Microsoft earnings data points speak to cloud uptake directions
Summary: Three interesting data points from Microsoft’s earnings. First, customers that consume both Azure and Office 365 tend to purchase much larger quantities of Azure than a typical customer. In...
View ArticleDigital Fortress accesses line of credit
Summary: Digital Fortress, based in Seattle, received a line of credit worth $8.75m from Wellington Financial LP and will target product development. Digital Fortress operates 63k sqft of space in the...
View ArticleHOSTING names new CEO; shares growth, managed cloud data points
Summary: HOSTING has moved co-founder Joel Daly into the CEO position, replacing co-founder Art Zeile as he leaves the company. Details: Daly was HOSTING’s EVP of sales. To fill that opening, HOSTING...
View ArticleDatum, Attenda introduce direct connectivity to massive-scale clouds
Summary: Datum Datacentres launched the Datum Cloud Connect service providing direct connectivity to AWS Direct Connect (via the AWS EU West region) and Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute (via the Azure...
View ArticleInterxion launches Office 365 private connections
Summary: Interxion launched Azure ExpressRoute for Office 365 through its Cloud Connect platform, enabling customers to build private connections to Office 365 through Azure ExpressRoute.
View ArticleManaged third party cloud data points on uptake
Summary: ViaWest is the latest to move into managed third party cloud – for Azure – and we just spoke to another US-based mixed colocation and managed hosting provider that is figuring out its strategy...
View ArticleConnectria adds managed Azure service to portfolio
Summary: Connectria in St. Louis now has a managed Azure service to go with its managed AWS offering. Connectria has different tiers of services and is doing implementation and setup, managed services...
View ArticleAlibaba cloud arm hires Microsoft executive; artificial intelligence, big data
Summary: Alibaba’s cloud arm hired a senior executive from Microsoft, media reports indicate. Zhou Jingren will focus on big data and artificial intelligence. The latter being an area that AWS also...
View ArticleRackspace extends Azure and Office 365 to channel
Summary: Rackspace will allow channel partners to resell or refer managed Azure cloud and Office 365 services fully integrated with its Fanatical Support layer. Consolidated Telecom and Forget...
View Article21Vianet and Unisplendour team up for China cloud services
Summary: Chinese data centre operator 21Vianet formed a joint venture with Unisplendour Corp (UNIS) to provide Microsoft Azure and Office 365 cloud-based services tailored for the Chinese market....
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson reveals multi-cloud strategy
Summary: A good end user data point from the enterprise side. Johnson & Johnson shared that it is storing over 500TB of data in AWS, Azure and NTT cloud. THis is more than halfway to its goal of...
View ArticleTierPoint rolls out managed Azure service; best-fit, future-proofing
Summary: TierPoint rolled out a managed Azure cloud infrastructure service across its US footprint. It will also support the Office 365 messaging and collaboration service. Details: The service builds...
View ArticleNaviSite adds managed Azure cloud to portfolio
Summary: NaviSite released its managed Azure cloud infrastructure service this week. NaviSite’s NOC will support managed Azure customers directly and they will also have the option to run on...
View ArticleHostway using WSM for migration to managed Azure service
Summary: Hostway partnered up with WSM International to help facilitate migrations to its managed Azure services. WSM International, based in Austin, Texas, is a specialist in migrations and has a...
View ArticleRackspace data points on support of third party clouds
Summary: Rackspace made interesting comments on the record with respect to its support of third party clouds. It supports AWS and Azure and confirmed it has no plans to support Google’s cloud due to...
View ArticleBoeing signs up to Microsoft Azure, Cortana’ analytics a driver
Summary: Aircraft manufacturer Boeing and its AerData and Jeppesen subsidiaries will move digital services to Microsoft Azure, and will also use Cortana Intelligence and Azure’s IoT suite in their work...
View ArticleCarbon60 rolls out managed Azure cloud service; hybrid, data location
Summary: Carbon60 Networks in Toronto rolled out its new managed Azure cloud service. Carbon60 will help customers run on Azure and integrate with Microsoft-based private cloud infrastructure or...
View ArticleServInt has new Azure-based backup and DR service
Summary: ServInt introduced an Azure-based backup and data recovery service. Customers can backup to the Azure public cloud or a private cloud hosted by ServInt in its data centres. There is continued...
View ArticleAlibaba exploring potential data centre expansion in Ireland
Summary: Alibaba is evaluating Ireland as a potential location for a new data centre, according to media reports. Not surprising considering cloud providers such as AWS, Google and Microsoft are...
View ArticleEduserv partners with Microsoft for Azure, Office 365
Summary: Eduserv, the UK not-for-profit provider of IT services for the public sector, became a Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider, enabling it to offer Azure and Office 365 services to customers....
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