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• Partners primed as VMware Cloud on AWS lands in Asia Pacific

  VMware Cloud on AWS is now available in Asia Pacific, driven by increased demand for enterprise cloud migration projects through the channel.

• DXC Technology and AWS join forces for new integration practice

  ​DXC Technology and AWS are building a new practice focused on delivering IT migration, application transformation and industry-specific services.

• When the expected cost does not match the actual cost in cloud

  The shift to cloud has evened the playing field in terms of cost, responsibilities, and the services exchanged between customers and providers.

• HPE places a $4B bet on its edge-network portfolio

  HPE has a US$4B to build out a computing architecture that spans the data centre, edge network and cloud over the next four years.

• HPE adds GreenLake Hybrid Cloud to enterprise service offerings

  With its new GreenLake Hybrid Cloud offering, Hewlett Packard Enterprise's message to the enterprise is simple: Your cloud, your way.

• IBM launches new availability zones worldwide for hybrid enterprise clouds

  IBM is targeting businesses with complex workload requirements, adding 18 availability zones globally to its public cloud.

• Microsoft takes aim at AWS with $7.5B GitHub buy

  Microsoft has unveiled plans to acquire software development platform, GitHub, in a US$7.5 billion deal designed to create a competitive edge in the cloud.

• VMware’s tech partner collaboration ramps up revenue

  VMware’s strategic collaboration with technology partners such as IBM and AWS helped to bolster the vendor’s revenue tally during the first quarter.

• AWS joins list of blockchain-as-a-service providers

  Amazon plans to be one of a handful of vendors providing blockchain-as-a-service for enterprises seeking to test the waters without expense and risk.

• Top cloud vendors spend big as race for scale heats up

  ​Global hyper-scale cloud vendors collectively forked out at least US$27 billion in capital expenditure over the three months ending March.

• Cloud leaders pick up pace as smaller providers lose ground

  Microsoft, Google and Alibaba all grew their market share in the global cloud infrastructure market last quarter, largely at the expense of smaller players.

• AWS sees sales surge in strong quarter

  ​Amazon’s march in retail and cloud computing showed no sign of slowing on Thursday, as the company reported a surge in first-quarter profit.

• AWS must lower cloud adoption barriers to maintain leadership position

  Amazon Web Services needs to lower the barriers to cloud adoption, otherwise it will lose out to closest cloud rivals Google and Microsoft.

• Meet the top performing AWS partners across ASEAN

  Amazon Web Services has honoured its top performing partners across ASEAN, recognising channel excellence following a strong year of growth.

• Does Oracle Cloud have an on-premises problem?

  Oracle’s latest quarterly results highlight a continued reluctance by the vendor’s legacy customers to shift workloads from their on-premises deployments.