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- February 26, 2018
26 Feb'18
Hyperscale providers bet big on cloud AI
AI cloud services have emerged as yet another battleground for the hyperscale providers, as they entice data scientists and developers to train their models on their platforms.
- February 22, 2018
22 Feb'18
Cloud-centric IBM patents promise payoff
IBM plans to commercialize investments in cloud R&D into products, services and tools that draw new customers.
- 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.
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- 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.
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3 Key Benefits of Hybrid Cloud as a Service
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- 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.
- February 06, 2018
06 Feb'18
IBM taps Mendix for low-code platform deal
As the market to empower citizen app developers heats up, IBM and Mendix have joined forces to deliver low-code tools for the IBM Cloud.
- 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
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- 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 21, 2017
21 Nov'17
Azure DevOps Projects helps ease release automation
Microsoft's Azure DevOps Projects simplifies the process of configuring DevOps pipelines in the cloud and helps soothe release automation.
- November 17, 2017
17 Nov'17
Cloud computing technology for 2018: Transform or die
Oracle roadshow keynoters count six alternative routes to adopting cloud computing technology, and they note that the best implementations demand a deep understanding of the customer.
- November 08, 2017
08 Nov'17
Coding Dojo bootcamp bests 4-year programs
Hoping to help close the cloud skills gap, the Coding Dojo bootcamp is graduating more developers than any four-year computer science program.
- 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.
- November 06, 2017
06 Nov'17
IBM Cloud Private pulls from Big Blue's roots
IBM sticks close to its roots with IBM Cloud Private, which taps Big Blue's enterprise and middleware strengths to move customers from the data center to private cloud.
- November 01, 2017
01 Nov'17
Docker MTA program helps enterprises target IBM Cloud
IBM joined the Docker MTA program to make it easier for enterprises to modernize their existing applications by using containers to move them to the IBM Cloud.
- November 01, 2017
01 Nov'17
ScaleArc for SQL Server now integrated with Azure SQL DB
This product update explores a new database load-balancing software release, ScaleArc for SQL Server, which is integrated with Microsoft's Azure SQL Database.
- October 31, 2017
31 Oct'17
Rollbar snags $6 million for error monitoring
Error monitoring software-as-a-service provider Rollbar has secured $6 million in venture capital funding to advance its software and grow the organization.
- October 27, 2017
27 Oct'17
Google, Cisco pitch hybrid cloud benefits for modern apps
Google and Cisco aim to deliver hybrid cloud benefits to customers with modern apps through a service that dynamically provisions resources in-house and on the public cloud.
- 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.
- October 24, 2017
24 Oct'17
Stack Overflow launches Microsoft AI-based chatbot
Employing the power of the Azure cloud platform, Stack Overflow has created a Microsoft AI-based chatbot to provide developers with coding assistance.
- October 20, 2017
20 Oct'17
Public cloud security concerns wane as IaaS ramps, IAC rises
Fewer enterprises question whether the public cloud is secure enough for critical data, as IT teams continue to thwart cloud risks using increased automation and IAC.
- October 19, 2017
19 Oct'17
Microsoft hones Azure AI Services at Microsoft Ignite 2017
To enable developers to build artificial intelligence-infused applications, Microsoft has delivered a series of new tools for creating AI services on its Azure cloud.
- October 19, 2017
19 Oct'17
Microsoft launches Azure Government Secret cloud
Microsoft is helping government agencies to move toward digital transformation without sacrificing security with a new fortified cloud offering known as Azure Government Secret.
- October 18, 2017
18 Oct'17
Cisco cloud VP calls out trends in multicloud strategy
With assets in house or on various public clouds, enterprise multicloud trends have shifted as new models emerge, said Cisco's cloud czar.
- September 29, 2017
29 Sep'17
Experts discuss Java development tooling at JavaOne 2017
Leading enterprise architects and developers will discuss a variety of improvements to Java development tooling, including container awareness, modularity and Java EE MicroProfile.
- September 29, 2017
29 Sep'17
How cloud computing platforms fuel digital transformation
Experts advise attendees to focus on data stewardship and orchestration to make the most of digital transformation strategies at JavaOne and Oracle OpenWorld.
- 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 27, 2017
27 Sep'17
Twilio Studio brings low-code development to DevOps
Twilio has introduced Twilio Studio, a new, low-code visual development environment that enables developers and business users to collaborate using DevOps practices to build apps.
