Clouds and Carriers

IBM reported Q2 revenue from continuing operations of $20.2 billion, with second-quarter revenues from the company’s strategic imperatives --- cloud, analytics and engagement --- increased 12 percent year to year....

Amazon Web Services has acquired Cloud9, a start-up based in San Francisco & Amsterdam.  Financial terms were not disclosed. Cloud 9 provides a development environment in the cloud. Its mission...

GE and Microsoft announced a partnership that will make GE’s Predix platform for the Industrial Internet available on the Microsoft Azure cloud. The agreement, which marks the first step in...

Cisco rolled out a number of new services and cloud-based security solutions, including: Cisco Umbrella Roaming: a centralized, cloud-delivered protection is the simplest way to remove off-network blind spots, guarding...

CenturyLink introduced Location-Based Analytics, a mobile engagement, analytics and marketing solution for owners and operators of spaces and places where customers congregate. CenturyLink Location-Based Analytics is anchored by the CenturyLink...

BT will begin offering direct access to the Oracle Cloud in the final quarter of calendar year 2016. With BT Cloud Connect for Oracle FastConnect, customers can use a private...

IBM and Cisco will form a suite of cloud-based workplace tools and applications infused with IBM Watson. Specifically, Cisco Spark and WebEx collaborative workspace platforms will be integrated with IBM’s...

Sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 3.9% year over year to $6.6 billion in the first quarter...

Windstream introduced its new Cloud Connect service for making it easier for companies to access the cloud and use it as a foundational element of their IT strategy. Windstream Cloud...

Amazon Web Services introduced a fully managed service to simplify the process of setting up and scaling file storage in the AWS Cloud. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) can...

Twilio announced the pricing of its public offering of 10,000,000 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $15.00 per share. The shares are expected to begin trading...

VMware Horizon Air customers will now be able to take advantage of cloud-hosted desktop and application services via the IBM Cloud. The announcement reinforces IBM Cloud being a strategic cloud...

CenturyLink has acquired ElasticBox, a start-up offering a multi-cloud application management service. Financial terms were not disclosed. ElasticBox, which has offices in San Francisco and Madrid, enables enterprise IT organizations...