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Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

GeekWire

These servers inside a Microsoft data center in Quincy, Wash., were the first to be powered by the company’s Azure Cobalt 100 CPU, as part of a broader cloud infrastructure buildout. In short, when it comes to assessing the cloud platforms, capital expenditures serve as table stakes and a barometer.

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Tech Moves: OfferUp names new CTO; Amazon data center leader departs; and more

GeekWire

She was also a software developer at Amazon soon after it went public. She oversaw Splunk’s cloud engineering business while CTO at the software giant. Longtime Amazon data center leader Joe Minarik departed the tech giant after more than 16 years to join Dallas-based DataBank as chief operating officer.

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Oracle makes its pitch for the enterprise cloud. Should CIOs listen?

CIO Business Intelligence

In a cloud market dominated by three vendors, once cloud-denier Oracle is making a push for enterprise share gains, announcing expanded offerings and customer wins across the globe, including Japan , Mexico , and the Middle East.

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IBM, Pivotal Team to Boost CloudFoundry » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

Cloud Computing » IBM. Continuing to sharpen its focus on enterprise cloud computing, IBM is joining forces with Pivotal to support CloudFoundry, the versatile platform as a service (PaaS) framework that allows developers to build applications that can run on multiple clouds. By: Rich Miller July 24th, 2013.

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WIIT: Enabling Enterprises to Realize the Full Potential of the Cloud While Bypassing its Complexity

CIO Business Intelligence

With a full portfolio that includes an extensive array of cloud offerings – including private, public, and hybrid cloud services – the company is well-known for its track record of success in helping organizations realize the full potential of the cloud while bypassing the complexity often associated with large-scale digital transformations.

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Oracle names new cloud infrastructure leader, signals broader ambitions to challenge Amazon

GeekWire

Six-year Oracle veteran Clay Magouyrk is the new executive vice president in charge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, based in Seattle, reporting to co-founder Larry Ellison, executive chairman and chief technology officer. Four years after Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s launch, Magouyrk says, a lot has changed.

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Top 8 IT certifications in demand today

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s a vendor-specific certification that will benefit anyone who is tasked with working directly with AWS products and services or looking to make good on the high demand for cloud skills today. To earn your CompTIA A+ certification you’ll have to pass two separate exams.

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