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Amazon, Google, Microsoft: Who had the best year in cloud in 2019? – The Register
Cloud computing in 2019 continued to dominate IT
Analysis Three technology giants continued to dominate cloud computing in 2019, with each bringing in some interesting tools to play with as they sprawled over smaller players.
The big picture did not change radically in 2019. All the big three cloud providers (or big four if you consider Alibabas growth in East Asia) continued to grow at a dramatic pace. In the quarter ending September 30 2019, AWS reported 34 per cent revenue growth and Microsoft Azure 59 per cent growth compared to the same quarter a year ago. Google did not offer an exact figure for the quarter but said that (PDF): Other revenues for Google were $6.4bn, up 39 per cent year-over-year, once again fuelled by cloud.
AWS remains the largest IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provider by some distance. How much though? Gartner said in July that AWS had a 47.8 per cent share, ahead of Azure at 15.5 per cent and Google at 4.0 per cent. Canalys in October put AWS at 32.6 per cent, Azure at 16.9 per cent and Google at 6.9 per cent. Most seem to agree that while AWS is still growing fast, its market share overall is slipping just a little.
Analyst Canalys estimates cloud market share, October 2019
The difficulty in measurement is for several reasons. One is that IaaS is a vague term. A cloud-hosted virtual machine (VM) is undoubtedly IaaS, but the cloud vendors are keen to sell their premium services which stray towards PaaS (Platform as a Service) or even SaaS (Software as a Service). Microsofts share leaps ahead if you chuck in everything Office 365, since AWS has little in the way of SaaS, and this is important since it is synergy between Office 365, Azure and on-premises that drives its growth overall. Another issue is that neither Microsoft nor Google breaks out IaaS revenue, preferring to state percentage growth (when it suits them).
What happened in 2019? There is a constant outpouring of product announcements from all the cloud vendors, most of them not very interesting, but still a regular flow of significant news. If you could pick just one thing though, what would it be?
For AWS, that one thing is probably Outposts, even though it was first previewed in late 2018. Outposts is the AWS experience but physically on-premises, solving both latency and compliance issues, while also being an expensive way to run your servers. Canalys estimates that AWS will be a top four on-premises server vendor in the US and Western Europe within three years. In the past it has been Microsoft which led the way in hybrid cloud, with technology like Azure Stack and Azure AD Connect. Outposts is not quite the same thing, but it is hybrid cloud, and looks like a tidy solution. See here for our chat with an AWS architect about its significance.
Over at Google Cloud, the biggest thing must be Anthos, announced in April, or perhaps the technology behind it yes, Kubernetes (K8s), the container orchestration platform which is open source but invented by Google. Anthos wraps K8s into a hybrid cloud solution which lets you run applications on premises, on GCP, or even on other public clouds. K8s has huge momentum and represents both GCPs biggest technical advantage and an awkward technology for AWS to navigate even though AWS claims to be the biggest K8s cloud provider. No surprise that AWS CEO Andy Jassy told us, regarding K8s, that I dont believe in one tool to rule the world.
What about Microsoft? It was in late 2018 that the company completed its acquisition of GitHub, but this was perhaps the key point of interest in 2019. In particular, Microsoft has done interesting work with devops, and the general availability of both GitHub Actions and GitHub Actions for Azure which lets developers automate the process of checking in code all the way to deploying containerised applications, web applications or serverless applications is potentially a strong driver for Azure cloud adoption.
We visited cloud events from all the big three this year. At GCP Cloud Next in London, the company impressed with its engineering excellence, though the platform feels small in scope compared to its rivals. Microsoft Ignite showed the companys skill in packaging its clouds into services that are easy to adopt, though there are always awkward corners, like what happened when we asked about Azure and Intel speculative execution bugs. And AWS re:Invent was monstrously large, with the impressive Outposts announcement, but also showing signs of agitation, not only with respect to K8s, but also indignation at Microsoft winning the US Department of Defence Jedi contract.
Best 2019 in cloud? It is hard to pick a winner; maybe Microsoft for 2019, although AWS seems more promising for 2020 and Google is likely to continue nibbling at the market share of both.
More of the same in 2020? Probably, but some are sounding a note of scepticism. Blogger Cal Peterson remarked on the Amazon premium, noting that all the big three are much more expensive than smaller hosting providers, and referencing what happened when PHP inventor Rasmus Lerdorf compared VMs from numerous providers. What the big three public clouds offer is amazing in its scope, but for sheer value, look elsewhere.
