TechFlash: Amazon, Microsoft vs. Oracle; Startup helps fight crime

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Larry Ellison shrugs off Amazon, Microsoft play for Oracle database business Both Microsoft and Amazon recently made it easier for customers to move their databases to each companies' respective cloud business. Oracle's executive chairman, Larry Ellison, isn't worried. This Seattle startup partnered with Motorola to build a bridge between police, public Seattle software-as-a-service company Socrata has rebuilt a crime map website for Motorola and 1,200 police departments. Seattle startup Usermind raises $14.5M from Silicon Valley investors The enterprise business operations startup says it will use the funds to expand sales and marketing, and also to accelerate its research and development focused on the digital transformation of companies. Why being one of Washington's Best Workplaces means more than ever this year Winning Washington's Best Workplaces isn't just an honor, it's a recruiting and retention tool. The nomination deadline is April 8. Seattle's PATH launches vaccine initiative with $11M Gates Foundation grant The Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access will help Seattle's PATH accelerate the development and use of vaccines in response to new and rapidly evolving threats such as Ebola and Zika. PSBJ Event: Medical data transparency is the 'biggest improvement to patient safety since antibiotics' Shakil Haroon will be a panelist at the Puget Sound Business Journal's Health Care of the Future event March 23. 3 Questions: This Indian company is expanding in Redmond through Iot partnership with Microsoft The company's recently-announced partnership with Microsoft to create an internet of things incubator using the Redmond software giant's Azure cloud platform has the potential to stake the region's claim in an industry projected to be worth more than $14 trillion by 2022. National Tech News Kalamazoo shooting suspect is suing Uber for emotional distress, damages Funding Circle plans more hiring as small business lending remains strong Here's how that proposed gig worker bill could affect your business Apple design chief Jony Ive describes meeting Steve Jobs for first time

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