Cloud provider stories

CXone used by more than one million agents and supervisors
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NICE has announced that CXone has more than one million agents and supervisors using the complete breadth of its functionality.

Uber partners Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for new products
Wed, 15th Feb 2023
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Oracle and Uber have announced a seven-year cloud partnership to accelerate innovation, help deliver new products to market, and drive increased profitability.

93% enterprises use multiple cloud providers: Oracle survey
Fri, 10th Feb 2023
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The research commissioned by Oracle found companies using multiple cloud providers for redundancy and disaster recovery and benefiting from reduced costs.

The factors that will shape cloud computing in 2023
Wed, 25th Jan 2023
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2023 will be a pivotal year for cloud computing with some of the key trends from previous years even more relevant due to the effects of the economic downturn.

Vantage Data Centers opens a regional office in Hong Kong
Wed, 30th Nov 2022
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The office will house engineering, construction, sales and leadership functions to support Vantage’s expanding business across the APAC region.

Zoom successfully completes IRAP Security Assessment
Mon, 14th Nov 2022
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The IRAP is an information security requirements program developed by the Australia Signals Directorate (ASD).

Alibaba Cloud launches open source Model-as-a-Service platform
Fri, 4th Nov 2022
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The Model-as-a-Service platform comes with hundreds of AI models, including large pre-trained models for global developers and researchers.

Cloudflare brings Data Localisation Suite to more APAC businesses
Tue, 27th Sep 2022
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data protection
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This allows any business in these countries to service their data locally while benefiting from the speed, security, and scalability of Cloudflare’s global network.

Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from CSG
Mon, 12th Sep 2022
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Ian Watterson joins us today to share more about how CSG supports customers in their digital transformations and how the company serves the APAC market.

Cloud is a tool, not a destination
Mon, 4th Jul 2022
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For many years, “cloud” has been thought of as a destination which has led to a misguided strategy that sees an enterprise trying to shift all its applications to a single cloud provider – regardless of the specific needs and nuances of each individual workload.

Survey reveals overwhelming dissatisfaction with cloud providers
Fri, 3rd Jun 2022
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Overall, 80% of enterprises said they are so frustrated with their existing provider, they are actively looking to replace them within the next twelve months.

Johnson Controls creates platform for sustainable future
Wed, 30th Mar 2022
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Johnson Controls has announced an industry-first hyperscale data center platform intended to assist cloud providers in meeting ambitious sustainability goals.

Databricks launches new Partner Connect portal, extends lakehouse ecosystem
Mon, 22nd Nov 2021
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The company states customers can utilise the portal to discover a broad set of validated data, analytics, and AI tools and integrate them with their Databricks lakehouse across multiple cloud providers.

Cloudian extends AWS alliance, bringing greater storage options to businesses
Wed, 9th Jun 2021
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“We’re enhancing our alliance with the number one cloud provider in ANZ, providing AWS Outposts customers with vital technology that combines secure, exabyte-scalable storage with data sovereignty requirements."

BlackRock and Snowflake enter partnership, look to serve investment management market
Tue, 23rd Feb 2021
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BlackRock and Snowflake have entered into a strategic partnership with the shared intention of delivering a next-generation solution for the investment management industry.

Accenture acquires Olikka, looks to become leading AWS and Azure cloud provider
Tue, 1st Dec 2020
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The acquisition extends Accenture’s AWS and Microsoft Azure capabilities, as well as its broader cloud capabilities across Australia and New Zealand.

Revealed: COVID-19's impact on internet disruptions
Wed, 5th Aug 2020
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"We saw outages spike to unprecedented levels -- especially among internet service providers who seem to have been more vulnerable to disruptions than cloud providers.”

OVHcloud launches managed web hosting in APAC
Wed, 1st Jul 2020
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The global cloud provider offers a turnkey solution for resellers and partners in response to the rising demand for digitisation in businesses.

Cloudscene launches Google Cloud connectivity map
Tue, 1st Oct 2019
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The Cloud Pathfinder app is designed for enterprises that wish to instantly find service poviders that deliver connectivity to Google Cloud’s global nodes.

Opinion: 3 ways cloud & colocation providers can use renewables
Wed, 15th May 2019
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Schneider Electric’s John Powers discusses the renewable revolution that is underway and how providers can jump on board.

Cloud providers increasingly jumping into gaming market
Tue, 19th Mar 2019
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Aa number of major cloud service providers are uniquely placed to capitalise on the lucrative cloud gaming market.

SoftwareONE invests in APAC with cloud provider acquisition
Wed, 27th Feb 2019
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The Swiss company has reached an agreement to acquire cloud transformation company RightCloud for an undisclosed amount.

Big cloud providers continue to squeeze out smaller players
Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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Last year saw almost manic growth in revenue for cloud providers as businesses continue to seek the benefits the services can provide.

AWS and Azure spending big bucks on data centres to get ahead
Fri, 1st Feb 2019
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A new report from Canalys has revealed what the world’s two largest cloud providers have been up to – and they’ve certainly been busy.