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Building on our Momentum: Veeam acquires N2WS

July 19, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

The news for 2018 just keeps getting better. On the back of our greatest year, where we exceeded all expectations with $827M in total bookings revenue and 36% annual growth, Veeam isn’t standing still. Today, I am delighted to announce the acquisition of N2W Software (N2WS), our first major acquisition, which positions us for continued hyper-growth in our cloud business.… Read more

Heroku or Amazon Web Services – Which is Best for Your Startup?

July 18, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Heroku are two commonly used cloud services that let us deploy, monitor, and scale web and mobile apps. Both services provide us with cloud computing resources and are great for hosting applications. But if you’re building your first mobile or web application, how can you decide which of these options – AWS or Heroku – is best for your application?… Read more

Salesforce.com Buys Heroku For $212 Million In Cash (2010)

July 18, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Salesforce.com has just announced that it is acquiring Heroku, which provides a Ruby application platform-as-a-service, for approximately $212 million in cash. That’s one hell of an exit for the startup, which was founded in 2007 and has raised only $13 million in funding.… Read more

Walmart establishes strategic partnership with Microsoft to further accelerate digital innovation in retail

July 18, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Five-year agreement will leverage a broad base of cloud, AI and IoT solutions for enterprise-wide use BENTONVILLE, Ark. and REDMOND, Wa. – July 17, 2018 – Today, Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced it is establishing a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp.… Read more

Google Cloud’s LA region goes online

July 18, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Google Cloud’s new region in Los Angeles is now online, the company announced today. This isn’t exactly a surprise, given that Google had previously announced a July launch for the region, but it’s a big step for Google, which now boasts five cloud regions in the United States.… Read more

Google Cloud: Sustained Use Discounts

July 17, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Google offers sustained use discounts which are automatic discounts that you get for running specific Compute Engine resources a significant portion of the billing month. Sustained use discounts apply to the following resources: Predefined machine types The vCPUs and system memory for custom machine types The vCPUs and system memory occupied by sole-tenant nodes The 10% premium cost for sole-tenant nodes, even if the vCPUs and system memory in those nodes are covered bycommitted use discounts GPU devices For example, when you run one of these resources for more than 25% of a month, Compute Engine automatically gives you a discount for every incremental minute you use for that instance.… Read more