Fastly failure: Why a slew of major websites went offline
The cascade of failures across the web turned a mere "service configuration” into a global outage that hit large companies and small users alike.
Apple and Microsoft’s rivalry had cooled. Now it’s back and getting testier.
At a virtual product launch in November for Apple’s Mac reboot, actor John Hodgman appeared in a nerdy, ill-fitting suit before a white backdrop. "Stop, hang on, wait, one more thing, hi, I’m a PC,” he said, reprising the popular Mac vs. PC television ...
The fact-finding investigation is part of a series of FTC surveys on digital markets including for online shopping, app retailing and advertising.
Xbox targets mobile gamers with new cloud service in Japan
Microsoft is also engaging creators in the country, distributing development kits to more than 100 of them.
Toyota and Amazon expand tie-up with eye on future car technology
The auto giant aims to implement AWS's data analysis throughout the company and use it to help advance progress toward the carmaker's mobility technologies.
IBM ties up with Japanese business and academia in quantum computing
The "Quantum Innovation Initiative Consortium" will be based at the University of Tokyo and include Toyota, financial institutions and chemical manufacturers.
Tencent takes aim at Microsoft and Amazon with expansion of cloud business in Japan
The Chinese tech giant aims to triple its sales in 2020 from the current level.
X Japan's Yoshiki investing in cloud computing firm Uhuru, source says
Rock star Yoshiki and software giant Salesforce.com Inc. are backing cloud consulting firm Uhuru Corp. in its next fundraising round, according to a source familiar with the plans. Tokyo-based Uhuru is planning to raise £15 million to £20 million (about ¥2.1 billion to ¥2.8 billion), ...
Amazon cites Trump bias at 'enemy' Jeff Bezos in Pentagon cloud deal loss
Amazon.com Inc. claims the Pentagon failed to fairly judge its bid for a cloud contract worth up to $10 billion because President Donald Trump viewed company founder Jeffrey Bezos as his "political enemy." Amazon Web Services, Amazon's cloud unit, claimed in a lawsuit that was ...
Gmail hooked us on free storage — and now Google is making us pay
Google lured billions of consumers to its digital services by offering copious free cloud storage. That is beginning to change. The Alphabet Inc. unit has whittled down some free storage offers in recent months while prodding more users toward a new paid cloud subscription called ...
Firms vie for lead as connected Japan becomes reality
For trend-conscious corporate executives in Japan, a connected world is not a distant future in the making but a reality. A growing number of Japanese companies are waking up to the need to sharpen their business strategies and boost investment as the hunt for the ...