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Five Things To Do in St. Cloud, Jan. 6-10 – SC Times
From Staff Reports Published 5:00 p.m. CT Dec. 31, 2019
Monday, Jan. 6 isNational Take Down the Christmas Tree Day. So whether you've been trying to hold onto the holiday spirit, or you've just been procrastinating, now's the time to get rid of your tree and officially enter 2020.
Stearns History Museum(Photo: Stearns History Museum)
Retired St. Cloud special education teacherRick Rentz will be talking about the history of the Duncan yo-yo, which just turned 90 years old, as part of the Stearns History Museum's Breakfast Club series.
The event is $7 and free for members. Itruns from 9-10 a.m. at Stearns History Museum, 235 33rd Ave. S.
Adam Hammer(Photo: Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota)
Pantown Brewing Company will be highlighting local musicians at their Ales and Artists showcase. Musicians performing will includeTJ Larum, Aksel Krafnickand Adam Hammer.
The showcase runs from 5-8:30 p.m. at Pantown Brewing Company, 408 37th Ave. N.
United Way of Central Minnesota will be demonstrating the plight of Central Minnesotans living in poverty in the interactive immersion experience "This is Life: The Cost of Community Crisis."
The event runs from 8:30-11 a.m. at Capital One,30 Seventh Ave. S. For more information and to register for the event, visithttps://unitedwayhelps.org/thisislife/.
The Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud will be hosting classical music ensemble Consortium Carissimi at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, 25 Eighth Ave. S.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $5 for students and will beavailable at the door and online athttps://www.brownpapertickets.com/.
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The year of the French unicorns – TechCrunch
There are now 11 French unicorns, and many of them arrived in 2019
In September 2019, President Emmanuel Macron was about to wrap up a speech on late-stage investment in France. According to a press briefing and some discussions with a source, everything that he was supposed to announce had been announced.
But he dropped an unexpected number. Ill leave you with a goal: there should be 25 French unicorns by 2025, Macron said. A unicorn is a private company with a valuation of $1 billion or more.
When you mention France in a conversation with foreigners, they dont immediately think about startups. In December 2018, I covered a two-day roadshow of the French tech ecosystem with 40 partners of international venture capital firms, as well as limited partners, from Andreessen Horowitz to Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures and more.
The same clichs came up again and again taxes, labor law, long lunches You name them. But it doesnt matter if those clichs are true or not (hint: They arent), the French tech ecosystem has been thriving. And 2019 has been a remarkable year when it comes to reaching unicorn status and raising late-stage rounds of funding.
According to a recent report from VC firm Atomico, there are 11 unicorns in France. Some of them have been around for years, such as BlaBlaCar (a ride-sharing marketplace for long distance rides), OVHcloud (a cloud hosting company), Deezer (a music streaming service) and Veepee (an e-commerce company formerly known as Vente-privee.com).
But in 2019 alone, a handful of companies have reached unicorn status. Here are a few examples.
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Are you ready to rock? City of St. Cloud hosting annual New Year’s Eve event – Osceola News-Gazette
The annual Rockin the Cloud New Years Eve celebration will once again be held in downtown St. Cloud.
The New Years Eve extravaganza culminating with the ball drop in Times Square to signal the start of a new year entices many to crowd the streets of New York to witness the spectacle every Dec. 31.
Many more find the comfort of home without the crowds and traffic more enticing so they watch the annual event on TV. Osceola County residents may find themselves similarly situated.
There are many entertainment options from which to choose in the Central Florida area to welcome the new year, but the thought of navigating the accompanying crowds and notorious traffic, makes ones couch seem ever more appealing to all but the most diehard celebrants. There is another option.
The city of St. Cloud, along with OUC The Reliable One, and Experience Kissimmee, is hosting a local version of this time-honored New Years Eve tradition.
Complete with live music, fireworks, and a cloud drop, the fourth annual Rockin the Cloud New Years Eve celebration in downtown St. Cloud provides an evening of fun and entertainment, but without the crowds and traffic of the big city. And, thanks to the support of these and other local sponsors, including Shamrock Auto Body and Dukes Brewhouse, the event is free to the public.