- September 22, 2017
22 Sep'17
In cloud migration services, what's old is new again
Despite all the promise that the cloud will usher in the next wave of technical innovations, a very traditional distribution model has taken a central role for cloud providers. With IBM Cloud Mass ...
- 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 08, 2017
08 Sep'17
Microsoft delivers Azure App Service on Linux
By bringing its Azure App Service, the company's fully managed cloud platform, to the Linux operating system, Microsoft is showing yet again that maybe it does love Linux.
- 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 31, 2017
31 Aug'17
CloudBees updates UX with new version of Jenkins Enterprise
CloudBees delivers a new user experience based on its Blue Ocean open source project as part of the latest version of the company's Jenkins Enterprise offering.
- August 30, 2017
30 Aug'17
IBM cooks up a hardware architecture for tastier cloud-based services
A new IBM hardware-oriented cloud infrastructure aims to deliver more competitive cloud-based services, as the company races to catch market rivals.
- 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.
- August 16, 2017
16 Aug'17
Few own up to source code theft cybersecurity threats
Talk about protecting customer data and intrusion protection is common. Stealing source code is harder to acknowledge, but equally important to keeping a business in business.
- August 16, 2017
16 Aug'17
Track users with correlated data from multiple log files
Managing rising server, app and user counts requires using dozens of incompatible log files. Arizona State turned to Splunk to create a unified, correlated data view from the jumble.
- August 11, 2017
11 Aug'17
Upcoming Workday PaaS aims to open HCM ecosystem to cloud developers
As the Workday HCM ecosystem broadens its user footprint, the company is about to open up its platform and libraries, allowing developers to create custom app add-ons.
- 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 26, 2017
26 Jul'17
Microsoft Azure Stack Development Kit brings hybrid home
Microsoft's Azure Stack Development Kit is designed to help developers validate Azure Stack applications for hybrid deployments in different locations globally or even on premises.
- 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.
- July 11, 2017
11 Jul'17
Progress snaps up mobile BaaS vendor Kinvey to extend app dev wares
Progress' addition of the Kinvey BaaS to its app dev tools lineup adds strong back-end capabilities intended to complement its Telerik front-end mobile development platform.
- June 30, 2017
30 Jun'17
Microsoft's Cloudyn acquisition highlights challenges around cost
Microsoft cloud optimization should improve with its acquisition of Cloudyn to support Azure, as enterprises struggle to manage their public cloud bills.
- June 30, 2017
30 Jun'17
Google hybrid cloud strategy crystallizes with Nutanix deal
Google's hybrid cloud strategy has started to take shape with a deal to move workloads between its public cloud and Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure.
- June 29, 2017
29 Jun'17
SUSE debuts container platform layered atop Kubernetes
Linux vendor SUSE sees cloud-based containers as a service as a way to manage and orchestrate an explosion in use of application container technology.
- June 26, 2017
26 Jun'17
Addressing the gap in productivity applications for the cloud
Islam Sharabash, founding engineer at Superhuman, discusses bridging the gap in productivity applications in order to improve the end-user experience.
- June 15, 2017
15 Jun'17
Red Hat expands its container strategy with Codenvy acquisition
Red Hat adds to its OpenShift.io cloud-based integrated development environment with its acquisition of Codenvy, a maker of cloud-native workspace management tools.
- June 08, 2017
08 Jun'17
Cloud data warehouse holds big potential for enterprises
Cloud data warehouses let enterprises dream big about emulating web-scale success, but their ambitions outpace reality, as they struggle to manage disparate environments.
- June 07, 2017
07 Jun'17
Developing cloud applications must play by the rules -- all 12 of them
Techniques and tools abound for cloud app development. To get the most out of them, take your apps beyond scalability and into the realm of self-healing and statelessness.
- June 02, 2017
02 Jun'17
Google cloud VMs get more flexibility, Skylake processors
Google cloud VMs are now more flexible with the addition of Intel Skylake processors for high-performance compute and memory expansions for its machines.
- June 02, 2017
02 Jun'17
Beware the dreaded scourge of cloud sprawl: Act now or lose control
The cloud was supposed to save us. So, why are we now suffering from dreaded cloud sprawl, and what should we do about it? Cloud computing was never supposed to be like this.
