to serve as a senior executive under Google Cloud boss Diane Greene, …
Ex-Google execs who pioneered Kubernetes launch Heptio cloud tech startup
GeekWire Google Cloud will finally add GPU services in early 2017. Dan Richman covers cloud technology, developer tools and enterprise software for …
ETL in the Cloud with Azure
Ok, that being said, if you want a bit of history on Cloud BI in general and Microsoft’s Azure past ventures, take a look at my posting here on this blog …
Google, Intel Partnership Will Do More Than Accelerate Cloud Adoption
The announcement initially came Thursday in a Twitter tweet from Google Cloud. “We’re partnering with @intel to help enterprise customers …
New Relic announces new intelligence capabilities at FutureStack
The solution also features new monitoring tools for Amazon Web Services, … for AWS Marketplace and Catalog Services at Amazon Web Services.
Azure October Roundup: Price drops, data analysis, and more
Put away the Halloween candy, and dust off your stuffed turkeys, folks. October is long gone, as are a fresh set of announcements from Microsoft about …
AMD Soars Again After Google Cloud Deal
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) surged for the second day in a row on Thursday following the announcement that Alphabet …
AWS October roundup: Hybrid deployments with Amazon’s cloud get a boost
You might think Amazon Web Services would have chilled out in the month before its big Re:Invent conference. After all, that show, which takes place …
Azure Stack Portable The Enterprise Cloud (in a Briefcase)
Running Microsoft’s Azure Stack enterprise cloud in a portable briefcase enables anywhere / anytime testing and the demonstration of Microsoft’s …
AMD Soars Again After Google Cloud Deal
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) surged for the second day in a row on Thursday following the announcement that Alphabet’s …
Google Ropes In Intel to Help With Enterprise Cloud
They said they intend to create a secure platform for connecting Intel’s IoT edge devices to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Google and Intel also said …
Deploying JFrog Artifactory SaaS on Google Cloud Platform
refactored its Artifactory SaaS offering onto Google Cloud Platform (GCP), making …
BRIEF-Amazon Web Services says worked with developers Virginia Solar,
Reuters Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing …
Azure Backup Server now supports VMware backup
The Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) is the backup solution to store offsite data, and now it supports VMware VM backups on disk and cloud.
Microsoft moves to open ecosystem; joins Linux Foundation; adds Google to
CTR Microsoft Corp. launched Wednesday at its annual Connect(); developer … Through the Visual Studio line, SQL Server, Windows, Office and Azure, …
Announcing VMware backup with Azure Backup Server
Azure Backup to protect data and workloads across heterogeneous IT …
Google, Intel Alliance to Focus on Data Center, Cloud Technologies
The objective of the new alliance is to find the best way to combine Google’s Cloud software capabilities with Intel’s advanced hardware in areas like …
Dominion to expand solar capacity through Amazon.com partnership
… counties through a partnership with online retailer Amazon.com. The 180 megawatts of solar generating capacity will supply Amazon Web Services …
Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, Tightening Open Source Ties
Microsoft made the announcement during its its Connect() event for developers. Besides Microsoft joining the nonprofit organization, Microsoft Azure …
Google, Samsung Show Support for Microsoft .NET Framework
Microsoft open sourced key parts of its . … the ECMA standard for C#,” said Scott Hanselman, principal program manager at Microsoft Azure, ASP.
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