Reserved.AI raises funds for cloud cost optimisation
Summary: Seattle-based Reserved.AI raised $3.3m from Amplify Partners and Pioneer Square Labs. Founded in June 2019, Reserved.AI already claims over 20 active customers for its AWS financial...
View ArticleRadware partners with Microsoft for managed security service on Azure
Summary: Security provider Radware rolled out a managed security service that is built on the Azure cloud and co-developed with Microsoft. The service provides DDoS, managed WAF, threat detection and...
View ArticleAzure ExpressRoute now availble in Cologix Vancouver
Summary: Cologix added an Azure ExpressRoute on-ramp node at its VAN1 facility, located in Vancouver’s 555 West Hastings Street carrier hotel. Cologix has three facilities in Vancouver (VAN3 just...
View ArticleMore delays to JEDI contract
Summary: The US Department of Defense has asked for 120 days to reconsider certain aspects of its decision to award the JEDI cloud contract to Microsoft Azure, in response to technical challenges...
View ArticleAptum Technology customer wins span service range
Summary: Aptum Technologies shared some recent customer wins. For a Canadian customer, Aptum deployed private cloud alongside existing colocation services. For two other customers, Azure was at the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Teams, Xbox Live, Azure all experience outages; virus impact
Summary: Microsoft experienced a number of small-scale outages impacting different services. An ‘isolated power event’ impacted Azure for some customers in the West Central US region for four hours in...
View ArticleClearDATA extends compliance capabilities to Azure
Summary: Healthcare-focused managed hoster ClearDATA has built a compliance platform called Comply. Comply helps organizations automatically detect and remediate non-compliance in their hosted...
View ArticleCoreStack raises $8.5m for cloud governance
Summary: Seattle-based cloud governance platform CoreStack raised $8.5m in Series A funding led by Naya Ventures with participation from existing investor Z5 Capital. It has raised a total of $13m and...
View ArticleMicrosoft outlines Azure, Virtual Desktop, Teams growth
Summary: Microsoft shared that Azure-based services have grown 775% in regions that have enforced social distancing or shelter-in-place orders. Windows Virtual Desktop usage is up threefold. And more...
View ArticleMedia report: Microsoft Azure reaching infrastructure capacity limits in...
Summary: Media reports indicate that due to the increased demand for cloud infrastructure, Microsoft Azure has told some customers its Azure cloud is running up against limits in parts of Australia...
View ArticleMicrosoft deploys Hong Kong cloud on-ramp at SUNeVision’s MEGA-i data centre
Summary: Hong Kong data centre operator SUNeVision confirmed a new Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute site in Hong Kong located within its MEGA-i carrier hotel in Chai Wan. Management noted that data will...
View ArticleMicrosoft throttling SharePoint Online, OneDrive amid demand surge
Summary: The surge in online activity is no secret now and clouds are handling things well overall. But measures have been taken to absorb the pressure. Azure is doing a number of things to keep...
View ArticleMicrosoft eyes the edge and 5G with Affirmed Networks purchase
Summary: Microsoft is acquiring 5G network specialist Affirmed Networks only a few weeks after Google laid out its plans for the edge. Deal details: Affirmed Networks supplies network operators with...
View ArticleManufacturing win for Azure with Kubota
Summary: Microsoft Azure came out with an interesting customer win in the manufacturing sector. Kubota, an Osaka, Japan-based maker of tractors and other heavy engineering equipment, will move its IT...
View ArticleLimits on free Azure services as demand soars
Summary: There are more indications that Azure capacity is under pressure. Microsoft has blocked non-paying users (including free trials, student accounts and offers that provide monthly credits) from...
View ArticleAgilisys launches Azure-based contact management service; virus-related
Summary: UK-based service provider Agilisys developed – over a weekend – a contact management solution to help track and monitor outreach to people isolating in the current environment. It is hosted...
View ArticleOracle Cloud launches second cloud region in Canada for Gen 2
Summary: Oracle Cloud launched its second cloud infrastructure region in Canada. This is a Gen 2 deployment of its cloud infrastructure platform and will be housed in a Montreal-based data centre....
View ArticleBlackRock selects Azure to host investment management system
Summary: BlackRock will migrate its Aladdin investment management and operations platform to Azure – a process that is expected to take months. Aladdin started out as software for internal investment...
View ArticleAzure regions in Europe see significant demand upticks
Summary: At the end of March, Microsoft noted a number of Azure regions had seen significant upticks in demand. They are: Europe North, Europe West, UK South, France Central, Asia East, India South...
View ArticleCapita wins UK IT services contract; hybrid cloud
Summary: UK housing association Bolton At Home awarded Capita’s Technology Solutions division a four-year IT services contract worth nearly £6m. Capita will migrate the association’s current IT...
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