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• February 20, 2020 20 Feb'20

  Cloud conferences to watch out for in 2020

  Cloud professionals need to keep up with the latest strategies. If you're looking to attend a few cloud conferences in 2020, these are the ones worth packing your bags for.

• February 14, 2020 14 Feb'20

  Google adds single-tenant cloud options to court enterprises

  Google Cloud has added more features to its single-tenant cloud deployment option, such as live migration for Windows BYOL scenarios, that cater to the needs of certain workloads.

• January 16, 2020 16 Jan'20

  Google Cloud support premium tier woos enterprise customers

  Google Cloud has rolled out a new Premium Support offering aimed at deep-pocketed enterprises with larger, more complex implementations. Experts say the timing is right.

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  IBM Power Systems lands on Google Cloud

  Google Cloud has added IBM Power Systems to its lineup of instance types. It's available via monthly subscription and could appeal to customers moving SAP apps onto the cloud.

• January 10, 2020 10 Jan'20

  Forbes' Google Cloud migration rooted in trust, cost savings

  Forbes has moved its publishing operations to Google Cloud for continued growth, better audience engagement and streamlined operations. Forbes Chief Digital Officer Salah Zalatimo explains why.

• December 20, 2019 20 Dec'19

  Top cloud news of 2019 from AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle

  It's been quite a year for the major cloud providers, with product releases, lawsuits, layoffs and IT competitions. Review the biggest news stories of 2019 to see how 2020 will shape up.

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  Microsoft cybersecurity training to become mandatory for its workers

  Microsoft's cybersecurity training program, which uses AI-powered tools to reinforce learning, is mandated for all employees. It will also be launched in a version for customers.

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  IBM's financial services cloud offers developer opportunity

  IBM hopes to bring developers to its new financial services cloud that runs on the IBM Cloud platform and uses Red Hat OpenShift as its Kubernetes environment.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Mars gains sweet cloud savings with Azure Cost Management

  Azure Cost Management, which helps customers track spend on the cloud platform, can provide sweet rewards if used correctly and comprehensively, according to candy maker Mars.

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  Microsoft Azure Arc faces cautiously interested user base

  The hybrid cloud offering, announced this week at Ignite, will let users manage across multi-cloud, on-premises and edge environments -- but is it relevant? Customers weigh in.

• November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19

  Microsoft hybrid cloud strategy expands with Azure Arc

  Azure Arc will bring Microsoft's public cloud management tools together for use by customers on any type of infrastructure. The move underscores the drive toward hybrid cloud deployments as customer needs evolve.

• October 26, 2019 26 Oct'19

  Microsoft wins $10 billion JEDI contract over AWS

  In a surprise move, the DOD has awarded Microsoft, not AWS, its controversial JEDI cloud computing contract. The deal has a price tag of up to $10 billion over 10 years.

• October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19

  Equifax shares 'risk averse' cloud security model post-breach

  Equifax explains how it has transformed its data security strategy using multiple clouds and a more focused approach through Google Cloud Platform's hierarchal security.

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to add 2,000 jobs in bid for growth

  Oracle plans to hire 2,000 workers to boost Oracle Cloud Infrastructure IaaS. It’s part of an aggressive global expansion as Oracle seeks to differentiate from AWS and others.

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure SVP shares competitive strategy

  Former AWS engineer Clay Magouyrk was one of the first people Oracle hired to build OCI and says Oracle has plenty of time -- and a solid strategy -- to catch up to competitors.

• September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

  Early Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers take its measure

  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeing early adoption from a diverse array of customers, although OCI's market share remains modest compared to AWS, Microsoft and Google.

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure updates hone in on security

  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is getting a multifaceted security boost as the company seeks to gain ground against AWS, Microsoft and Google for enterprise IaaS workloads.

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  Oracle and VMware forge new IaaS cloud partnership

  Joint Oracle and VMware customers will soon be able to run VMware Cloud Foundation on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with support from Oracle.

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Microsoft bolsters cloud migration tools with Movere acquisition

  Microsoft's move to acquire Movere is a bet that the startup's IT infrastructure monitoring and analysis tools can help it attract more on-premises workloads to Azure.

