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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Microsoft Azure Services launched in China
21Vianet Group, a carrier-neutral internet datacentre services provider in China, has announced that Microsoft Corporation’s Azure services are now generally available to all paid customers in China, making it the first global public cloud service available for massive commercial adoption in China. Operated … Continue reading
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European Commission selects HP to drive security for data sharing in the cloud
HP has announced it has been selected by the European Commission to coordinate the Coco (confidential and compliant) Cloud project, which aims to ensure that users can share data in the cloud securely and privately. Aligned with the EC’s latest strategy … Continue reading
Manx Telecom opens new datacentre
Manx Telecom, a communication solutions provider on the Isle of Man, has opened its new Greenhill datacentre (GDC) as the company announced completion of the £10million project’s first phase. The Greenhill facility is located at the Isle of Man Business Park, … Continue reading
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US datacentre company ties up with Egyptian tycoon
An American-based datacentre company, Switch SUPERNAP, has set up a joint venture with Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris to win business in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The joint venture with Accelero Capital and Orascom TMT Investments will build and operate datacentres for clients. The Luxembourg-based … Continue reading
Cisco to invest US$1 billion in cloud datacentres
Network equipment manufacturer, Cisco is to invest some US$1 billion over the next two years in developing a cloud computing offering that could rival that of market leaderAmazon. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Cisco said it will spend … Continue reading
Interoute 2013 revenue and profit rises
Interoute, owner operator of Europe’s largest cloud services platform, has announced its EBITDA in 2013 grew to more than €91 million for the year, a 16% increase over the same period in 2012, while Profit before tax increased 225% (on … Continue reading
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Facebook to open Indonesian datacentre
According to the Indonesian Government, Facebook, the US headquartered social media company, Facebook is to set up a new datacentre in Indonesia. The country’s Communications and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring has said that representatives from Facebook have met with officials at … Continue reading
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