Tag: Cloud Platforms
One of Microsoft’s top silicon engineering executives—who helped launch its new Azure Cobalt processors and Azure Maia AI accelerators—has joined rival Google Cloud to lead its silicon chip technology innovation. Microsoft’s former vice president of silicon manufacturing and engineering, Rehan Sheikh, has left to join rival Google Cloud to become one of the company’s leading…
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Guidewheel, Spectro Cloud and Wiz are among the list-makers. An artificial intelligence-powered platform vendor for measuring equipment performance. A provider of a Kubernetes management platform for scaling across various environments. And a cloud security tools juggernaut. Guidewheel, Spectro Cloud and Wiz are among the startups to make CRN’s 10 Cloud Startups To Watch In 2025.…
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The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into IBM’s $6.4 billion acquisition of Hashicorp. The merger was supposed to close in 2024. IBM’s blockbuster $6.4 billion acquisition of Terraform creator and cloud provider HashiCorp has been temporarily halted by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority, which will now officially review the deal…
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“As pioneers in bringing multi-factor authentication to millions of Google users worldwide, we’ve seen firsthand how it strengthens security without sacrificing a smooth and convenient online experience,” said Google Cloud’s Mayank Upadhyay. All Google Cloud users across the world will need to implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) in 2025 with approximately 30 percent of all current…
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Here are the top 10 biggest Google Cloud news stories of 2024—from Gemini and AI innovation to failed acquisitions and executive departures. Google Cloud achieved some major milestones in 2024 as the company took its Gemini AI portfolio to new heights, invested significantly in partners around generative AI and hired some top-notch executive talent. However,…
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Nima Momeni’s sentencing is set for Jan. 10. A San Francisco jury found the owner of a California-based solution provider executive guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee Tuesday, according to multiple news outlets. Nima Momeni, previously described on a LinkedIn account as the owner of Emeryville, Calif.-based…
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Here are the five most important Amazon Web Services executives who left this year that you need to know about. Amazon Web Services saw the departures of several important top executives in 2024, including former CEO Adam Selipsky and longtime artificial intelligence innovator Matt Wood. The Seattle-based worldwide leader in cloud computing currently owns 31…
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The cloud leader is continuing to pour billions into expanding its data center footprint by announcing a new $10 billion investment in Ohio. Amazon Web Services is continuing to pour billions into expanding its data center footprint, which powers its cloud and AI solutions by unveiling today a new $10 billion investment in Ohio. “Today,…
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‘Our goal with this change is to give users an opportunity to try new Outlook as millions of users already have,’ Microsoft says in a message to IT administrators reviewed by CRN. Microsoft solution providers tell CRN they are ready for the tech giant’s upcoming dates for automatically switching Outlook users to the new version…
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From Adam Selipsky and Matt Garman to new AI innovation and huge executive hires, here are the top ten biggest news stories from AWS in 2024 that made waves in the tech industry. From Adam Selipsky’s sudden CEO resignation to AWS’ artificial intelligence innovation engine roaring on all fronts, 2024 was a significant year for…
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