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Microsoft unveils modular Azure data centre

Microsoft has introduced a transportable modular data centre to bring Azure access to hard to reach locations in need of cloud computing and storage.

The tech giant said the ruggedised data centre, which comes in a radio frequency shielded unit, enables cloud access even in areas where there is unreliable network availability, or where temperature, humidity, and surface levels usually pose a deployment challenge. 


VMware patches security bug exposing private cloud infrastructure to complete takeover

Cyber security researchers discovered a flaw in VMware’s cloud-service delivery platform that could have allowed hackers to seize control of enterprise private clouds.

Ethical Hackers working for cyber security company Citadelo discovered the flaw in VMware Cloud Director, previously vCloud Director, during a security audit of Fortune 500 companies using the platform.


IT infrastructure market set for difficult growth year, says IDC

After unprecedented growth in 2018, it’s back to reality for both cloud and non-cloud infrastructure markets, IDC says Every quarter IT researcher IDC releases market reports on traditional data centres, private and public cloud deployments to gauge what portion of server, storage and networking hardware markets are being deployed in cloud environments. According to IDC,… Read More


Don’t make a lift and shift-heap of your hybrid strategy
It’s time to dissect the hybrid playbook and call out "lift and shift" for what it is: a recipe for disaster, writes David Safaii, CEO at Trilio We’ve heard the hype: hybrid cloud is the future. It’s limitless. It’s the ‘ideal’ IT model. It spins ethernet cables into gold. All for the low, low price... Read More

Cloud computing in 2019: views of the industry

This year’s cloud predictions will be the last from The Stack as we move to our new home Techerati. Many thanks to Chip Childers, Sacha Labourey, Lee James, Michael Wignall, Arthur Viegers and Nigel Kersten for their excellent contributions 2019 is fast approaching and it follows a year of unprecedented change in cloud. Kubernetes has… Read More