Microsoft puts availability zones into GA in Singapore
Summary: Microsoft expanded its Southeast Asia region for Azure, based out of Singapore, by putting availability zones into GA. Microsoft indicated there is a minimum of three separate zones in all...
View ArticleMicrosoft receives approval for Azure data centre in Qatar
Summary: The Qatari government gave the green light for Microsoft to set up an Azure data centre in the country. It would be Microsoft’s third region in the Middle East, adding to the UAE central...
View ArticleMicrosoft expanding Virginia data centre again
Summary: Microsoft will expand its data centre campus in Boydton, southern Virginia, which hosts the Azure US East 2 region. The campus opened in 2010 and has already been expanded five times. The post...
View ArticleTIG acquires financial services specialist netConsult; secures funding
Summary: UK cloud MSP TIG acquired netConsult, a technology consultancy serving the alternative investment sector. TIG also secured £6m in funding from the UK’s BGF. The BGF funding was agreed to last...
View ArticleHitachi Solutions acquires Capax Global; expanding cloud skill sets around Azure
Summary: Hitachi Solutions Americas acquired Capax Global, a Chicago-based application development, cloud management and consulting shop focused on the Microsoft platform. Capax Global has a diverse...
View ArticleTIG discusses netConsult acquisition, plans for 2019 and beyond
Summary: We caught up with TIG management in the wake of its acquisition of netConsult. Business: TIG has transitioned from a provider of managed IT to a provider of managed cloud platforms, with a...
View ArticleNextDC rolls out Azure ExpressRoute to Perth
Summary: Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute will be available at NextDC’s P1 facility in Perth from February, NextDC’s second market for the offering after Melbourne. The post NextDC rolls out Azure...
View ArticleAWS cleared to handle classified Australian government data
Summary: AWS has been certified to host protected Australian government data out of its AWS Sydney region. AWS is the second hyperscaler to get the accreditation, but Microsoft went a different route...
View ArticleConnectria enables IBM Power Systems users to take advantage of cloud
Summary: Connectria introduced a new service that will enable organizations running on IBM Power Systems infrastructure to move to public clouds. Connectria remotely manages and hosts IBM i and IBM AIX...
View ArticleNextDC rolls out Azure ExpressRoute to Perth
Summary: Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute will be available at NextDC’s P1 facility in Perth from February, NextDC’s second market for the offering after Melbourne.
View ArticleAWS cleared to handle classified Australian government data
Summary: AWS has been certified to host protected Australian government data out of its AWS Sydney region. AWS is the second hyperscaler to get the accreditation, but Microsoft went a different route...
View ArticleConnectria enables IBM Power Systems users to take advantage of cloud
Summary: Connectria introduced a new service that will enable organizations running on IBM Power Systems infrastructure to move to public clouds. Connectria remotely manages and hosts IBM i and IBM AIX...
View ArticleSynatax acquires Freudenberg IT; adds SAP to portfolio
Summary: Syntax, a Montreal-based provider of managed services and infrastructure hosting for ERP applications, acquired Freudenberg IT (FIT). FIT is a service provider/MSP focused on the SAP platform....
View ArticleUKFast re-brands UKFast Public Cloud, ClearCloud to UKFast
Summary: UKFast is merging its UKFast Public Cloud and ClearCloud brands under the UKFast umbrella. ClearCloud was only launched last summer and was its managed third party cloud business (supporting...
View ArticleMicrosoft scores another retail win for Azure
Summary: Albertsons Companies, the grocery chain in the US, selected Azure as its preferred cloud infrastructure platform and also plans to use Microsoft 365. Albertsons is already piloting an...
View ArticleRDX acquires pair of database MSPs; third party cloud angle
Summary: RDX, a provider of database infrastructure and managed services, made a pair of acquisitions in recent weeks. The first deal saw it acquire clckwrk, a provider of managed services and hosting...
View ArticleWatServ rolls out managed Google Cloud service
Summary: Toronto-based MSP WatServ provides managed services and consulting for public clouds. It supports Azure and recently added capabilities for Azure. WatServ also disclosed a customer for Google...
View ArticleMicrosoft previews new Azure-based SIEM security offering
Summary: Microsoft put two new cloud security services into preview. Azure Sentinel is a security information and event management (SIEM) tool It collects data from all users, devices, applications...
View ArticleCarlsberg moves SAP to Azure; third party help
Summary: Carlsberg Group used Accenture and Avanade to help move its SAP environments to the Azure cloud. This was part of a larger shift to outsourced infrastructure that was precipitated by the need...
View ArticleMicrosoft opens two South Africa data centres
Summary: Microsoft opened two Azure regions in South Africa: South Africa North based in Johannesburg and South Africa West in Cape Town. Microsoft had planned to open data centres in the country last...
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