May 18, 2016 | Technology
With Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services leading the way in the cloud and a robust ecosystem of cloud services companies, Washington State is a world leader in cloud computing. As the need for cloud services increases the infrastructure in Washington State is...
May 13, 2016 | Technology
Will Alexa and Cordana become like a member of the family, anticipating our needs and responding to our emotions? Forward-thinking tech innovators in Washington State are developing and refining artificial intelligence and integrating it into a wide array of...
May 12, 2016 | Technology
If University of Washington researchers have their way, the paperless society will never see the light of day. Working with Disney, they have come up with a way to connect pieces of paper to the Internet, opening up a dizzying array of possibilities, from interactive...
Apr 25, 2016 | Technology
Washington State has a broad-based tech sector and it shows in the new hiring numbers. There’s been over a 2% increase in tech jobs this past year. From mobile app development and e-commerce to the growth in cloud computing Washington companies are rapidly...
Apr 14, 2016 | Innovation, Technology
Our digital universe and the data it creates is expanding exponentially. The cloud was created as a solution to data storage on our overloaded hard drives. But the downside of acres and acres of server farms to store all that data is the amount of energy it requires...
Mar 25, 2016 | Technology
One of the early Silicon Valley tech companies to recognize the wealth of talent in Washington State was Google. Since they first opened an office in Seattle, Google expanded with a large campus in nearby Kirkland. After a recent doubling of that office space,...
Mar 15, 2016 | Technology
Ten years ago the only clouds in Seattle produced rain. Today, cloud computing is driving the Northwest tech economy. The demand for huge amounts of data storage and capability to support the rapid growth of e-commerce set Amazon on a trajectory to becoming the global...
Mar 11, 2016 | Technology
Two Washington State companies, Wave and Centris, are partnering to create the first transpacific broadband data center and fiber hub in rural Western Washington. The Asian and US markets are big users of cloud computing and data storage. This new IT infrastructure...
