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Cloud storage startup Wasabi raises $250M to reach unicorn status

TechCrunch

The cloud services sector is still dominated by Amazon and the other so-called “hyperscalers” — e.g. the Microsoft Azures, Google Cloud Platforms and IBM Clouds of the world. ” Friend and Flowers joined forces in 2015 to start Wasabi, when Friend was still the CEO of cloud backup company Carbonite.

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AWS vs. Azure vs. Google Cloud: Comparing Cloud Platforms

Kaseya

As the name suggests, a cloud service provider is essentially a third-party company that offers a cloud-based platform for application, infrastructure or storage services. What Is a Public Cloud? What Is a Public Cloud? The public cloud provider makes these resources available to customers over the internet.

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StorageCraft Partners With Google Cloud to Deliver Business Continuity

Arcserve

StorageCraft, an Arcserve company, has partnered with Google Cloud to offer its StorageCraft Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) on the Google Cloud Marketplace (GCP). StorageCraft’s award-winning DRaaS solution has been explicitly architected to take advantage of the power of Google Cloud.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO

Skills: Relevant skills for a cloud systems engineer include networking, automation and scripting, Python, PowerShell, automation, security and compliance, containerization, database management, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.

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Teraco and VMware are Taking a New Approach to Support the Efforts of South Africa’s Cloud Innovators in Their Quest to Achieve Zero Carbon Emissions

CIO

With four ultra high-performance data centers in South Africa – including facilities in Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg – the company forms the core of the nation’s internet backbone, and serves as the interconnection for both local and global cloud services. Silicon Sky specializes in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

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Infrastructure Engineer: Key Duties, Skills, and Background

Altexsoft

The hardware layer includes everything you can touch — servers, data centers, storage devices, and personal computers. The ultimate goal of such a specialist is to design highly available and safe networks with disaster recovery options. Architecting with Google Compute Engine Specialization. Google Cloud Fundamentals.

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Top 8 uses of cloud computing

CircleCI

For many organizations, cloud computing has become an indispensable tool for communication and collaboration across distributed teams. Whether you are on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, or Azure. the cloud can reduce costs, increase flexibility, and optimize resources. Cloud storage.

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