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Daily Cloud Computing News from @cloudfeednet - Aug 11, 2017
Daily Cloud Computing news from @cloudfeednet.
Horizon Cloud on Microsoft AzureIt Keeps Getting Better!
Here’s a sneak peek of upcoming features and benefits of VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure. Plus, find out where you can see a demo! more.
Microsoft Azure Available to Gov’t Customers Under CSRA’s IT Schedule 70
GovConWire Microsoft Azure is categorized under Special Item Number 132-40 and builds on CSRA’s portfolio to enable government customers to deploy Azure … more.
Dell EMC integrates PowerEdge servers with VxRail Appliances in India
Dell EMC, a leading provider of IT storage solutions, on recently launched “Dell EMC Cloud” for Microsoft Azure Stack a hybrid cloud platform that … more.
Amazon Web Services Joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
The CNCF website states that now the five largest cloud providers - Amazon Web Services, Microsoft (Azure), Google (Cloud Platform), IBM (Bluemix), … more.
Amazon Web Services Joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has joined the CNCF as a platinum member with … more.
Amazon Isn’t Amazon without AWS
Amazon’s (AMZN) cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services (or AWS), emerged as a powerful girder in Amazon’s sprawling business structure in … more.
AWS Direct Connect service available in Equinix NY DC
Equinix established connectivity into Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect service in the New York region. This gives all Equinix customers in … more.
Nvidia shares fall despite earnings beat
… year over year, with the company’s Datacenter revenue – including sales of GPUs to public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services – leading the … more.
Microsoft Injects Confidentiality into Blockchain with Coco Framework
Microsoft has been a proponent of blockchain since 2015 when it began working on its Blockchain-as-a-Service on the Azure cloud platform. more.
RiverMeadow and WSM Announce Agreement to Facilitate Cloud Migrations
… Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud and other hosting platforms. … in Q4 2017 and on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace shortly thereafter. more.
Nvidia’s data center, automotive miss overshadows profit beat
Revenue from Nvidia’s data center business which counts Amazon.com Inc’s Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Corp’s Azure cloud business … more.
Cloud drives Q2 growth for Google, Amazon, and Microsoft
Alphabet’s Google Cloud Platform (GCP) accounted for 5% of the global cloud market in Q2. The company doesn’t break out specifically how much of … more.
Amazon Web Services Joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Though Kubernetes started out as a Google effort, it has expanded beyond the confines of Google’s cloud to become a tool to help enable multi-cloud … more.
Snap tumbles in choppy trading as user growth disappoints Wall Street
CNBC The company a huge patron of Google Cloud did save money in hosting costs thanks to more efficient infrastructure. Snap makes money from … more.
IoT prototyping kit now available from Mouser
… said to feature both 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.1 low energy connectivity to allow engineers to connect to the Google Cloud Platform. more.
IBM sues former CIO as he nears deal with Amazon: 5 things to know
Mr. Smith allegedly planned to start working at Amazon Web Services on Aug. 7. However, by taking a position with AWS, Mr. Smith threatened to … more.
Google Launches New Website To Help Explain Its GDPR Controls
The effort covered almost all of its products including Google cloud services, Gmail and Search along with advertising and measurement services such … more.
Tech Data Adds Providers to Cloud Lineup
AvePoint (offered on the StreamOne Cloud Marketplace), a Microsoft Azure-hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. With AvePoint Online … more.
Kubernetes on AWS users cheer as AWS joins CNCF
“[Something] more similar to Microsoft’s Azure Container Instances, where you just deploy your containers and don’t care about the underlying … more.
Equinix’s Big Apple data centres linked into AWS Direct Connect to boost
Data Economy Equinix’s New York data centres are now connected to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect, joining 16 other Equinix regions worldwide. more.
Cloud Surprises Discovered in Moving NASA EOSDIS Applications into Amazon
Cloud Surprises Discovered in Moving NASA EOSDIS Applications into Amazon Web Services and #6 Will Shock You! Back to Search Results Start … more.
Google cancels staff meeting to address diversity imbroglio
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during the keynote address at the Google Cloud Next ‘17 conference at the Moscone Convention Center in San … more.
Amazon calls a $350000 truce on the cloud wars and joins a Google-born
Markets Insider Kubernetes was created by Google and is a key technology in Google’s cloud. But Google gave the tech away as an open source project in 2014 and … more.
