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PH firms 'fairly aggressive' in demand for apps, analytics, cloud adoption: Amazon Web Services

Nika Lazo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 05:11 PM

The demand of Philippine firms for mobile applications and data analytics is "fairly aggressive", and is driving the growth for cloud adoption in the Philippines. Read more »

Only 20 pct of data on cloud, remaining 80 pct is a $1-T opportunity: IBM

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 02:24 PM

IBM's Global Technology Services General Manager Saad Toma told ANC on Monday that only 20 percent of data are on the cloud, which presents a $1-trillion market opportunity for cloud companies to put the remaining 80 percent on the cloud.   Read more »

Microsoft earnings rise as pandemic boosts cloud computing, Xbox sales

Stephen Nellis and Akanksha Rana, Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 06:34 AM

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday reported its Azure cloud computing services grew 50%, the second quarter of acceleration in a business that had begun to slow as the global pandemic benefited the software maker's investment on working and learning from home.   Read more »

Amazon pushes social media app Parler offline after Capitol attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 01:45 AM

Messages of support for the Wednesday's rioters along with calls for new demonstrations had flourished on Parler, leading Google to remove it from its app store on Friday, followed by Apple on Saturday.   Read more »

Globe migrates tech systems to Amazon cloud to improve customer experience, 'virtualization'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 06:08 PM

Globe Telecom is migrating its technology infrastructure to Amazon Web Services' (AWS) cloud storage and computing to speed up systems and improve customer experience, it said on Monday. Read more »

Amazon says cloud outage triggered by capacity upgrade

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 10:44 AM

A giant outage of Amazon's cloud-computing network in the US, which impacted large users such as media companies, was triggered by an effort to upgrade capacity, the company said Saturday.   Read more »

Microsoft rides cloud to higher earnings

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 07:12 AM

Microsoft on Tuesday said its profit in the recently ended quarter continued to soar as the pandemic boosted a trend toward business being taken care of in the internet cloud.   Read more »

Microsoft cloud computing looks to the stars

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 20 09:36 PM

Microsoft on Tuesday said its Azure cloud computing service is taking to outer space, and will deliver datacenter power to remote spots on Earth in the process.   Read more »

Microsoft grabs some of world’s biggest games in $7.5 billion deal

Kellen Browning and Steve Lohr, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 22 09:09 AM

The company’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media puts it in a strong position against Sony just weeks before the release of their next generation of gaming consoles.  Read more »

Alibaba Cloud aims to expand market share in PH by training 50,000 IT workers

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 20 12:46 PM

The company said it also aims to certify at least 10,000 of these IT professionals as well as help 5,000 businesses in the Philippines on their digital migration by end-2023. Read more »

Pentagon sticks with Microsoft for cloud computing contract

Kate Conger, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 06 11:38 AM

The Defense Department on Friday reaffirmed its decision to award a massive cloud computing contract to Microsoft, despite protests from Amazon, which had argued that President Donald Trump interfered to prevent it from winning the $10 billion contract.   Read more »

Cloud services soar in ASEAN as pandemic pushes work, learning online: Amazon Web Services

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 08:37 AM

As the pandemic restricted peoples’ movements, many organizations had no choice but to move their activities online and allow employees to work from home, said an official from Amazon Web Services Read more »

Globe acquiring 67 percent stake in IT consulting firm to boost cloud computing footprint

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 02:12 PM

Globe Telecom is taking a 67 percent stake in IT consultancy firm Third Pillar Business Applications Inc (TPBAI) to expand its footprint in cloud computing, the telco said on Monday.  Read more »

Oracle wins cloud computing deal with Zoom as video calls surge

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Apr 29 07:38 AM

Zoom Video Communications Inc said on Tuesday it has started using Oracle Corp's cloud computing service to help handle the surge in online video call volumes brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

How Amazon wields power in the technology world

Daisuke Wakabayashi, The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 16 08:30 AM

Amazon has used its cloud computing arm to copy and integrate software that other tech companies pioneered. It has given an edge to its own services by making them more convenient to use, burying rival offerings and bundling discounts to make its products less expensive. The moves drive customers toward Amazon, while those responsible for the software may not see a cent. Read more »

Amazon files lawsuit contesting Pentagon's $10-billion cloud contract to Microsoft

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 10:07 AM

Amazon.com Inc on Friday filed a lawsuit in the US Court of Federal Claims contesting the Pentagon's award of an up to $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft Corp. Read more »

Rural bank in Surigao embraces cloud technology

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 02 04:39 PM

As digitization creeps into many sectors across the globe, a rural bank in the Philippines located in the southern island of Mindanao has jumped on the bandwagon by moving its core operations to cloud technology. Read more »

Apple iTunes to play last song

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 04 10:27 AM

iTunes transformed the way people buy and listen to music after its launch in 2001, but is now being phased out. Read more »

US-China talks show progress on cloud computing: US Chamber official

Alexandra Alper and David Lawder, Reuters
Posted at May 03 07:25 AM

American negotiators locked in trade talks with China are likely to win more access to the country's cloud computing market than initially expected, but Chinese commitments to curb industrial subsidies will probably fall short of US demands, a US Chamber of Commerce official said on Thursday. Read more »

Microsoft topples Apple, returns to the top of the world

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 03 07:58 AM

Microsoft regained its title as the world's most valuable company when it closed Friday at a higher market value than Apple for the first time since 2010, after a brief move ahead of the iPhone maker earlier in the week. Read more »