Middle East stories - Page 27
French cloud giant sets up shop in two APAC data centres
Fri, 22nd Feb 2019
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OVH Infrastructure has expanded its public cloud services in the Asia Pacific (APAC) market operating from two data centres within the region.
OVH launches public cloud down under
Thu, 21st Feb 2019
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public cloud
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OVH Public Cloud services is expanding to Australia out of two data centres - one in Sydney and one in Singapore.
IDC: Growth in ICT spend driven by cloud infrastructure
Tue, 12th Feb 2019
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hyperscale
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datacentre infrastructure
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colocation
Service providers account for a growing share of ICT spending, led by a surge of cloud infrastructure spending, according to IDC.
Illumio eyes global expansion with $65m in the bank
Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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micro-segmentation
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illumio
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forrester research
Illumio secures US$65m in funding to expand across Asia Pacific, EMEA, and the US, as demand for micro-segmentation grows.
France grants first approvals for automated surveillance UAVs
Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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surveillance
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drones
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unmanned aerial vehicles
France’s Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) has given approval for the first fully-automated surveillance drone to be operated in France.
World’s longest electric car journey reaches Adelaide
Fri, 1st Feb 2019
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cartech
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
Dutchman Wiebe Wakker arrived in Adelaide after a 1051-day journey from Amsterdam in an electric car, proving the potential of sustainable travel.
Cloud communications turns US$45b collaboration market on its head
Tue, 29th Jan 2019
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uc
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collaboration
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cisco
It comes as little surprise that cloud is continuing on its disruptive path – this time in the collaboration market.
Vertiv reveals new ‘plug-and-play’ data centre options
Tue, 22nd Jan 2019
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edge computing
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hyperscale
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dc
The new product families are said to enable the rapid deployment of right-sized, just-in-time data centre and power capacity.
Hyperscale data centres surging globally, 132 more on the way
Thu, 10th Jan 2019
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hyperscale
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dc
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iaas
Global demand for data surge fuels a boom in hyperscale data centres, with 132 new facilities set to bolster the current 430, a rise led by Amazon and Google.
Relentless demand for IT experts in Southeast Asia
Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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uc
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data analytics
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hyperscale
Southeast Asia's IT and Telecom sector is booming, with Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines seeing record hiring growth as demand for tech experts soars.
ExaGrid gears up for another year of 'excellent' growth
Mon, 7th Jan 2019
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dr
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exagrid
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cloud services
ExaGrid’s efforts to provide intelligent hyperconverged storage for backup has netted the company a 20% revenue growth between 2017 and 2018.
Cloud-native networking core market seeing growth
Wed, 2nd Jan 2019
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smartphones
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network infrastructure
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sdn
Dell’Oro group has released two reports that show that the expectation for 5G is driving the growth of cloud-native IMS VoLTE and EPC core markets.
How protecting critical infrastructure starts with securing social media
Tue, 1st Jan 2019
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iam
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cybersecurity strategy
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passwords
Erroneous alerts regarding potential missile strikes that caused civil disruption in Hawaii and Japan in recent history.
Record revenues from servers selling like hot cakes
Thu, 13th Dec 2018
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
The relentless demand for data has resulted in another robust quarter for the global server market with impressive growth.
Genesys PureCloud generates triple-digit revenue growth year on year
Tue, 11th Dec 2018
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uc
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network infrastructure
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sdn
Genesys PureCloud posted remarkable growth, doubling revenue in Australia and New Zealand year-on-year and securing over 500 global customers.
Cisco dominates record-high Ethernet switch & router markets
Sat, 8th Dec 2018
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smartphones
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network infrastructure
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nokia
Cisco dominates the Ethernet switch and router markets, with Q3 revenues hitting a record US$11 billion amid a surge in data center demand.
The 2018 Canalys APAC Channels Forum keynote
Thu, 6th Dec 2018
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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multi-cloud
There was a lot to unpack at the Canalys APAC Channels Forum keynote. This long-form piece tries to cover all the most relevant points for ANZ.
Chinese smartphone brands are set to overthrow Samsung
Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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smartphones
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market analyst
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gartner
Huawei and Xiaomi drove global smartphone sales in Q3 2018, according to Gartner. Overall sales grew 1.4% to reach 389 million units.
Park Place opening EMEA ops centre in Cork, jobs up for grabs
Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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uc
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hyperscale
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dc
The world’s largest post-warranty data centre maintenance organisation has announced that it will be opening its new EMEA Operations Centre in Cork, Ireland.
AWS tops all four global markets, APAC a unique case
Wed, 21st Nov 2018
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data analytics
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Amazon Web Services leads the global public cloud market across all major regions, though the APAC scene is uniquely shaped by strong local competition.