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VMware veterans launch 100% Cloud Managed Platform for Docker, KVM and VMware vSphere

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Platform9 has emerged from stealth and unveiled its SaaS platform that transforms an organization's existing servers into an AWS-like agile, self-service private cloud within minutes. The platform significantly reduces the operational complexity for IT and offers single pane of glass management of Docker, KVM and VMware vSphere. Platform9 is currently in beta with a dozen mid-to-large sized organizations.

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Scalr has announced the release of Scalr Cost Analytics. Scalr Cost Analytics will enable a broad group of stakeholders within an enterprise to understand and analyze the costs associated with using cloud computing resources. This set of features addresses a growing need for IT operations and development to work with financial managers to proactively understand spend, optimize usage and in turn enforce budgetary decisions and controls on cloud infrastructure.

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The EU General Data Protection Regulation is expected to be passed this year and take effect in 2015 but new research from cloud visibility and enablement company, Skyhigh Networks, suggests that only 1 in 100 cloud providers meets these requirements to date.

New IBM SyNAPSE chip could open era of vast neural networks

New chip with brain-inspired non-von Neumann computer architecture has one million neurons and 256 million synapses.

IT budgets set to increase according to a third (37%) of financial services organisations

Survey of UK & Ireland financial services sector reveals companies are set to spend as cost-cutting moves down the agenda and customers become priority.

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By Sean Newman, Security Strategist, Cisco.

Automating 3-2-1 backups

Acronis has released Acronis True Image 2020, the new version of its award-winning personal cyber...

Pure Storage to acquire Portworx

To accelerate customers’ hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, Pure to provide Kubernetes data...

AWS to open UAE data centres

New cloud infrastructure region to launch in first half of 2022, allowing customers to run...

MSP predictions for 2016

Recently there has been an upward trend in the usage of managed service providers (MSPs). Up...

Rackspace challenges the most common Multi-Cloud Myths

Rackspace is addressing some of the most common myths surrounding the use of multi-cloud services.

EMEA’s top 50 Cloud innovators revealed

Report highlights best organisations harnessing the cloud for innovation and success.

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