Three tech and cloud trends which are fuelling business recovery in 2021

Source:-https://cloudcomputing-news.net/ Businesses are at a pivotal moment in time. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that global GDP shrank by 4.4% in 2020, and contraction in the most advanced economies is estimated to be 5.8%. Today, however, vaccine availability and distribution brings us the brightest glimmer of hope yet that slowing the devastation of the virus may be a reality. More effectively addressing the health crisis also means economic recovery is becoming a stronger possibility – if businesses can lean

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Microsoft to launch new Azure cloud region in China

Source:-https://www.expresscomputer.in/ In a bid to ramp up its cloud portfolio in China, Microsoft is planning to open a new Azure region in the country through its local operating partner, 21Vianet. The move comes amid growing demand for cloud services in China. This expansion is expected to effectively double the capacity of Microsoft’s intelligent cloud portfolio in China in the coming years, which includes Azure, Microsoft Office 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform operated by 21Vianet, Microsoft said in a blog

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GitHub shares ‘greatest hits’ open source repositories with historic libraries

Source:-https://itbrief.co.nz Barely 12 months after launching an initiative to preserve open source software for future generations, GitHub is now sharing these collections with major libraries around the world. The GitHub Archive Program include the GitHub Arctic Code Vault, which stores 186 reels of piqlFilm and 21 terabytes of repository data, deem under the frozen Arctic ground. Now, GitHub is donating a collection of 17,000 ‘greatest hits’ repositories in England, Egypt, California, and in GitHub headquarters. The repositories will be stored

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Global:Integrated insurance operators to shape the industry in next 10-20 years — dacadoo

Source:-https://www.asiainsurancereview.com Swiss health and InsurTech firm dacadoo, which provides digital health engagement and health risk quantification systems to insurers, has coined the term “integrated insurance operators” to describe insurers that will truly grow and define the next 10-20 years in the industry. Such insurers offer a fully integrated digital ecosystem, including a tangible health and wellbeing proposition, to elevate the customer experience and engage their members through mobile-first digital health engagement platforms. “They will drive the disruption from within,” said

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AMBRA Sistemi on telemetry and IoT solutions for the industrial and medical gas industries

Source:-https://www.gasworld.com In 2013, the Italian electronics manufacturer launched a smart telemetric system for local and remote cryogenic tanks monitoring. MiniCRIOTEL communicates by a 4G modem on GPRS cellular network and sends data to the server on AMBRA Sistemi’s web application CrioSystemSupervisor. “The GPRS technology reduces costs significantly for data transfer allowing a high frequency of data communication,” Massimiliano Sabbatini, Business Development Manager at AMBRA Sistemi, explained to gasworld. “A continuous monitoring system helps gas suppliers to eliminate product shortage and/or

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Atos Wins Northumbrian Water Cloud Computing Transformation project

Source:-https://insidehpc.com London, 20 October 2020 – Atos has been awarded a leading role on a new cloud computing initiative to help deliver operational efficiencies and enhance customer service for Northumbrian Water, one of the UK’s leading utility providers. With its Microsoft Azure expertise, Atos is working alongside Northumbrian Water to migrate the first wave of three data processing and storage applications (out of circa 35 applications in the framework) to the cloud over a three-year span. This is the first

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The Migros community relies on Microsoft Azure for its „Journey to the Cloud“

Source:-https://news.microsoft.com The Migros community has chosen to partner with Microsoft on its „Journey to the Cloud“. In addition to Microsoft 365, the Swiss retail company will use Azure Services from the Microsoft Cloud in Switzerland in the future, thus accelerating the already advanced digitisation of the entire group of companies. Patrick Mosberger, Head of IT Infrastructure at Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, is pleased about the future cooperation: „With our Cloud first strategy, we are taking Migros into a new infrastructure era. The efficient

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Software, software, software: why all CEOs can no longer avoid it

Source:-https://www.businesslive.co.za The future happens all the time. Technology is fuelling a fourth industrial revolution that is exponentially increasing the rate of change and threatening the relevance of all businesses, regardless of size and complexity. This is placing digital transformation — a term that is often misused — on the strategic agenda of every business. Digital transformation helps CEOs diversify revenue streams, sustain profitability and increase agility. It is a crucial requirement for companies wishing to remain competitive amid accelerating change

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