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Microsoft Azure edge site expansion targets cloud latency

  Microsoft will expand its edge site footprint for Azure networking, a move that should help lower latency for cloud applications.

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  VMware acquisition of Intrinsic denotes bigger strategic plan

  VMware has acquired Intrinsic, a maker of virtualization technology that secures Node.js applications on serverless environments such as AWS Lambda.

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  Oracle's IaaS, cloud database in the spotlight at OpenWorld

  This year's Oracle OpenWorld should provide answers for customers eager to understand its plans for IaaS, cloud databases, AI and machine learning.

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  Microsoft licensing terms change will impact some cloud customers

  Microsoft customers who want to deploy its software on dedicated cloud hosts, including Microsoft Azure, face new licensing terms as of Oct. 1.

• August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

  Google database portfolio to include 3 new additions

  Google Cloud Platform is now offering Cloud SQL for Microsoft SQL Server in alpha, federated queries from BigQuery to Cloud SQL and expansion of Elastic Cloud to Japan and Sydney.

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Google VM, microservices tools advance cloud migration strategy

  Google wants more enterprise workloads on its cloud, and has launched an Azure VM migration service and other features in pursuit of them.

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  VMware on Google Cloud deal gives users another choice

  VMware's deal with Google is the latest among top-tier players supporting each other's cloud. The question now is: How will Microsoft and IBM-Red Hat respond?

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Hybrid cloud deals dominate 2019's cloud computing market news

  It has been a busy first half of 2019 for the cloud computing market. Here is a rundown of the biggest cloud news stories so far this year with implications for the industry and customers.

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  Linode GPU instances offer accelerated computing power

  Linode's GPU instances are built on Nvidia's Quadro RTX 6000 GPU cards, designed to power high-performance applications and use cases for artists, scientists, engineers and more.

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  Oracle IaaS strategy pivots to specialization

  Oracle probably won't get out of the public IaaS market entirely, but it seems clear that specialization is its goal, not head-to-head challenges to AWS, Microsoft and Google.

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  Oracle, Microsoft forge cloud pact

  Once bitter arch rivals, Oracle and Microsoft have formed an alliance around cloud interoperability, which is good for customers and both vendors.

• June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19

  Test your cloud computing news knowledge

  The beginning of the year was filled with new and improved cloud product offerings as providers vie for the top spot. Have you stayed up to date?

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  Google, Informatica deepen ties around big data in the cloud

  Google and Informatica have expanded their partnership and product integrations as enterprise customers seek to move large data sets into the cloud for processing and analytics.

• May 10, 2019 10 May'19

  Microsoft to reduce Azure outages with Project Tardigrade

  Microsoft's plans to make Azure more reliable include Project Tardigrade, which keeps running VMs alive even when their host platforms go down due to hardware problems.

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  Microsoft gives developers a sneak peek into Azure updates

  Here's a look at three of the Azure-related projects developers got a glimpse of at Build, including a new open source project.

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  Microsoft expands Azure cloud database options

  A raft of expansions across Microsoft's Azure cloud database tier adds capabilities that target high-end workloads and shops that prefer open source options.

• April 19, 2019 19 Apr'19

  Steep Google Anthos pricing geared toward large enterprises

  Google Anthos is the company's multi-cloud management play, but customers and prospects should mull the full picture when it comes to cost.

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  Google expands Windows support with managed SQL Server

  Google's decision to add SQL Server to its Cloud SQL family of managed database services is an appeal to Google Cloud Platform customers with ample Windows workloads.

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Optimized Google Cloud VMs target cutting-edge workloads

  Google Cloud's latest set of instances, optimized for compute- and memory-intensive workloads, underscore customer demand for more powerful cloud infrastructure choices.

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  CEO switch continues BMC's multi-cloud management push

  BMC has reappointed company veteran Bob Beauchamp as CEO as it forges ahead with a strategic shift into multi-cloud management tools and away from its ITSM roots.

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Azure Anomaly Detector service spots business data deviations

  Microsoft's Anomaly Detector service for Azure applies AI to customers' time-series data sets to find deviations or patterns that suggest problems. But humans still have the final say.

