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techcentral | March 12, 2020

Google, which is ranked the third biggest cloud provider in the world by industry analysts, reported US$9-billion in cloud revenue for 2019. IBM lists $21-billion in cloud sales, yet usually it’s relegated to fifth place. Research firm Gartner even excludes it from its top-six rankings. After Google’s report, employees at IBM thought they’d finally get the credit they deserved. But the industry didn’t notice. Google still holds the bronze medal behind Amazon Web Se...

Microsoft, SpaceX | October 21, 2020

Microsoft says it’s taking the next giant leap in cloud computing, in partnership with SpaceX and its Starlink broadband satellite constellation. “By partnering with leaders in the space community, we will extend the utility of our Azure capabilities with worldwide satellite connectivity, unblock cloud computing in more scenarios and empower our partners and customers to achieve more,” Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Microsoft Azure Global, said in a blog...

bloomberg.com | January 21, 2020

Google signed a 10-year deal with travel-software provider Sabre Corp., a key win for the search giant in the competitive cloud-computing market.Sabre will pay Google to handle parts of its information-technology system and for data-analytics tools. Additionally, the companies agreed to collaborate on online travel services, a sign of Google leaning on its massive consumer business to lure enterprise clients.Sabre and Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced the partnership on Tuesday as a “...

nasdaq.com | January 29, 2020

Though not historically very active in terms of acquisitions, cloud computing hardware and service provider Arista Networks recently went shopping. According to reports, Arista is paying an undisclosed amount (which usually means small, at least compared to the size of the acquiring business) for software-defined network provider Big Switch Networks, beating out other potential networking hardware suitors like Cisco , Dell Technologies,and VMware. Though this purchase will barely show up o...