Clouds and Carriers

The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is now part of Cloud Foundry. Google noted that it has been very active this year with the Cloud Foundry community, including the delivery of...

Alibaba Cloud for Japan is ready for commercial launch on December 15, 2016. The service is provided by SB Cloud Corporation, which is a joint venture between SoftBank Corp. and...

Google Cloud Platform is now officially an IBM Eligible Public Cloud, enabling users to run a wide range of IBM software SKUs on Google Compute Engine with existing licenses. In...

Chef's commercial platform have been integrated into a new managed service provided, supported, and backed by Amazon Web Service (AWS). Chef's tools aid in configuring, deploying, and scaling cloud and...

Juniper Networks agreed to acquire AppFormix, a start-up based in San Jose, California, specializing in cloud operations management for enterprise devops teams. Financial terms were not disclosed. The AppFormix software...

Here are some highlights of the AWS re:Invent 2016 Tuesday Night keynote with James Hamilton, VP & Distinguished Engineer, AWS. https://live.awsevents.com/en.html AWS continues to build at a crazy pace.. adding...

Microsoft announced a number of big moves to bolster its standing with the open source community, including: joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member welcoming Google to the independent...

Microsoft announced a new Azure Bot service powered by the Microsoft Bot Framework and serverless compute in Microsoft Azure. The new Azure Bot Service helps developers to build, connect, deploy...

GTT Communications agree to acquire Hibernia Networks, which owns the new Hibernia Express transatlantic cable systems and other terrestrial and undersea fiber assets, for $590 million.  The deal consists of...

Microsoft Azure’s Government Cloud has expanded its FedRAMP Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO) with the addition of five new offerings: Azure Service Bus: Provides cloud-enabled communication with enterprise messaging and...

Velostrata, which specializes in cloud workload mobility, has added key new features to its software aimed at bringing  automation, acceleration and simplicity to public cloud adoption. The update adds new...

Fortinet and Microsoft announced an extension of their partnership to protect the cloud environments of their joint government customers. Specifically, Fortinet’s Security Fabric solutions for the cloud have been released...

Revenues for Amazon Web Services reached $3.231 billion in Q3 2016, up 55% year over year. Operating income at AWS reached $861 million, up 101% year over year. Trailing Twelve...