When Werner Vogels is tweeting about 2017 cloud r&d spending, we listen. Earlier today re:Code had a post about Tech R&D spending for fiscal 2017. Werner is Amazon’s CTO and papa bear of AWS, so his commentary is notable. We… Continue Reading
I joined Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2010. AWS in those days was a much smaller business compared to the $20B+ run rate business that it is now. One common objection my sales team would receive was that many corporate… Continue Reading
There was a lot to follow this year in Las Vegas including the AWS re:Invent 2017 Keynotes. If you are looking for the highlights, take a look at the keynotes and news streams below. I will be catching up with… Continue Reading
Today at DockerCon Europe in Copenhagen, Docker made a significant announcement in the container orchestration space. Docker adds Kubernetes support natively alongside Docker Swarm for both the Community and Enterprise Edition (EE). This effectively ends any remaining debate that the… Continue Reading
I wanted to share some news with you. I have started as head of cloud & technology alliances at Cloudability based in Portland, OR. I’m still living here in Cloud City but many Portland tech companies are well positioned to… Continue Reading
Today after the equity markets closed Amazon reported earnings. The highlights for AWS 2Q17 earnings were as follows: AWS, the world’s largest public cloud, reported revenue of $4.1B in 2Q17. Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) revenue totals $14.53B. AWS 2Q17 operating… Continue Reading
Earlier this week Business Insider reported on an analyst note out of Deutsche Bank’s Lloyd Walmsley concerning a pull back on AWS growth for Q2: Why AWS Growth May Be Different Than What Is Expected For readers of Cloud City… Continue Reading
Today The Information published a story that “Amazon (AWS) Considering New Cloud Service to Combat Google.” The Information highlighted that Kubernetes was created by Google. However, The Information missed stating that while Google is the biggest contributor to it today… Continue Reading
It’s tomorrow (June 21) in Hong Kong but Werner Vogels dropped the news tonight in Cloud City plans for AWS to open a new region in Hong Kong sometime in 2018. According to Werner’s blog, he is “excited to announce… Continue Reading
Yesterday Google Cloud announced the release of Spinnaker 1.0, a continuous delivery tool for software developers. Spinnaker is an open source, multi-cloud continuous delivery (CD) platform for high velocity software releases. I wanted to give some context as to why… Continue Reading