- May 26, 2017
26 May'17
Public clouds woo SAP apps to win the heart of enterprise IT
The three big public cloud companies, AWS, Microsoft and Google, continue to extend olive branches to SAP and maybe win the big customer spending that comes with ERP software.
- May 25, 2017
25 May'17
Google IoT service checks box years after AWS, Azure
Google's new IoT service plays catch up with AWS, Azure and others, but its analytics prowess could help close the gap in a nascent market.
- May 25, 2017
25 May'17
Red Hat shares insights into leveraging the power of API technology
Containers are powerful, but APIs are the true driver of cloud computing technology. In this Q&A, Red Hat reveals the underlying importance of API technology and its impact.
- May 12, 2017
12 May'17
Azure cloud database service joins chorus to serenade next-gen apps
Microsoft upgraded its cloud database services this week with new migration capabilities, open source support and a globally scalable database for next-generation applications.
- May 11, 2017
11 May'17
Healthcare's public cloud adoption highlights market's maturity
The healthcare sector is the latest to show it's ready to embrace the public cloud amid greater familiarity and improved security from the major providers.
- May 04, 2017
04 May'17
Multicloud hopefuls welcome Red Hat CloudForms, Ansible integration
Users anticipate fewer multicloud management snags with Ansible natively integrated into the latest version of Red Hat's CloudForms management platform.
- April 28, 2017
28 Apr'17
Azure IoT services look to simplify use of the emerging tech
The Azure Time Series Insights fully managed service connects with other Azure IoT tools to analyze and store raw data and improve automation.
- April 27, 2017
27 Apr'17
Red Hat launches on-premises containerized API management platform
With the use of APIs in enterprises soaring into the hundreds and beyond, Red Hat devises a containerized management platform that provides scalability for developers and DevOps.
- April 17, 2017
17 Apr'17
New Azure migration tools analyze which apps should move to the cloud
Microsoft has sweetened the pot for potential cloud customers with new Azure migration tools and Windows Servers discounts.
- April 17, 2017
17 Apr'17
Elasticsearch cloud partnership plays to Google's base
Google's cloud partnership with Elastic brings the open source search engine and analytics tool to GCP, as Google tries to appeal to enterprises without ignoring its customer base.
- April 17, 2017
17 Apr'17
Give Visual Basic language apps a cloud afterlife with code conversion
Visual Basic apps were never meant to run in the cloud, but with automated code conversion tools, their tried-and-true business logic can be refactored and reused.
- April 13, 2017
13 Apr'17
IBM AIX users look forward to a cloudy future
IT organizations that rely on AIX-based applications still whirring away may feel the cloud computing age is passing them by -- but help is on the way.
- April 13, 2017
13 Apr'17
AgWorks hires Mobilize.Net to retire old Visual Basic language apps
Legacy Visual Basic apps built for Windows desktops are in dire need of a reworking for the cloud and mobile age. Laborious manual code conversion is giving way to automation.
- April 07, 2017
07 Apr'17
With vCloud Air sale, VMware clears cloud computing path
After a few frustrating years trying to position vCloud Air, VMware finally found the answer -- sell it off to French-based cloud provider OVH.
- April 06, 2017
06 Apr'17
Native Azure monitoring tools cater to enterprise IT
New Azure monitoring tools add another layer of insights into workload performance on the public cloud as providers try to meet enterprise demands and increase transparency.
- April 06, 2017
06 Apr'17
Progress buys IIoT predictive maintenance technology vendor DataRPM
Knowing when industrial equipment will break down avoids unscheduled downtime and emergency service calls. It's cognitive predictive maintenance technology, and Progress is all-in.
- April 05, 2017
05 Apr'17
Chatbot development tools become a key for Oracle's App Dev platform
Oracle takes a 'why not us' approach to wooing developers to its cloud platform with new tools for building chatbot-based applications -- Oracle databases not required.
- March 30, 2017
30 Mar'17
Multicloud environment drives blockchain, fintech, API adoption
Multicloud computing is the great equalizer, as APIs and artificial intelligence allow developers to build apps that leverage services beyond their own sphere of expertise.
- March 30, 2017
30 Mar'17
New UI design tool promises 60% reduction in design-to-delivery time
Get the rundown on PixelFree Studio, a new cross-platform user interface design tool. The visual design and layout tool automates the grunt work of UI design and delivery.
