Alibaba's cloud computing unit to establish base in Dubai

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 23:48

The cloud computing unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding said it would establish a base in Dubai to seek business from companies and governments in the Middle East and North Africa.

IBM, Facebook in new marketing partnership

Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 13:26

In other words, the customers will now be able to buy Facebook ads with combined data from Facebook and IBM`s Marketing Cloud.

Microsoft's Edu-Cloud to make learning 'fun'

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 17:45

Microsoft India Chairman Bhaskar Pramanik said Edu-Cloud is expected to benefit 10 lakh teachers and 60 lakh students in over 1,500 institutes over the next 18 months.

With cloud, Microsoft has real opportunity in India: Nadella

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 15:37

With the emergence of cloud computing, Microsoft has a real opportunity in India, the company's India-born CEO Satya Nadella has said.

Microsoft coy on cloud profit after Amazon delivers

Last Updated: Friday, April 24, 2015, 09:33

Amazon.com Inc surprised investors on Thursday by disclosing for the first time that it makes a profit from its fast-growing cloud-computing business.

Amazon revenue beats forecast, cloud computing more profitable than expected

Last Updated: Friday, April 24, 2015, 06:08

Amazon.com Inc`s first-quarter revenue grew more than expected as rising sales in North America and its burgeoning cloud-computing services unit offset new business investments, boosting its shares nearly 7 percent.

IBM sales fall for 12th quarter, currency weighs

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 03:31

International Business Machines Corp reported a 12 percent fall in first-quarter revenue as the technology company continues to shed unprofitable businesses to focus on cloud-computing initiatives.

Alibaba helps Sinopec with cloud computing, big data

Last Updated: Friday, April 17, 2015, 12:03

The link-up was for technical services and did not involve equity cooperation, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, said on its official microblog. It did not say how much money was involved.

Amazon unveils new storage service Amazon EFS

Last Updated: Friday, April 10, 2015, 17:47

Amazon has announced the launch of its new storage service, Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), which provides a common file system for multiple (Elastic Compute Cloud) EC2 virtual machines on Amazon Web Services (AWS) through the standard NFSv4 protocol.

Singtel buys US cyber security firm for $810 million

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 08:56

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd agreed to buy U.S.-based cyber-security firm Trustwave for $810 million, in a deal that will expand Southeast Asia`s largest telecommunications operator`s cloud-based services.

IBM says to invest $3 bn in 'Internet of Things' unit

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 14:50

IBM said a unit of the Weather Co will move its weather data services onto IBM`s cloud, so that customers can use the data in tandem with IBM`s analytics tools.

Oracle expands India sales team to drive cloud services

Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2015, 16:55

Oracle on Thursday announced plans to expand its sales team in India by adding 300 executives as the tech giant targets the growing market for cloud services in the country and the Asia Pacific region.