Cloud

Oracle Reportedly Funding Secretive Anti-Amazon Lobbying Group

by Joseph Tsidulko

The tech giant, as part of its campaign to torpedo the award of the JEDI military cloud transformation contract to its cloud rival, has reportedly contributed to Free & Fair Markets, a nonprofit that isn't revealing its corporate backers.

WATCH: Oracle Cloud SVP Dismisses Claim That Oracle Was Late To Cloud Market

by Diana Blass

At Oracle OpenWorld, Oracle touted plans to produce the market’s first autonomous cloud and Oracle Cloud SVP Steve Daheb says the industry is taking note.

Google Commits $3.3B To European Data Center Expansion

by Donna Goodison

The $3.3 billion commitment will include $662 million to expand Google’s data center presence in Hamina, Finland, where Google has invested $2.2 billion in the last decade.

Google Cloud Engineering Director Ulku Rowe Files Discrimination Suit

by Donna Goodison

'Despite (Rowe’s) exceptional performance and Google’s recognition of her contributions, the company has discriminated against her on the basis of her gender by hiring her at a lower level than similarly situated men, paying her less than her male counterparts and failing to promote her to a role for which she was the most-qualified candidate,' a federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in New York states.

DataDog’s Stock Surges As It IPOs After Rejecting Cisco’s Buyout Offer

by Gina Narcisi

DataDog’s stock popped on Thursday morning following reports that Cisco attempted to scoop up the cloud monitoring software firm for more than $7 billion before it went public.

Oracle’s Autonomous Cloud Push Has The Industry Taking Notice

by Diana Blass

‘The tech itself, the story assuming everything Larry said on stage is accurate, is actually pretty compelling,’ says analyst Daniel Newman, founding partner at Futurum Research.

Larry Ellison: Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure Gives Its Cloud Software Massive Advantage

by Joseph Tsidulko

In a rare moment of emotion, Oracle's Executive Chairman also choked up in wishing his friend, Oracle CEO Mark Hurd, a speedy recovery from the illness which forced him to step away from the company.

What Makes VMware On Oracle Cloud Different Than Its Rivals?

by Joseph Tsidulko

Oracle insists its first partnership with the private cloud leader is not a me-too play. Instead, both companies wanted to differentiate the service to give large enterprises more choice in adopting VMware Cloud Foundation in the public cloud.

High-Touch Cloud Partner Programs: CRN's 2019 Cloud Partner Program Guide

by Joseph Tsidulko

CRN’s Cloud Partner Program Guide highlights many companies that have created partnering strategies to attract new partners and further relationships with existing ones

Oracle Unveils Ground-Up Overhaul Of Partner Program

by Joseph Tsidulko

Cloud partners will no longer be grouped in tiers based on fees and revenue. Instead, dozens of new certifications will allow them to demonstrate relevant expertise to customers.

Cloudian Spins Off AI-focused Tech With $9M From NTT Docomo, Others

by Joseph F. Kovar

Edgematrix was started a couple years ago when two non-AI engineers were assigned to develop AI solutions to help consume data stored by Cloudian, and now Cloudian is ready to make that technology available as an AI platform on which others can develop.

Study Reveals Why Some Businesses Aren’t Adopting VMware Cloud on AWS

by Diana Blass

A new survey by Faction projects significant growth for VMware Cloud on AWS over the next two years, but 48 percent of respondents say there’s one reason why they’ll pass.

Backup And Disaster Recovery Minute: Protecting Customers With Purpose-Built Clouds

by Aaron Nobil

Learn how StorageCraft is instilling trust in its partners by providing its own purpose-built cloud specifically engineered for disaster recovery.

EVP Jason Zander On Microsoft Azure ‘Mega-Deals' And Tier-1 Workloads

by Donna Goodison

'When you see those very large deals, you're seeing us also integrate and supply technology and partner very deeply with that,' Microsoft Azure EVP Jason Zander says. 'You need that kind of structural advantage of the cloud and the edge.'

HashiCorp Looks To ‘Flip Its Channel On Its Side’, Redirect Enterprise Accounts To Partners

by Joseph Tsidulko

New channel chief Michelle Graff told CRN and attendees of the HashiConf Partner Summit that a major revamp of the startup’s channel program shifts focus from volume to specialization as the DevOps pioneer sets a timetable for becoming a channel-led sales organization.