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Cisco ties its security/SD-WAN gear with Teridion’s cloud WAN service

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An agreement links Cisco Meraki MX Security/SD-WAN appliances and its Auto VPN technology to Teridion’s cloud-based WAN service that claims to accelerate TCP-based applications by up to 5X. Cisco and Teridion have tied the knot to deliver faster enterprise software-defined WAN services. The agreement links Cisco Meraki MX Security/SD-WAN appliances and its Auto VPN technology which lets users quickly bring up … Read more

HPE to buy Cray, offer HPC as a service

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High-performance computing offerings from HPE plus Cray could enable things like AI, ML, high-speed financial trading, creation digital twins for entire enterprise networks. HPE has agreed to buy supercomputer-maker Cray for $1.3 billion, a deal that the companies say will bring their corporate customers high-performance computing as a service to help with analytics needed for … Read more

7 reasons IT services deals fail – and how to resolve disputes

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When IT services deals break down, it can cause extraordinary pain for both the customer and service provider. Here’s how to fix broken deals and mend the customer-supplier relationship. In the world of IT and telecom services, deals occasionally break down. When this happens, the customer-supplier relationship is sorely strained. Working through these challenges while … Read more

Microsoft touts its first managed blockchain service: JPMorgan’s Quorum

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Microsoft’s first fully managed blockchain suite based on JPMorgan’s Quorum enterprise ledger will offer automatic software updates and key governance tools, along with the ability to build smart contracts. Microsoft today announced its first Azure-based, managed blockchain platform using JPM’s Quorum enterprise-class distributed ledger technology. Since 2015, Microsoft’s Azure cloud service has allowed users to install a … Read more

Cloud uptake drives third-quarter sales for Microsoft

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Demand for Microsoft’s cloud offerings spiked again during the firm’s third quarter, reports Redmond. Microsoft’s commercial cloud revenues jumped 41% year on year, hitting $9.6bn (£7.65bn) in the firm’s third quarter – which closed on 31 March 2019 – reflecting strong demand for its cloud offerings from around the business world, in what is now becoming a … Read more

Microsoft lets SMB workers share Office on a single PC with expanded M365 Business rights

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The company this week added shared computer activation for Office to the less-expensive Microsoft 365 Business subscription; the rollout for the change begins on April 30. Microsoft this week announced it has added shared computer activation (SCA) for Office to the less-expensive Microsoft 365 Business subscription, giving small- and medium-sized businesses a way for multiple … Read more

Understanding Anthos: Google’s multi-cloud bid to define the next 20 years of enterprise IT

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The unveiling of Google Cloud’s Anthos multi-cloud management tool dominated many of the discussions at the firm’s annual developer conference in San Francisco, amid claims that it could change the face of enterprise IT for decades to come. A noticeable difference in how Google positions its public cloud proposition – compared with Amazon Web Services … Read more

Microsoft surrenders control over Windows 10 upgrades: What you need to know

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It’s not easy keeping track of all the upgrade timing changes Microsoft keeps rolling out. And now, there’s a new one: ‘Download and install now.’ Here’s what that means. Every few months, the Redmond, Wash. company switches up scheduling or support or something about Window 10, just to make sure everyone is paying attention. Earlier … Read more

Google slams public cloud rivals over ‘mistreatment’ of open source community

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Google Cloud has committed to forging closer ties with the open source community, while hitting out at its competitors for not doing enough to support it. Google has taken aim at its public cloud competitors over their treatment of the open source community during its annual developer and user conference in San Francisco. The cloud … Read more

Cisco, Google reenergize multicloud/hybrid cloud joint development

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Cisco, VMware, HPE and others tap into new Google Cloud Athos cloud technology. Cisco and Google have expanded their joint cloud-development activities to help customers more easily build secure multicloud and hybrid applications everywhere from on-premises data centers to public clouds. The expansion centers around Google’s new open-source hybrid cloud package called Anthos, which was … Read more