GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit 2018 – GeekWire Special Coverage

SaaS at scale: Here’s how five cloud tech experts are building enterprise software empires

Until very recently, very few people actually liked the enterprise software they were forced to use at work, from the technology managers grumbling about extortionist vendors to the end users… Read More

Is hybrid cloud the best of both worlds? Five experts explain how to get it right

Fervent cloud computing evangelists used to look down their noses at the notion of hybrid cloud, seeing the approach a cop-out for slow-moving and shallow-minded tech organizations. Things have most… Read More

Three Seattle cloud CEOs share tips on how to keep fighting in an ever-changing market

There’s never been a better time to be in the cloud computing business, and while that opportunity is bringing people to Seattle in droves, there are lots of challenges awaiting… Read More

As serverless computing starts to take shape, cloud tech experts sketch out its future

When you look back at decades of computing history, the arc bends toward abstraction: the process of making it easier and easier for people to put their imagination into code… Read More

How to deal with SaaS slackers: CIOs share lessons from unreliable Software as a Service vendors

Most enterprise software is delivered as a service these days because paying an expert to manage a complex application just makes too much sense. But that service has to work,… Read More

Amazon Web Services’ Peter DeSantis sheds more light on the cloud giant’s custom chip strategy

Evolving cloud workloads are going to require evolving hardware strategies to anticipate those future demands, and Amazon Web Services continues to lean on its 2015 acquisition of Annapurna Labs to… Read More

Microsoft Azure CTO: AI and machine learning “are going to transform every industry”

Now that the basic appeal of cloud computing has been established — compute and storage resources managed by your vendor instead of your employees — those cloud vendors are looking… Read More

Visualizing the cloud: Time-lapse takeaways from the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit

Visual strategist Guillaume Wiatr has become a mainstay at GeekWire conferences, partnering with us to sketch out drawings and notes based on the talks, panels and fireside chats as they’re… Read More

Even Morgan Stanley’s conservative estimate of the next five years of cloud growth looks pretty good

We already know cloud computing is going to be a huge business; that’s why we devoted a full day to it last week at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit. But… Read More

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince talks networks and neo-Nazis at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit

The internet has changed the world in countless ways over the last 23 years, and we’re only beginning to grapple with the impact of some of those changes. They have… Read More

Apple’s Carlos Guestrin cautions AI leaders to think very carefully about how they use their data

The rise of machine learning has been one of the most exciting developments in modern technology, but according to Carlos Guestrin, one of the oldest principles of computing still applies:… Read More

Inside the 2018 GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: Photos and recap from a perfectly cloudy day

Our second annual GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit brought together some of the most interesting people in cloud computing for a full day of talks, interviews, and presentations that painted a… Read More

Google Cloud CEO wanted to buy GitHub, hopes Microsoft really keeps it neutral; Azure CTO vows not to mess with it

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene was interested in buying GitHub, but she isn’t ready to buy Microsoft’s promise to keep the popular software development platform neutral. Addressing Microsoft’s GitHub deal… Read More

David vs. Goliath in the cloud: Do investors see an opening for startups to take on AWS and Azure?

Cloud computing is big business dominated by the world’s largest tech companies. Three of the four most valuable tech companies — Amazon, Microsoft and Google — are among the most… Read More

Venture capitalists ‘love’ Microsoft’s buy of GitHub, call it a ‘super smart’ move to win developers and compete against AWS

Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of GitHub is a whopper by nearly every standard — creating a path into 28 million software developers across the planet. In that regard, Microsoft is… Read More

Who will win the cloud? CEOs offer wildly differing picks on the tech titan with the greatest opportunity ahead

Amazon is a pioneer in cloud computing, and the current market leader, but not the tech titan with the greatest future opportunity, according to a panel of technology CEOs who… Read More

Why some CIOs are walking, not running, to the cloud

If you listened to the morning presentations and tech talks at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, you might have walked away thinking that everyone is using cloud computing. The reality… Read More

Microsoft Azure CTO: 2018 is the year blockchain becomes a real thing

Blockchain has been around for a while, but it’s mostly played a supporting role as the backbone behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. But now the technology, which promises better security… Read More

Microsoft introduces new data and edge-computing services for Azure customers at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit

Microsoft rolled out several new Azure services Wednesday at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, making a key part of its edge computing strategy generally available and expanding its presence in… Read More

Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of AI for Amazon Web Services, speaks at the 2017 GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit.

GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit FAQ: What to know for Wednesday’s big technical conference

Planning to attend the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit this Wednesday? Here’s everything you need to know. If you still have questions about our biggest technical conference of the year — drawing… Read More

Hear how Amazon Web Services, T-Mobile and PitchBook build hybrid cloud infrastructures at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit

More and more companies have realized that the cloud is a journey, not necessarily a destination. Once it becomes clear that approach makes the most sense for your company and… Read More

Tech leaders from Slack, Tableau and Smartsheet to share secrets of SaaS at Cloud Tech Summit

If you’re a plucky entrepreneur with a fresh idea on enterprise software in 2018, you’re going to deliver that idea as a service, running either on the cloud or on… Read More

GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: Event app released with full agenda, last chance for tickets

The GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit is one week away, taking place at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash. on Wednesday, June 27. Hundreds of people are already registered for our biggest… Read More

AI experts from Apple, Microsoft, VMware and more to give GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit tech talks

This is a pivotal time for artificial intelligence technology. More and more cloud services will make use of AI and machine learning tech over the next several years, yet the… Read More

Get a sneak peek at Amazon Web Services’ latest infrastructure updates from Peter DeSantis at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit

As the man in charge of the public cloud leader’s sprawling computing resources, Peter DeSantis needs to have his finger on the pulse of the latest and greatest in infrastructure… Read More

Announcing the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit: Top tech leaders from Microsoft and Amazon added to agenda, early-bird tickets on sale

Our biggest technical conference of the year — the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit — is coming up on June 26-27 at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash. Today, we’re excited to… Read More