In 2019, we saw a wide range of cloud news stories — some more surprising than others. All eyes are on the top cloud vendors, such as AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle, to make the next move or misstep. To prepare for the upcoming year, take a look back at the top cloud news of […]

The public cloud is fast becoming the platform of choice for IT leaders and their line-of-business counterparts. Worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure is forecast to hit $160 billion in 2018, according to researcher IDC, which represents a 23 percent increase on 2017 investment levels. Yet while the pace of the move to […]

Google Cloud on Tuesday is rolling out a new data orchestration tool called Cloud Composer. It’s based on Apache Airflow, an open-source project focused on workflows, created Airbnb. In recent years, Google has made a concerted effort to win corporate clients and take on Amazon Web Services in the public cloud. It’s done so in […]