The technology also integrates billing data from
cloud infrastructure companies like Google (goog) or Amazon Web Services so companies can better price their cloud services to their clients.
Revenue also beat forecasts, but the data storage and
cloud infrastructure company also saw a slight shrinkage in profit margins.
Not exact matches
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google (googl)
Cloud Platform, and IBM (ibm) SoftLayer all would love to be a one - stop shop for the software applications and
infrastructure for big
companies.
Joyent is one
company that has monetized its data organization and collection services, using the public
cloud and private
cloud software to provide businesses with a ready - made
infrastructure for harnessing data.
«They, like any other
company, [are] moving more and more of their
infrastructure to take advantage of this pay - as - you - go, pay - as - a-service
cloud computing capability, whether it's software, hardware or platform, and they do a lot of that with Equinix,» he told Cramer.
Noteworthy tech startups include Gnip, which was one of few
companies given access to Twitter's massive data streams, Orbotix, an $ 11 million - funded robotics mobile device innovator, and SendGrid, a
cloud - based email
infrastructure that has delivered 58 billion emails to date.
Then, of course, there will also be the usual spate of product announcements as EMC seeks to retain its leadership in data storage, fending off upstarts like Pure Storage (pstg) and Nimble (nmbl) on the one hand, while it also seeks to prove its relevance in the emerging
cloud computing era as Amazon (amzn) Web Services rents out computing capability, storage, and networking from a massive bank of shared
infrastructure to
companies of all sizes.
ICT
company Zetta Group has acquired Sydney - based
cloud infrastructure services provider Conexim for an undisclosed sum.
Companies have been awaiting the release of Azure Stack so they can run some of Microsoft's
cloud technology within their own data centers, thus letting them keep sensitive data or computing tasks within their own
infrastructure.
That was Amazon Web Services (AWS), which really created the
cloud for us civilians who simply didn't care to learn about, or pay for, any more
infrastructure than what was absolutely necessary to get our
companies launched.
«The reaction we've gotten over the last few days as I've met with investors is they love the fact that you're getting a pure play
infrastructure,
cloud - levered, [internet - of - things]- levered
company that really takes care of all the interconnections within the
cloud and to the edge.»
Public
cloud solutions will likely come to dominate the market over the next decade, but business constraints, such as security concerns and the limitations of existing
infrastructure, make it difficult for
companies to fully adopt the public
cloud right now.
HP, like Microsoft (MSFT), IBM, and other long - timers, hope that business customers want hybrid
cloud that lets them keep some applications and data in a
company - maintained
cloud and others in a public
cloud where
infrastructure is shared.
Like IBM (ibm) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe), Cisco sees big business in the so - called hybrid
cloud scenarios in which a
company's internal
infrastructure works in conjunction with that of
cloud providers.
Fran Shammo, Verizon's chief financial officer, strongly denied recent reports that the
company is selling off the
infrastructure underlying its
cloud business.
Some
companies prefer private
clouds when they build their own non-shared
infrastructure to offer the same ability to add and delete resources as needed.
This is the latest example of a big software
company moving its IT operations to AWS or another public
cloud so it doesn't have to build or manage data center
infrastructure on its own.
Atlassian joins a long line of software
companies that are opting to use shared public
cloud infrastructure instead of building more of their own data centers.
That's according to Jacob Smith, head of engagement and cofounder of Packet, a NYC tech
company that provides
cloud infrastructure for developers and large enterprises.
The
company has big plans for
cloud computing, however, and is going head - to - head with market leaders like Amazon and Microsoft by beefing up its
infrastructure and offering highly competitive pricing.
Oracle is making heavy investments in its
cloud infrastructure with the addition of 12 new data center locations around the world, the
company announced Monday.
In that statement, Injong Rhee, chief technology officer of Samsung's mobile communications business, said the
company looked at a several
companies in the public and private
cloud infrastructure space and picked Joyent because of its management team, expertise and» robust
cloud technology validated by some of the largest Fortune 500 customers.»
In less than a week, the
company pulled together the legal and banking
infrastructure, all while leasing
cloud - based servers capable of delivering outbound calls to ten times more customers than Splice had served with its North American clients.
The
company's top managers also told analysts in a conference call late Thursday that 2018 would be difficult too, due not least to spending on
Cloud - based
infrastructure and services, along with marketing efforts.
By leveraging the power of the
cloud - where all your information is up - to - date and in arm's reach - small businesses will have far fewer
infrastructure barriers in competing with larger
companies.
