Cloud Computing News, Features, and Interviews

• IBM is all-in on hybrid cloud

  Following its blockbuster $33 billion acquisition of the open source Linux company Red Hat last year, IBM has clearly set out its strategy for the future, and it is all about the hybrid cloud.

• Google open sources ClusterFuzz

  Google has open sourced its software testing tool ClusterFuzz.

• Why the UK's Telegraph is going all in with Google Cloud

  The UK's Telegraph is migrating the vast majority of its technology stack to the Google Cloud Platform this year, marking a clear move away from AWS.

• Outlook vs Gmail: What is the best email service for your business?

  Microsoft Outlook and Google's Gmail are two of the most popular email services on the market today, and likely to be the most recommended for both business and personal use.

• How Tinder creates better matches through AWS

  Dating app Tinder is using image recognition technology from Amazon Web Services to power its matching algorithm for premium users.

• SAP announces first company restructuring since 2015 to focus on cloud

  SAP is embarking on a major restructuring of its business as it targets an ambitious tripling of its cloud revenues by 2023, from the €5 billion achieved in 2018.

• Microsoft services hit by authentication problem

  A swathe of Microsoft services have been hit by an authentication problem, with the company confirming problems with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, LinkedIn, and other services that leverage Azure Active Directory (AAD) affected.

• Cisco extends ACI to public cloud

  Cisco has extended its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) software-defined networking solution to the public cloud, with the vendor announcing today that ACI would support Amazon Web Services and Microsoft’s Azure.

• Strava shifts from Amazon to Snowflake, deepens data offering

  Strava, the hugely popular fitness tracking app, has recently shifted its massive data lake from Amazon Redshift to cloud upstart Snowflake.

• Microsoft launches Azure DevOps bug bounty program

  Microsoft has launched a new bug bounty program focused on Azure DevOps Services.

• Walgreens and Microsoft partner to develop digital healthcare services

  US pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance and Microsoft have entered a seven-year agreement to research and develop new methods of delivering healthcare services through digital devices.

• Facebook to invest US$300 million to help local news survive

  Critics have slammed Facebook for its role in providing a platform for hate speech, misinformation and political meddling

• Apps, Google Cloud and serverless: assessing cloud in 2019

  Cloud computing is a fast moving beast, with new technologies popping up all the time. Computerworld outlines the biggest trends in 2019.

• How to build a platform for volunteers to teach the digital curriculum

  Inside the Voluntari.ly weekend hackfest in Manukau

• How Tinder creates better matches using AWS image recognition technology

  Popular dating app Tinder is using image recognition technology from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to power its matching algorithm for premium users.

• Australia passes bill to force tech firms to hand over encrypted data

  When it becomes law, Australia will be one of the first nations to impose broad access requirements on technology firms, after many years of lobbying by intelligence and law enforcement agencies in many countries, particularly the so-called Five Eyes nations

• Microsoft, Mastercard pledge to work together on digital identity

  Mastercard will build identity services on Microsoft’s Azure cloud, as part of a new initiative.

• How the NFL is predicting pass completion using AWS SageMaker

  The NFL is increasingly turning to AWS' SageMaker machine learning toolkit to create new, more complex statistics to share with fans in real time.

• AWS gets serious about hybrid cloud with Outposts, so who is it for?

  Amazon Web Services is taking hybrid cloud more seriously through its partnership with VMware and a new product called Outposts.

• NAB to move some core banking systems to Amazon’s cloud

  NAB aims to move more than 300 applications, including some core banking systems, to Amazon Web Services by the end of next year.