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Daily Cloud Computing News from @cloudfeednet - Sep 12, 2017
Daily Cloud Computing news from @cloudfeednet.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chief Meg Whitman Joins Dropbox Board
The data center build-out coincided with Dropbox’s 2016 decision to move the bulk of its infrastructure off of Amazon Web Services (amzn, +1.17%) in … more.
Jersey City-based cloud specialist, Datapipe acquired by Rackspace
Customers need guidance using public cloud infrastructure from Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure. more.
Private cloud use grows, and ZeroStack wants to help spin them up
We think about ecosystems and have integration with public clouds like [Amazon Web Services] AWS, virtualization platforms like VMware and … more.
Huawei aims to be among top-5 global clouds
While Microsoft-developed Azure and Amazon-developed AWS (Amazon Web Services) are globally popular, China-based Alibaba, Tencent and … more.
Rackspace applies ‘fanatical’ service to hosted private cloud
That service has been extended across multiple cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. It’s what we … more.
Microsoft adds guest access capabilities to Teams
While guest users must have an Azure Active Directory account to use Teams, there are plans to allow anyone with a Microsoft Account to be added as … more.
FAQ: Microsoft gives away Windows 10, Office 365 in try-before-you-buy deal
ARNnet The invitation-only ‘Windows Insider Lab for Enterprise’ lets users, most of … in Tumwater - and a real network, the latter via Azure Active Directory. more.
What is AWS Security? Risks, Best Practices, and More
series on the fundamentals of information security. more.
Microsoft Azure gets a new VM family for bursty workloads
Microsoft today announced the preview launch of a new family of virtual machines for its Azure cloud computing platform that’s specifically geared … more.
Rackspace Is Buying This Rival to Expand Cloud Computing Options
Prior to that, Datapipe bought GoGrid, a public cloud competitor to AWS and Microsoft Azure. Datapipe has more of a presence among large … more.
Azure Archive Storage and Blob-Level Tiering
You can think of an Azure storage stamp as a massive, resilient database cluster. … Microsoft made this possible by using some form of offline storage. more.
Microsoft Monday: Xbox One Keyboard And Mouse Support, Surface Event
Forbes This week, Microsoft Monday includes details about the new LinkedIn …. Plus Adobe is going to make Microsoft Azure the preferred cloud platform for … more.
Container adoption still low barks Cloud Foundation
… clear: your code becomes much easier to install and run on multiple platforms, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. more.
Microsoft Adds Guest Access to Microsoft Teams
The guest invite capability in Microsoft Teams is enabled through the Azure AD B2B service, which is currently available in Europe and North America. more.
How to get the Kubernetes help you need
Canonical announces further enterprise Kubernetes support options CoreOS extends Kubernetes to Microsoft Azure Kubernetes 1.7 released. 0. more.
Take a test drive of Chef Automate on Microsoft Azure
provides the tools for automating modern and legacy architectures. more.
Introducing B-Series, our new burstable VM size
family that provides the lowest cost of any existing size with flexible CPU … more.
Expand your collaboration with guest access in Microsoft Teams
Beginning today, anyone with an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) account … more.
ServiceNow receives unclassified DLM status from Australian government
At the time, Microsoft Azure Engineering Lead for Australia James Kavanagh, as the company’s Australian national technology officer, told ZDNet there … more.
Ignite 2017 Azure Hybrid Scenario Session
range of opportunities for partners looking to expand their offerings to … more.
AT&T IoT solution to run on Microsoft Azure cloud
Michael Angiulo, corporate vice president, ISV and SI at Microsoft, said the latest IoT solution from AT&T will run on Microsoft Azure cloud, and will use … more.
Not able to create webapp in azure portal by Parwinderjit S
“South … does not have authorization to perform action ‘Microsoft. more.
Rackspace Is Buying This Rival to Expand Cloud Computing Options
Just over a year ago it acquired Adapt, a U.K. company that helps customers move to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. That deal followed … more.
Amazon boosts hiring in China in renewed battle with Alibaba
A large portion of the jobs were for Amazon Web Services. In retail, Amazon is investing billions to ramp up its operations across Asia, particularly in … more.
How Retailers Are Countering Amazon’s Growing Dominance
Further, this e-Commerce giant’s success story is highlighted by its AmazonFresh Pickup service, and its cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services … more.