- March 23, 2017
23 Mar'17
IBM to remove complexity around cloud storage service tiers
Public cloud customers have a range of storage options but still battle with complexity. IBM's Flex service is intended to ease that issue and get a leg up on the market.
- March 22, 2017
22 Mar'17
Can IBM Bluemix and Microsoft Xamarin mobile cloud services coexist?
Microsoft's acquisition of Xamarin forced a change in strategy within IBM, and that turned out to be a good thing for IBM's Bluemix and Mobile cloud platforms.
- March 21, 2017
21 Mar'17
IBM cloud management tools aim to facilitate hybrid clouds
Enterprises shooting for a hybrid cloud strategy to deploy workloads get some new ammunition to help access and manage data from services and applications wherever that data resides.
- March 21, 2017
21 Mar'17
You need a transformation roadmap -- once you learn what it is
For all its power, cloud and mobile technology cannot succeed if its features are a poor match for a business's digital transformation needs. Transformation mapping can help.
- March 17, 2017
17 Mar'17
Alfresco business platform speeds digital transformation strategy
Breaking down silos between BPM and ECM is essential for staying competitive in the cloud age. One systems integrator turned to Alfresco Digital Business Platform.
- March 10, 2017
10 Mar'17
IoT, industry demands nudge IT pros toward distributed cloud model
As IoT workloads proliferate in the enterprise, more organizations will process data closer to the network edge. But that doesn't mean cloud computing is near its end.
- March 09, 2017
09 Mar'17
Google Cloud Platform stakes its claim on higher-level services
Google cut prices and added a host of new features, as it tries to catch AWS and emphasize higher-level services it sees as the future of the public cloud.
- March 09, 2017
09 Mar'17
Google Cloud Platform continues enterprise march with new customers, SAP
With a handful of new customers and integration with SAP HANA, Google reiterates its readiness to support enterprise workloads on its public cloud platform.
- March 03, 2017
03 Mar'17
Cloud-first strategy speeds spinoff of American Express' travel unit
Given just months to spin off a $20 billion operation into a new, independent company, American Express Global Business Travel turns to the Dell Boomi cloud integration platform.
- February 24, 2017
24 Feb'17
Don't let continuous software delivery automate the publishing of bugs
Are you using the power of continuous software delivery for good, such as publishing mobile or cloud app feature enhancements frequently -- or for evil, such as publishing bugs quickly?
- February 23, 2017
23 Feb'17
Kubernetes on Azure hints at hybrid cloud endgame
Microsoft's Azure container strategy could take hybrid computing to an entirely new level and help launch both technologies into more mainstream waters.
- February 21, 2017
21 Feb'17
AI, machine learning are fueling advances in chatbot technology
With the popularity of chatbots comes a flurry of competing application frameworks. Oracle believes adhering to industry standards will prevent fragmentation and incompatibility.
- February 17, 2017
17 Feb'17
What's in store for PaaS and data-driven apps?
Find out how Adam Gross, CEO of Heroku, sees PaaS infrastructure and data-driven apps evolving, and what it means for cloud developers.
- February 17, 2017
17 Feb'17
What developers need to know about the Hyperledger Project
At DeveloperWeek, an IBM executive explains how blockchain efforts like the Hyperledger Project are going to change the way financial services developers do their jobs.
- February 16, 2017
16 Feb'17
Find out exactly where the Docker Swarm architecture is heading
The challenge of provisioning applications across clusters remains a significant one. Docker's Mike Goelzer explains where the company is headed with Docker Swarm.
- February 15, 2017
15 Feb'17
Use Docker workflows to speed app development and rapid prototyping
Nebulaworks says there's more to Docker containers than filling them with application code or microservices. Use them to speed your app development and testing workflows.
- February 14, 2017
14 Feb'17
New Google cloud database service brings scale, data consistency
Google's Cloud Spanner may be years from broad adoption, but could represent a big step toward maintaining consistency across the globe with massive data sets in the public cloud.
- February 13, 2017
13 Feb'17
Specialized chatbot technology aids DevOps through standardization
With development, operations, support and lifecycle management tools on the rise, uniting them into a single, consistent, simple user interface is a wish that's finally come true.