AWS Joins Google Cloud In Removing Egress Costs
Forrester IT
MARCH 13, 2024
Last week, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced plans to remove egress fees when migrating data to another cloud provider or on-premises. Unlike Google, however, AWS […]
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Accelerating Your Move To Cloud? Our Assessments Aid Your Choices
Forrester IT
MAY 8, 2020
As the Covid-19 crisis erupted in early March 2020, anecdotal evidence suggested public cloud services would play a big role in enterprise responses.
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Does Africa Present An Opportunity For The Chinese Clouds?
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Africa is home to 20% of our planet’s land and 16% of its people, but none of the hyperscale public clouds run from data centers there — yet. Microsoft will offer Azure from data centers in Cape Town and Johannesburg later this year, and Amazon recently announced plans to follow suit with an Amazon Web Services […].
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Amazon Web Services vs Google Cloud: Compare top cloud migration tools
Tech Republic
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Stuck with making a choice between the AWS and Google Cloud migration tools? The post Amazon Web Services vs Google Cloud: Compare top cloud migration tools appeared first on TechRepublic. Here is a round-up of both platforms and factors that should inform your decision.
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Google Cloud service lets customers prioritize network traffic between clouds
Network World
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Google Cloud has rolled out a new service that will let enterprise customers set traffic priorities and control bandwidth for cloud-based workloads. The service supports other security options such as IPsec VPN or MACsec, according to Google. Application awareness addresses this need, Sambi stated.
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Forecasting In Uncertainty: What Q1 2020 Vendor Earnings Tell Us About The Tech Market Outlook
Forrester IT
MAY 1, 2020
This week, we have earnings reports from Alphabet (Google Cloud), Amazon Web Services, Cerner, Citrix, Microsoft, PTC, PegaSystems, ServiceNow, and Unisys among others. Tech vendors have begun reporting Q1 2020 earnings. IBM, Manhattan Associates, and SAP reported last week, as did Infosys, TCS, and Wipro.
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Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud
GeekWire
JULY 12, 2023
Chris Vonderhaar, former Amazon Web Services data center leader, will serve as Google Cloud’s vice president of demand and supply management. LinkedIn Photo) Chris Vonderhaar, a longtime Amazon Web Services executive who left the company this spring, has joined AWS rival Google Cloud.
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Cloud wars: Amazon Web Services to open new office just down the road from Microsoft HQ
GeekWire
JUNE 15, 2020
The cloud rivalry between Amazon and Microsoft continues to heat up. Amazon announced Monday that it will open a 111,000-square-foot office for more than 600 Amazon Web Services workers in Redmond, Wash. AWS is the market leader in the cloud computing industry, but Microsoft’s Azure has been gaining ground in recent years.
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Command and control – Google on its vision of the cloud, privacy, data and security
CTOvision
DECEMBER 2, 2019
There are a raft of platforms and services jostling for business when it comes to getting organisations up on the cloud and changing the way they operate. At the heart of this market is the big three cloud platforms – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
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ProBeat: Slowing AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud revenue growth is a good thing
Venture Beast
JULY 31, 2020
In Q2 2020, Amazon Web Services revenue slowed to 29%, Microsoft Azure revenue slowed to 47%, and Google Cloud revenue slowed to 43%. Blame the pandemic. Read More.
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Amazon Web Services posts record $13.5B in *profits* for 2020 in Andy Jassy’s AWS swan song
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing giant led by the now-future Amazon CEO , closed out 2020 with more than $13.5 That’s a lot of qualifiers, but the bottom line is that Amazon is continuing to capitalize on its position as the leader in public cloud computing. billion, up nearly 30% year-over-year.
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Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job
GeekWire
JUNE 8, 2020
A lawsuit filed by Amazon against Brian Hall, former Amazon Web Services vice president of product marketing, alleges that his new role at Google Cloud violates the terms of his non-compete agreement with the Seattle company and risks exposing valuable competitive information to one of its biggest rivals. However, U.S.
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More than one-third of cloud environments are critically exposed, says Tenable
Network World
OCTOBER 11, 2024
In the first half of this year, 38% of organizations had at least one cloud workload that was critically vulnerable, highly privileged, and publicly exposed, according to a study of telemetry from customers of cloud security vendor Tenable released this week. The cloud is a tool like any other; how you use it is what matters,” he said.
