The deal is a significant win for Google, which has faced criticism in its bid to take on the established cloud providers due to a lack of enterprise reference customers — outside of large tech firms such as SnapChat, Evernote, Niantic and Spotify. (computerworlduk.com)
The challenge by the Irish data regulator is the latest to question whether methods used by large tech firms such as Google (googl) and Apple (aapl) to transfer data gives EU consumers sufficient protection from U.S. surveillance. (fortune.com)
The rate at which employees forfeit their stock awards, typically by leaving the company before fully vesting, is significantly higher at Amazon than at other large tech firms such as Alphabet and Apple, according to an analysis of company filings. (theinformation.com)