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Kyndryl Acquires Skytap to Enhance Hybrid Cloud Services Portfolio
Kyndryl has announced that it has acquired privately held Skytap, a leading specialized workload services provider. “The acquisition of Skytap reflects the proactive steps we’re taking to invest in our mission-critical capabilities where our global alliance partnerships and innovation enable us to help our customers transform and grow,” said Dave Simpson, Global Practice Leader for Cloud at Kyndry...
Qatari Investors Group Selects Rise With SAP For Accelerated Transition to Cloud
Qatari Investors Group Q.P.S.C. (QIG), a diversified conglomerate listed on the Qatar stock exchange, has signed a partnership agreement with global technology company SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) that will enable it to leverage the benefits of SAP’s cloud ERP solution, with data securely hosted in Qatar. QIG will move its mission-critical business processes from its legacy on-premises ERP software systems ...
Red Hat And Pure Storage Accelerate Modern Virtualization Adoption Across Enterprises
Pure Storage and Red Hat have announced an optimisation for Portworx by Pure Storage on Red Hat OpenShift to enable streamlined integration and provide enterprises with a more seamless path to modern virtualisation. By delivering a single platform to deploy, scale, and manage modern applications, and a single control plane for both virtual machines (VMs) and containers, Pure Storage and Red Hat ca...
NTT DATA To Provide Digital Transformation Services To Salesforce
NTT DATA has been selected by Salesforce, the #1 AI CRM, to help standardise and streamline the company’s application environment. NTT DATA will support management and development of hundreds of applications across Salesforce’s organisation so they can focus on helping their customers use data and AI to achieve better insights and productivity. The applications span Salesforce Sales, Marketing, Se...
Schneider Electric Appoints Yasser Ahmed As Gulf Vice President Of Buildings
Schneider Electric has appointed Yasser Ahmed as the Vice President of Buildings for the Gulf Cluster. With over fifteen years of experience in digitization, automation, and decarbonization, Ahmed brings a wealth of knowledge to his new role. As the Vice President of Buildings, Ahmed will lead Schneider Electric’s transformation with building end-users in real estate, hospitality, healthcare...
PAIX Data Centres And Djibouti Sovereign Fund To Open Data Centre In Djibouti
Data center solutions provider PAIX Data Centres has announced a strategic joint venture with the Djibouti Sovereign Fund to construct a state-of-the-art cloud- and carrier-neutral data centre in Djibouti. This landmark project represents a significant milestone in Africa’s digital infrastructure development and underscores the commitment of both parties to fostering innovation and growth in...
Vertiv Unveils Pre-Integrated IT Rack For Edge Applications
Vertiv has introduced the Vertiv SmartCabinet ID, an all-in-one, fully sealed single-rack enclosure that delivers cooling, power, and environmental protection for applications at the network edge. The SmartCabinet ID is available today in North America and in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with multiple rack sizes and cooling capacity options, including 24U and 42U racks, and 3.5 kW and 7.0...
Vertiv To Showcase liquid cooling innovations For AI At Data Center Nation Dubai 2024
Vertiv has announced its position as a Gold Sponsor for the inaugural edition of Data Center Nation (DCN) Dubai 2024, on 14th May at Madinat Jumeirah. The event marks a significant milestone for the data center industry in the UAE and the Gulf region, providing a unique platform designed for rapidly evolving and expansive markets. Vertiv steps into the spotlight with its innovative cooling techno...
Microsoft to Invest $3.3bn In Wisconsin AI Data Center
Microsoft is investing $3.3 billion in the AI data center in Wisconsin. Microsoft has announced a broad investment package designed to strengthen the role of Southeast Wisconsin as a hub for AI-powered economic activity, innovation, and job creation. These investments include $3.3B in cloud computing and AI infrastructure, the creation of the country’s first manufacturing-focused AI co-innovation ...
Orange Business Signs Agreement with Egypt’s EdgeConn
Orange Business has signed an agreement with EdgeConn, the Egypt-based private Prime Cloud-Computing and Managed Services Provider to the local market, for a direct private connection to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud services using AWS Direct Connect. This agreement will support EdgeConn in establishing the AWS Outposts in Egypt. EdgeConn’s strategic customer, the Egypt Ministry of Education is ...
Johannesburg: Data Centre Hub For Big Operators In South Africa
The surge in AI technology deployment and demand for more efficient cloud storage drives the growth of data centres globally, with the north and east of Johannesburg in South Africa a preferred location for big data centre operators, underscoring the country’s relevance in the global data centre landscape. Areas including Midrand and Samrand in the north and Isando and along the R21 highway in the...
Liv Ctrl Alt Sign MoU To Explore Tokenisation Of Real-World Assets
Liv, UAE’s first digital bank launched by Emirates NBD has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ctrl Alt, B2B alternative asset solutions provider, to explore infrastructure solutions related to tokenisation of real-world assets. The MoU was signed at the Dubai FinTech Summit by Marwan Hadi, Group Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management at Emirates NBD and Matt Ong, Founder and CEO...