Erin Jenks, the St. Cloud Parks and Recreation Special Events manager, said that fans of the event appreciate that it is held locally requiring little travel time. She added that the area is spacious and has easily accommodated some 6,000 attendees in previous years.
There is a lot of room for people to go to and from (the event) and not feel crowded, she said.
Specifically, Rockin the Cloud will be held in downtown St. Cloud on Pennsylvania Avenue and New York Avenue between 10th Street and 12th Street. Free parking will be available at City Hall (1300 9th St.) and Centennial Park (1214 10th St.).
Live musical entertainment will be presented on three stages. Opening the evenings entertainment on the main stage located at the corner of New York Avenue and 11th Street is the acoustic duo, Dom and Skart, from the band, The Supervillains (both are from St. Cloud). They will be followed by Maiden Voyage. The other stages feature The Scott Baker Band, The Alex Hayes Band and Harlequin.
Headlining the event is country singer, Brooke Eden. Jenks said that the Florida-born singer has opened for Garth Brooks and has performed at Nashvilles famed Grand Ole Opry.
She will be the final performer before the midnight festivities and will take the stage for an encore performance afterward.
One of the things that we really want to focus on is utilizing our downtown businesses. We want to support our local businesses in this area with this event, said Jenks.
To that end, all the events food and drink will be offered by St. Clouds downtown bars and eateries. Participating establishments include Brews N Blues, Garage Bar, Thee Dog House, Chimentos Spaghetti House, Cobblestone Courtyard, and The American Legion, Post 80.
Rockin the Cloud is a family-friendly event, which will be supervised by law enforcement and private security personnel to promote a fun and safe holiday celebration experience for all.
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The biggest government tech stories of 2019 part one – PublicTechnology
Its been a bit of a quiet year, eh?
In these times of stability and certitude, it can be difficult for journalists to find things to write about particularly those of us who concern ourselves with what the government is up to.
But, even against a backdrop of general uneventfulness, PublicTechnology has endeavoured to bring you news and analysis on the digital and data implications of the few things of note to happen this year in Whitehall, Westminster, the NHS, local government, and law enforcement.
We can only thank our readers for sticking with us through such soporific times.
And, over the course of 2019, there were a few things that got you clicking; we have been through the stats and come up with the 10 biggest stories of the year.
In this first part of our annual round-up, we go through numbers 10 to six. Look out tomorrow for the rundown of the five biggest stories.
10. Full fibreThe discussion around full-fibre broadband progressed significantly in 2019. By eight years, to be precise.
In May 2018 then chancellor Philip Hammond set out the governments vision that fibre-to-the-premises network would reach an additional two UK million buildings each year for the next decade and half, resulting in comprehensive coverage by 2033.
Fast forward 18 months and the Conservatives general election manifesto was promising that ubiquitous connectivity will now be achieved by 2025. To achieve this, networks will have to be rolled out at about double the speed envisioned by Hammond.
But this Tory pledge was only the second most eye-catching broadband-based policy unveiled during the election period; Labour rather stole a march on the government with its own proposal to renationalise part of BT and deliver free full-fibre connectivity to everyone in the country.
All the while, numerous towns, cities and regions have pressed ahead with their own initiatives to deliver local FTTP networks. Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Wolverhampton, and Durham all floated contracts this year seeking delivery partners, while there was also government-backed investment in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
However, parliamentary questions in July revealed that a 400m government fund created to support investments in companies delivering full-fibre networks has, since its summer 2017 launch,largely sat unused.
But, with a promise to scale up investment via the fund in 2020 and beyond, full fibre seems likely to remain a big story for a number of years yet.
9. General practice transformationAs the country slid towards an increasingly inevitable election, the front line of the NHS was on the front line of the political battle throughout the year.
This brought with it a sharp focus on the sufficiency and efficacy of the health services resources, with technology and IT systems a key part of that discussion.
Developments in 2019 will bring significant change to how tech is used by the healthcare professionals whom most of us see far more frequently than any other: our community GPs.
Across the course of the year, the Department of Health and Social Care worked to bring to fruition the new 500m GP IT Futures framework.
Health secretary Matt Hancock has claimed that the deal will break the current duopoly of EMIS Health and TPP SystmOne, which currently account for the vast majority of the GP IT market.
A total of 69 firms won a spot on the framework, which now features seven providers of core record systems.
