Amazon’s AWS doubles down on sales growth, expanding its sales team to offer deeper tech expertise including cybersecurity, AI, and data analytics. With Microsoft (and others) nipping at its heels, Amazon is reportedly doubling its sales team and shifting from its early focus on servers and storage to what it is customers need today — sales expertise and guidance around intelligent cloud offerings.
2019 Data Shows Cloud Wars Heating Up as AWS Remains on Top
2019 Saw Microsoft make the biggest leap in IaaS, while AWS saw a small market share decline despite big growth. Diving into the Canalys 2019 IaaS Report.
Space Tech: What Do Private Space Efforts Mean for the Tech Sector?
What do private space efforts mean for the tech sector? As Elon Musk forges ahead with his plans to colonize Mars and private space exploration becomes a reality, there are both challenges and opportunities ahead. Here are my predictions on what tech sectors could experience a paradigm shift and new revenue streams fueled by private space exploration.
Here’s What to Watch in the Microsoft vs. Amazon Cloud Battle After JEDI Win
Here is what you should watch for in the Microsoft vs. Amazon cloud battle after the recent Microsoft JEDI contract win.
AWS Optimism: Business Is Still Strong Despite Earnings Short Fall
AWS reached 9 Billion in revenue this quarter, but fell just short of expectations along with the company. A look at AWS and its mid-term outlook.
DXC Technology and Google Cloud Announce Global Partnership
DXC’s well-known expertise in helping organizations modernize their IT systems along with its expertise in AI and machine learning is a good match for Google Cloud Platform Services, as both join together to target the enterprise customer.
ADTRAN Readies Operators for Connect America Fund Compliance
ADTRAN’s managed, cloud-based performance test solution streamlines data collection + reporting for operators using the CAF program.
IBM Red Hat Acquisition Nets First Payoff With AT&T Contract
The IBM Red Hat acquisition nets its first big payoff with AT&T strategic alliance, multi-year, multi-billion dollar contract. IBM’s move, acquiring Red Hat in order to be the hybrid multi-cloud platform out there, was smart. Hybrid multi-cloud is not only the reality of the enterprise today, it’s the reality of all businesses. The ability to modernize apps, move them to the cloud, partner seamlessly with others, and manage everything in a hybrid cloud environment isn’t rocket science, it’s table stakes. I’m looking forward to seeing what’s on the horizon for these two.
Sorry Oracle, It’s Microsoft or Amazon for the DoD’s $10B Cloud Contract
Sorry Oracle, you’re out. Now officially the sole contenders in the bid for the Department of Defense’s $10B cloud computing contract are Microsoft and Amazon. For a variety of reasons, it makes no sense that the government would hand over a ten-year, $10B cloud services contract to Amazon. Time will tell on this front, but my money is on Microsoft.
NetApp Shares Tumble, But So What — Let’s Look Big Picture
NetApp shares tumble on an analyst’s downgrade, but so what. Let’s remove drama from the analysis and look at the big picture. To me, the big picture for NetApp looks good—here’s why.