. Olivier Rafal and me commented on Amazon Web Services #machinelearning service that was just released pac-online.com/aws%E2%80%99-m…

.Accenture will work to lift Rio Tinto ERP and IM platforms to cloud newsroom.accenture.com/news/rio-tinto…

. @KUKA_RoboticsEN shows off Intelligent Industrial Work Assistant built with Microsoft Azure #IoT services news.microsoft.com/2015/04/12/mic…

.Engine Yard acquired @opdemand to sharpen @docker-focused application platform capabilities engineyard.com/company/press-…

.Microsoft acquired DataZen to improve mobile analytics capabilities of its Power BI offering blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2015/04/1…

.CenturyLink acquired DBaaS startup @OrchestrateIO to improve managed platform capabilities around rapid #appdev news.centurylink.com/news/centuryli…

#Google explains the future of #wearables and shop floor control in #manufacturing: ow.ly/LYPkz #video #plexsystems

.NetSuite to acquire marketing automation, commerce-focused provider @brontosoftware for $200 mil netsuite.com/portal/company…

. Amazon Web Services figures released! If it continues at the pace it delivered in Q1, it's well on track to go past the $7bn mark for full 2015

#Mastercard buys predictive analytics provider APT for $600m in move to build digital retail/omnichannel capabilities ow.ly/MhrqB

Takeaways from Unit4 Global's European analyst event pac-online.com/takeaways-unit…

IFS acquiring operational intelligence & data visualization vendor Visionwaves x.com/IFSworld/statu…

. IBM just acquired DBaaS specialist Compose Inc to grow footprint in the DevOps and PaaS market www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pr…

We have just published our report looking at the state of #DevOps in the UK: pac-online.com/devops-uk-goin…

Along with Vora query engine introduction, new capabilities announced in SAP Cloud Platform: news.sap.com/sap-new-cloud-…

.CloudBees +170% yoy in H1/15. Arguably rev volume base still small, but indicates #ContinuousDelivery momentum businesswire.com/news/home/2015…

.IBM just acquired StrongLoop to increase Node.js capabilities on @IBMBluemix #PaaS www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pr…

. Accenture platform productizing SAP Ariba' Procument for its BPO clients newsroom.accenture.com/news/accenture…

"Private Spaces" of Heroku/Salesforce in general release, indicates Public PaaS vendors seek to diversify consumption options for clients

. Amazon Web Services to acquire Italian provider specialized in optimization of high performance & technical computing workloads aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amaz…