The surge in cloud traffic points to increased adoption of the cloud and a move away from traditional storage, Cisco’s fifth annual Global Cloud Index report reveals. According to the Index, increased…
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NetSuite inks strategic cloud deal with Microsoft
NetSuite has inked a deal with Microsoft which will see closer integration between Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and productivity suite and NetSuite’s ERP online software. The partnership was announced by NetSuite CEO…
Microsoft cloud services now meet International Cloud Privacy Standard 27018
Microsoft on Monday announced its cloud services namely Microsoft Azure, Intune, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online now meet the world’s first international standard for cloud privacy. Brad Smith, the company’s general…
Microsoft announces Azure Government’s general availability
After being in preview state for more than a year, Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud computing service is now generally available to government clients. Redmond had announced plans for a government cloud offering…
Microsoft collaborates with Accenture to offer ‘Hybrid Cloud Solution’
Microsoft has teamed up with global management consultancy firm Accenture to develop a powerful hybrid cloud platform dubbed the ‘Accenture Hybrid Cloud Solution for Microsoft Azure‘. In collaboration with leading Microsoft solution…
UK Government announces launch of new Digital Marketplace
UK Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has announced the opening of the government’s digital marketplace created to offer public sector IT buyers with a wide choice of suppliers for buying IT commodities…
Acer launches Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) solution in India
Acer India has launched a new BYOC (Build Your Own Cloud) solution to allow customers to integrate their PC and mobile devices for accessing data anytime, anywhere. Through Acer BYOC the consumers…
IBM bags Chinese trust with new cloud security deal
The deal comes at a time when foreign companies are increasingly being pestered over anti-monopoly and surveillance allegations.
VMware expands vCloud Hybrid service reach with second UK data centre
The launch comes as part of the company’s vCloud Hybrid Service expansion plans.
Erst CRM rivals Microsoft & Salesforce turn partners
Forget all the fierce jabs between bitter rivals, this is what they call patching things up!
Juniper: Cloud subscriptions to hit 3.6 billion by 2018
Around 3.6 billion people will be using cloud services by 2018, with limited storage capacity of mobile devices as the catalyst for the steep rise in the subscriptions.
Microsoft Azure is the first to receive European cloud privacy approval
Microsoft confirmed that its enterprise cloud service has earned an approval from the European privacy regulators, claiming to be the first cloud provider to meet the high standards of EU cloud privacy…
BT ExpressRoute offers direct, secure, private access to Microsoft Azure cloud network
BT is offering a new service dubbed ExpressRoute in collaboration with Microsoft through which its customers will be able to gain direct, secure, private access to Azure cloud network. ExpressRoute will enable…
Amazon drops AWS pricing by 65% to counter Google
Amazon announced price cuts on most of its cloud computing services, marking the 42nd price reduction since its introduction eight years ago. Speaking at the Amazon Web Developers conference in San Francisco,…
Microsoft: Windows Azure will be Microsoft Azure from April 3
Microsoft has confirmed the change in name of its cloud computing platform from Windows Azure to Microsoft Azure. The change in nomenclature will be effective from April 3, 2014, according to Microsoft’s…