Cloud Platform

Iron Pillar raises $129 mn to invest in global cloud firms from India

The venture capital firm said this is the first-ever Series B / C stage fund focused on investing in global cloud software companies from India

Unilever's cloud-only approach will improve resilience, strengthen security

It will also help Unilever to identify trends and make decisions faster

Microsoft introduces next-gen hybrid cloud platform 'Azure Operator Nexus'

It believes that modern network infrastructure will assist its telecommunications partners to improve and monetise their existing infrastructure while also lowering their overall cost of ownership

Cloud infra provider DigitalOcean lays off nearly 200 employees: Report

Cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean is laying off about 11 per cent of its workforce, or nearly 200 employees, the media reported.

67% IaaS Cloud users hit by ransomware globally this year: Report

59 per cent experienced an increase in the complexity of attacks, according to the report by cyber-security firm Sophos

Google Cloud joins hands with DSCI for boosting cloud adoption

"Secure with cloud" initiative will also provide industry best practices and frameworks with Start-up and mobile app ecosystems on privacy and security

Deloitte expands pact with Google Cloud to double down its specialisations

The two firms will help clients across industries innovate and implement Google Cloud technology at scale

VVDN to Set Up CoE through Global Strategic Partnership with Google Cloud

/ -- VVDN Technologies, a global provider of engineering, and digital services and solutions, today announced it has entered into a multi-year global strategic partnership with Google Cloud. The partnership will help customers accelerate app modernization and cloud transformation. VVDN will also develop the next generation of innovative solutions, namely IoT and Video Cloud Platform, and a NextGen Enterprise Private 5G Cloud, etc., through this new partnership with Google Cloud. Through this partnership, VVDN's enterprise customers will gain greater financial flexibility, and the ability to accelerate their cloud migrations and modernize their enterprise applications on Google Cloud. Once on Google Cloud, customers will be able to immediately begin creating hybrid applications that enable businesses to be more agile, with more secure access to Google Cloud services like BigQuery and Cloud Operations, and extend their existing disaster recovery, backup, and storage ...

Google announces to establish its first Cloud region in South Africa

Along with the cloud region, Google said it is expanding its network through the Equiano subsea cable and building Dedicated Cloud Interconnect sites in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Lagos and Nairobi

There's a sea change in public sector cloud in India: AWS' Rahul Sharma

Digital India's mindset acted as a catalyst to bring this transformation of citizen-facing services, says Rahul Sharma, Regional Head, AWS India

AWS, Intel empower govtech and edtech startups with 'cloud' in Hyderabad

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and chip-maker Intel recently hosted the 'CXO Mixer' event here to empower govtech and edtech startups, enabling them in their cloud journey to scale, transform and excel

Reliance Jio partners with DigiBoxx to offer extra 10 GB cloud storage

In addition to the storage space of 20 GB available at present, Reliance Jio users can now have extra 10 GB space on DigiBoxx by signing up through the JioPhotos app

HDFC Bank-backed Lentra acquires AI startup TheDataTeam for undisclosed sum

The deal involves the acquisition of the customer intelligence platform Cadenz

Meta Cloud hosting services now available for businesses on WhatsApp

Now, a business can easily access the service, build directly on top of WhatsApp to customise their experience and speed up their response time to customers by using the secure WhatsApp Cloud API

Airtel buys 7% in cloud networking startup Cnergee Tech for undisclosed sum

Airtel has bought the stake at mutually agreed pre-money enterprise valuation but did not disclose the valuation due to reasons of confidentiality

Indian MSMEs need to move to Cloud faster amid digital transformation

Employing more than 11 crore people, the MSMEs contribute around 30 per cent to the country's gross domestic product (GDP), and more than half of these MSMEs, running legacy infrastructure

Cloud biz helps Microsoft's December quarter sales go past $50 billion

The results beat predictions from analysts

Airtel Business, IBM deploy hybrid cloud solution for milk companies

The technology will enable the firms to strengthen support to farmers and securely record and access key information.

Large number of mid-market enterprises moving applications to cloud: report

A large number of mid-market enterprises are reducing their focus from on-premises business applications and looking at moving applications to the cloud, a report by SAP India and IDC said Wednesday

Cloud storage services startup Digiboxx raises $1.5 mn from investors

File storage and sharing or cloud storage services startup Digiboxx has raised USD 1.5 million in pre-series-A funding round led by Chandigarh-headquartered Capgro Fund.