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Daily Cloud Computing News from @cloudfeednet - Mar 16, 2017
Daily Cloud Computing news from @cloudfeednet.
Oracle continues to hammer at Amazon in the cloud
… the company’s efforts in cloud computing, its infrastructure business that directly competes with Amazon Web Services will be Oracle’s biggest cloud … more.
17 data, analytics and machine learning session video now online - Google
Watch the keynote by Fei-Fei Li, Chief Scientist, Google Cloud AI and ML and explore all session video about data analytics and machine learning. more.
Microsoft Spark Connector for Azure DocumentDB Supports Data Science
Microsoft’s introduces the new Apache Spark connector for Azure DocumentDB at the Strata + Hadoop World conference along with several new … more.
Bug #1673252 Select hosts where instances are launched in Admin…
“HOST is an optional parameter. In such cases, use the –availability-zone … more.
Google Cloud adds new customer-supplied encryption key partners
The company now offers multiple levels of encryption offerings for its Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers. By default, GCP encrypts customer … more.
Coca-Cola Looks to Google to Boost Retail Sales
Beverage giant Coca-Cola is using several Google technologies to power a digital signage system designed to be less expensive than existing … more.
Google and SAP Partner to Provide SAP HANA Platforms on Google Cloud
The SAP HANA express edition platform is now available from Google Cloud Launcher, allowing users the space to grow and gain real-time insights. more.
Ionic Delivers Key Management Service Support for Google Cloud Storage
CSEK allows you to provide a third party 256-bit string, such as an AES encryption key, for use in protecting your data at rest in Google Cloud Storage. more.
Is Google’s Cloud Potential Underrated?
Even if Google were to only hold its current market share, it would represent significant growth. The differentiator that may propel Google’s cloud … more.
Microsoft fires up storage-optimised Azure instances
Microsoft’s decided Azure needs virtual machines optimised for storage, … Microsoft says the new instance type is for workloads that require low … more.
Microsoft to Hold AI Immersion Workshop in Seattle
Microsoft’s Build is aimed towards software and web developers using Windows, Windows Phone, Microsoft Azure, and other technologies. First held … more.
How Oracle Aims to Compete with Amazon Web Services in the Cloud
So far, we’ve learned that a temporary glitch in Amazon’s (AMZN) Amazon Web Services (or AWS) platform has shaken enterprises’ reliances on the … more.
Storage Issues Hit Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Service
Microsoft said that storage issues are affecting Azure services in the Eastern United States, after earlier issues affected its cloud-based services … more.
Will Oracle’s Bare Metal Cloud Move ahead of Amazon Web Services?
Earlier in the series, we discussed how a temporary setback suffered by Amazon’s (AMZN) Amazon Web Services (or AWS) could provide a growth … more.
Cloudability acquires Australian cloud automation firm
Cloud cost management software supplier Cloudability has acquired CloudMGR, a cloud automation specialist, in a bid to capture a slice of Australia’s … more.
Oracle reports strong Q3 earnings on back of growing cloud business, share
The Tech Portal Our new Gen2 IaaS is both faster and lower cost than Amazon Web Services. And now our biggest customers can run their largest and most … more.
A Secure and Free PBX in your Cloud in Minutes : Hop-On the PBX Express
Users will be guided through an 8 step process which will create a brand new PBX installation hosted on Google Cloud, Amazon, OVH or in fact any … more.
Azure Storage service outage affected multiple Azure services last night
Microsoft Azure Storage service experienced outage for several hours last night. Along with Azure Storage service, all the dependent services like … more.
Assessing the Google Cloud security strategy
This week, bloggers assess the Google Cloud security strategy, Cisco’s lessons from OpenStack and Arista’s new containerized network operating … more.
Amazon Lures Alexa Developers With AWS Freebies For More Alexa Skills: How
Tech Times Amazon found a new way to attract more Alexa developers, offering Amazon Web Services cloud computing freebies to make it more worthwhile. more.
Amazon makes building Alexa skills almost free
Amazon has made it free for developers to build and host most Alexa skills, using its Amazon Web Services (AWS). This is a change for the company’s … more.
Hybrid Cloud Solutions from Veeam and Microsoft Azure
Aaron De Los Reyes, Senior Director of Products at Cognizant, discusses how Cognizant and its clients will leverage Oracle Cloud Machine to create … more.
Google makes AI talent play with Kaggle buy
… said Fei-Fei Li, chief scientist of artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google Cloud, at the company’s Google Cloud Next event last week. more.
Where to Find Rackspace Experts at OpenStack Summit Boston
first time since 2011. While a lot has changed in the last six years, one … more.
