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Monday, October 22nd, 2018
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Event |
| 4:17p |
Alibaba Expands Cloud Business to UK With New Data Centers
Alibaba opened its first data centers in the UK, with two sites operational in London
• England is one of the fastest-growing European markets for Alibaba Cloud, the company said
• The drive is fueled in part by government demands | | 4:22p |
The Cost-Effective Way to Increase Data Center Capacity
One technique combines intelligent software with specialized power-control hardware, turning power into a resource that can be pooled dynamically across the whole data center. | | 5:51p |
Apple, AWS CEOs Say Bloomberg Should Retract the Spy Chip Story
Apple and AWS CEOs have called on Bloomberg to retract its story that alleges their hardware has been compromised by a malicious Chinese spy chip
• Apple’s Tim Cook called for the retraction in an interview with BuzzFeed Friday
• AWS CEO Andy Jassy did so in a tweet Monday | | 11:47p |
Ellison Touts Hardware “Barriers” and “Robots” Guarding Oracle’s Cloud
Oracle CTO Larry Ellison touted “impenetrable barriers” and “autonomous robots” that guard Oracle’s second-generation cloud platform in his opening keynote for Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco Monday
• The robots refer to automated threat detection and remediation
• The barriers are formed by what he described as a network of dedicated computers that secure the cloud platform
• By highlighting these security features, Ellison sought to differentiate Oracle from other cloud providers, placing particular focus on market leader Amazon Web Services |
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