New technology is sorely needed across the world of general practice, according to the Royal College of General Practitioners which, earlier this year, warned Hancock that, without investment in basic IT infrastructure that is fit for purpose, his envisioned technology revolution will never come to pass.
Particularly as many surgeries still need to undertake multimillion-pound projects to digitise paper Lloyd George records which, in some cases, are 70 years old.
8. The end of GSIAny technology that, if it were a person, would long since have been able to vote and get married, is probably overdue for an upgrade.
But breaking up can be hard to do especially after more than two decades together. In 2019 the civil service faced the heart-wrenching task of finally wavinggoodbye to the Government Secure Intranet, commonly known as GSi.
The technology was first launched in 1997 as a means of allowing government organisations to securely communicate and share data.
In 2010 the government announced that it wanted to start moving towards new technology and that GSi email domains would be supported for no longer than five years.
After a rather long five years, the deadline for migrating away from GSi came and went this year. The 31 March cut-off was announced 18 months beforehand but, still, two months before the deadline, almost one in four departments had yet to complete the process.
This included two of the biggest departments by headcount: the Department for Work and Pensions; and HM Revenue and Customs.
Between them, the two departments employ more than 150,000 people. All of whom along with the rest of Whitehall should have needed to update their email signature in 2019.
7. All change at the top of GDSThe most prominent public sector technology agency, the Government Digital Service, ends 2019 with completely new political and executive leaders than those with which it began the year.
After three years as director general, it was announced in June that Kevin Cunnington was to leave GDS to take up a newly created Cabinet Office-based post as the UKs digital envoy. In his new role, he is tasked with promoting the work of UK government services, including the digital sector, across the world.
He has been replaced as leader of GDS by Alison Pritchard, who formerly headed up the organisations Brexit work. Pritchard officially holds the post on an interim basis, so more change at the top could be forthcoming in the new year.
Whoever is in charge of GDS, their role will be supplemented by a new arrival: the government chief digital and information officer. The permanent secretary-level post has been created to provide a new figurehead for IT and digital across the civil service. The job was advertised in September and the successful candidate will ultimately serve as the head of governments 17,000-strong digital, data and technology profession a responsibility that currently sits with the leader of GDS.
In 2019 GDS also saw ministerial, as well as management change. Oliver Dowdens 18-month spell as the Westminster representative of GDS came to an end in July when he was promoted to become Cabinet Office minister.
His replacement as minister for implementation, Simon Hart, lasted only four months before he was appointed Welsh secretary shortly after the election. The GDS brief now looks set to be taken on by Jeremy Quin, who has joined the Cabinet Office as a junior minister.
6. Procurement shake-upPublicTechnology broke the news earlier this year that responsibility for running the Digital Marketplace the primary vehicle for government to shop for and buy cloud and development services has been shifted from GDS to its sister agency, the Crown Commercial Service.
The procurement agency also revealed that it is working to build a so-called Digital Marketplace 2, an all-new procurement platform that will supersede the existing system.
For the last few years, CCS had been working on the development of the Crown Marketplace, which was envisioned as an Amazonesque online catalogue through which the public sector could buy a comprehensive range of goods and services. This project has now been ditched, in favour of something which will bear more resemblance to a comparison website.
To go with the new marketplace which is due to launch within the next 18 months CCS will also look to shake up the current landscape of tech and digital frameworks.
Alongside the broad scope of G-Cloud, the agency also wishes to introduce aframework specialised in the area of cloud hosting, as well as one geared to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics.
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Startup Events This Week: Pulse42 and Mixer By Inc42, Drone Festival – Inc42 Media
Global Nagpur Summit was hosted on Dec 22Inc42 will be hosting Pulse42 and Mixer in JanuaryIndian govt is hosting Drone Festival of India this week
Last week, the Global Nagpur Summit was hosted by Nagpur First at Chitnavis Centre on December 22. The events focused on four sections of Nagpurs startup ecosystem women entrepreneurs, social startups, tech startups and taking the startups to an international forum.
The event hosted some eminent speakers like Tang Guocai, Consulate General of the Peoples Republic of China in Mumbai; Anand Sancheti, managing director of SMS Limited; Jalen He, chief architect of Kavout Corporation and Dr Alex Li, Alibaba Cloud GM, Alibaba Cloud South Asia.