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Makes A Case For Slow User Growth
… was referring to in terms of the big bills, but Snap has previously agreed to spend $1 billion over the next five years on Amazon Web Services (amzn, … more.
Microsoft Adds Auto-Remediation to SaaS Security Tool
Microsoft this week announced the addition of an auto-remediation … Next, they can require end users to log back into their Office 365 or Azure Active … more.
Google launches site to showcase readiness for Europe’s data rules
Google’s new GDPR site explains that the vast majority of its products, such as Gmail, Search and Google Cloud Platform, as well as its advertising … more.
VMware VP Mark Lohmeyer discusses VMware Cloud on AWS logistics
Last year, VMware partnered with Amazon Web Services in a deal that allows users to run VMware workloads on the AWS cloud. The first significant … more.
Love of bookshops in a time of Amazon and populism
… to maximise competitiveness, while the overall bottom line is propped up by more profitable parts of the business (such as Amazon Web Services). more.
QEMU qontemplates qleanup of old qode
… Register imagines, be one reason why QEMU’s been implicated in several problems with the Xen hypervisor and why Google’s cloud binned QEMU … more.
Amazon Web Services Joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
In an unexpected move on August 9, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it is joining the Linux Foundation’s Cloud Native Computing … more.
AWS Joins CNCF, Though Kubernetes Impact Remains to be Seen
As part of that move, Gabe Monroy, lead program manager for containers on Microsoft’s Azure team and former Deis CTO, joined CNCF’s governing … more.
Trianz Sponsors AWS Summit New York 2017
Trianz, a global digital transformation consulting and technology solutions firm and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Consulting Partner, is a … more.
Trufa wird mit Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2017 geehrt
Cloud Academy provides continuous learning solutions for individuals and enterprise teams for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud … more.
Covata shares rise on new cloud deployment on Microsoft platform
Covata (ASX:CVT) shares were trading 21% higher intra-day after deploying its flagship solution, Safe Share on Microsoft’s Azure Cloud platform. more.
Employment shift: who will go with Amazon Go?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the biggest cloud infrastructure business in the world, holding 43% of the global infrastructure market. But AWS is not … more.
Certified Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions 2017
and topics of Certified Microsoft Azure. more.
Amazon Web Services Joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Although Kubernetes started out as a Google effort, it has expanded beyond the confines of Google’s cloud to become a tool to help enable multicloud … more.
First bank in the cloud appears on the horizon as climate now ripe for
Business Day (registration) Migration to the cloud would grow as companies sought greater agility, Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy said at its re:Invent conference in … more.
Equinix offers SAP Cloud connection in Sydney
… of cloud service providers, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Oracle, Google Cloud Platform and other cloud providers such as SAP. more.
OVH launches Public Cloud service in Warsaw
OVH Public Cloud is a service that supports over 150,000 instances and 120 petabytes of physical space, fully based on OpenStack systems, … more.
Pentagon chief James Mattis meets with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos during West
GeekWire Amazon Web Services provides cloud computing services for a growing number of U.S. military customers, and Bezos has said the prospect of … more.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Stock Makes Its Move
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has looked on from the sidelines as the … HoloLens, Cognitive Services and Azure paint a different picture. more.
SoftNAS Cloud NAS for Microsoft Azure
platforms. 7 reasons to consider SoftNAS Cloud NAS for Microsoft Azure:. more.
Amazon India hiring over 1000 people in a push to R&D and AI
… various armsAmazon.com, Amazon.in, the devices business like Kindle and Amazon Web Services (AWS), as per a report by The Times of India. more.
Ola raises $36 mn from New York-based hedge fund
… crore) in Ola in a deal that might also see the taxi-hailing firm switch to Microsoft’s cloud computing platform Azure from Amazon Web Services. more.
VMware VP Mark Lohmeyer discusses VMware Cloud on AWS logistics
VMware Cloud on AWS seems to be a cautious next step into the realm of cloud for VMware after the dismal returns and eventual sale of its vCloud Air … more.
Data Management Gateway - High Availability and Scalability Preview
Availability and Scalability. You can now associate multiple … more.
Nvidia shares fall on data center revenue
Revenue from Nvidia’s data center business - which counts Amazon.com Inc’s Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Corp’s Azure cloud business … more.
365 Data Centers’ customers get access to AWS and Microsoft Azure
365 Data Centers’ customers in Nashville have been connected to AWS and Microsoft Azure clouds for the first time following the opening of a point of … more.