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  Google Cloud outages resolved, but stakes still high for users

  Several Google Cloud services suffered some recent hiccups, but analysts gave the service provider high marks for quick resolution and transparency.

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Google Cloud Storage price plan stresses data gravity's pull

  Google Cloud Storage's expanded annual budget framework may give customers more cost savings and control, but they should consider other factors such as vendor lock-in.

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  TaylorMade Golf takes a shot with Oracle cloud database

  TaylorMade Golf's move to Oracle's cloud data warehouse has produced major performance improvements, but other important Oracle workloads will remain on premises for now.

• February 08, 2019 08 Feb'19

  Google eyes confidential computing to buff cloud security cred

  Google Cloud Platform's Asylo open source project could one day boost confidential computing efforts, but for now it mainly serves to boost Google's security bona fides.

• January 30, 2019 30 Jan'19

  Cisco expands CloudCenter for multi-cloud management

  Cisco hopes additions and changes to its CloudCenter software will appeal to companies that want to work with multiple clouds.

• December 26, 2018 26 Dec'18

  A look back at the top cloud computing news of 2018

  From product releases to acquisitions, there was no shortage of cloud technology news in 2018. Take a look back at some of the biggest headlines of the year.

• December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18

  GCP addition targets cloud data access, privacy fears

  Google Cloud Platform's Access Approval feature lets customers use more of the data access controls they have in their on-premises infrastructure.

• December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18

  Azure Scheduler retirement sends IT shops to Logic Apps

  Microsoft's retirement of Azure Scheduler next year will mean more manual labor for users of the job scheduler. But the extra sweat will come with some benefits.

• December 17, 2018 17 Dec'18

  GitLab Serverless augments developers' multi-cloud toolbox

  GitLab has added multi-cloud serverless computing capabilities to its CI/CD tool set through a partnership with TriggerMesh.

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  Microsoft doubles down on Kubernetes with Azure Monitor, AKS

  Microsoft's new monitoring tools for AKS and its decision to sunset Azure Container Service trumpet the rise of Kubernetes as the de facto choice for container orchestration.

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  Microsoft ups its AI game with Azure Machine Learning service

  Microsoft looks to keep up in the AI race with a machine learning service that competes with offerings from AWS and Google, among others.

• December 10, 2018 10 Dec'18

  Azure database updates court on-premises installed base

  Microsoft hopes a series of features, deployment options and price changes can convince more customers to migrate their database workloads to Azure and not to rival clouds.

• November 12, 2018 12 Nov'18

  Cloud cost management tools heat up with Apptio sale

  Why does private equity firm Vista Equity Partners want to pay nearly $2 billion for IT spend analytics vendor Apptio? Here's a clue: It's the rise of hybrid cloud.

• October 31, 2018 31 Oct'18

  Red Hat users: Too soon to draw conclusions on IBM deal

  Some Red Hat users are taking news of the $34 billion sale to IBM in stride, and say it's important to wait and see.

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Google Cloud CTO talks Cloud Services Platform hybrid play

  Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens envisions an IT landscape where enterprises can more easily develop and manage apps that span on premises and the cloud. Hint: Kubernetes plays a big role.

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Microsoft embraces Azure cloud platform as its strategic heart

  Microsoft's showcase of Azure-based offerings asserts the cloud at the heart of the company's future, and further cements its position against cloud archrival AWS.

• September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18

  Learn from these Microsoft's Azure outage postmortem takeaways

  Microsoft shed more light on last week's major Azure outage that generally confirm what everyone already knew -  a storm near the Azure South Central US region knocked cooling systems offline and ...

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  Azure outage spotlights cloud infrastructure choices

  One difference in Microsoft's cloud infrastructure design may have contributed to the extended outage this week in an Azure region that hit a large number of customers.

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  VMware swallows CloudHealth with eye on multi-cloud market

  VMware wants to simplify management of complex multi-cloud environments -- this time through the acquisition of third-party SaaS provider CloudHealth.

• July 26, 2018 26 Jul'18

  Google seeks enterprise nod with GCP services in IoT, security

  Google continues to make strides to catch AWS and Microsoft Azure, with upgrades around edge computing and security. But it won't unseat either competitor anytime soon.

