Microsoft 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 ArticleMicrosoft opens new US government cloud regions to boost coverage
Summary: Microsoft opened two new Azure government cloud regions in the US, in Texas and Arizona, adding to the Iowa and Virginia regions launched last October as well as the DoD East and DoD Central...
View ArticleRackspace, Lightstream partner for managed Azure
Summary: Rackspace partnered up with a systems integrator called Lightstream to provide an end-to-end managed Azure service. Lightstream is focused on the strategy, consulting, on-boarding and...
View ArticleLogicworks partners with CloudHealth Technologies
Summary: New York-based Logicworks partnered with CloudHealth Technologies. CloudHealth has built a third party platform that can be deployed by both enterprises and service providers to evaluate and...
View ArticleMicrosoft rounds out Azure offering in UK
Summary: Microsoft launched a range of new Azure services in the UK, including Azure Container Service, Log Analytics, Logic Apps, Azure Stream Analytics, SQL Threat Detection and Managed Disks Storage...
View ArticleBox and Azure expand partnership
Summary: Box will use the Azure cloud under a new agreement between the two companies. Partnership and co-selling: Box has relationships with multiple cloud providers, but confirmed this is the first...
View ArticleNew government apprentice service launched on Azure
Summary: The UK government’s Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) apprenticeship service is live and running on Microsoft Azure. The service has been designed to enable businesses to search for...
View ArticleEnsono acquires Inframon; enhances Azure capabilities
Summary: Ensono acquired UK-based Inframon, a Microsoft-focused consulting and managed services shop. Inframon helps organizations with Microsoft investments move to cloud-based deployments models,...
View ArticleResello selects Interxion as Azure Stack data centre partner
Summary: Netherlands-based Resello will partner with Interxion on the data centre side for its pan-European Azure Stack deployments. Resello was set up in 2013 as part of hosting provider Yourholding,...
View ArticleRackspace opens data centre in Germany; data protection, managed cloud focus
Summary: Rackspace opened its first data centre in continental Europe, located in Frankfurt, Germany, and its twelfth data centre globally. The decision was revealed late last year, soon after the...
View ArticleAtmosera shares managed Azure growth data points
Summary: Atmosera revealed that its three-year investment in Microsoft’s CSP program has tripled revenues across all its Microsoft-based cloud services and resulted in a significant gain in Microsoft...
View ArticleHoneywell picks Azure cloud
Summary: Honeywell confirmed it is running its connected building software on the Azure cloud in North America. Honeywell plans to take advantage of Azure’s global footprint and roll the offering out...
View ArticleMicrosoft launches new Azure VMs in UK
Summary: Microsoft continues to expand its Azure services in the UK with the launch of three new VMs for big data applications. All are available in six different sizes, based on Intel processors and...
View ArticleTelehouse adds AWS to Cloud Link London
Summary: Telehouse added AWS Direct Connect to its Cloud Link exchange at its London Docklands campus. The service was launched with Microsoft ExpressRoute in London and then expanded to Telehouse US...
View ArticleOpenAI uses Azure to power gaming competition
Summary: OpenAI partnered with Microsoft last year and confirmed that it used Azure this past week to power a gaming competition between AI-powered bot s and top gamers. The need for ample processing...
View ArticleComcast deploys PoP in Nashville with 365 Data Centers
Summary: Comcast Business established a PoP in the Nashville, Tennessee location of 365 Data Centers. Comcast also has PoPs in 365’s Detroit and Philadelphia facilities. The post Comcast deploys PoP in...
View ArticleHoneywell picks Azure cloud
Summary: Honeywell confirmed it is running its connected building software on the Azure cloud in North America. Honeywell plans to take advantage of Azure’s global footprint and roll the offering out...
View ArticleMicrosoft launches new Azure VMs in UK
Summary: Microsoft continues to expand its Azure services in the UK with the launch of three new VMs for big data applications. All are available in six different sizes, based on Intel processors and...
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