Cloud, cloud, cloud, followed by Office, gaming, Surface and then Windows: By now, Microsoft has laid out its priorities, and the financial results Microsoft reported Wednesday afternoon reflected this. For consumers, the high point of Microsoft’s fourth-quarter calendar 2019 results was the fact that Microsoft reported $1.98 billion in Surface ... Read More »

New Delhi: IT major HCL Technologies (HCL) and Google Cloud on Thursday announced the launch of HCL’s Google Cloud Business Unit to accelerate enterprise cloud adoption worldwide. This dedicated business group within HCL will be supported by engineering, solutions, and business teams from Google Cloud and will help organizations advance their ... Read More »

IBM has acquired Sanovi Technologies in order to ramp up the firm’s hybrid cloud disaster recovery facilities. Big Blue announced the buyout on Wednesday, stating the deal will “enhance IBM resiliency capabilities with the help of advanced analytics to meet complexities of hybrid environments.” Financial terms of the purchase were ... Read More »

Alphabet Inc’s Google is close to winning PayPal Holdings Inc as a client for its cloud business, potentially beating out Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp, CNBC reported on Tuesday. While Google is the front-runner, the online payments processor is evaluating the other providers and hasn’t made any decision yet, CNBC ... Read More »

Software and tech giant Oracle has reached an agreement to purchase cloud computing firm NetSuite for more than $9 billion, the companies said Thursday. The deal for NetSuite, one of the first U.S. cloud computing firms, was valued at $109 per share and $9.3 billion. “Oracle and NetSuite cloud applications ... Read More »