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Tag: cloud computing

Infosys secure $1.5 billion deal with Vanguard, Biggest in its History
20Jul By AdityaNo Comments
BUSINESS

Infosys secure $1.5 billion deal with Vanguard, Biggest in its History

Indian IT company Infosys secures a 10 year IT deal with Vanguard for $1.5 billion, which is Infosys' biggest deal in its working history. As part of the deal, Infosys will provide design, development, deployment, and support to Vanguard's full-service defined contribution (DC) business. This strategic partnership will deliver a technology-driven approach to plan administration and fundamentally reshape the corporate retirement plan experience for Vanguard sponsors and participants. Vanguard is the largest DC asset manager in the U.S. with $1.3 trillion+ in assets. It is the 2nd largest provider of mutual funds and ETF in the world. Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, with deep expertise in helping companies deploy transformative technol...
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Cisco acquires ThousandEyes, Moving from Hardware to Cloud Computing
1Jun By AdityaNo Comments
ACQUISITION

Cisco acquires ThousandEyes, Moving from Hardware to Cloud Computing

Cisco acquires privately-held cloud-based platform ThousandEyes. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA. ThousandEyes Internet and Cloud intelligence platform deliver deep visibility and insights into the digital delivery of applications and services over the Internet. The last few years have seen a rapid acceleration of Cloud adoption, widespread use of SaaS applications, and a reliance on the Internet and networks outside of enterprise control. This increased dependence on the Internet and other third-party infrastructures, compounded over the past several months during the COVID-19 pandemic, substantially reduces the ability for enterprise IT teams to predict, visualize and control operational behavior. The result is often a chaotic and unmanageable IT environment th...
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Oracle wins cloud computing deal with Zoom as video calls surge
28Apr By reutersNo Comments
BUSINESS

Oracle wins cloud computing deal with Zoom as video calls surge

(Reuters), 29th April 2020 - Zoom Video Communications Inc said on Tuesday it has started using Oracle Corp’s cloud computing service to help handle the surge in online video call volumes brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic. As corporations and schools shift to remote work and billions of people subject to stay-at-home orders seek ways to remain connected, Zoom has seen daily meeting participants rocket from 10 million in December to 300 million. But it has also experienced a backlash as the increased use exposed privacy and security flaws. Zoom set out a 90-day plan to fix the security issues, but in the meantime, the thirty-fold jump in traffic has required more computing power. The deal is a big win for Oracle, which wants to catch up with rivals such as Amazon.com and...
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Pentagon stalls $10 bn cloud contract given to Amazon
2Aug By AdityaNo Comments
USA

Pentagon stalls $10 bn cloud contract given to Amazon

The Pentagon has put off awarding a $10 billion cloud computing contract sought by Amazon, saying the process will be reviewed by the newly appointed defense secretary. Amazon was considered a strong contender to provide technology for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) program a contract that is also being pursued by Microsoft but critics argued that the bidding process favored the Seattle-based technology titan. The move to stall the contract process came a week after Mark Esper was confirmed as the new US secretary of defense. Esper was selected by US President Donald Trump, who has lashed out at Amazon and company founder Jeff Bezos, who owns The Washington Post. "Secretary Esper is looking at the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) program," defe...
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India to See Over 1 million Cloud Computing Job Roles by 2022
24Nov By Gauri SinghNo Comments
INDIA

India to See Over 1 million Cloud Computing Job Roles by 2022

India is expected to see more than a million cloud computing job roles by 2022 as more organisations are shifting their operations to the cloud infrastructure. As the Indian cloud computing market, currently at $2.2 billion, is expected to grow to $4 billion by 2020 with an annual growth rate of more than 30%; IDC estimated more than one million new jobs to be created in India. Skills in DevOps, software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service, automation, agile and software-defined network are going to be critical for IT professionals to land these jobs. Keeping these skills in mind; the job profiles such as Cloud Architect, Cloud Software Engineer, Cloud Enterprise Architect and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer are in great demand, according to the report. Roles in cloud compu...
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USA Based Salesforce Acquires Marketing Firm Rebel
6Oct By Gauri SinghNo Comments
ACQUISITION