Microsoft: Stretched Hyper-V Cluster on Azure using Express Route
Traditionally, in an on-premises environment we setup stretch clusters across regions to protect against region failure. Microsoft came up with Azure … more.
Money for bots: The AI Grant wants to fund your cutting edge AI research
The AI Grant is a non-profit, distributed AI research lab with partners like CRV, Google Cloud Platform, Floodgate, CloudFlower, and more. Its goal is to … more.
UK.gov cloud fave Amazon comes under fire for tax bill
The Home Office is currently using an external cloud provider and is intending to move the platform to an in-house Amazon Web Services (AWS) … more.
Microsoft Coco Framework Promises Speedy Blockchain Service
Microsoft is committed to bringing blockchain to the enterprise. … It is worth noting that the Coco Framework also sits on Azure, and it is compatible … more.
From Uganda to Koreateaching English, one chat at a time
Students and their tutors chat in English on the app, and we use machine learning and Google Cloud’s natural language processing API to analyze … more.
Build a Big Data Analytics Pipeline with Machine Learning on Google Cloud
implement machine learning algorithms into analytics pipelines, and … more.
The Next Phase Of The Cloud Computing Revolution Is Here
Protocols, which are still relatively new for public cloud providers – including partner solutions from AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google – transmit only … more.
Hyperparameter tuning in Cloud Machine Learning Engine using Bayesian
By Puneith Kaul, Developer Programs Engineer, Cloud Machine Learning Engine; Daniel Golovin, Staff Software Engineer, Google Brain; Greg … more.
Trend Micro to Offer Cloud Protection Service via AWS GovCloud
Trend Micro has made its cloud security platform available to federal customers via Amazon Web Services’ U.S. government public cloud to help … more.
Government announces new data protection laws
The site also describes the security of Google’s cloud infrastructure and reiterates its commitment to applying with all applicable data protection laws. more.
Is Microsoft Plotting Coup against Amazon in India?
Microsoft wants Ola to defect to its Azure cloud platform. Microsoft reported that Azure revenue growth accelerated to 97% in the June quarter from … more.
Is Microsoft Plotting Coup against Amazon in India?
Ola currently runs its applications on Amazon’s (AMZN) cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (or AWS). Microsoft wants Ola to defect to its Azure … more.
NVIDIA (NVDA) Q2 Earnings Top Estimates, Q3 Outlook Strong
During the fiscal second quarter, the company won several contracts, but the deal with Amazon’s AMZN Amazon Web Services was the most … more.
Wealthy Walker Joins IBC Marketplace to Help Independent Hotels in India
Hospitality Net The technology is highly secured and hosted on the private virtual Google cloud platform. IBC Marketplace is an online portal for centrally managing … more.
Nvidia shares fall as investors fret over data center growth
O) Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) Azure cloud business among its customers, more than doubled to $416 million but fell short … more.
Telos Offers Automated Risk Mgmt Software to AWS Govt Cloud Users
Telos has begun to offer its automated risk management platform to government users of Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud isolated cloud region. more.
Azure with Scott Guthrie: Azure Security Center and Role Based Access
InfoQ.com InfoQ had the exclusive opportunity to speak with Microsoft executive vice president Scott Guthrie to discuss Microsoft Azure and his recent Red Shirt … more.
Microsoft: Deploying Office 365 ProPlus with Microsoft Intune
We have been hard at work with Office 365 and Windows 10 teams to create … and view deployment metrics through the new Intune portal on Azure. more.
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Stock Is Becoming an AI Juggernaut
Amazon has been pushing out monstrous profits on the back of Amazon Web Services for a couple of years now, and the time was ripe for AMZN to … more.
Amazon Sparks Hiring Uproar in Overlooked Silicon Valley City
Amazon’s new 214,000-square-foot location is expected to house its cloud-services unit, Amazon web services, and other teams when it opens in the … more.
MemSQL Extends Public Sector Support with AWS GovCloud
… provider of the fastest real-time data warehouse, today announced it’s among the first partners in the Amazon Web Services GovCloud Marketplace. more.
Synchronous ledger technology (aka blockchain): The companies to watch
Microsoft Azure BaaS was the first blockchain-as-a-service (under “Project Bletchley”) which was supported by the solid Microsoft Research and the … more.
RiverMeadow and WSM Announce Agreement to Facilitate Cloud Migrations
… workloads to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud and other … in Q4 2017 and on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace shortly thereafter. more.
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