Second cloud region gives enterprise cloud users in South Korea the ability to run primary and disaster recovery Oracle has launched a second cloud region in South Korea, giving enterprise cloud users the ability to run primary and disaster recovery capacity for their critical production workloads in-country, avoiding the…
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Accelerate growth of digital transformation Microsoft plans to establish its first datacentre region in New Zealand and will be the latest addition to its existing datacentre portfolio in 60 other regions, with Microsoft Azure being available in over 140 countries. The vendor plans to also continue its investments in new solutions that support both New Zealand and Microsoft’s sustainability goals and add support for educational skilling programs. Vanessa Sorenson, general manager, Microsoft…
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Subhead: Cloud-based voice calling service to help businesses stay connected Optus Business is offering Australian enterprises the cloud-based voice service, called Microsoft Teams Calling with Optus. Underpinned by Microsoft’s direct routing technology and Azure Cloud platform, Microsoft Teams Calling with Optus provides Australian businesses a collaboration suit that leverages Optus’ Evolve Voice capability.…
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When Ethernet meets hyperscale networking Mellanox, the networking arm of NVIDIA has announced it plans to acquire Cumulus Networks for its networking software capabilities. US-based Cumulus supports about 100 hardware platforms with Cumulus Linux, its operating system for network switches. Currently ultrafast NVIDIA Mellanox Spectrum switches ship with Cumulus Linux and SONiC, the open source offering…
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Entered a new era of cloud modernisation COVID-19 has unexpectedly launched a new era of cloud modernization, found GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Gregg Willsky principal analyst at GlobalData said for many enterprises, COVID-19 has simplified the decision to adopt a cloud-based solution. “COVID-19 has suddenly made it evident…
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Media and entertainment industry body elects Alibaba Cloud to advise its board of directors. The cloud computing and data intelligence arm of Alibaba Group, Alibaba Cloud has been elected to the Content Delivery and Security Association (CDSA) Technology Committee. Alibaba Cloud is one of the first China-based global cloud service…
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Malaysian telco has launched a bundled fixed line number calling with Microsoft Teams Unified Communications. This will allow voice calls from any place at any time across multiple devices. In a statement to the media, Maxis said the service will be available to customers in the enterprise, government, and SME…
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Newly releases subscription-based offering Dell Technologies has newly released a subscription-based services that will allow customers to get started with hybrid cloud environments for as low as USD$70/node per day. Customers can take advantage of “rapid deployment options” and infrastructure services to deploy hybrid clouds in as little as…
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Pandemic disrupts govt cloud purchases. The Australian Government’s Digital Transformation Agency has had to defer its approach to Cloud Marketplace 2.0 (CMP 2.0), due to continued disruptions and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement by the Digital Transformation Agency, it was scheduled to establish a new CMP…
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Financial service provider ramps up innovation capability with Azure, Office 365 and Teams Australia-based financial service provider Pepper Money, has spent two years transitioning to Azure, Office 365 and deploying Teams, to help employees engage with one another and also customers. Operating since 2000, Pepper is an Australia an alternative…
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