cloud computing

Microsoft Invests In Grab; The Two Form Strategic Alliance
Microsoft Invests In Grab; The Two Form Strategic Alliance
October 09, 2018  |  Ridesharing

Microsoft and Grab, the on-demand transportation, mobile payments, and online-to-offline services platform in Southeast Asia, announced Monday (October 9) a strategic partnership in which Grab...

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Microsoft To Get Nod From EU For Its $7.5B GitHub Buy
Microsoft To Get Nod From EU For Its $7.5B GitHub Buy
October 08, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Microsoft, the software giant, is expected to win antitrust approval for its $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub, the coding website. Reuters, citing two people familiar with...

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New Discover CEO Says Amazon Not A Foe
New Discover CEO Says Amazon Not A Foe
October 02, 2018  |  Amazon

Payments company Discover‘s new chief executive officer doesn’t believe that banks should be worried about tech giants like Amazon. “I view them as partners with...

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Blockchain Co Building The ‘Next Internet’ Lands $102M
Blockchain Co Building The ‘Next Internet’ Lands $102M
August 29, 2018  |  Blockchain

Dfinity, a blockchain startup that is attempting to develop a decentralized cloud computing network, has raised $102 million in funding. CNBC, citing Dominic Williams, the...

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Amazon Ad Revenue To Surpass Cloud Sales By 2021
Amazon Ad Revenue To Surpass Cloud Sales By 2021
August 13, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be the driver of growth for the eCommerce giant now, but Piper Jaffray predicts that in three years’ time, advertising...

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Machine Learning Gets Its Day At Amazon Conference
Machine Learning Gets Its Day At Amazon Conference
July 18, 2018  |  Amazon

Machine learning was one of the main subjects on Tuesday (July 17) during the Amazon AWS Summit in New York City, as the eCommerce operator rolled...

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Why Playing In The Sandbox Is Good For FIs
Why Playing In The Sandbox Is Good For FIs
July 06, 2018  |  Innovation

Sandboxing, though a beloved buzzword in the developer community, didn’t get its start in the context of programming or computers at all. Sandboxing was originally...

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Amazon: How Financial Services Firms Use The Cloud For A Power Boost
Amazon: How Financial Services Firms Use The Cloud For A Power Boost
May 25, 2018  |  Amazon

Among the enduring promises of computer technology is that it would give the “little guys” — all those Davids struggling to compete in a world...

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Wading Through Business Apps For A Single View Of Finances
Wading Through Business Apps For A Single View Of Finances
February 05, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The discussion around sharing financial data today is most often in reference to major industry happenings, like PSD2, Open Banking and the sudden influx of...

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