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Daily Cloud Computing News from @cloudfeednet - Sep 7, 2017
Daily Cloud Computing news from @cloudfeednet.
How Amazon Could Really Dominate The World
Instead, it ought to focus solely on what it knows best: providing cloud services and software-as-a-service (SaaS) through its Amazon Web Services … more.
Technical snafu involving security contractor exposes thousand of former
FederalNewsRadio.com … said some of its resume files were made publicly available on a site hosted by Amazon Web Services and controlled by a former recruiting vendor. more.
NuoDB 3.0 Brings Elastic SQL to the Hybrid Cloud
NuoDB 3.0 extends its technology ecosystem integration, which currently includes support for Amazon Web Services and Docker containers, … more.
Vectra Introduces Attack Campaign Detection and Prediction, and Enhances
Markets Insider A new vSensor for AWS extends these new attacker behavior detections for cloud workloads running in Amazon Web Services, providing Vectra … more.
ZeroStack treedt toe tot Marketplace voor op afstand beheerde private cloud
(BUSINESS WIRE) ZeroStack, Inc., maker van de zelfsturende, locatiegebonden cloud, heeft vandaag aangekondigd toe te treden tot de OpenStack … more.
Google’s Cloud Team Is Sending Chromebooks To Microsoft Partners
Microsoft has its Azure platform, Amazon has AWS, Google is entering the arena with Google Cloud and each company is throwing serious money to … more.
Rackspace appoints EMEA CTO, Lee James
… TriCore - which means it now offers managed applications for SAP and Oracle as well as managed cloud on AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud. more.
Google is trying to poach Microsoft Azure partners by sending them free
The Verge Google is trying to attract Microsoft Azure customers over to its Cloud service in an unusual way: by sending free Chromebooks to Azure customers as … more.
Microsoft adds Blob Storage to government regions
Microsoft Azure’s government customers have a new option for storing unstructured data in the cloud. Through the Azure Storage service, customers … more.
EY and Guardtime team up to launch marine shipping insurance blockchain
As for cloud infrastructure, the platform will run on Microsoft Azure’s global cloud technology. Microsoft believes blockchain is a transformational … more.
Weekly Business Roundup, 8⁄30 9⁄5
Microsoft’s Azure is hoping to lure Target, but the retail giant has hinted at bringing digital services in-house using Spinnaker, the open-source system … more.
SendGrid Now Available Through Amazon Web Services
SendGrid has made its cloud email solution available through Amazon Web Services (AWS), the firm said on Tuesday. The solution will now be … more.
A key part of Google’s cloud strategy just got a boost
“If you do some simple math and you put that into the AWS [Amazon Web Services] calculator, you come out with a yearly cost – the lower end of that … more.
What Does It Cost Snap to Host User Data?
Amazon is paying $1.0 billion to host its data on the company’s cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (or AWS). Looking at the cloud budget allocation … more.
RDBMS Remains Popular As Data Sources Grow
Amazon Web Services (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft Azure (NASDAQ: MSFT) were the preferred cloud infrastructure providers (both 32 percent), … more.
Knime 3.4 connections to Microsoft R, Azure
which were highlighted in a recent blog post. With Knime 3.4, you can use … more.
What Does It Cost Snap to Host User Data?
Snap is paying $2.0 billion to house its data on Google Cloud for the next five years, which breaks down to $400 million annually to use Google Cloud. more.
Microsoft Releases Azure App Service on Linux
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the “general availability” of the Azure App Service on Linux, adding infrastructure support for Linux Web and … more.
Clients migrating to the cloud? Prepare for these challenges
Microsoft’s Azure Websites Migration Assistant produces reports that outline which application items are ready to move, elements that may need to be … more.
Wal-Mart Will Use NVIDIA and AI to Dump AWS
… assistant behind its Echo family of smart speakers, as well as integrate these capabilities into its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing. more.
