The cloud is here: what happens next?
Go back a few years and cloud was very different. It mainly existed in name, hanging on the lips of vendors and the IT channel. Today that has flipped nearly 180 degrees ... "When we started talking about cloud, we spoke about the journey to the cloud. Everyone wanted...
Mitel launches cloud communications portfolio with EOH
Mitel hasannounced the expansion of its cloud portfolio in South Africa through a partnership with technology and knowledge service integrator EOH. Mitel's cloud expansion into South Africa is being driven by the region's growing economic marketplace, increasing cloud...
Alcatel-Lucent aims to boost cloud adoption
ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand has announced that they are making it easier for their business partners to help customers adopt enterprise communications services in the cloud. The latest release of its Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch Enterprise...
BT signs up Trend Micro for cloud security
BT and Trend Micro have announced immediate availability of Trend Micro's Deep Security data centre solution on BT's Cloud Compute platform. BT customers around the world can now benefit from Deep Security's protection for physical, virtual, and cloud servers from a...
Citrix unveils roadmap to cloud, secure mobility
Citrix is introducing new packages to transition from on-premises licenses to Citrix Cloud for existing customers, services that enable Citrix and Microsoft customers to deploy Windows 10 desktops on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, services to deploy apps directly...
AWS announces new hybrid services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced AWS Greengrass, software which allows customers to run AWS compute, messaging, data caching, and sync capabilities on connected devices. With AWS Greengrass, devices can run AWS Lambda functions to perform tasks locally, keep...
Nutanix AHV gets SAP NetWeaver certification
Nutanix has achieved SAP certification for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP NetWeaver on Linux on its Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform with AHV virtualisation. Nutanix customers can now simplify the infrastructure and virtualisation stack they deploy to deliver...
Eseye achieves AWS IoT Competency status
Eseye, a global cellular internet connectivity provider for IoT devices, announced today that it is among the first to achieve Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT Competency status. The designation recognises Eseye for delivering effective solutions and providing deep...
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise debuts cloud platform
ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, has announced availability of Alcatel-Lucent Rainbow, an innovative cloud-based relationship management platform that connects business users, business contacts and systems. With Rainbow, employees can be more...
F5 delivers cloud application services
F5 Networks has unveiled a series of solutions and innovations designed for customers requiring rich, consistent application services across private, public, and hybrid cloud application deployments. In addition, F5 announced combined solutions with Equinix Cloud...
Oracle unveils services to simplify cloud adoption
Oracle has launched a new family of offerings designed to enable organizations to easily move to the cloud and remove some of the biggest obstacles to cloud adoption. These provide CIOs with new choices in where they deploy their enterprise software and a natural path...
Embracing the multi-cloud world could increase profits
Companies that have migrated the majority of their business systems to the cloud save on average more than 20% in IT spending as a percentage of revenue. Cloud application projects have also been found to deliver more than double the return on investment (ROI) of...