Clouds and Carriers

F5 Networks launched a program to verify that its software-based solutions support a broad array of cloud providers worldwide. Specifically, the F5 Ready program verifies F5 BIG-IP virtual edition compatibility...

The Google Cloud Platform is launching profession Media Solutions ranging from rendering to transcoding to content distribution around the world. Media Solutions on Cloud Platform offers both turnkey tools tailored...

Google Cloud Platform announced availability of two new data processing services: Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Pub/Sub, and BigQuery. Google said its Cloud Dataflow is specifically designed to remove the complexity of...

GE announced plans to enter the cloud services market with its Predix Cloud -- a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) designed specifically for industrial data and analytics. GE said it is developing Predix...

At its inaugural Data Technology (DT) event this week in Beijing. Alibaba's Aliyun division announced its Data Protection Pact - a pledge to customers and partners to protect the privacy...

Intel is rolling out a new "Cloud for All" initiative to accelerate cloud adoption by making public, private and hybrid cloud solutions easier to deploy. The plan calls for a...

In its quarterly financial update, Amazon.com announced that revenues at AWS reached $1.824 billion for the second quarter of 2015, up 81% over the $1.055 billion for Q2 2014. Some...

IBM has acquired Compose, a start-up offering MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, and other database as a service (DBaaS) offerings targeted at web and mobile app developers. Financial terms were not...

Kubernetes, the open source container orchestration system, has reached the v1 milestone (GitHub), indicating that it is now ready for commercial use. Google noted that Kubernetes was built by over...

Microsoft reported revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 of $22.2 billion.  Gross margin, operating loss, and loss per share for the quarter were $14.7 billion, $(2.1) billion, and...

The cloud ecosystem is expanding at an astonishing pace and  Tata Communications is right in the middle it, says Mike Galvin, Vice President, Next Gen. Tata Communications is focusing on...

Tata Communications, which operates one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks and a Tier-1 IP network, announced plans to provide direct MPLS and Ethernet connections to Salesforce's...

Ericsson has established a new Cloud Lab in Aachen, Germany to support operators and industry customers in Europe with faster innovation through all stages in the development cycle towards cloud...