Google is trying to use Chromebooks to lure Microsoft’s Azure partners away
Included in this package are testimonials from partners like Spotify and Evernote, who swear by Google cloud and a free Chromebook with the offer of … more.
OpenStack Pike Cloud Platform Still Provides AWS Compatibility Layer
The latest release of the OpenStack cloud platform landed on Aug. 30 with the debut of OpenStack Pike. While there are many incremental feature … more.
Google is trying to use Chromebooks to lure Microsoft’s Azure partners away
Google is reportedly sending packages to Microsoft’s Azure partners trying to convince them to switch sides to Google. Included in this package are … more.
EY, Maersk, Microsoft build blockchain for marine insurance
The platform is built on Microsoft’s Azure cloud-based technology. International insurance industry standards body ACORD and advisory firm Willis … more.
Hurricane Irma: Florida Solution Providers Batten Down The Hatches As
CRN United Data Technologies made a good living from selling on-premises IT infrastructure, but is now heavily focused on using the Microsoft Azure cloud … more.
Microsoft Azure Partners Are Getting Free Chromebook Offers
… and goes to show that Google is not content to have Google Cloud Platform sit in third place behind Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. more.
It’s back-to-school season! Dive back
back into learning with this month’s Tech Talks covering re:Invent, AI, … more.
Microsoft Azure Partners Are Getting Free Chromebook Offers
The company has been making improvements to its G Suite services, and working on improving Google Cloud Platform while putting out initiatives like … more.
General availability of App Service on Linux and Web App for Containers
amazing customer experiences, to transforming internal operations. To keep … more.
Microsoft.Azure.Management.Fluent 1.2.0
for Microsoft Azure. Package Manager .NET CLI. Install-Package … more.
Azure Management Libraries for .NET - v1.2
adds support for additional security and deployment features, and more … more.
AusPost wants its digital platforms to become ‘national infrastructure’
“We have one in deliveries, and one in retail with our fabulous post offices,” he said on the sidelines of the Amazon Web Services Public Sector … more.
Microsoft’s Azure App Service lands on Linux
Microsoft Corp. has made good on an earlier promise, announcing on Wednesday that its fully-managed Azure App Service platform for building web … more.
SendGrid Drives Customer Engagement Using Amazon Web Services
DENVER, Sept. 6, 2017 : SendGrid, a leading customer communication platform that drives engagement and growth, today announced the availability … more.
Amazon Stock Will Survive as Target takes its business elsewhere
Amazon Web Services is really, really big. Indeed, its too big for a few retail companies weaning off the service to do much of anything to the numbers. more.
Register to attend the September 21 ‘Amazon Campus Day’
note, this session is a repeat from the June 8, July 25, and August 15 … more.
EY launches new blockchain platform for marine insurance
The blockchain platform built on Microsoft Azure global cloud technology is positioned to provide significant value to the insurance industry and … more.
AWS cloud partner BlazeClan opens up in Australia
Former head of managed services at Capgemini, Amit Bassi, will be taking charge of the Australian operation for Amazon Web Services partner, … more.
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) for File Storage
http://bit.ly/amazonefs20170906 AWS Storage Days | New York | September 6, … more.
Trakopolis Receives Strategic Investment From Mullen Group
… and is being significantly enhanced and relaunched by Mullen Group to create a real-time cloud based freight exchange hosted on Microsoft Azure. more.
Google is trying to use Chromebooks to lure Microsoft’s Azure partners away
It’s also a play at getting more vendors to offer Google Cloud alongside Amazon Web Services and Azure, the two dominant platforms in this market. more.
Israel’s Largest Bank Begins Blockchain Trial With Microsoft
The project is being built on top of Microsoft Azure, the tech giant’s cloud computing service that has served as the hub for its work with blockchain. more.
Google uses Chromebooks to lure Microsoft Partners to its cloud business
Google uses Chromebooks to lure Microsoft Partners to its cloud business … it’s doing so at the expense of Microsoft’s presence in the same market. … from Redmond’s Azure service offering and over to Mountain View’s Google … more.
