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How Zesty aims to meet cloud infrastructure management challenges
Zesty, an Israel-based company automating cloud infrastructure management tasks, has raised $ 75 million in a series B round of funding.Read More
Cloud security should be data-centric, says data protection provider Theom
Data security provider Theom believes that enterprise cloud security should be data-centric, and announces it has raised $ 16.4 million.Read More
Would You Ditch All This Chaos for a Country in the Cloud?
Balaji Srinivasan—technologist, investor, prophet, troll—says let the old world sink. Find your tribe and build your bespoke society, or get left behind. https://media.wired.com/photos/630e61933dfe1372fb611109/master/pass/WI100122_FF_Sovereign_01.jpg
Behind Google Worker Protests of an Israeli Government Cloud Deal
Ariel Koren and fellow Googlers feared the company’s technology could be used against Palestinians. She says pressure from managers forced her to resign. https://media.wired.com/photos/630eaff0567860ab6c66c662/master/pass/Ariel-Koren-Project-Nimbus-Q&A-Business-1359325770.jpg
Meet the 22-year Oracle veteran executive who’s going to lead Google in the cloud wars against Amazon and Microsoft (ORCL)
Shutterstock On Friday, Diane Greene announced she would be stepping down as Google Cloud’s chief exec. Greene’s replacement will be the 22-year Oracle veteran Thomas Kurian, who before resigning in September, was president of product development with the company, and a key player in its cloud efforts. When he steps into the role in January, […]
What Diane Greene’s Departure Means for Google Cloud
Google trails Amazon and Microsoft in the business of renting computing power to other businesses. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bef130eef5d1f76593721be/master/pass/Diane-Greene-h_14779949.jpg
Electronic Arts is getting in on the next big thing in video games with ‘Project Atlas,’ a cloud gaming service to take on Google and Microsoft (EA, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT)
EA DICE Electronic Arts, the largest video game developer in the world, is the latest company to reveal plans for a cloud gaming platform. EA’s Chief Technology Officer Ken Moss announced the new platform, Project Atlas, in a blog post on Medium. With a stable internet connection, Project Atlas will be able to stream full […]
IBM buys Linux giant Red Hat to thrive in the cloud
IBM isn’t a stranger to Linux by any stretch, but it might just become one of the platform’s strongest supporters in the near future — and shake up the cloud landscape, for that matter. IBM has announced a deal to buy Linux giant and open source enterprise software developer Red Hat for the equivalent value […]
IBM Joins Fight Over Pentagon Cloud Contract Favoring Amazon
Rivals complain that specs for a potential $ 10 billion contract favor Amazon. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bbd0047235b00769c2683a5/master/pass/BezosJEDI-1036099110.jpg