Category Archives: Cloud computing

Google Cloud opens new cloud region in Doha

Google Cloud has announced the opening of its Doha cloud region at an official launch event attended by ministers from the Qatari Cabinet and executives from leading Qatari businesses, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Qatar Free Zone Authority (QFZ). The new cloud region will meet growing demand for cloud services in Qatar and… Read more »

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Console Connect and Vultr collaborate to deliver on-demand cloud access worldwide

Console Connect, a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform, and Vultr, a privately held cloud computing company, have formed a global collaboration that enables businesses to establish their own private, dedicated link between Vultr and the Console Connect platform, improving network security and connectivity for mission-critical applications and workloads. Today, Vultr is integrated with the Console Connect platform… Read more »

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Jotelulu raises €4M to help IT companies easily deliver cloud services to SMEs

Jotelulu, a platform that helps transform IT companies into cloud service providers, has closed €4 million in a Series A round of investment. Adara Ventures, a European deep tech funds, led the round, with participation from US-based fund G2A Investment Partners and previous investors Fundación Bankinter and Big Sur Ventures, who are committed to supporting… Read more »

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Snowflake opens UK office amid strong momentum across EMEA

Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, is opening a new UK office and Customer Experience Centre (CEC) in London, providing the ultimate workplace experience to employees and an area for collaboration with prospective clients. This coincides with the company’s impressive growth following a successful fiscal 2023, which saw the company continue to shift the EMEA sales… Read more »

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Cloud professionals ‘overly attached to password-based security’

Most cloud professionals remain overly attached to the use of passwords despite their inherent security vulnerabilities, value as a target for threat actors, and widespread frustrations around password hygiene requirements.  This is one of the key findings from research conducted by Beyond Identity, a provider of passwordless, phishing-resistant MFA. The survey of more than 150… Read more »

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Basil Faruqui, BMC: Perfecting cloud strategies, and getting the most out of automation

Could you tell us a little about what BMC does and your role within the company?  BMC delivers industry-leading software solutions for IT automation, orchestration, operations, and service management to help organisations free up time and space as they continue to drive their digital initiatives forward. We work with thousands of customers and partners around… Read more »

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Virgin Media and Amdocs’ Vubiquity expand collaboration in UK

Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has revealed that its Vubiquity platform has been selected to continue to provide Virgin Media’s customers with Electronic Sell Through (EST) and Transactional Video on Demand (TVOD) content across different devices. The deal represents an expansion of the decade-long relationship between Amdocs’ Vubiquity… Read more »

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IT and security pros face increased workload due to hybrid/virtual work adoption

Ivanti, the provider of the Ivanti Neurons automation platform that discovers, manages, secures, and services IT assets from cloud to edge, has announced the results of its 2023 Report: Elevating the Future of Everywhere Work. Ivanti collaborated with ‘Future of Work’ experts and surveyed 8,400 office workers, IT professionals and C-level executives across the globe… Read more »

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Cloud bursting can help businesses manage spikes in demand

Perry Krug, director of shared services at Couchbase, explains how cloud bursting is essential for those businesses that need to suddenly handle large spikes in demand. Businesses in all sectors are continuing to migrate to the cloud as they look to capture and analyse large volumes of data, improve collaboration between staff, and streamline their… Read more »

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Intruder joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage

Intruder, the vulnerability scanning and attack surface management platform, today announced it has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage program as a technology partner, giving organisations the ability to easily monitor their cloud systems for potential security breaches and vulnerabilities. As part of the collaboration, customers are able to connect Intruder to Google Cloud to… Read more »

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