IaaS / Serverless Infrastructure news stories

Varonis has strengthened and expanded its cloud and security capabilities, with a critical aim of improving safety and boosting data visibility in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).

Amazon retained the number one position in the IaaS market in 2021, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and Huawei.

Alibaba Cloud has launched its cloud computer in Singapore, with the inclusion of both the pocket-sized Wuying cloud computer and Elastic Desktop Service (EDS).

Alibaba Cloud has been recognised by Gartner among global cloud service providers for its critical cloud abilities in compute, storage, network and security.

“The solutions aim to provide protection for niche cloud deployments, including those used for gaming, eCommerce, live broadcast operations and finance," the company states.

Over the last 18 months, technology has enabled businesses to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions, innovate and grow. 

Alibaba Cloud was named a Visionary in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services. 

IDC estimates annual recurring revenue from foundational cloud services will increase from under $100 billion in 2020 to over $300 billion in 2025.

International Data Corporation has forecast global "whole cloud" spending to reach $1.3 trillion by 2025.

Why are CIOs and IT organisations prioritising investment in cloud infrastructure? The answer is simple, writes Bitglass senior marketing director Jonathan Andresen.

IDC has published a report forecasting the IaaS and PaaS markets will have combined revenues of $400 billion by 2025.

Vectra AI finds that even though 100% of companies have experienced a security incident, they continue to expand, with 64% deploying new AWS services weekly.

"Unless you’re keeping a close watch on identities, behaviour, and privileges across each and every SaaS and IaaS you rely on, you’re a sitting duck."

The 40.7% boost in the Infrastructure as a Service market was accompanied by another positive statistic: almost 90% of all IaaS providers exhibited growth.

"We believe the report is also a recognition of our increased efforts in the education sector to help schools continue their lessons during the coronavirus outbreak via leveraging our digital-learning solutions.”

Cloud by Tech Data provides a variety of capabilities, including disaster recovery, data backup, data centre expansion and scale-out storage.

"HPE technology has underpinned our emPOWER Cloud since launching in 2010, and I am very excited about the capabilities that our renewed partnership will bring moving forward.”

Increased government spending to modernise the existing IT infrastructure and  agrowing shift towards server virtualisation are the major factors likely to boost the growth of the IaaS market in the region.

“While some organisations are talking a good story … predicted spending shows that most have the wrong focus.”

The top 5 IaaS providers accounted for 80% of the total worldwide market in 2019, according to a new report from Gartner.

The company chose to adopt ISO 27001 as their ISMS as it is globally recognised, requires ongoing auditing and review by 3rd party accredited providers.

According to Leaseweb, the servers will enable the company to meet market demand for hybrid cloud infrastructure requirements.

Australian IT services company Linktech Australia says its Kloudily IaaS and virtual desktops solution will get employees into remote work in a hurry.

While using IaaS brings many advantages, it also raises unique data leakage concerns that must be addressed in order to maintain robust cybersecurity.