By partnering with Alibaba's
cloud computing arm, HTC said that the two
companies will work together to improve the behind - the - scenes data center
infrastructure required to deliver virtual reality content to consumers.
On Wednesday, two months after Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd called Amazon's
cloud infrastructure «old» and claimed his
company was gaining share, Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy slammed Oracle for locking customers into painfully long and expensive contracts.
Vusirikala said that
cloud computing providers and other tech
companies with vast data center
infrastructure have increased the pace of laying undersea fiber - optic cables over the last three years.
Although many
cloud providers have sound
infrastructures, Jalil suggests that organizations are still vulnerable through the standard username and password setup that allows full access to
company data.
It has become increasingly clear that there are three, maybe four
companies that can support (at scale) the massive shared computing, networking, and storage
infrastructure necessary for a public
cloud.
«Most
companies still run some of their own
infrastructure and private
cloud, and we're one of the few
companies who can offer private
cloud support globally,» he noted.
Large multinational customers prefer a provider that can give them
infrastructure at national or global scale, and if you're a
company with one or two regional locations, you're mostly stuck competing with public
cloud giants like Amazon and Microsoft for the dollars of local small and mid-size businesses.
A range of factors have driven this shift, including a sharp reduction in the cost to advance technology
companies to proof of concept and business model validation — aided by declining
infrastructure expenses, the rise of
cloud - based software and service providers, and «pay as you grow» cost structures.
In enterprise services,
companies building IT
infrastructure such as
cloud services were the hottest while fresh food gained a lot of traction in e-commerce.
A private
cloud enables
companies to virtualize
infrastructure, consolidate applications, automate processes, and provide self - service IT
infrastructure, but is typically built with larger enterprises in mind.
In January 2018, as part of the expanded initiatives, the
company authorized additional costs to improve the operational efficiency of its thermal supply chain network in North America by closing its manufacturing facility in Toronto, Ontario, and to optimize its information technology
infrastructure by migrating certain applications to the latest
cloud technology platform.
The
company will hold true to its culture of customer - centricity, focus on ICT
infrastructure, and provide innovative
cloud technology.
The same could be said for B2B
companies looking to build
cloud services without having to make noncore investments in server
infrastructure.
The
company said it would «explore strategic alternatives» for its media and
cloud -
infrastructure businesses, and take a writedown on intangible assets including capitalised development within its media and IT units in the first quarter of 2017.
The
company also produces consumer electronics — Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Echo — and is the world's largest provider of
cloud infrastructure services (IaaS and PaaS).
AME
Cloud Ventures focuses on seed to later stage
companies building
infrastructure and value chains around data.
In 2018, we will continue to see
companies move all or part of their IT
infrastructures to «the
cloud» to streamline their on - demand provisioning and management of software, hardware and data.
Infrastructure like this will «enable customers to more quickly and reliably store, manage, transmit and access their data in the Microsoft
Cloud», said the
companies in a release.
(pdf) In it, Greenpeace calls out several
companies, including all of the major
cloud service
companies, plus Facebook and Twitter, for their massive Internet
infrastructures.
Companies like Amazon and Google are developing the
infrastructure to put genomic data on public
clouds, which would be especially helpful for smaller centers with limited IT staff, but could also help foster collaboration.
The South Korean manufacturer originally enlisted Samsung SDS to develop the
infrastructure behind the
company's new «S -
Cloud» service >>
Ivona already powers the «Text - to - Speech,» «Voice Guide» and «Explore by Touch» accessibility features of Amazon's Kindle Fire, so bringing those in - house creates some obvious synergies there — but its primary business is Speech
Cloud, a software - as - a-service
infrastructure that
companies use to automate call centers or add e-mail-to-speech functionality.
«Even though Amazon taking on Apple is a bit like David taking on Goliath (compare the market cap, profits and cash position of the two
companies), Amazon's willingness to sell hardware at a loss combined with the strength of its brand, content,
cloud infrastructure and commerce assets makes it the only credible iPad competitor in the market, Epps wrote Aug. 29.
This is the
company that began in online retail but has already transformed itself into an integral part of the internet's basic
infrastructure by becoming a leading provider of
cloud - computing services, which online
companies both large and small use to host their data and data - processing.
The
company's
cloud solutions addresses the growing security and compliance complexities and risks that are amplified by the dissolving boundaries between internal and external information technology
infrastructures and web environments, the rapid adoption of
cloud computing and the proliferation of geographically dispersed information technology assets.