Clouds and Carriers

Microsoft's Azure Big Compute team released version 1.0.0 of its Batch Shipyard toolkit, which enables easy deployment of batch-style Dockerized workloads to Azure Batch compute pools. The toolkit makes it...

BT is set to launch a "Compute for Microsoft Azure" service that allows BT customers to order Microsoft Azure alongside BT’s own cloud services through its Compute Management System (CMS)...

Infinera introduced its second generation Cloud Xpress platform for scalable 100 gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) data center interconnect (DCI) over multi-terabit optical links. The platform is aimed at connecting cloud data...

IBM launched cloud-ready systems, services and solutions that simplify the movement of data, applications and services across a hybrid cloud environment. Highlights include: Power Systems for cloud. With integrated OpenStack-based...

Adobe reported record quarterly revenue of $1.46 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 20 percent. Digital Media segment revenue was a record $990 million, with Creative revenue growing 39 percent year-over-year...

Oracle has set its sights on AWS, Azure and other infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers with the launch of bare metal cloud servers that it says are 11.5X faster and 20 percent...

Aiming to extend its cloud partner ecosystem, Nokia inaugurated a global Cloud Design Center in Fleet, UK. The new facility incorporates an integrated multi-vendor IT and telco cloud platform upon...

Google will acquire Apigee (NASDAQ: APIC) for $17.40 per share in cash, for a total value of approximately $625 million. Apigee's Edge API platform helps enterprises to build mobile and...

Box posted Q2 2017 revenue of $95.7 million, an increase of 30% from the second quarter of fiscal 2016. GAAP operating loss in the second quarter of fiscal 2017 was...

VMware announced the latest release of its OpenStack distribution, which is now based on the OpenStack Mitaka release. New capabilities allow customers to use existing VMware vSphere workloads in an...

VMware unveiled its Cross-Cloud Architecture, which aims to deliver cloud freedom and control to customers. In a keynote at its VMworld event in Las Vegas, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger said...

Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) announced plans to go private in a buyout led by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. Under the deal, Rackspace will be acquired for $32.00...

ZeroStack, a start-up that offers a private cloud solution that combines on-premises deployment and a SaaS platform, announced that it is the first to integrate Trilio Data’s OpenStack optimized data...