Chris Ehrlich

BONN, Germany and SUNNYVALE, Calif — Deutsche Telekom and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership. The companies’ partnership will define a “joint roadmap for the telecommunications industry,” by bringing the “power of the cloud” closer to mobile and connected devices at the edge of Deutsche Telekom’s network, according to Google Cloud this month. Google Cloud […]

AUSTIN, Texas and REDMOND, Wash. — Oracle and Microsoft are partnering on a new database offering. Oracle and Microsoft announced the general availability of Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure, according to the companies this month. With the service, Microsoft Azure customers can provision, access, and monitor enterprise-grade Oracle Database services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure […]

SEATTLE — Delta Air Lines is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on the airline’s digital business transformation. Delta and AWS entered a multi-year agreement for AWS to serve as the airline’s preferred cloud provider, according to the companies this month. AWS will help Delta “unlock” technologies and streamline processes to help make the customer […]

ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM is working with several partners to “tackle” the talent shortage in cybersecurity by training underrepresented communities in the technology. IBM launched education initiatives with six historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the Specialisterne Foundation, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide no-cost STEM training to students, neurodivergent learners worldwide, […]

ARMONK, N.Y. and WALLDORF, Germany — IBM and SAP are expanding their partnership for IBM to undergo a corporate transformation project to help it “centralize and standardize data worldwide.” As part of the partnership, IBM is migrating to SAP S/4HANA Cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, according to the companies last month. The transformation is […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cisco is sharing an internal guide on international security compliance and certification requirements for cloud software.  Cisco released the “Cisco Cloud Controls Framework” (CCF) to the public, according to the company last month. The CCF is intended to help teams ensure cloud products and services meet security and privacy requirements with […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Nokia is using human resources software by Oracle Cloud. Nokia selected Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) to consolidate and replace its HR systems in the cloud as part of its global digitalization program, according to the companies last month. Nokia will use a worldwide deployment of Oracle Cloud HCM to […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — The chipmaker AMD is tapping Google Cloud for additional development scale. AMD and Google Cloud are entering a multi-year technology partnership for AMD to run electronic design automation (EDA) for its chip design workloads on Google Cloud, extending the on-premises capabilities of AMD data centers, according to the partners last month.  AMD […]

FORT WORTH, Texas, and REDMOND, Wash. — American Airlines and Microsoft are partnering to accelerate the airline’s digital transformation. Under the partnership, American Airlines will use Microsoft Azure as its “preferred” cloud platform for airline applications and key workloads, according to the companies last month. The partnership is intended to help American use technology to […]

LINZ, Austria — The headless content management system (CMS) Storyblok raised $47 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Mubadala Capital and HV Capital and joined by existing investors 3VC and firstminute capital, according to Storyblox this month. Storyblox will use the funds to accelerate product innovation, growth into the U.S. and […]