Nagpur First, which was founded in 2006, is a group of stakeholders that want to be a catalyst towards making Nagpur a global city by 2020.
As we step into a new week, heres a list of upcoming events:
Mixer is Inc42s signature #NoAgenda event, which allows important minds of the Indian startup ecosystem to come together and network. With the Mixer, Inc42 aims to bring together enablers and contributors to the Indian startup ecosystem, hoping for interesting collaborations and innovations in the future. Mixer is a relaxed evening to know each other better and catch up on whats happening around them.
No appointments needed, Mixer by Inc42 is a platform that allows entrepreneurs, investors and founders to catch up with each other over great food and cocktails. The event is supported by annual partnersNetApp, AWS, Paytm, Times Internet and HSBCthe event will be held on January 9.
Who Should Attend: Startup founders, entrepreneurs, investors, workDate: January 9, 2020Venue: Delhi
Begin the new year with Inc42e signature tech party Pulse42. This relaxing evening will connect the investor community and startups in an informal setting. Pulse42 is all about getting conversations going among stakeholders with a no-agenda approach. For 2020, Pulse42 is bringing The Pulse of Tech outside monotonous meeting rooms in Indias startup capital, Bengaluru. The event is supported by annual partnersTimes Internet, AWS, Paytm, HSBC and NetApp Excellerator, the party to bid adieu to the decade-gone-by is on January 23, 2020, at The Bier Library, Koramangala, Bengaluru.
Until last year, Pulse42 had been a closed-door event for the attendees, but with the ever-growing community and after doing 10 editions of Pulse42 and engaging over 1000 founders, investors and ecosystem enablers, it was time to give more people a chance to experience the same.
Who Should Attend: Investors, Startup foundersDate: January 23, 2020Venue: The Bier Library, Koramangala, Bengaluru
Indian governments flagship Startup India, in collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, is hosting the Drone Festival on January 6 and 7, 2020. The event will have keynotes and panel discussions dedicated to the drone policies of the world, the advancement of drone technology, operations, and traffic management in the drone ecosystem. Moreover, the event will also hold a session on the future of the drone industry.
The Drone Festival of India invites aviation regulators, drone manufacturers, drone service companies, drone software companies, flying training organisations and enthusiasts and consumers from both government and private enterprises.
Who Should Attend: Startups, drone manufacturers, drone service and software companies, Investors, Tech Enthusiasts, and other stakeholdersDate: January 6 and 7, 2020Venue: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
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Head to Head Survey: Snap (NYSE:SNAP) and Infinite Group (NYSE:IMCI) – Trent Times
Infinite Group (OTCMKTS:IMCI) and Snap (NYSE:SNAP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.0% of Infinite Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of Snap shares are held by institutional investors. 39.4% of Infinite Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Infinite Group has a beta of 3.54, meaning that its share price is 254% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Infinite Group and Snaps net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Infinite Group and Snap, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Snap has a consensus price target of $17.18, indicating a potential upside of 7.19%. Given Snaps higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Snap is more favorable than Infinite Group.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Infinite Group and Snaps gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Infinite Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Snap.
Summary
Infinite Group beats Snap on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
Infinite Group Company Profile
Infinite Group, Inc. provides managed information technology (IT) and virtualization services, and develops and provides cybersecurity tools and solutions to private businesses and government agencies in the United States. It offers Nodeware, an automated network vulnerability management system that assesses vulnerabilities in a computer network using scanning technology. The company also provides cloud computing services, including public and private cloud architecture, hybrid cloud hosting, server virtualization, and desktop virtualization solutions; and level 2 Microsoft and Hewlett Packard server, and software-based managed services through its partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company. In addition, it sells third party software licenses, as well as offers virtualization support services. The company was formerly known as Infinite Machines Corp. and changed its name to Infinite Group, Inc. in January 1998. Infinite Group, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Pittsford, New York.
Snap Company Profile
Snap Inc. operates as a camera company in the United States and internationally. The company offers Snapchat, a camera application that helps people to communicate through short videos and images. It also provides Camera, a tool to personalize and add context to Snaps; Friends Page that allows creating and watching stories, chatting with groups, making voice and video calls, and communicating through a range of contextual stickers and Bitmojis; and Discover that helps surfacing the stories and shows from publishers, creators, and the community, based on a user's subscriptions and interests. In addition, the company offers Snap Map, which brings to a live map of individual location, showing nearby friends, popular stories, and a heatmap of recent snaps posted; Memories that allows users to choose to save the Snaps they create in a searchable personal collection, and users to create Snaps and stories from their saved Snaps and camera roll; and Spectacles, a hardware product that connects with Snapchat and captures video from a human perspective. The company was formerly known as Snapchat, Inc. and changed its name to Snap Inc. in September 2016. Snap Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
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Microsoft and Oracle extend their international cloud love-in – Data Economy
Huawei Cloud has announced its official launch in Peru to accelerate its expansion agenda in Latin America.
The China based telecommunications company said that its move into Chile, Mexico and now Peru makes its cloud service provider arm the largest number of data centres in Latin America. The announcement was made at the Huawei Cloud Peru Summit.
Peru is one of the cradles of South American historyand culture, in which the ancient Inca Empire has a glorious history, said BaoGetang, CEO of Huawei Peru.
Huawei has served the Peruvian market for 16 years and hasaccompanied Peru through digital transformation, which has allowed us to betterunderstand the market and equips us with capabilities to meet the realistic andpotential needs of local customers.
We hope that, in the future, Cloud, AI, 5G, IoT and otherinnovative technologies from Huawei will help Peru to enhance the social, economicand talent development.
Xiao Fei, president of Huawei Cloud Latin America, statedthat the company provides the world with the all-scenario, full-stack AIcapabilities, multi-architecture cloud services, an agile hybrid cloud, apartner ecosystem, amongst other things.
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We hope to approach more governments, industries, andcompanies in Latin America with Huawei Cloud, which presents high-speed,low-latency access from multiple data centres in Latin America, added Fei.
The Peru region of Huawei Cloud will facilitate thedevelopment of the countrys government, enterprises, and industries such asfinancing, mining, logistics and retail. We will build digital Peru together.
Huawei Cloud also announced the launch of Huawei CloudPartner Network, which aims to help partners create services or solutions on HuaweiCloud by providing business, technical, marketing, and go-to-market support.
The company revealed that it will work with Peruvianpartners to create an open and collaborative ecosystem.
Back in 2016, the company made its intentions clear, announcing plans to launch in Peru, Argentina, and the USA. So far, Huawei Cloud and its partners have opened 23 regions with a total of 45 availability zones.
In April 2019, Huawei Cloud celebrated reaching one million cloud customers in two years.
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GDS publishes guidance on avoiding cloud lock-in – UKAuthority.com
The Government Digital Service (GDS) technology policy team has produced some guidance on public sector organisations on dealing with lock-in to cloud services.
James ONeill, senior technology adviser at GDS, said it is part of a wider piece of work in helping them choose appropriate cloud services, and that it has been identified as one of the most immediate user needs in dealing with cloud providers.
Lots of organisations we spoke to had different providers or used different services, but most of the time they had struggled to balance lock-in or fully understand the consequences of their provider decisions, he said in a blogpost.
A lot of organisations are used to the risks and benefits of lock-in through commercial contracts, but we think cloud is different because a lot of the lock-in comes from the technical decisions you make.
The guidance includes a focus on the different types of lock-in, monitoring a cloud portfolio, understanding an managing a technical lock-in, and balancing risk and opportunity in the cloud.
The latter can involve the use of a graph that compares value and portability, making it easier to see how much of a lock-in risk is acceptable. The guide says an organisation should aim to maximise both where possible, but that good value for money could justify a lower degree of portability.
It also says that at a strategic level, an organisation should set expectations for how delivery teams evaluate different hosting options and where they should prioritise value over portability.
ONeill said: Its critical for government organisations to consider lock-in whenever they build or architect anything in the cloud. Theres nothing necessarily wrong with being locked-in, but it might change the decisions they have to make in future.
For example, if you use a cloud service that is only available from one provider, you might have to rebuild your entire application if you later decide to switch provider. Or, you might find that locking-in to a specific technology like serverlesscan take away some of the worries you might have about configuring lots of security settings.
The guidance also advocates building teams to manage cloud providers, as a common cause of technical lock-in is the limited availability of skills and knowledge.
ONeill added that the team is planning to add more to the current guidance on how to choose a cloud hosting strategy, and that it is looking for feedback on its advice.
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