NEWS
IBM Services introduces two data centres in the
UAE to accelerate hybrid cloud journeys
in additional physical space for local data
residency but help organisations abide by
their data sovereignty requirements and
restrictions. Organisations will also be able to
integrate this local cloud environment with
their existing IT infrastructure and different
cloud environments.
Today, most companies are only 20%
along their cloud journey, renting
compute power to cut costs. According
to IDC, 90% of enterprises will embrace
integrated hybrid cloud tools and strategies
to support different applications and use
cases by 2024.
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BM Services has announced two IBM Data
Centres in the United Arab Emirates, one in
Abu Dhabi and the other in Dubai, to provide
cloud managed services to enterprises and
help accelerate their journey to hybrid cloud.
IBM Services is the services and consultancy
arm of IBM.
The local data centres will help organisations
shift to a hybrid cloud model, and benefit
from having the flexibility to move select
critical workloads to a secure local cloud
environment, hosted in the UAE while
keeping mission critical data on-premise.
This will not only omit the need to invest
IBM works with its clients in the region to
help them in their cloud transformation
journey and leverages its leadership in
hybrid cloud for the enterprise following the
recent US$34 billion landmark acquisition
of Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of
enterprise open source software solutions.
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RIPE NCC joins international conference on Arab
e-infrastructure in Abu Dhabi
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he Réseaux IP Européens Network
Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC), the
regional Internet registry for more than
24,000 members across 78 countries, has
participated in the 2019 edition of the
annual e-AGE international conference.
This was organised by the Arab States
Research and Education Network (ASREN) in
Abu Dhabi, as part of its academic capacity
building initiatives. Innovators, researchers,
scientists, academics and businessmen were
among the conference’s attendees.
During e-AGE, the RIPE NCC discussed the
organisation and its mandate to the global
audience explaining its main functions in the
Middle East, including providing support for
the infrastructure of the Internet through
technical co-ordination, offering services for
the benefit of the Internet community, and
increasing the deployment of IPv6 through
training and advisory programmes.
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The RIPE NCC provides a range of
measurement tools and services as well, to
support the operations of its members who
comprise academic and research networks,
enterprise network owners, ISPs and
telecom operators.
Dr Yousef Torman, Managing Director
of ASREN, said: “ASREN welcomes the
partnership with the RIPE NCC as a strategic
move that could expand both our roles in
further developing Internet connectivity in
the region. The RIPE NCC provides valuable
support in our efforts to improve Internet
connectivity for academic and education
networks in the Arab region and move
our co-operation to a higher level of co-
ordination and integration.”
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