Is Kubernetes Repeating OpenStack’s Mistakes?
VMware said that cloud can also be private. And then Eucalyptus and … more.
SendGrid Drives Customer Engagement Using Amazon Web Services
SendGrid, a leading customer communication platform that drives engagement and growth, announced the availability of its solution on AWS … more.
Data Solutions’ 5th annual Secure Computing Forum takes place September 21
… will have the opportunity to interact with leading IT vendors such as Check Point, RSA, Aruba, Citrix, Amazon Web Services, F5 and Strencom. more.
EY, Microsoft and Shipping Giant Maersk Develop Blockchain Marine Insurance
CryptoCoinsNews Build using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, the blockchain solution is the first of its kind in the marine insurance industry and connects clients, brokers … more.
Google Cloud Platform Expands Market Opportunity With New Tiers
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), embroiled in an intense battle with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft’s Azure, made several recent moves to expand … more.
Could Halliburton’s Technology Focus Improve Returns in 2017?
On August 22, 2017, software giant Microsoft (MSFT) and Halliburton … HAL has already initiated real-time data streaming into Microsoft’s Azure … more.
Microsoft gets Adobe to use Azure for another app
Microsoft announces a strengthened partnership with Adobe, building on the deal the two companies announced last year. Microsoft Azure is … more.
Synechron joins Microsoft Azure Blockchain Council
Financial services consultant Synechron will join the Microsoft Azure Blockchain Council which services developers building applications on … more.
Crate.io Named a Cloud Enabler in Microsoft 2017 Growth Accelerator
We’re excited to see their offering join the Azure ecosystem. The Microsoft Growth Accelerator is one of the top programs of its type worldwide, with its … more.
Microsoft gets Adobe to use Azure for another app
While Adobe will make Sign run well on top of Azure, the company will continue to also operate the application on Amazon Web Services and its own … more.
Atlanta likely in consideration for Amazon’s $5 billion HQ2
In Buckhead’s Terminus 200 tower, the company is expanding its Amazon Web Services and and A9.com visual search teams. Meanwhile, the … more.
Agilisium Consulting Ranks #140 in Inc. 5000 List
Our long-standing association with Amazon Web Services, and our consistent success in innovative solutioning and delivery have played a key role in … more.
It just got easier for Indians to buy and trade bitcoin and ethereum
Tech in Asia Fun fact: Singapore’s public data is hosted on Amazon Web Services. Correspondingly, the number of job postings for AWS roles in Singapore has … more.
Amazon seeks bids for second headquarters, to invest $5bn
Its Amazon Web Services, launched in 2002, has grown into one of the world’s biggest cloud computing operators, generating close to 10 percent of … more.
5 E-Commerce Stocks To Watch
The firm sees these, combined with the company’s Amazon Web Services unit, as able to help sustain its profitable revenue growth well into the future. more.
3 Stocks With Costco-like Return Potential
It also commands an enormous share of the cloud infrastructure services market through its massively profitable Amazon Web Services segment, … more.
Microsoft, Adobe advance cloud-focused partnership
… for Microsoft’s enterprise customers to stay on Azure while using Adobe’s products rather than leaving for competitor Amazon Web Services. more.
Nvidia Price Estimate Revised to $134, Here’s Why
Major cloud-based service providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Alibaba Cloud are deploying Nvidia’s GPUs as … more.
Microsoft Azure Stack vs. VMware Cloud on AWS – Customers, Start Your
Forbes In a previous post, I squared-off two such offeringsMicrosoft’s Azure Stack vs. VMware’s Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS). I made the comparison … more.
Microsoft, Adobe advance cloud-focused partnership
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) announce a … tool and Adobe Sign will make Microsoft Azure its preferred public cloud. more.
Google Charming Microsoft’s Partners to Google Cloud with Free Chromebook
In doing so, the company is going after Microsoft Azure’s slice of the market. Whether the charm offensive will work remains to be seen as the cloud … more.
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