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  Google's partner ecosystem remains a work in progress

  The Google Cloud ecosystem continues to expand, as Google improves its relationships with third-party vendors and tries to translate its technology to traditional IT shops.

• June 08, 2018 08 Jun'18

  Google adds single-tenant VMs for compliance, license cares

  Google continues its quest to be a more enterprise-friendly cloud, as it adds VMs with isolated hardware that could help companies with specific legacy requirements.

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  JEDI cloud contract looms large for customers, providers

  Public sector IT and private sector IT can be very different animals, but a looming decision by the Department of Defense has the potential to send shock waves through both sides of the IT world. ...

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  Success of GitHub deal hinges on Azure's open source appeal

  Microsoft's ongoing détente with the open source community advances with a deal to purchase GitHub, the world's largest open source code repository.

• May 30, 2018 30 May'18

  Developers set to build AI for Accessibility apps

  Developers will support Microsoft's $25 million push to get software makers to build apps that benefit disabled individuals.

• May 18, 2018 18 May'18

  Google acquisition aims to simplify big data projects

  Google Cloud analytics tools are well-regarded for their technology, but not necessarily for their ease of use. Google's acquisition of Cask Data could solve that shortcoming.

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Red Hat OpenShift tie-ups target hybrid cloud portability

  Partnerships with major cloud providers help position Red Hat OpenShift as a hybrid cloud management platform that customers hope can solve lock-in troubles.

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Azure Cosmos DB flexes joints for multiple data stores

  Microsoft added multi-master write replication and more granular cost controls to Cosmos DB to cover the broadest number of uses in the hotly competitive managed database market.

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Microsoft showcases Azure DevOps Project enhancements

  Microsoft continues to reach out to developers with an updated tool to help them configure a DevOps pipeline and connect it to the cloud, regardless of the app dev platform.

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Azure IoT Edge tool set stirs AI into Microsoft's cloud

  Microsoft extended more of its AI capabilities to connected devices to resolve some of the IoT shortcomings of the public cloud's consolidated data center model.

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Microsoft takes holistic approach to IoT security concerns

  Azure Sphere extends security from the cloud to the device. It's the most holistic approach on the market and provides another example of Microsoft abandoning its insular past.

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Microsoft, Google polish cloud budgeting tools

  Recently added Google and Microsoft cloud cost control tools are critical for users who want to gain insight into how corporate cloud budgets are spent.

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Blockchain and cloud combine to fuel enterprise adoption

  While still in its infancy, blockchain technology is no longer theoretical. And cloud providers will line up to cash in, as enterprises plan to invest millions.

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Google Cloud Platform security updates buoy enterprise appeal

  Google Cloud Platform upgrades provide deeper protection and visibility for enterprise assets in the cloud, as organizations increasingly mull multi-cloud options.

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  IBM cloud tools aim to woo the unconvinced

  IBM's latest batch of cloud tools aims to help customers deploy and manage workloads on private and public clouds and keep the company at the center of their cloud strategies.

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  Analysts: How to make IBM Cloud services more competitive

  To make IBM Cloud more competitive, Big Blue must stand by its enterprise base, while it also satisfies the developer community and expands its infrastructure tools.

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Cloud security challenges spark startup acquisitions

  Cloud security startups are popular acquisition targets, as cloud providers and third parties seek to address corporate IT concerns across multiple platforms.

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Oracle Cloud data center buildup aims to enchant enterprises

  An updated Oracle Cloud SLA becomes the first to factor in performance standards for customers -- one of several moves aimed at luring enterprises to its expanding public cloud.

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Can niche cloud players take on hyperscale cloud providers?

  AWS, Azure and GCP are top of mind for public cloud market share, but companies lower down the ranks want their piece of the pie, too.

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  The window to be a hyperscale cloud provider is closing

  A handful of companies will control the majority of the public cloud. Is there still room for big-name companies to join the club, or are they already too late?

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Serverless technology seeks mainstream enterprise traction

  Serverless tech providers continue to add features as a service that have enterprise interests in mind, and IT pros have some wish list items.

