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How Amazon ended up in San Diego

February 2, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Think big: The development of this tech hub was sparked by an Amazonian’s six-pager. A new Amazon office is nestled into San Diego’s Golden Triangle neighborhood, which is home to a budding tech sector, and within shouting distance of both the Pacific Ocean and the University of California San Diego main campus.… Read more

Microsoft makes its 60,000 patents open source to help Linux

February 2, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft announced today that it’s joining the Open Invention Network (OIN), an open-source patent group designed to help protect Linux from patent lawsuits. In essence, this makes the company’s library over 60,000 patents open source and available to OIN members, via ZDNet.… Read more

Palo Alto Networks inks $173M deal to acquire cloud security startup RedLock

February 1, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced that it has agreed to buy RedLock Inc., a competitor focused on securing cloud environments, in an all-cash deal worth $173 million. The purchase is the latest in a series of nine-figure acquisitions that the network protection giant has made this year.… Read more

I’m Leaving Google — Here’s the Real Deal Behind Google Cloud

February 1, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Let’s start from the end: after almost 6.5 years, I’m leaving what’s IMO the best company in the world to work for. This was my longest stint at any one company. I’m leaving to pursue a high-risk high-reward opportunity with a company that’s disrupting personal finance.… Read more

Flexera Acquires RightScale – The Multi-Cloud Management Platform Company

January 29, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Flexera, an IL-based software asset management (SAM) firm announced that it has acquired RightScale, one of the first multi-cloud management and cost optimization companies. RightScale was founded in 2007 – much before cloud computing became mainstream – to deliver vendor-agnostic cloud management capabilities.… Read more

Flexera Acquires RightScale – The Multi-Cloud Management Platform Company

November 16, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Flexera, an IL-based software asset management (SAM) firm announced that it has acquired RightScale, one of the first multi-cloud management and cost optimization companies. Cloud IaaSSOURCE: GRAPHICSTOCK RightScale was founded in 2007 – much before cloud computing became mainstream – to deliver vendor-agnostic cloud management capabilities.… Read more