Former VMware co-founder is now leading Google’s cloud efforts Late in 2015 with the company looking to increase its position in the public cloud computing market Google made a big bet by hiring VMware co-founder Diane Greene to head up its new push to attract enterprise buyers. +MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: The biggest cloud conferences of 2016 | This startup built its entire app without any servers + Thanks to a regulatory filing, now we know just how much that cost Google and parent company Alphabet: $380 million in stock. Greene’s startup named Bebop had 76 investors. Greene herself netted $148 million worth of Alphabet stock in the deal, which according to the Wall Street Journal, she is donating. The $380 million price tag points to just how aggressively Google/Alphabet pursued Greene, who has sat on the Google board of directors since 2012. One of the fascinating trends for the cloud market in 2016 will be to watch how Greene’s captaining of the Google cloud ship makes it moves in the market against competitors Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Related content news analysis Cisco, AWS strengthen ties between cloud-management products Combining insights from Cisco ThousandEyes and AWS into a single view can dramatically reduce problem identification and resolution time, the vendors say. By Michael Cooney Nov 28, 2023 4 mins Network Management Software Cloud Computing opinion Is anything useful happening in network management? Enterprises see the potential for AI to benefit network management, but progress so far is limited by AI’s ability to work with company-specific network data and the range of devices that AI can see. By Tom Nolle Nov 28, 2023 7 mins Generative AI Network Management Software brandpost Sponsored by HPE Aruba Networking SASE, security, and the future of enterprise networks By Adam Foss, VicePresident Pre-sales Consulting, HPE Aruba Networking Nov 28, 2023 4 mins SASE news AWS launches Cost Optimization Hub to help curb cloud expenses At its ongoing re:Invent 2023 conference, the cloud service provider introduced several new and free updates that are expected to help enterprises optimize their AWS costs. By Anirban Ghoshal Nov 28, 2023 3 mins Amazon re:Invent Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe