VMware and Accenture launch new business unit to fast track migrations to the cloud

Source:-https://www.itp.net/infrastructure Software and automation specialists VMware and Accenture have announced the signing of an extended partnership that will see the pair launch a dedicated business group that will help organisations adopt a ‘cloud first’ strategy. The new business unit will help enterprises and businesses accelerate their digital transformation efforts by streamlining their migration to the cloud, building modern apps more rapidly, and using the cloud as a fulcrum for innovation and new business models. The new business group will form

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VMware and Accenture launch new business group as part of expanded partnership

Source:-https://itbrief.com.au VMware and Accenture have announced the launch of a business group aimed at guiding companies through their adoption of a cloud-first strategy, as part of a newly expanded partnership between the two organisations. The Accenture VMware Business Group’s primary mission will be to encourage and accelerate migration to the cloud, build modern apps and use the cloud as a foundation for new business models. It is supported by around 2,000 Accenture cloud professionals trained in VMware services. The move

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Microsoft rolls out Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux in India

Source:-https://www.expresscomputer.in Microsoft on Thursday announced the general availability of its Azure Hybrid Benefit solution for Linux customers in India. Azure Hybrid Benefit is a licensing benefit that helps organisations to cut the costs of running workloads in the cloud, Microsoft said. It helps customers “seamlessly” migrate to on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) virtual machines (VMs) to Microsoft Azure. The solution enables significant reduction in cost of running

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Bank of New Zealand moves staff-assisted apps to the cloud, to better serve customers

Source:-https://news.microsoft.com Since 1861, Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has been helping New Zealanders achieve their goals and turn dreams into reality. To provide innovative products and services to its customers, BNZ wanted to modernise its aging infrastructure. It chose Microsoft Azure as its cloud platform, migrating and modernising its business-critical .NET applications. Today BNZ can provide superior customer experiences and is benefiting from improved agility, scalability, risk management, and cost-efficiency. BNZ aims to empower New Zealanders to achieve big by

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GCloud VMware Engine available in Sydney cloud region

Source:-https://datacenternews.asia From today, organisations can run the Google Cloud VMware Engine from Google’s Sydney cloud region. The Engine is an integrated first-party offering and fully owned and operated service that enables enterprises to migrate or extend their VMware-based applications to Google Cloud without any major changes to application policies, tools or processes. This allows customers to keep what they like about their on-prem application environment and tap into next-generation hardware and application services with minimal effort. “VMware technologies form the

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Cloudian paves the way for new era of storage with more container-based support

Source:-au Cloudian has officially started offering support for container-based applications with the intent of enabling organisations to modernise their storage infrastructure. The new Cloudian Kubernetes S3 Operator provides a self-service tool for developers to dynamically provision Cloudian HyperStore S3-compatible object storage. IT managers can utilise a Kubernetes-enabled private cloud solution that employs the industry-standard S3 API to maximise application portability. By combining self-serve, multi-tenant storage agility with enterprise-grade scalability, durability and security, Cloudian aims to meet the needs of both

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