UPES Dehradun - Cloud Computing & Virtualization Technology

15/01/2017

Into. to Cloud Computing - End Sem Paper

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13/01/2017

Technology is rapidly becoming the key point in human lives. Here we have discussed top TV shows which have hacking as the central theme.

13/01/2017

A big part of cloud computing that IT departments and service providers increasingly look to is APIs (application programming interfaces) to enable automation, in turn driving efficiency, consistency and cost savings.

A big part of cloud computing that IT departments and service providers increasingly look to is APIs to enable automation, in turn driving efficiency, consistency and cost savings.

13/01/2017

|| IBM launches four new UK data centres fused with AI ||

IBM has announced it is to add four new cloud data centres in the UK, tripling its capacity and aiming to keep up with client demand.

The announcement comes almost two months to the day since the Armonk giant committed to a cloud data centre in Norway citing rising demand in the Nordics, and one day after eCommerce behemoth Alibaba launched its global cloud plan, opening data centres in Australia, Germany, Japan, and the Middle East.

IBM said its key tenet for the new data centres was ‘cognitive intelligence’; in other words, utilising artificial intelligence for better business decisions, and utilising the capabilities of Watson. Airline TUI was a new customer announced by the company, with travel operator Thomson, part of the TUI Group, trialling a new search chatbot which leverages Watson and gives real-time results on travel destinations and holiday enquiries.

IBM now has a global network of 52 data centres, with 16 across Europe overall and the UK contingent up to six, as a recently published graphic (above) notes. The first new facility will open in Farnham, Surrey, in December, with the rest opening next year.

“By adding four new cloud data centres in the UK, IBM is giving local businesses an easy route to the cloud, helping them quickly innovate and respond to market demands,” said Robert LeBlanc, senior vice president of IBM Cloud in a statement. “IBM is continuing to invest in high growth areas, offering clients higher value cloud data services such as Watson and blockchain running on our cloud infrastructure that delivers world class scalability, performance and security.”

The company’s list of new and existing customers mentioned in the press materials had a particular focus on retail and a nod towards Black Friday on November 25. Alongside TUI, Boots, Dixons, Shop Direct, and Travis Perkins were also cited.

13/01/2017

|| Rackspace becomes latest cloud firm to build Frankfurt data centre ||

Managed cloud services provider Rackspace has announced it is to open a data centre in Germany, citing the strict data protection laws in the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region as key to the move.

While it is Rackspace’s first foray into continental Europe in this manner, the company will join a host of other players in Frankfurt, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, and IBM. Alibaba announced a similar move earlier this week, alongside expansions in Australia, Japan, and the Middle East.

“With the opening of our data centre in Germany, we can provide the highest level of availability, security, performance and management, and also help our customers address data protection requirements by providing them with multi-cloud deployment options,” said Alex Fuerst, who heads up Rackspace’s DACH operations. “As the demand for managed services increases in the German-speaking region, companies of all sizes in all vertical are embracing multi-cloud approaches to IT, so that each of their workloads runs on the platform where it can achieve the best performance and cost efficiency.

“More and more of those companies are turning to Rackspace expertise and support for their critical IT services and data,” Fuerst added.

It has been a busy few months for Rackspace, who with the new German site will now have 12 data centres worldwide. Back in August, it was confirmed that the company was to be acquired by private equity firm Apollo Global Management for $4.3 billion, with the deal approved and signed off earlier this month. Writing in a blog post at the time, CEO Taylor Rhodes said that the company’s board was “mindful that Rackspace faces a big opportunity as the early leader in the fast-growing managed cloud services industry.”

The new data centre is expected to become operational by mid-2017.

13/01/2017

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