Pulsant gets ready to deploy Azure Stack
Pulsant will roll out the most up to date technical preview (TP3) of Microsoft’s Azure Stack to its datacentres next month, enabling customers to get a … more.
Tool generates commands for a wrong Cinder version…
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/445296/1/doc/cli-reference/source/cinder.r st (line … more.
Resellers can now set up their own PBX on Google, AWS or OpenStack
In eight steps, businesses can create a brand new PBX installation on Google Cloud, Amazon, OVH or any Openstack based VPS provider. more.
Oracle Continues to Beat Amazon in the Cloud Space
Ellison’s biggest concern is if clients change their current Oracle databases to Amazon Web Services something that the ecommerce giant has been … more.
5 reasons you should host your website in Microsoft Azure
five reasons why Microsoft Azure should be top of your list. more.
Telehouse announces multi-cloud connectivity exchange in the UK
When it launches, in April, Cloud Link will provide and manage connections to Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoute, which in turn allows its cloud services … more.
What Your Business Can Learn from Amazon Web Service’s Recent Outage
When Amazon Web Services experienced a five-hour service disruption on Feb. 28, many cloud customers and websites were knocked offline, … more.
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya says Amazon is close to a ‘natural
CNBC Amazon Web Services, the company’s fast-growing and lucrative cloud business, has pushed to serverless computing, he said. “Essentially what they … more.
Agosto Inc. Receives 2016 Google Cloud Partner Award for GCP Customer
Yahoo Finance MINNEAPOLIS, MN–(Marketwired - March 16, 2017) - Agosto Inc., a cloud services and development company and tier 1 Google Cloud Premier … more.
iPhone App Helps IT Engineers and System Administrators Stay on Top of
GlobeNewswire (press release) It provides automated status updates of most of the major cloud services, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Linode, … more.
Oracle Eyes AWS Success, Shifts Its Focus to Infrastructure as a Service
AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform are all significantly ahead of Oracle when it comes to infrastructure. And that means Oracle will have to do … more.
Gartner Positions Rackspace in the Leaders Quadrant of Its New Magic
Yahoo Finance … a strategic collaboration with Google, in which the two companies will work to bring Fanatical Support to Google Cloud Platform customers in 2017. more.
Public Cloud Pitfalls: Microsoft Azure Storage Cluster Loses Power, Puts
CRN Solution providers said “storage availability” issues affecting Microsoft’s Azure public cloud for eight hours and 10 minutes is once again spotlighting … more.
Gartner Positions Rackspace in the Leaders Quadrant of Its New Magic
Yahoo Finance “We launched our initial managed services offerings for AWS and Microsoft Azure in the back half of 2015 and feel this recognition by Gartner is a … more.
Okta IPO Will Measure Growth of Identity-as a-Service Market
In addition to Microsoft, VMware now offers its namesake VMware Identity … argued Okta is winning a lot of enterprise IDaaS deals from Microsoft. … 365 subscriptions, which automatically result in the uptick of Azure AD accounts. more.
How is OpenvSwitch MTU determined in Red Hat OpenStack Platform
8. Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9. Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 … more.
Continued growth in cloud lifts Oracle Q3 profits
Ellison said: Our new Gen2 IaaS is both faster and lower cost than Amazon Web Services. And now our biggest customers can run their largest and … more.
When Moving to the Cloud Think of House Hunters
available that allow companies to get started with the public cloud quickly. more.
Huawei Becomes Platinum Member Of Openstack Foundation
“We are honoured to be selected as a platinum member and will continue to demonstrate our leadership and commitment to developing OpenStack … more.
VNFs Draw Attention to Testing Needs
SDCloud Dev/Test from Criterion Networks, which runs an OpenStack-based virtual environment with a choice of SDN controllers and VNFs in the … more.
Microsoft Azure cloud gets OK to handle Veterans Affairs’s sensitive data
Microsoft Azure Government cloud is approved to handle the Department of Veterans Affairs’ most sensitive data, the company announced … more.
Amazon Web Services to provide developers with free credit for storage and
A new program from Amazon might encourage developers to keep building and working on Alexa skills. Amazon Web Services is offering US$100 … more.
Microsoft Power BI Gateway Diagnoses Network Health Issues
Microsoft Power BI Gateway Diagnoses Network Health Issues … Microsoft’s March update for Power BI Gateway, an on-premises gateway that … for example: ‘Gateway can’t access the Azure Service Bus endpoint,’ versus ‘the … more.
How to find out if Microsoft Services are down or not
It recently hit several key services of the company like Office 365, Outlook.com, OneDrive, Skype, XBox Live, Microsoft Azure, etc. The services either … more.
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