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Amazon challenges Google and Facebook with surprising new multi-billion dollar business
Amazon’s Seattle headquarters. (GeekWire Photo) Amazon’s cloud business may get much of the attention for bolstering the company’s bottom line. But an emerging new advertising arm of Amazon is also fueling record profits for the Seattle tech giant. Amazon on Thursday...
Building on our Momentum: Veeam acquires N2WS
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...
Heroku or Amazon Web Services – Which is Best for Your Startup?
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...
Salesforce.com Buys Heroku For $212 Million In Cash (2010)
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...
Walmart establishes strategic partnership with Microsoft to further accelerate digital innovation in retail
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. (Nasdaq...
Google Cloud’s LA region goes online
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...