News

Managed IaaS

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Amazon tightens requirements on AWS managed service providers

  Changes to AWS' program for managed service providers challenge MSPs to raise their standards through certifications, audits and customer input.

• January 04, 2019 04 Jan'19

  Insight launches IaC offering to boost cloud operating model

  Insight Enterprises has created an infrastructure as code offering that the company said will help customers avoid creating a cloud operating environment from scratch.

• November 02, 2018 02 Nov'18

  Rackspace retools managed public cloud business

  Rackspace's managed public cloud business is packaging services to help customers at different phases of their cloud journeys; other news from the week.

• September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18

  Microsoft Ignite 2018: Channel eyes Azure products, virtual desktops

  Channel companies cited Azure Data Box offline and inline data transfer products and Windows Virtual Desktop as among the interesting developments at Microsoft Ignite.

• September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18

  Life sciences cloud: Accenture, Merck, AWS team on platform

  Accenture, Merck and Amazon Web Services are collaborating on a life sciences informatics platform that addresses key process bottlenecks in pharmaceutical research and development.

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Microsoft Inspire 2018: Industry focus, co-selling among top trends

  At Microsoft Inspire 2018, the software giant emphasized its industry focus and asked partners to develop solutions that build on its Microsoft Azure platform and other core offerings.

• May 31, 2018 31 May'18

  Green House Data merger boosts Microsoft consulting skills

  The Green House Data merger with Infront Consulting Group lets the combined entity offer a range of offerings, from upfront consulting to ongoing managed services.

• March 10, 2017 10 Mar'17

  AWS S3 outage: Channel partners mull redundancy options

  Channel partner executives and industry observers consider redundancy options in the aftermath of Amazon Web Services' recent Simple Storage Service outage.

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  NetEnrich teams with Microsoft on Azure channel packages

  Microsoft is working with NetEnrich, an IT infrastructure and operations management services provider, to capture small and midsize customers via a channel-ready Azure offering.

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Cisco Intercloud partner ecosystem expanded; $1B in financing added

  Cisco promises $1B in financing to help partners build cloud infrastructure; expands Intercloud partner ecosystem and adds new technology bundles.

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  News briefs: SoftLayer buy to boost IBM cloud services in public IaaS

  This week, Big Blue's bid for SoftLayer is expected to boost IBM's cloud, and Salesforce targets its biggest buy yet: $2.5 billion for ExactTarget.

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  Amazon's Jeff Barr digs into AWS pricing, uptime on user group tour

  At the first stop on his cross-country speaking tour, Amazon's Jeff Barr answered questions on AWS pricing, performance and availability.

• February 26, 2013 26 Feb'13

  News briefs: AWS cloud storage slips to Azure, VCE debuts new Vblocks

  In these news briefs, Microsoft Azure bests AWS cloud in performance tests, and VCE targets midsize firms with two Vblock Systems and new software.

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  News in brief: AWS adds new instance, IBM earnings beat expectations

  In this week's cloud provider news roundup, Amazon adds a new instance type to its arsenal of AWS tools and IBM earnings surpass analyst expectations.

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Amazon big data warehousing service Redshift signals market readiness

  In this week-in-review podcast, SearchCloudProvider.com editors discuss what Redshift, Amazon's new data warehousing service, means for the market.