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Microsoft Azure opens New Switzerland Regions and 31 Edge Sites

LAUNCHES 2 REGIONS, 31 EDGEs, 14 MEET-MEs The cloud arm of the tech giant Microsoft, has just announced the opening of its new Switzerland cloud regions and the global addition of 31 new Azure edge sites. The new cloud datacenter…

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Israel Prepares Tender for Massive Cloud Data Center

AMAZON SEEM TO BE INTERESTED The government of Israel has taken a further step in its plans to develop a major regional cloud facility and this project is already attracting the world’s cloud giants. Under Israel’s Finance ministry, the Government…

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VMware to acquire Pivotal and Carbon Black for $5B

VMWARE Q2 REVENUE ALSO AT $2.44B Cloud software giant VMware, has announced entering a definitive agreement to acquire the cloud-native platform provider Pivotal Software, and cloud-native security firm Carbon Black for approximately $5 billion. This announcement which was made alongside…

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ScaleMatrix Launches Its Enhanced Cloud Platform ScaleCloud

REDESIGNED TO SUPPORT COMPUTE-INTENSIVE WORKLOADS San Diego based colocation and cloud provider ScaleMatrix, has just announced the launch of its Enhanced ScaleCloud performance cloud platform. The new CPU-Based ScaleCloud is a redesigned implementation of the company’s high-performance cloud platform, which is…

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Digital Realty expands IBM Cloud in Australia

IBM CLOUD DIRECT LINK DEDICATED HOSTING SERVICE Digital Realty has just added IBM Cloud Direct Link to its services at the 3.5-hectare data center campus in Sydney, Australia. This Digital Realty facility, which is on Templar Road, Erskine Park, will…

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Advanced gets £2B Investment from BC Partners

BC PARTNERS BUYS 50% STAKE UK-based software service provider Advanced, which was acquired in 2015 by Vista Equity Partners, has received a £2billion private equity investment from BC Partners. While Advanced will be using this fund to support its cloud…

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EdgeConneX Opens Edge Data Center in Argentina

THE COMPANY’S FIRST IN SOUTH AMERICA US-based data center provider EdgeConneX, has opened its latest edge data center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, currently offering 1MW of power capacity. The new EdgeConneX Argentina facility is the company’s first edge data center…

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Oracle Opens New Cloud Region in Switzerland

ORACLE OPENS FIFTH 2019 REGION Oracle has just announced the availability of its new cloud infrastructure region in Zurich, Switzerland. This facility will also complement the company’s London and Frankfurt regions. With the new region, Oracle seeks to support its…

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AWS Acquires Israeli Storage Start-up E8

E8 BUILDS DATA CENTER STORAGE WARES Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acquired Israel-based storage technology startup E8 Storage. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Following the acquisition, the team of 25 at E8 Storage, which provides flash storage for the…

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Keppel to Build New Data Center in Sydney, Australia

KEPPEL ACQUIRES LAND IN SYDNEY Singapore based Keppel Data Centers, has just acquired a 3,840 square meter (41,300 square foot) plot of land in Sydney, Australia, for the construction of its new data center. The land is located next to…

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