Cloud

Fastly S-1 Reveals Competitive Predicament With AWS And Google

by Donna Goodison

‘Some of these third-party hosting services offer competing products to ours and therefore may not continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all,’ Fastly said in its regulatory filing. ‘These providers may be unwilling to do business with us if they view our platform as a threat.’

Palo Alto Networks, Atos Take Top Google Cloud Partner of the Year Awards

by Donna Goodison

‘Atos’ customers are interested in working with Google because of its open-source strategy, the ability to develop new cloud-native-built applications using data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities, and security,’ said Wim Los, senior vice president of the Google alliance at Atos, Google Cloud’s Global Breakthrough Partner of the Year.

Top 6 Channel Partner News Stories From Google Cloud Next '19

by Donna Goodison

‘We recognize partners are very, very important to Google, and we’re broadening our partner reach and introducing a number of new enhancements in our partner program,” Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said. “We’re very grateful to all of you -- our partners who have done so much to help us further our mission to be successful as a digital transformation provider.’

Uber S-1 Reveals Millions Paid For Google Maps, Its Multi-Cloud Bet

by Donna Goodison

‘We do not believe that an alternative mapping solution exists that can provide the global functionality that we require to offer our platform in all of the markets in which we operate,’ Uber’s IPO prospectus states.

Here Are 10 AWS Partners That Gained New Cloud Competencies

by Donna Goodison

Decisyon, ParkMyCloud, HyperGrid and Acquia are among companies that add new AWS designations in the past month.

6 Big Google Cloud Product Announcements At Cloud Next 2019

by Donna Goodison

‘To bring you this technology, we at Google are committed to expanding our go-to-market teams, our work with partners and deepening our industry and product focus,’ Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says.

10 Cloud Computing-Related Firms That Raised Funding In The Past Month

by Donna Goodison

These 10 cloud-related companies all secured investments ranging from $1.5 million to $160 million in the last month to help spur their growth.

Google Cloud's Open Source Partnership Program: 5 Things To Know

by Joseph Tsidulko

Google Cloud has introduced a partnership program that will make other developers of popular open source technologies first-class citizens in its cloud ecosystem.

Terry Richardson On Why HPE Tech Pro Partners Are Seeing Double-Digit Sales Growth

by Steven Burke

HPE North America Channel Chief Terry Richardson says the company's new Tech Pro community is driving double digit sales gains for partners.

Antonio Neri's Five Boldest Statements From HPE’s Annual Meeting

by Steven Burke

HPE CEO Antonio Neri told shareholders at the company's annual meeting the company is not getting ‘full credit’ it deserves for robust growth in intelligent edge and strong performance in the core hybrid IT business.

Wasabi On ‘Weaponizing’ Partners To Defeat AWS, Google and Azure

by Mark Haranas

‘We’re going to be weaponizing our partners to win business back from AWS and Google and Azure, and help partners take their customers into the future in a way that they don’t lose control of their customer,’ says Jennifer Kula, vice president of Alliances and Channels at Wasabi.

Google Cloud Platform Vs. AWS: Which Provider Should A Partner Pick?

by Gina Narcisi

Here's are the strengths and weaknesses of Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform, and what solution providers need to know when it comes to comparing two of the industry's largest public cloud giants.

Public Cloud Vs. Private Cloud: Top Pros And Cons Of Each

by Donna Goodison

CRN asks five analysts to detail the top pros and cons of public and private cloud deployments. Here’s what they have to say.

Dell VMware Integration ‘Mandate’: Be ‘First And Best’

by Mark Haranas

‘The mandate we were given from [Dell Technologies CEO] Michael Dell, [Vice Chairman, Products and Operations, Dell EMC] Jeff Clarke and [VMware CEO] Pat Gelsinger is, ‘When we do things with VMware and Dell EMC, we want it to be first and best no matter what we do,’” says Chad Dunn, vice president of hyper-converged infrastructure product management for Dell EMC.

10 Products That Will Shake Up The Hybrid Cloud Market In 2019

by Joseph Tsidulko

Hybrid has become the preferred enterprise environment. To seize on rapidly emerging demand for integrated infrastructure, name-brand technology vendors from both sides of the public-private divide are vying to introduce products that dominate that market for years to come