$20M Uber/FTC Consent Decree Points to Uber Practices and AWS as Critical
IT Business Edge (blog) The provider was Amazon Web Services (AWS), which was called out in the complaint, and outed as part of the overall problem. The FTC alleged that … more.
Why Equinix is Buying the Spanish Data Center Firm Itconic
In 2015, it bought New York-based Nimbo, which, as an official Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure partner, also helped enterprises shift from … more.
VMware Debuts Integrated OpenStack-Carrier Edition
BARCELONA, Spain and SAN FRANCISCO – VMware today announced VMware vCloud NFV-OpenStack, delivering the fastest path to deploying … more.
Shanghai International Port Group Selects Accenture to Help Develop Its New
Markets Insider … (HCI) FusionCube; OpenStack-based cloud operating system FusionSphere; integration server, software-defined storage, and network hardware. more.
Cloud Provider OVH Takes on AWS, Azure and Google in the US
But that isn’t stopping the French company from taking on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform as it enters the … more.
GlobalSCAPE, Inc. Recognized for Cloud Computing, File Transfer and
Business Wire (press release) Cloud/SaaS Innovations (Gold Winner) Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) on Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure allows customers to use one or … more.
Google opens Cloud Platform regions in Germany and Brazil, its first in
VentureBeat The internet giant previously revealed plans to launch a bunch of new Google Cloud Platform (GCP) regions throughout 2017. Following the opening … more.
Rackspace Buys Datapipe, Creating an International Managed Cloud
Data Center Knowledge “Customers need guidance using public cloud infrastructure from Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure,” … more.
Hybrid Cloud Storage Startup Elastifile Raises $16 Million
In June, the company became an official Google Cloud Technology Partner, allowing customers to move stateful containers, applications and other … more.
Amdocs Launches Smartbot to Bring Intelligent Bot-to-Human Customer
Markets Insider Amdocs Smartbot can be deployed either on-premises or in the cloud, on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. By hosting Amdocs Smartbot as well as … more.
Bringing Together Medical Students Around the World, Elsevier Announces
Markets Insider Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, today announced the winners of its medical education hackathon. more.
Microsoft Teams adds new guest access and developer tools
With the addition of the new feature to Microsoft Teams, anyone with an Azure Active Directory can be added as a guest to the workplace chat tool. more.
Onesofts Onebridge Subsidiary Contracts with Phillips 66
… of pipeline data ingested into CIM and will also include charges for Microsoft Azure platform usage and other reimbursable expenses as they occur. more.
Peak PerformanceSky Betting & Gaming migrates Sky Bet Engine to Amazon Web
SBC News Seeking to gain improved all-around scalability combined with peak operating performance, Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has informed that it has … more.
Rackspace Shakes Up Managed Services with Datapipe Acquisition
… multicloud services that collectively include the Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure. more.
On the Radar: Thycotic Enables Security Around Privilege - Research and
SYS-CON Media (press release) Thycotic’s flagship product is Secret Server, a vault with which companies can store, distribute, change, and audit their corporate admin passwords. more.
Camera360 hosted Silicon Valley’s Captain and reveal the secrets of
SYS-CON Media (press release) CHENGDU, China, Sept. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – On September 5th, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Steve Hoffman, and Chengdu’s star-up gurus … more.
Eco-Site Closes On Additional $20 Million In Funding
DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Eco-Site, LLC (www.eco-site.com), a North Carolina-based wireless tower and infrastructure … more.
Cloud Provider OVH Takes on AWS, Azure and Google in the US
But that isn’t stopping the French company from taking on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform as it enters the … more.
PSI Services Enters Agreement with Amazon Web Services to Increase
Business Wire (press release) GLENDALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PSI Services LLC (PSI), a worldwide, industry-leading professional testing services provider to corporations, … more.
Amazon offers cloud computing services in VN
Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially set up a legal entity in Viet Nam to support its customers using the company’s products, an AWS representative … more.
Kodiak Data Introduces EdgeCache to Accelerate Access to Amazon S3 and
PR Newswire (press release) … of EdgeCacheTM, a transparent object replication service connecting Kodiak Data clouds to public clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS). more.
Broadvoice to Sponsor Women in the Channel’s WiCConnect Networking Event at
PR Newswire (press release) Tech leader and best-selling author Sandy Carter, vice president of Amazon Web Services, will deliver the keynote address on “7 Ways to Lead … more.
