Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported its quarterly financial results on 22nd October, with revenue and profit both up from a year earlier.
Vision Solutions to introduce new products at GITEX 2015
Vision Solutions has announced that it will be showcasing the recently launched Double-Take Cloud Migration Centre product during GITEX Technology Week.
GE to launch Predix cloud for industrial apps
General Electric has recently announced that it’s pitching a cloud service for the Internet of Things market, with the primary focus on heavy industries like aviation, healthcare, energy and transportation.
IBM continues to expand cloud technology patent portfolio
According to an IBM tally released recently, the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued more than 1,200 patents to IBM related to cloud technologies during the past 18 months, with 400 of those issued so far in 2015.
Google Cloud Platform to support Windows server
Google has recently expanded its support for Windows workloads running on its cloud, a move that aims to better position Google Cloud Platform to court enterprise customers.
StarLink joins Riverbed VAD programme
StarLink has announced that it has joined the Riverbed Performance Value Added Distributor (VAD) Programme in UAE.
IBM brings OpenStack to its SoftLayer cloud
IBM has recently launched IBM Cloud OpenStack Services, which allows customers to run OpenStack jobs both in-house and in the IBM SoftLayer cloud, with minimal headache moving applications back and forth.
Microsoft looks to empower IT in the cloud
Microsoft is working to help its enterprise customers move their data, apps and operations to the cloud – specifically the hybrid cloud.
VMware prepares its virtualisation stack for Docker
VMware is now addressing the market for Docker with two open source software packages that will allow its customers to more easily deploy containers in their existing VMware infrastructure.
VMware still chasing despite new cloud offerings
The newest feature added to VMware’s vCloud Air public cloud is the ability to spin virtual machines up and down with a few clicks and pay for them by the hour. This better positions VMware to go head-to-head with top public IaaS cloud vendors, but analysts say VMware still has lots of catching up to do.
IBM reports grim Q4 earnings
IBM will favour buyouts that strengthen its cloud services, the company’s CFO has said, as it looks for ways to expand its business after 11 straight quarters of declining revenue.
Sky is the limit
Mario Georgiou, Regional Partner Director, Middle East and Africa, Juniper Networks, explains the transforming role of the channel in a cloud-enabled environment.
Infor announces XI platform
Application software firm Infor, has announced the release of Infor XI, an enterprise technology platform for next-generation applications.
Narrowing the focus
Ramkumar B, President, Value Division, Redington Gulf, discusses the company’s plans for cloud and other focus areas for driving the business.
What’s really behind the Microsoft-Salesforce deal
At first glance, it doesn’t seem like there are many ways SalesForce.com and Microsoft should partner; they both offer competing SaaS services. But upon closer inspection, the deal that the leaders of these two companies spoke so highly of during a joint conference call on Thursday afternoon makes a lot of sense not just for these companies, but customers as well.
Microsoft Azure continues enterprise push with private on-ramps
Microsoft continues to target the enterprise with the introduction of a private on-ramp for Windows Azure cloud services.
EMC to lean on VMware for public cloud
In lieu of launching its own public cloud lineup, storage giant EMC has decided to resell the cloud products of its VMware subsidiary, Network World has learned.
IBM invests $1.2 billion in global data centre network
IBM today announced plans to commit $1.2 billion (£730 million) to expand its global cloud footprint through a number of new data centres set to open this year.
Is the PaaS market that we know dying?
Cloud’s platform as a service market hasn’t even grown up yet, but already some people are saying it’s doomed.
Cloud's worst-case scenario: what to do if your provider goes bust
Last September customers of storage provider Nirvanix got what could be worst-case scenario news for a cloud user: The company was going out of business and they had to get data out, fast.