February 13, 2017
Why AWS has such a big lead in the cloud
When you look at the size of the cloud market, it’s astonishing that AWS is the undisputed leader, and probably will be for the foreseeable future. Considering the…
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February 9, 2017
Docker makes secrets management a built-in feature of its enterprise product
A few years ago, using containers to run your applications came with a number of security tradeoffs compared to using virtual machines. As enterprises started adopting various container…
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SAP adds AI and integrated analytics in latest cloud release
SAP is about as traditional a legacy vendor as you are likely to find, delivering complex on-prem ERP solutions for the largest organizations on the planet. But like…
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Box unveils new set of developer tools
Box decided early on it wanted to be a platform on top of which which developers can build applications using Box services. Today, it introduced several new tools…
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AWS still owns the cloud
When Amazon announced its earnings for its Amazon Web Services cloud division on Thursday, the results were hardly surprising. While AWS might not have the eye-popping growth percentages of…
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Amazon fumbles earnings amidst high expectations
Mixed faces in Seattle today as Amazon delivered its Q4 2016 earnings. The e-commerce company reported lower than expected revenue of $43.74 with better than expected earnings per share of $1.54. Expectations had…
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MapAnything lands $33 million to build location-centric apps
MapAnything, a software service built on top of Salesforce for developing location-based workflows, announced a $33.1 million Series B funding round today. The round was led by Columbus Nova,…
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Salesforce acquires Sequence to build out its UX design services
Salesforce has made another acquisition that underscores how the CRM and cloud software giant is looking to sell more services to its customers that complement the software they are already…
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Google Cloud takes aim at Microsoft customers with new Windows VMs
Google announced several new products today aimed at luring IT pros who are using Windows in their data centers to the Google Cloud Platform. With that in mind,…
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Cisco-AppDynamics $3.7 billion deal all about the data
When Cisco bought AppDynamics last night for $3.7 billion, it was initially a bit of a shocker, partly because of the timing, just days before the startup was…
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