Cloud Computing News, Features, and Interviews

• Zoho launches A/NZ cloud region

  Six months after flagging plans for a local data centre, cloud software vendor Zoho has launched its A/NZ cloud.

• Cisco spreads ACI to Microsoft Azure, multi-cloud and SD-WAN environments

  Cisco is significantly spreading its ACI technology to help customers grow and control hybrid​, multi-cloud and SD-WAN environments.

• Back-up the data in AWS Elastic Block Store

  A recent Amazon outage resulted in a small number of customers losing production data stored in their accounts.

• Salesforce goes vertical with manufacturing and consumer goods 'clouds'

  Salesforce is pushing forward with packaging elements of its SaaS stack for industries, launching Consumer Goods Cloud and Manufacturing Cloud.

• Oracle goes all in on cloud automation

  Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco this week will spotlight the company going big on conversational user interfaces and digital assistants.

• Oracle to launch Melbourne cloud region

  Oracle will launch a Melbourne region for its cloud services as part of its push to add 20 new regions to its portfolio by the end of next year.

• 'One big happy family': How Pivotal will fit back into VMware

  VMware recently reached an agreement to acquire fellow Dell EMC family member Pivotal, the vendor it helped spin out back in 2012.

• IBM uncrates new mainframes, amps-up cloud, security features

  IBM has rolled out a new generation of mainframes – the z15 – that promises to integrate hybrid cloud, data privacy and security controls.

• U.S. awards $7.6 billion cloud contract to General Dynamics

  The U.S. General Services Administration and the Defense Department have awarded a Microsoft Office 365 ​contract worth US$7.6 billion to General Dynamics Corp's CSRA LLC and its partners.

• Pluralsight partners with Google Cloud to provide cloud skills learning

  Pluralsight is making heavy investment in the cloud, extending its partnerships with Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.

• Asics to bring runners better workout data after Snowflake shift

  Asics Digita recently shifted its data warehouse from a creaking Amazon Redshift instance to Snowflake's cloud-native solution.

• Auckland Transport opts for Infor cloud-based asset management

  Auckland Transport has chosen Infor to provide a cloud based asset management system under a multi-year contract that will enable it to standardise and manage its assets in compliance with international standards.

• AWS and Qrious help protect kākāpō, kiwi

  The Department of Conservation (DoC) is using AI and machine learning technologies from AWS and Spark subsidiary Qrious along with AWS cloud facilities to improve its conservation of endangered birds.

• VMware gains further traction in telco and 5G

  VMware has expanded its telco and edge cloud portfolio to drive intelligence for telco networks and improve automation and security.

• Google delays Hangouts migration deadline for G Suite customers

  The company now plans to start shutting down the classic Hangouts app in June 2020 as customers transition to the Hangouts Chat and Meet tools.

• The Instillery and Origin unite in mega merger

  The Instillery and Origin have unveiled plans to merge businesses to create a tech provider capable of challenging tier-1 incumbents in New Zealand.

• Spark leverages HPE’s CTP to leaven digital transformation

  Spark has formed a new subsidiary, Leaven, to help New Zealand business with their digital transformation by leveraging the intellectual property of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) subsidiary Cloud Technology Partners (CTP).

• What's behind the Google Cloud and VMware partnership?

  Last week the two vendors announced a deep integration, allowing customers to run virtualised workloads on Google Cloud Platform.

• VMware embraces cloud migration for non-vSphere environments

  VMware customers can now migrate non-vSphere as well as increased amounts of on-premises application workloads to a variety of cloud services.

• How to get a handle on multicloud management

  Multicloud management tools promise to bring order, control and insight to disparate environments.