Cloud Computing, SaaS, Data centres, Cloud-based

The general marching orders from business leaders to IT these days is lead them out of the data centre. Most organisations now fully recognise the cost benefits and agility of moving applications and data to the cloud, trading CAPEX to OPEX expenditures through cloud subscription services. For the channel community, this means moving to an annuity-based revenue model, building out new types of cloud-based services that will replace large parts of their traditional on-premise business.

by Justin Augat, VP of Product Marketing at iland

Cloud is no longer just a way to streamline processes, it’s a major differentiator. The cloud has become essential to businesses thriving in an ever-changing world. Migrating to the cloud has become one of the most vital aspects of being an effective, modern business.

Schneider Electric, with Avnet and Iceotope, has announced the creation of the what it describes as the industry’s first commercially-available integrated rack with chassis-based, immersive liquid cooling.

Cudo Ventures, the provider of cloud computing and monetisation software, today announced that Outlier Ventures, a venture platform focused on growth investing, has become the lead advisor and an investor to support the company’s further growth and expansion.

The December 2019 edition of Manufacturing & Logistics IT features a Special Technology Report on Digital Transformation.

For this report, we spoke with experts from the vendor and analyst communities about recent trends and ongoing areas of development within the world of Digital Transformation, and what users can potentially look forward to in the not too distant future.

Westcon, the global technology distributor, will supply Extreme Networks’ cloud management solution, ExtremeCloud IQ, from 1st January 2020.

Research from Ivalua, the spend management cloud solutions provider, has shown that two thirds (67%) of UK businesses say innovation is being blocked by a focus on cost reduction. This comes at a time when pressure is growing on businesses to develop new, innovative products, faster and at a lower cost. In fact, 51% of UK businesses say the number of products or services they launch has increased in the last 12 months, indicating that pace of innovation is on the rise.

By Dan Kuenzig, Vice President of Global Strategy, Kofax.

Attend any major tech conference and it’s a good bet that someone will be on stage talking about the accelerating rate of change in technology. It’ll most likely be the keynote speaker, listing several examples to help the audience grasp the power of exponential change that we’re experiencing today and will continue to experience moving forward.

Avelacom, the high-performance global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry, has launched its multi-cloud connectivity solution to simplify and accelerate how traders connect to cryptocurrency exchanges.

Cloud transformation has increasingly become a key enabler for digitalisation and realising data driven opportunities for organisations across the Nordics. Still, only 18 percent of organisations can be considered as cloud mature. When it comes to different industries, the finance sector is in the lead, while the public sector reports the lowest maturity. This is revealed in Tieto’s Cloud Maturity Index. For the first time, environmental considerations are taking a spot on the cloud agendas of many organisations.