USA Based Salesforce Acquires Marketing Firm Rebel

USA’s cloud computing company Salesforce has reportedly acquired Rebel, a startup that develops interactive email services for businesses to enhance their direct marketing services. The startup has claimed that it will be joining Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud operation, which will integrate Rebel’s API-based services into its platform. “With Rebel’s Mail and API solutions, brands, including Dollar Shave Club, L’Oreal and HelloFresh, turn emails into an extension of their website or app – collecting data, removing friction from the conversion process, and enhancing the customer experience. Rebel will enhance the power of Salesforce Marketing Clod and fundamentally change the way people interact with email,” said the founder. Saleforce’s list of acquisitions has been long it competes wit...
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Alibaba Launches its Second Availability Zone in India
29Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments
CHINA

Alibaba Launches its Second Availability Zone in India

The cloud computing arm of the Alibaba Group has reportedly launched its second availability zone in Indian city Mumbai. The company stated that this freshly built zone will complement the first availability zone that was opened in January this year. This will provide products such as Elastic Computing, Storage, Database, Network, Application Services and Big Data Analytics to offer services according to the requirements of local governments and enterprises. This move has been the part of Alibaba’s strategy for the purpose of expanding its global existence to provide services to a growing client base meanwhile targeting new local customers. Alibaba Cloud at present has 50 availability zones across 18 economic centres across the globe, with coverage extending across mainland China,...
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Paytm to Launch AI-powered Cloud Computing Platfotm in India
21Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments
BUSINESS

Paytm to Launch AI-powered Cloud Computing Platfotm in India

The most popular digital payments firm Paytm’s parent company One97 Communications has announced that they are launching a new AI Cloud computing platform known as “Paytm AI Cloud for India” for developers, startups and enterprises. The basic purpose behind the launch of this platform is to offer business-centric apps for organizations that require high-quality solutions for cloud computing, automate their workflow, easy payments, messaging and customer engagement without the hassle of managing hardware and software. The company has stated that Paytm AI Cloud processes and collects all their consumer data locally in servers situated only in India and at the same time following the highest security and privacy standards. It has been reported that the company has invested around Rs 250...
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Apple Data Centre in China Will Open by 2020
4Feb By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
News

Apple Data Centre in China Will Open by 2020

The construction work of Chinese data centre for the US tech giant, Apple Inc, will begin later this year and it is expected to open by 2020, sources close to the project has said. The communications administration of southwest China's Guizhou Province, where the centre will be built, provided the timetable. With an investment of USD 1 billion, the data centre will cover 67 hectares in Guian New Area and it will offer iCloud services on the Chinese mainland. Starting February 28, iCloud services on the Chinese mainland will be operated by a local partner, Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry Co, Ltd. Before the data centre begins operations, the Chinese company will rent servers from China's three major telecom operators to provide iCloud services, the state-run Xinhua news agency repo...
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Google Forms Alliance With VMware And Pivotal In Cloud War With Amazon
30Aug By AdityaNo Comments
Tech, USA

Google Forms Alliance With VMware And Pivotal In Cloud War With Amazon

In the cloud wars, Google has teamed up with VMware and Pivotal its $2.8 billion valued spin-off against Amazon. Together they have come up with a solution called Kubernetes, a software project that started out as a way for Google to manage its massive server infrastructure and has since become a go-to tool for modern software developers . (more…)
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Google names VMware co-founder Diane Greene to lead cloud push
21Nov By AdityaNo Comments
News

Google names VMware co-founder Diane Greene to lead cloud push

Reuters | 20 November 2015, 6:29 PM IST Google Inc, a unit of Alphabet Inc, said it appointed VMware Inc co-founder and industry veteran Diane Greene to run its cloud business, as CEO Sundar Pichai pushes ahead with efforts to gain share in the fast-growing market.   Pichai has made selling cloud storage space to enterprises a growing priority for the company to take on rivals Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp. "Every business in the world is going to run on cloud eventually," Pichai said on a post-earnings call in October. Amazon's cloud business is now its fastest-growing business, while Microsoft is banking on cloud computing to make up for slowing sales of personal computers. Greene, a Google director for three years, will lead a new team combining the compan...
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