VMware AppDefense application monitoring system enhances security
As you probably know, VMware partnered with Amazon last year, which led to the creation of VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS). more.
Google steps up its game with new offer of cloud services from Germany
Some of the biggest customers of Google’s cloud services currently in Germany are Europe’s largest software group SAP, manufacturer of cleaning … more.
Pitney Bowes Creates Small Business Partner Program to Accelerate
Business Wire (press release) To scale an increased breadth of partner applications over time, a Pitney Bowes App Store, leveraging Google Cloud’s Orbitera technology, will be … more.
Data Centre Growth in Gulf States Levels Off
DataCentrePricing.Com’s latest Middle East Data Centre 2017 to 2020 report finds that Data Centre Providers in the six Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, … more.
VMware debuts more services for data centres, cloud
Finally, the company has announced its VMware vCloud NFV-OpenStack, to help users deploy production NFV services on OpenStack. The platform … more.
Enterprise cloud environments become more fragmented
The second most popular two-cloud combination is AWS and OpenStack. Although AWS is more prominent among smaller organizations and … more.
How External Access for Microsoft Teams Works
For now, the external access for Teams is only for users with Azure AD accounts. As Microsoft notes in their announcement: Later, we’ll add the ability … more.
Rackspace To Acquire Rival Datapipe Creating Managed Cloud Services Giant
… public and multi-cloud services that collectively include the Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure. more.
AT&T hones IoT focus with two new initiatives ahead of MWC Americas
The carrier unveiled AT&T Asset Management Operations Center, which runs on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and is designed to help … more.
Global Identity Management Software Market 2017: Microsoft Azure, Okta,
openPR (press release) QY Market Research include new Identity Management Software market research report 2016-2022 Report on “Global Identity Management Software … more.
Looking Beyond Apple’s IPhone ‘X’ Hype To Services & The Ecosystem
… number by any measure that makes this division the size of a Fortune 100 company all by itself - and bigger than Amazon Web Services. Services … more.
Amazon ramps up hiring in China
A large portion of the jobs were for Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing and hosting business in which it’s the global leader against the likes of … more.
YaMeter Yet Another Load Testing Tool With More Cloud
Ever since NetBeans joined the Apache Software Foundation, I’ve been wandering the Apache projects for bug fixing and such. It’s like taking a stroll … more.
VMware eases cloud migration with another IBM collaboration
Following last year’s IBM Cloud partnership, VMware established another hybrid cloud collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that became … more.
Lacework Recognized in Independent Cloud Workload Security Solutions Vendor
Markets Insider Lacework Polygraph is also available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketplace as an hourly subscription model. To learn more about … more.
Insights into HAProxy Load-Balancing on OpenStack Private Clouds
talks about the benefits and how we implement HAProxy with OpenStack. more.
Google opens new cloud region in Germany
The new German region joins existing sales and support offices in Germany and is launching with a wide range of service options. Google Cloud … more.
GCP Transfer Appliance offers solution for transferring large amounts of
TechGenix (blog) Google just introduced a new solution to help organizations move large amounts of data to Google Cloud Platform. The GCP Transfer Appliance is a … more.
Rackspace Is Buying This Rival to Expand Cloud Computing Options
In a sign of continued consolidation in the IT services market, Rackspace is buying Datapipe, a competitor that also offers business customers several … more.
Facebook’s CDN Enables Security Breaches Targeting Brazilian Users
Similar attacks have also been described by Palo Alto Networks in its blog, but these attacks use Dropbox and Google’s cloud storage services to store … more.
Mostly idle at work? Microsoft Azure has some bursty VMs it’d love to sell
The Register Azure Microsofties have crossed their fingers - and everything else - that Redmond’s new VM family will hit the sweet spot for customers with sporadic … more.
Microsoft’s latest cloud instances carry over unused performance
Microsoft’s Azure Functions offering provides an even more fine-grained billing model. The service enables customers to run code on-demand in … more.
Goldman Sachs Leads $38M Investment in Cloud Storage Firm Nasuni
The software stores all of a customer’s files in the cloud (with partners like Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, IBM, and Dell EMC), but it also … more.
Sumo Logic Unveils 2017 ‘State of Modern Applications in the Cloud’ Report
… of mission-critical modern applications and infrastructures on cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud … more.
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