AWS to open an office in Athens, Greece
Summary: AWS confirmed plans to open a new office in Athens, Greece and pointed to increased demand for cloud infrastructure services coming out of the country. Among the public clouds, only Microsoft...
View ArticleMicrosoft still moving legacy services to Azure; upside for data centres
Summary: Microsoft is said to be closing in on having all its services running completely on Azure, which has not been the case to this point. This would include services like Office 365, Xbox Live...
View ArticleMicrosoft launches cloud service tailored for retail sector
Summary: Hyperscalers continue to verticalize their offering to meet the requirements of specific industries. Last year Microsoft launched its Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, which bundled together...
View ArticleDigital Fortress acquires colocation business, data centres from Atmosera;...
Summary: Portland-based MSP Atmosera sold its colocation business and three data centres to Digital Fortress, based in Seattle. The facilities are all based in the Portland area. The data centres and...
View ArticlePamlico Capital acquires stake in SAP-focused MSP Protera Technologies
Summary: Pamlico Capital acquired a stake in SAP-focused MSP and application hosting provider Protera Technologies. Protera, based in Chicago, manages SAP environments for customers across multiple...
View ArticleF5 buys new generation multi-cloud network and CDN Volterra
Summary: In a sign of just how the edge is turning (and will continue to turn) the traditional world of vendors upside down, application delivery controller maker F5 is buying multi-cloud network and...
View ArticleGreen House Data re-brands as Lunavi; Azure practice gains momentum
Summary: MSP and data centre operator Green House Data re-branded last year as Lunavi. Lunavi was founded in 2007 and is based in the Denver area with data centres and operations in Cheyenne, Wyoming,...
View ArticleMicrosoft reports FY2Q21 results; uptick in Azure, LinkedIn growth, data...
Summary: Microsoft reported its FY2Q21 results (CY4Q20), which showed an uptick in growth across a number of its cloud services. Azure: The Azure business grew 50% y/y in the recent quarter (48% y/y...
View ArticleAzure boosts resiliency with new AZs in US, Germany
Summary: Microsoft put Azure availability zones into general availability in its South Central US and Germany West Central regions, based out of Texas and Frankfurt respectively. Each region now has...
View ArticleCore BTS acquired Skyline Technologies; bolstering Azure cloud practice
Summary: MSP Core BTS acquired Skyline Technologies after recently merging with Blue Chip Consulting Group and reporting solid organic growth. Core BTS is based in Indianapolis and has a headcount of...
View ArticleOracle Cloud updates global infrastructure footprint; Azure interconnect...
Summary: Oracle Cloud shared a quick update of its global cloud infrastructure footprint. As of last month, Oracle Cloud has 29 regions live and running, while nine more are on the way. Planned...
View ArticleOracle Cloud to partner with Bynet Data for new Israel region
Summary: Local media outlets report that Oracle’s new cloud region in Israel will open this year in Jerusalem in partnership with local data centre operator Bynet Data. According to Bynet Data’s...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces new Georgia cloud region
Summary: Microsoft will launch a new Azure region in Georgia. The East US 3 region will be hosted in data centres in Fulton and Douglas counties. The exact timing has not been given, but construction...
View ArticleBank of New Zealand moving to Azure, consolidating data centre footprint
Summary: Bank of New Zealand will move to the Microsoft Azure cloud once its new in-country data centres come online. This move is part of a larger strategic partnership between Microsoft and BNZ...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure set to enter Indonesia with cloud infrastructure in Jakarta
Summary: Microsoft confirmed plans to build its first cloud infrastructure region in Jakarta, Indonesia. As Microsoft often does when entering new markets, there are plans to invest heavily in...
View ArticleMicrosoft to launch new cloud availability zones in China, Indonesia
Summary: Microsoft confirmed plans to launch a new Azure cloud infrastructure region in China in addition to recently announcing an Indonesia cloud region. The new Azure China region will enable more...
View ArticleMicrosoft begins new Chicago data centre
Summary: Local media reports indicate Microsoft has begun building the first of three planned data centres in the Elk Grove Village part of Chicago on land it acquired early last year. The post...
View ArticleMalaysia approves US, local CSPs for hyperscale data centres, cloud services
Summary: AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Telekom Malaysia have been granted conditional approval to build hyperscale data centres and provide cloud services in Malaysia. They are expected, according...
View ArticleCentriLogic wins insurance company for managed Azure services
Summary: Toronto-based CentriLogic brought on life insurance company Wilson Re as a new managed third party cloud customer. Wilson Re wanted to re-platform and modernize its IT infrastructure on...
View ArticleAtmosera acquires Microsoft-oriented dev shop Wintellect
Summary: Portland-based Atmosera acquired Atlanta-based Wintellect, a Microsoft-oriented application development shop with extensive Azure infrastructure expertise. Wintellect is also a provider of...
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