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• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  Xively buy broadens Google Cloud IoT tool utility

  The latest Google Cloud acquisition points to a doubling down on IoT, as the company tries to keep pace with AWS and Microsoft Azure in this emerging market.

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  VMware acquisition continues move toward cloud security

  VMware cloud security tools will get a boost from the company's acquisition of CloudCoreo, a security and management startup focused on cloud deployments.

• 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?

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• 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.

• December 07, 2017 07 Dec'17

  With AI-powered cloud management platforms, context is king

  While it's still early days for adoption, IT pros say AI-powered cloud management tools reduce a lot of the grunt work associated with performance and root-cause analysis.

• 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.