Managed cloud news stories

Amazon Web Services / AWS
Hostopia Australia experiences significant growth with AWS
Hostopia Australia has experienced a 19% growth in Q3 for its AWS managed cloud customers, according to a statement from the company.

Multi Cloud
Rackspace seals agreement to provide multi-cloud in Japan
The American managed cloud computing company has teamed up with two other Japanese companies in what it says is a strategic alliance.

IDC
Why there’s a surging demand for managed cloud services
About 60% of Australian enterprises plan to use MCS for legacy application modernisation.

Private Cloud
India’s ‘data eruption’ to cause boom in private cloud
IDC has unveiled its top 10 predictions to impact the cloud initiatives of India organisations through 2023.

Storage
Hitachi Vantara announces improved container security and multicloud support for devops and data services
Hitachi Vantara is partnering with Aqua Security to add security capabilities to the HEC Container Platform service.

Colocation
Australia's TNS now offering colocation & hosting services
"With global trading demands ever increasing we are delighted to be establishing a Managed Hosting Service in the ALC.”

VoIP / SIP
Exclusive interview: The Kiwi cloud company in a dying trade
“They are going to try to take our business from us like we’ve taken business from traditional IT support.”

Managed cloud
Tata Communications boosts IZO private cloud across Asia & Europe
Tata Communications has expanded its new fully-managed IZO Private Cloud service to multiple countries including Malaysia.

Managed cloud
US managed service provider expands to APAC with new Sydney data center
Fpweb.net, a US-based managed cloud provider, is adding the Asia Pacific region to its global network through a new Sydney data center.

Public Cloud
Veeam unveils complete platform to provide availability across any cloud
Veeam recently announced their all new solution, designed in line with the needs of their increasingly digital customers.

Cloud
Aussie's Aptira amps up global expansion with new executive chairman
“Building upon our success as the leading provider of OpenStack in APAC, we plan to rapidly grow the team to service more marketplaces.”

Dimension Data
Kathmandu picks Dimension Data to go global
Dimension Data has been selected to deliver the next stage of Kathmandu’s global cloud infrastructure to support its global growth.

Data Centre Operators
Rackspace adding new data centre, expecting rapid growth
Rackspace's aspirations are taking a big leap forward with the company planning to launch a second data centre in Australia in early 2015.