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Zoom revenue spikes to $328M in Q1; CEO thanks Amazon Web Services for help meeting demand

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Zoom CEO Eric Yuan gave a special shout-out to longtime partner Amazon Web Services and its CEO Andy Jassy for helping the company meet demand. He also praised Oracle and its CEO Larry Ellison for other cloud-related support. Zoom and AWS are among a group of tech companies seeing demand surge due to the pandemic.

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Cloud startup Snowflake reveals financials in IPO filing as it battles Amazon, Microsoft, others

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Cloud computing startup Snowflake Computing filed for an IPO on Monday, revealing its financial data for the first time as the company prepares to go public. based company said it more than doubled revenue to $242 million in the first half of 2020, with a net loss of $171.3 Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman. Snowflake Photo).

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Seattle hoops legend Jamal Crawford defends his use of BlackBerry phone: ‘It’s the keyboard’

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Don’t try adding Jamal Crawford to the group text. ” "With my teammates I couldn't be on the group texts." Crawford said that the Android phone doesn’t allow him to be on group texts with his teammates and they have to “send him the stuff on the side. pic.twitter.com/LFMkmsAJhB. ”

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Amazon defends partnerships with oil industry as Washington governor seeks to rein it in

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Amazon has unveiled sweeping new sustainability policies over the last few years, but environmentalists — including the internal group Amazon Employees for Climate Justice — are demanding the company sever ties with the fossil fuel industry.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Fathers of Clouds - A Tribute

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Fathers of Clouds - A Tribute. GovCloud Daily. Time share.

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This forensic accounting startup in Seattle is helping lawyers solve fraud investigations

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Common use cases include divorce disputes between high net-worth individuals, insurance companies auditing for Medicare fraud, and chapter 11 bankruptcies. The company also sells its tech to CPA and law firms including Mazars Group, Baker Tilly, Armanino and RSM, among others. ” Valid8 co-founder and CEO Chris McCall. .

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Snowflake stock soars in largest software IPO ever; Madrona among earlier venture investors

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Madrona Venture Group’s S. Madrona Venture Group Photo). The IPO is a windfall for the company’s investors, including Madrona Venture Group. “It was great to work with Bob and the team and build up their Seattle presence and work to help them become a true multi-cloud solution,” Somasegar said.

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