Cloud Computing

• Amazon cloud services ‘recovering’ after major global outage

  Online users reported issues with Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, online broker Robinhood, the McDonald’s app and many other services.

  Tech

  Oct 20, 2025
  
• Canadian banks rapidly shifting to cloud amid COVID-19, fintech competition

  Cloud-based systems, sometimes run privately by banks and more commonly by third-party tech giants, allows data to move faster and more freely.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2021
  
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• U.S. judge grants Amazon’s request, halts Pentagon cloud computing deal with Microsoft

  The Pentagon, which had planned to start work on the contract on Friday, said it was disappointed in the ruling.

  Tech

  Feb 13, 2020
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• Microsoft rises above Apple as world’s most valuable public company

  Microsoft’s big bet on cloud computing is paying off as the company has surpassed Apple as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company.

  Tech

  Dec 1, 2018
• Feds stress sensitive data won’t be involved in new cloud computing strategy

  A federal proposal for the use of cloud computing makes it clear that the most sensitive data the government keeps about Canadians won't be allowed to leave the country.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2016
• Hewlett-Packard has split into two companies

  One of the nation's most storied tech companies has split in two, another casualty of seismic shifts in the way people use technology - and big-company sluggishness in responding.

  Tech

  Nov 2, 2015
• Cloud business lifts Microsoft’s quarterly results

  Microsoft's quarterly profit and revenue sailed past expectations Thursday, as CEO Satya Nadella's push to embrace cloud computing and diversify into mobile devices helped lift sales by 25 per cent.

  Tech

  Oct 24, 2014
• A look into the future: what will our lives look like in 2025?

  Driverless cars, speaking homes and facial recognition technology: just a few of the innovations people believe will be commonplace in 2025.

  Sep 16, 2014
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• Ontario closing 20 data centres as it moves to cloud computing

  The province hopes to save $20 million by 2015-16 by closing 20 of its 22 data centres - but the union fears the move will cost hundreds of jobs.

  Canada

  May 7, 2014
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• Will Satya Nadella breathe new life into Microsoft?

  Analysts hope Nadella can maintain the company's momentum in cloud computing while minimizing the negative impact from Microsoft's unprofitable forays into consumer hardware.

  Tech

  Feb 4, 2014