Software-defined storage unlocks opportunity for managed service providers

Source:-https://www.itweb.co.za The managed service provider (MSP) market is extremely competitive and fraught with challenges. MSPs need to offer competitive pricing to make their offerings attractive to customers, but at the same time require the agility to develop and deliver solutions that support the customer journey into the cloud. MSPs also need to meet and exceed service level agreements (SLAs) to maintain their customer base. They also need to avoid vendor lock-in, which may isolate potential customers, simplify their solution stack

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Bharti to widen cloud services for enterprises with AWS pact

Source:-thehindu.com Telco eyes larger pie of $3.5 bn public cloud services market Bharti Airtel Ltd. and Amazon Web Services (AWS) will join forces to develop the Indian telecoms firm’s cloud business, allowing it to offer a wider range of products to its enterprise clients, the two companies said on Wednesday. Bharti said it currently serves more than 2,500 large enterprises and more than a million emerging businesses with its product portfolio, including Airtel Cloud, a multi-cloud product and solutions business.

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Google Cloud and HCL strengthen partnership, bolster e-commerce CX

Source:-datacentrenews.eu HCL’s software offerings will soon be coming to Google Cloud as part of an expansion of the partnership between the two companies, it was announced today. Google Cloud will now be the preferred cloud platform for HCL Commerce, providing a global edge and expanded infrastructure to power businesses’ e-commerce strategies. Businesses will be able to leverage Google’s reach combined with HCL’s commerce platform, allowing for development of better, data-driven customer experiences, according to the two companies. “The collaboration between

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WHAT IS AZURE CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING BUILT ON INTEL HARDWARE?

Source:-analyticsindiamag.com We know data security is a topic that should not be taken lightly, particularly when the majority of workloads have been shifted to the cloud. In a world where cloud platforms process payment transactions and financial records, security becomes paramount. Microsoft, with its Azure DCsv2-Series virtual machines (VMs), is now aiming to ensure data security via confidential computing. Microsoft is a part of Confidential Computing Consortium along with other large tech players. The whole idea behind confidential computing is

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Assessing data centre strategies for cloud-scale software

Source – cloudcomputing-news.net The rapid advancement of cloud-scale software is driving the digital transformation impacting nearly every facet of our life. The ways we work, communicate, navigate, travel, shop, manage our money, access healthcare, interact with things and places are extremely different from only five years ago. There are many underlying technologies that enable this transformation – but none as profound as the rise of cloud-based software applications that we interact with throughout our day. IDC notes that cloud software accounts

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