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Report: Amazon, Microsoft and Google vie for billion-dollar Boeing cloud contract
GeekWire
MAY 27, 2021
which has its corporate headquarters in Chicago, is reportedly at the center of a bidding war between Amazon, Microsoft and Google for a cloud computing contract. For what it’s worth, Google Cloud sent us a “no comment” email.). The Boeing Co., Boeing Photo).
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After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention
GeekWire
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy with a chart showing AWS revenue growth at the company’s virtual re:Invent conference this week. Jassy showed stats that put AWS’s share of the cloud infrastructure market at 45%, more than double its closest competitor, Microsoft Azure. Screenshot via webcast). Amazon Photo).
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Google unveils ‘self-driving’ cloud security feature
Venture Beast
JULY 20, 2021
At its Security Summit, Google Cloud announced Chronicle integrations, Cloud IDS, an autonomic security operations stack, and more. Read More.
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Google offered complainant €470 million to maintain Microsoft antitrust probe: Report
Network World
JULY 16, 2024
Alphabet’s cloud computing division, Google Cloud, tried to sustain the European Union’s inquiry into Microsoft’s antitrust practices in the cloud computing sector by offering complainant Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) a package worth €470 million ($511 million), Bloomberg reported.
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The DoD Announces The Winners For Its $9B JWCC Contract
Forrester IT
DECEMBER 9, 2022
This week, the US Department of Defense put an end to the year-long suspense by announcing the winners for its Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure were the big winners of the $9 billion contract.
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Microsoft vs. Google cloud-spat belies anticompetitive reckonings for both
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Microsoft has accused Google of building a lobby front in Europe to take action against Microsoft. 28, Rima Alaily, Microsoft corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, described the recently founded Open Cloud Coalition (OCC) , allegedly financed and controlled by Google, as an “astroturf group.”
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Amazon asks court to block former AWS marketing VP from working on Google Cloud Next speeches
GeekWire
JUNE 10, 2020
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at Google Cloud Next in 2019. Amazon and a former Amazon Web Services vice president are fighting in court over his proposed assignment reviewing speeches for the upcoming virtual version of the conference this year. Google Photo). Amazon Photo).
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What to expect at re:Invent: Amazon Web Services navigates uncertain economic times
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Amazon Web Services will face a new challenge at its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week: keeping software developers and big corporate customers engaged with the long-term potential of its cloud platform, while grappling with the more immediate realities of an economic downturn. Amazon Photo).
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Regulators sound out users on cloud services competition concerns
Network World
MAY 24, 2024
Research by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has uncovered concerns that cloud users’ established commitments with hyperscalers may limit their future cloud computing options. The study focused on perceptions of their infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings.
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Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand
GeekWire
APRIL 30, 2024
were the first to be powered by the company’s Azure Cobalt 100 CPU, as part of a broader cloud infrastructure buildout. The Seattle angel investor and tech veteran has made a tradition of tracking capital expenditures on his blog, Platformonomics , to “separate the clouds from the clowns,” as he puts it.
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Public Cloud Providers Embark On A European Building Spree
Forrester IT
JANUARY 18, 2017
Source: Google ). Not long ago, European customers of the global public cloud vendors relied upon a single data centre 'region' for all their cloud computing needs. And, mostly, public cloud's early adopters in Europe just got on with it. cloud computing. european cloud. public cloud.
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Google Cloud announces Network Connectivity Center to simplify hybrid cloud management
Venture Beast
MARCH 23, 2021
Google Cloud announced the Network Connectivity Center to integrate management of on-premises IT, as well as cloud-based services. Read More.
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MadHive signs $100M deal with SADA for Google Cloud
Venture Beast
OCTOBER 9, 2021
SADA, a Google Cloud Platform partner, will assist with integration as MadHive doubles its $50 million GCP investment. Read More.
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Google Cloud partners with OSIsoft to simplify industry cloud migration
Venture Beast
APRIL 15, 2021
Google Cloud partnered with OSIsoft to help enterprises deploy the PI Core industrial operations platform and generate business insights. Read More.
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Microsoft settles cloud complaint for $22M to avoid EU antitrust probe
Network World
JULY 11, 2024
Microsoft has reportedly agreed to pay $22 million to settle an antitrust complaint with a group representing cloud computing companies in Europe. A complaint was filed in 2022 by CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers Europe) accusing Microsoft of unfair licensing practices that hurt Europe’s cloud computing ecosystem.
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Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will return to Amazon Web Services as CEO, replacing Andy Jassy
GeekWire
MARCH 23, 2021
Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will join Amazon Web Services as its new CEO. Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. Jassy led AWS since the cloud computing business launched in 2006.