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Azure networking feature addresses latency, performance

  An Accelerated Networking upgrade to Microsoft Azure reduces latency and improves performance for newer VMs, as Microsoft tries to keep pace with AWS. TEST

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Meltdown-Spectre bugs hit cloud usage less than first feared

  IT shops expected their cloud usage to flag due to recent chip bugs, but most environments survived the patches unscathed.

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Microsoft advances Azure hybrid strategy with Avere deal

  Microsoft's acquisition of Avere Systems addresses a shortcoming in Azure storage services and could help steal some business from AWS and GCP.

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  Meltdown and Spectre target cloud computing environments

  Hackers could target cloud computing environments to exploit the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, but AWS, Microsoft and Google say their fixes are enough to bar the doors.

• December 28, 2017 28 Dec'17

  Google Cloud Platform services engage corporate IT

  To ascend in the public cloud market, Google Cloud Platform services now center on next-gen applications, and have taken a decidedly enterprise-centric spin.

• December 21, 2017 21 Dec'17

  Azure feature updates in 2017 play catch up to AWS

  There were a slew of updates to Azure services in 2017. Some put the focus on next-generation apps, while others gained ground on AWS' substantial lead.

• November 28, 2017 28 Nov'17

  Azure migration takes hostile approach to lure VMware apps

  Microsoft hopes its Azure Migrate service will attract VMware workloads to its public cloud, but unlike AWS, it's without the virtualization giant's support.

• November 06, 2017 06 Nov'17

  Cloud security tools reflect disparate vendor perspectives

  The latest cloud security tools exemplify the major providers' varied approaches to address user concerns, and protect customers from themselves.

• October 25, 2017 25 Oct'17

  Amazon, Microsoft crave more machine learning in the cloud

  Gluon, a new open source interface from Microsoft and Amazon, seeks to simplify machine learning in the cloud, as vendors court more of these workloads for their platforms.

• September 29, 2017 29 Sep'17

  Cloud pricing models reignite IaaS provider feud

  Amazon, Microsoft and Google have all changed their cloud pricing models this month, as the focus returns to cloud costs and which vendor offers the best deal to its users.

• September 15, 2017 15 Sep'17

  New Microsoft Azure VM type targets spiky cloud workloads

  A new member of the Azure VM family offers a deep discount in Microsoft's public cloud for applications that need to stay active, but mostly sit idle.

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  Cloud networking services at the forefront of Google's latest push

  Google added a new service for secure cloud networking and a lower-cost network tier, as it works to keep pace with -- and, in some ways, surpass -- the competition.

• September 01, 2017 01 Sep'17

  VMware cloud services evolve with AppDefense security tool

  Its AWS deal isn't the only sign VMware sees itself as a cloud service provider, as new monitoring and management tools bring SaaS capabilities to cloud-native apps.

• August 28, 2017 28 Aug'17

  Lift-and-shift approach is outmoded for cloud migration

  Lift-and-shift approaches to cloud migration have lost their cache, as enterprises learn they need to rearchitect their apps to work best on the public cloud.

• August 18, 2017 18 Aug'17

  Microsoft expands cloud appeal with Cycle Computing buy, Azure update

  Microsoft's acquisition of Cycle Computing brings native HPC tools to Azure, while the company also seeks to simplify serverless architecture deployment.

• July 28, 2017 28 Jul'17

  Azure App Service Isolated caters to enterprise security concerns

  Azure App Service Isolated brings dedicated space and broadens the reach of Microsoft's PaaS offering to assuage enterprises wary of public cloud.

• July 25, 2017 25 Jul'17

  IBM opens new cloud data centers to push new apps, services

  IBM opened four new cloud data centers to expand its global cloud footprint and to better equip users with tools, applications and services, such as containers, for the cloud era.

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  IT leaders: How the systems administrator role can stay relevant

  Cloud computing has put the squeeze on traditional system administrators. IT leaders from Google, Pivotal and Rackspace say those employees can remain relevant through expanded skills.

• July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17

  Google cloud data transfer appliance eases move to public cloud

  Google's cloud options look to lure more enterprises with a physical device that simplifies data transfer in-house to the Google Cloud Platform.