Cloud Computing, SaaS, Data centres, Cloud-based

Orange Business Services has announced a global strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation and leverage the benefits of the cloud to adapt quicker to market changes and user needs.

Cloud Covid-19 has forced a real-life, real-time digital transformation on the majority of enterprises, and many leaders have seen digital’s long-term value as a result. This is according to the latest research from Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) which has found that 69 per cent of organisations have sped up their plans in some way as a result of the pandemic.

iland, the VMware-based cloud services provider for application hosting, data protection and disaster recovery, has released the findings of its research into customer confidence in cloud services.

SonicWall has expanded its Capture Cloud Platform with the addition of the high-performance NSa 2700 firewall and three new cost-effective TZ firewall options. The company also debuted SonicWall Cloud Edge Secure Access that delivers easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use zero-trust security for organisations operating in a modern work-from-anywhere model.

Hitachi Vantara, the digital infrastructure and solutions subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has announced an expanded Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer Lumada industrial solutions on the AWS cloud platform.

AVEVA, the engineering and industrial software solutions provider, will be extending its long-standing strategic collaboration with Microsoft to focus on accelerating digital transformation in the industrial sector.

BrightCloud Group, the contact centre and customer experience specialist, has announced that its cloud platform, BCSquared, has become the first Cloud Contact Centre Managed Service Platform utilising Cisco Webex technology to integrate with Microsoft Teams in Europe.

Global technology provider Arrow Electronics, a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), has signed an EMEA-wide distribution agreement with Oracle Communications.

Pure Storage, the IT company that delivers storage as-a-service in a multi-cloud world, has announced enhancements to the Pure Partner Program to provide partners with increased incentives, marketing, support, and training solutions.

Global, cloud-led, data-centric software company NetApp, has unveiled a serverless and storageless solution for containers from Spot by NetApp, new autonomous hybrid cloud volume platform and cloud-based virtual desktop solutions.