Alphabet’s Verily and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have partnered with Microsoft to advance biomedical research.

Datadog CEO: 2020 Was Big Win For The Cloud
This year we’ve seen fairly brutal changes in patterns of usage in the cloud says Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel. The way we see that is it’s a big win for the cloud, in general.

Snowflake CEO: Once You Get To The Cloud The Lid Is Off
Once you get to the cloud all of a sudden the lid is off says Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman. People can just pursue their backlogs and whatever they can imagine.

Tech Giants Form Modern Computing Alliance to Transform Cloud
Some of the biggest names in tech have formed the Modern Computing Alliance, with the goal of transforming the cloud and its tools.

Professor Scott Galloway: Amazon May Spin Off AWS
Amid increased antitrust scrutiny, at least one expert is predicting Jeff Bezos and Amazon may spin off AWS.

VMware Posts Q3 Results, Beats Estimates
Dell Technologies’ VMware posted its third-quarter results, beating estimates on strong subscription and SaaS growth.

IBM Acquiring Instana As It Focuses On Hybrid Cloud and AI
IBM has announced it is acquiring applications performance monitoring (APM) company Instana to aid in its hybrid cloud and AI strategy.

Rockwell Automation Taking Manufacturing To Whole New Level
The acquisition today of Fiix is a really exciting one says Rockwell Automation CEO Blake Moret. It spans the gap that’s traditionally existed between manually entered keystroke data and real-time data that’s coming from the equipment itself.

Companies Estimate Five Days to Recover From Unpaid Ransomware
Some 66% of companies believe it would take them at least five days to recover from an unpaid ransomware attack, according to a new survey.

IBM CEO On Hybrid Cloud: Microsoft and Amazon Likely Partners
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says that Microsoft and Amazon will be partners with IBM on the hybrid cloud via their Red Hat technology platform.