Equinix completes acquisition of Packet
Equinix has completed the acquisition of Packet, a leading bare metal automation platform that will help accelerate Equinix’s strategy to help enterprises seamlessly deploy hybrid multicloud architectures.
Mellanox to acquire network intelligence technology developer, Titan IC
Mellanox Technologies, recently announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Titan IC, the leading developer of network intelligence (NI) and security technology to accelerate search and big data analytics across a broad range of applications in data centers worldwide.
Enterprises in the UAE prefer hybrid clouds, says Nutanix
Nutanix today announced the UAE-specific findings of its annual Enterprise Cloud Index. The latest (2019) Index shows that the majority of enterprises in the United Arab Emirates (97%) agree that the hybrid cloud model, which will ultimately afford dynamic choice about where to run each workload, is
Actis buys out Nigeria’s leading data centre operator, Rack Centre
Leading investment firm, Actis announced taking a controlling stake in Nigeria’s leading, independent, co-location business, Rack Centre. Nigeria is Africa’s largest data centre market outside South Africa and provides a launchpad for the platform’s further expansion.
Vertiv partners with Uptime Institute to deliver TIER-Ready Modular Data Centres
Vertiv announced the launch of prefabricated modular (PFM) data centres which have been awarded Uptime Institute’s TIER-Ready designation of performance resiliency.
Infoblox integrates with Nutanix
Infoblox announced that Infoblox Core DDI and Cloud Platform appliance have now been certified as Nutanix Ready and it will support its customers with the integration of Nutanix and Infoblox NIOS DNS, DHCP, IPAM (DDI) solutions, including NIOS virtual appliances
Gartner predicts 2.4% growth in regional IT spending
IT spending in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will total $160 billion in 2020, an increase of 2.4% from 2019, according to Gartner.
Western Digital appoints David Goeckeler as the new chief executive officer
Western Digital announced the appointment of David Goeckeler as the new chief executive officer and he joins Western Digital after working with Cisco, where he lead the $34 billion networking and security business of the company as the executive vice president and general manager.
Qatar Free Zones to host Google cloud region
Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA) recently announced that Google Cloud has signed its first strategic collaboration agreement in the Middle East with QFZA to launch a new cloud region in Doha and will serve Google Cloud customers globally.
Pure Storage delivers next generation of FlashArray//X
Pure Storage has announced the availability of its third-generation all-NVMe FlashArray//X. The latest generation FlashArray//X allows customers to accelerate and consolidate database and enterprise workloads, extend them to the cloud and modernize their data protection strategies.