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Around the holidays Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is probably best known for being one of Santa's biggest helpers, delivering presents to homes at a furious pace. But as the company rolls out several new Amazon Web Services products and new innovations in machine learning, and its Amazon...

Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) underperformance since its third-quarter report has created an opportunity, with the online retail giant's one-day shipping likely to serve as a trigger, according to Olivetree Financial strategist Dan Forman. Forman attributed the post-earnings...

The rise of Big Tech has a lot of people concerned. But while the spread of misinformation and election interference has garnered most of the headlines, the real concern shared by governments and business leaders around the world is where our data is being stored. German Chancellor Angela Merkel...

The Department of Defense's choice of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) as its cloud platform provider signals to the market that its cloud business is "just as good" as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), according to CNBC's Jim Cramer. What Happened Microsoft and Amazon...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares are trading higher following confirmation the company has won $10 billion cloud computing contract from the Pentagon. The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) contract will modernization the Pentagon and is meant to make its technology...

Big tech companies have found varying degrees of success with cloud services.  Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), with its Amazon Web Services is often viewed as the pioneer in cloud computing. The online retail giant made a prudent decision when it decided to diversify into the cloud, an...

Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock dropped on Friday after it issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the upcoming holiday season, but analysts remained bullish on the company and its one-day shipping buildout efforts. Amazon's third-quarter results were mixed, with earnings missing...

The software industry remains viable for stock buyers, but they should focus on apps, rather than infrastructure, where many companies face the threat of being "Amazoned" out of market share, a Jefferies analyst said in a look at the sector. And in light of macroeconomic trends, stock...

Big tech faces new scrutiny from regulatory and government bodies as the Federal Trade Commission is taking a close look at Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)'s acquisition history. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve reportedly paid Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) a visit to examine its cloud business....

E-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported second-quarter results that fell short of expectations across multiple metrics. Amazon earned $5.22 per share in the quarter on revenue of $63.4 billion. This compares to the Street's expectations of $5.58 per share and $62.4 billion....

Who will be the military’s Jedi master? That’s not a metaphor: The U.S. Court of Federal Claims heard a case Wednesday that will play a part in determining which of the country’s largest cloud computing companies will get to build the future of military data handling; the Pentagon...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), its stock and its Azure cloud platform have done an excellent job of keeping pace with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) in the past three years. Amazon shares are up 173.7% in that stretch, while Microsoft shares are up 175.7%. Investors should understand that...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) confirmed there were connectivity issues due to AWS that have now been resolved, according to Reuters. In an update posted by Bleepingcomputer.com, Amazon's outage caused load time issues on Amazon.com and browsers experienced trouble connecting. Amazon...

The bull case for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is based on the belief that its cloud platform Azure remains in the "early days of playing out," according to Wedbush. The Analyst Daniel Ives maintained an Outperform rating on Microsoft with an unchanged $155 price target...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported a notable beat on the profit line in its first-quarter results, although management's operating profit outlook for the second quarter fell short of expectations. Here is a summary of how some of the Street's top analysts reacted to the print. The...