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Google enters custom CPU arena with Arm-based Axion processor
TechSpot
APRIL 10, 2024
During the Cloud Next event held in Las Vegas, Google unveiled its much-rumored custom CPU. Google Axion is the company's first Arm-based processor specifically designed for data center applications, which is set to bring "industry-leading" performance to cloud customers and web services later this year.
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Former Amazon, Microsoft engineers raise $120K for Seattle cloud startup Cloudshim
GeekWire
AUGUST 31, 2020
A new startup out of Seattle called Cloudshim just raised $120,000 to help grow the company’s self-serve cloud management platform. “This has left a void to be filled for customers that just want a simple and quick way to manage their cloud without heavy contractual processes.”
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Google Cloud and Vodafone partner on data analytics
Venture Beast
MAY 3, 2021
Vodafone and Google Cloud entered a strategic partnership to jointly develop data services, Vodafone said on Sunday. Read More.
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Amazon Web Services AI leader on the future of large language models and autonomous agents
GeekWire
JULY 30, 2024
Swami Sivasubramanian, Amazon Web Services vice president of AI and data, speaks at a Seattle Tech Week event hosted by Madrona at Amazon on Monday evening. Swami Sivasubramanian , the Amazon Web Services vice president of AI and data, stopped short of saying that last part out loud during an event Monday evening in Seattle.
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With new Amazon Web Services partnership, Oracle’s cloud database trade-off is complete
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
(Oracle Photo) Oracle announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services on Monday afternoon that will further integrate its database offerings and cloud infrastructure with the Seattle tech giant’s cloud platform. It follows earlier partnerships struck by Oracle with Microsoft and Google Cloud.
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Cloud platform spotlight: The top three contenders
Tech Republic Cloud
APRIL 30, 2023
PURPOSE When you evaluate cloud platforms, you need to compare features, costs, benefits, limitations and implementation details. TechRepublic Premium takes a look at the three biggest players — Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
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Forrester Predictions: Ten Key Developments In Cloud Computing Shape The Industry In 2017
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
I'm pleased to announce that Forrester's cloud computing predictions for 2017 published this morning! Check out Predictions 2017: Customer-Obsessed Enterprises Launch Cloud's Second Decade. Starting in 2017, large enterprises will move to cloud in a big way, and that will super-charge the market. cloud computing.
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Forrester Predictions: Ten Key Developments In Cloud Computing Shape The Industry In 2017
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
I'm pleased to announce that Forrester's cloud computing predictions for 2017 published this morning! Check out Predictions 2017: Customer-Obsessed Enterprises Launch Cloud's Second Decade. Starting in 2017, large enterprises will move to cloud in a big way, and that will super-charge the market. cloud computing.
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The great cloud computing surge
Network World
JUNE 14, 2021
We reached a big milestone in 2020: Cloud services revenue finally surpassed enterprise spending on data centers, according to the Synergy Research Group. The big three clouds have ‘em all – ready, waiting, and API-accessible. Machine learning libraries ? Globally distributed databases ?
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Google Cloud acquires Siemplify for boosting security operations
Venture Beast
JANUARY 4, 2022
Google Cloud announced it has acquired Siemplify to help security operations teams to improve their threat response. Read More.
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Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group
GeekWire
APRIL 3, 2024
GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred jobs on its Physical Stores Technology team, executives in the tech giant’s cloud computing division informed employees Wednesday morning in internal emails. .
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Tech Moves: Google Cloud VP joins AWS; Unity CTO departs; PitchBook founder steps down
GeekWire
MAY 14, 2024
(LinkedIn Photo) — Baskar Sridharan , a longtime Seattle-area software engineering leader who was most recently a vice president at Google, joined Amazon Web Services as a vice president leading the AI/ML Services and Infrastructure team. He previously was at Microsoft for nearly 16 years.
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AWS tries to lure users to its cloud via storage ease of use
Network World
DECEMBER 2, 2024
At its re:Invent 2024 conference this week, AWS rolled out five new storage tools and services with the goal of making its offerings easier to work with, if not cheaper or better. With the incremental differences in the major enterprise cloud environments today, that may be enough. Is it vendor lock-in or a trusted partnership?
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Google unveils cloud products to help analyze and organize data
Venture Beast
MAY 26, 2021
At its inaugural Data Cloud Summit, Google introduced a slew of new products, including Dataplex, Datastream, and Analytics Hub. Read More.
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