This article on “How to Make Cloud Pricing More Transparent” is originally published at https://www.eweek.com/cloud/how-to-make-cloud-pricing-more-transparent   eWEEK CLOUD PERSPECTIVE: It used to be nearly impossible to compare cloud costs because different providers typically have their own nomenclature for cloud features, define services differently and offer different tiers of services that don’t line up with one another. Forget apple-to-apple comparisons, cloud price bake-offs were more like contrasting apples to peach cobblers. But help is here.   Cloud has inspired almost as much evangelical fervor as open source computing, particularly in the heady 2000s. The advent of cloud computing seemed to render

Complete Intelligence is mentioned in this article by digital innovation expert Geoffrey Cann. You can find the first and original version of this at https://geoffreycann.com/transforming-capital-projects-using-digital/. We thank Geoffrey for including us in this valuable piece that helps oil and gas companies in modernizing their operations and technologies.    The oil and gas industry spends hundreds of billions each year on new capital projects. An effort by a group of international producers should eventually improve the efficiency of that spend.   DIGITAL CAPITAL   I was contacted recently by a trade association representing about 40% of the global production of oil and

This post on free resources was originally produced by Oracle and first appeared on the Oracle for Startups Blog: https://blogs.oracle.com/startup/startups-step-up-with-free-resources-and-virtual-technology   Startups are known to be adaptive, innovative, and agile. When there’s a crisis or disruption, these up-and-coming business are quick with a solution, and this situation is no different.   Despite being hit hard themselves, startups are stepping up to help by offering their virtual technologies and resources for free. Among them, we are proud to share, are several cloud startups from the Oracle for Startups community.   Here is a running list of some of the startups who are putting their

The oil prices article below is originally published by CNBC, where our CEO and founder Tony Nash was quoted.    The oil price bust may not be over.   A historic demand shock sparked by the coronavirus pandemic is set to worsen in the current quarter, undermining any coordinated effort by heavyweight producers Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States to cut supply aggressively and rebalance the market, according to a CNBC survey of 30 strategists, analysts and traders.   Episodic spikes of $20 a barrel or more in benchmark crude oil futures of the type seen last week cannot be ruled out as rivals Saudi

This post on Made in China first appeared in https://www.usine-digitale.fr/article/covid-19-vers-la-fin-du-tout-made-in-china-pour-les-fabricants-d-electronique.N950286. The copy posted below is originally in French and was Google-translated to English.   It is an old factory with a decrepit facade, on which climb some wild grasses. At the edge of this canal in the south of Taipei, only a watchman watches the ear. The plot has just been bought by the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Pegatron to increase its production capacity in Taiwan. Reported by the financial media Bloomberg, the initiative is the latest in a series of investment projects outside of China announced by Taiwanese subcontractors.   From Apple to Samsung, these shadow firms manufacture, assemble