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Google Cloud is using Anthos and AutoML to differentiate itself from AWS and Azure

August 6, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Google Cloud now is now using Anthos and AutoML to differentiate itself from market leaders Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, chief AI scientist Andrew Moore and product management director Rajen Sheth told VentureBeat. “If I’m running a small business or startup that is depending on the cloud provider’s technology, if I go with Google I can actually sell to customers the ability to run their models on premise, or on GCP, or other clouds, so this huge flexibility helps,” Moore told VentureBeat in a conversation with reporters Thursday.… Read more

Atlassian gives Confluence a makeover, acquires Good Software

August 6, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Atlassian today announced a new version of Confluence, its collaboration platform. While the company has recently focused more on tools like Jira, Bitbucket and Trello, Confluence has continued to gain traction as a content collaboration tool for technical and non-technical teams.… Read more

$40,000 scholarships and guaranteed Amazon internships

August 5, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

A West Virginia teen from a coal-mining family says getting through school has often been a challenge. A Korean American had a difficult home life and struggled with English, but showed promise with math. And despite growing up in a neighborhood plagued by violence, a New Jersey teen has an advanced understanding of computers.… Read more

Amazon has already captured its key to future dominance

August 3, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Teens love shopping on Amazon. Amazon is winning with teens.In Piper Jaffray‘s most recent survey of teens’ preferences and buying patterns, half of respondents said that Amazon was their favorite website. That response was 10 times as popular as the next answer.Amazon’s score was up three points from last fall and six points from a year ago.Teens seem to be shopping online more than ever, running counter to some speculation that Gen Z would not fall in love with online shopping as millennials have.… Read more

Google’s hybrid cloud platform is coming to AWS and Azure

August 3, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Google’s Cloud Services Platform for managing hybrid clouds that span on-premise data centers and the Google cloud is coming out of beta today. The company is also changing the product’s name to Anthos, a name that either refers to a lost Greek tragedy, the name of an obscure god in the Marvel universe or rosemary.… Read more

Accentures Acquires French Google Cloud AI Consulting Firm

August 3, 2019 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

As Google Cloud Next opened today in San Francisco, Accenture announced its intent to acquire Cirruseo, a French cloud consulting firm that specializes in Google Cloud intelligence services. The companies did not share the terms of the deal. Accenture says that Cirruseo’s strength and deep experience in Google’s cloud-based artificial intelligence solutions should help as Accenture expands its own AI practice.… Read more