Azure cloud node in Japan goes down due to cooling system failure
Summary: The Azure cloud infrastructure node in Japan went down recently due to a cooling system outage that caused live systems to shut down in response. The cooling outage was traced back to UPS...
View ArticleUnitas Global, Equinix and Azure in hybrid cloud partnership agreement
Summary: We recently met with Los Angeles-based Unitas Global. It was founded in 2011 and is focused on the enterprise market and builds a lot of hosted private clouds. Management confirmed 20%+ annual...
View ArticleMicrosoft adds to container capabilities with Deis acquisition
Summary: Microsoft agreed to buy San Francisco-based container management company Deis, which also has a presence in Denver, Colorado. Neither the purchase price nor an anticipated closing date were...
View ArticleTelehouse launches Cloud Link in US
Summary: Telehouse Cloud Link, which provides dedicated private connections to multiple cloud services, is now available in its Los Angeles and New York data centres, building on from availability in...
View ArticleVerne Global launches private cloud connections
Summary: Verne Global is providing dedicated connectivity to public cloud service providers, including AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure and Office 365, from its data centre campus in Keflavik,...
View ArticleMaersk moves more infrastructure to Azure cloud
Summary: Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company headquartered in Denmark, selected Microsoft Azure for cloud under a ‘substantial’ multi-year agreement. Maersk will use Azure’s compute and...
View ArticleUBS signs up to Azure cloud; compliance a driver
Summary: Microsoft Azure has picked up a large financial services customer in UBS, which is using Azure to drive its risk management platform. It is part of a wider strategy to reduce its dependency on...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud hires former Heroku, Canvas execs
Summary: Media reports indicate Google has brought in Oren Teich to run Google App Engine, reporting to Sam Ramji, VP of product for Google’s cloud business. Teich co-founded Canvas in 2014, a...
View ArticleEquinix, Unitas Global in hybrid cloud push
Summary: Unitas Global and Equinix released more details about their bundled hybrid cloud service. They will provide a fully managed hybrid cloud service that will be based on the Unitas multi-cloud...
View ArticleMicrosoft rolls outDynamics 365 in the UK
Summary: Following the launch of Azure Backup and Site Recovery services in the UK in February, Microsoft rolled out Dynamics 365 in the country. Early customers include Brighton and Sussex University...
View ArticleGlobal Cloud Xchange adds direct connectivity to Alibaba Cloud
Summary: India’s Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) will provide direct access to Alibaba Cloud Express Connect via its CLOUD X Fusion cloud connectivity gateway in Singapore. CLOUD X Fusion already provides...
View ArticleDocuSign to host in Canada on Azure cloud
Summary: DocuSign confirmed it would expand into Canada on the Azure cloud. It will run on data centres in Toronto and Quebec City. Unsurprisingly, the need to have sensitive contract information...
View ArticleNew Azure database migration service; moving on on-boarding tools, services
Summary: Microsoft launched a database migration service for customers to migrate Microsoft and third party SQL Server databases to Azure. It also introduced two new Azure database offerings to help...
View ArticleMicrosoft plans South African data centres to support cloud services in Africa
Summary: Microsoft will open two data centres in South Africa in 2018 to deliver its cloud services, including Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365, across the continent. Microsoft counts South Africa’s...
View ArticleRubikloud runs on Azure cloud; global footprint
Summary: Four-year old retail software enablement startup Rubikloud, based in Toronto, is running its entire platform on the Azure cloud. It is a server-less organizations and hosts about 1 PB of data...
View ArticleCognizant running healthcare app as a service; on the cloud
Summary: Cognizant rolled out a new hosted service for the healthcare sector running on massive-scale cloud. The TriZetto healthcare application is an administration platform and will run on Azure....
View ArticleANZ Bank continues moving to cloud and adding clouds; consolidation data points
Summary: ANZ Bank in Australia shared some interesting data points about its infrastructure strategy. It is using AWS, IBM’s Bluemix and internal servers. It is now evaluating expanding its cloud usage...
View ArticleEquinix customer colocates and connects to cloud
Summary: Germany’s Lufthansa City Center deployed its managed virtual desktop service for travel agencies in a hybrid environment within Equinix’s data centre footprint. The customer used consulting...
View ArticleThe shift to asset-light; data centre implications for Rackspace and others
Summary: An interesting angle to the shift from asset-heavy pureplay managed hosting to a more asset-light position with reselling of clouds like Amazon, Azure and Google is the question of what to do...
View ArticleCoreSite adds another ExpressRoute location
Summary: CoreSite made Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute available in its Boston data centre. Other locations with ExpressRoute include Denver, Los Angeles and New York. CoreSite claims more than 80...
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