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Amazon Web Services and Salesforce expanding in India in response to rising cloud demand
Part of the $ 3 billion that Amazon earlier this week pledged to invest in India will go toward building an AWS data center for the region, according to a published report.
Amazon will open a Web Services cloud region in India this year, and India will become...
Shares of Blucora soar after net income rises, continues push into financial services
Blucora, the Bellevue company formerly known as InfoSpace which is pushing heavily into financial services, posted strong results Thursday as a transformation continues under the direction of newly-appointed CEO and former Charles Schwab & Co. executive John S....
Box to enable regional enterprise storage via Amazon Web Services, IBM Cloud
Box wants enterprise users to make better use of the cloud, but regulations and security concerns make it hard for companies outside the U.S. to take advantage of its cloud storage software in many day-to-day operations.
Today, the cloud storage provider unveiled Box Zones, which leverages...
Report: Apple spending up to $600M on Google Cloud Platform, moving away from Amazon Web Services
Apple is stuck between two major competitors when it comes to obtaining cloud space. Historically, the iPhone maker has used Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure to store data and, while analysts have predicted it would turn away from AWS soon, heading over to Google didn’t quite...
Netflix starts blocking VPNs, proxies, and other unblocking services
Netflix, right on schedule, has started blocking some subscribers who are using VPNs.
Last week, on January 14, Netflix said that it would begin cracking down on customers who use VPNs, proxies, or other "unblocking" services to view content that shouldn't be available in their country. The move is almost certainly to appease copyright holders and broadcasters. Way back in...
Microsoft to give $1B in Azure, Office cloud services to 70,000 nonprofit organizations
Microsoft is donating $ 1 billion in cloud services to nonprofit groups and universities around the world over the next three years to “encourage widespread use of the public cloud for public good.”...
Netflix dominates Golden Globe nods for streaming services, but others gaining ground
Streaming continues to announce its presence in Hollywood when it comes to providing blockbuster, high-quality entertainment — and this year’s awards season is already shaping up to give accolades where they’re due. This year’s Golden Globe nominations have the streaming leader Netflix dominating, as the New York Times reports here. “In a sharp reversal of past patterns, Netflix, a relative upstart, captured eight television nominations,...