Cloud, hyperscale, expansions, APAC, SMB
It was another busy week across the sector with a number of interesting developments coming out of the public cloud market.
The cloud market continues to show lines of separation and that played out in recent weeks with the new partnership between Microsoft and Oracle. The two have decided to build interoperable clouds as they attempt to lock down the enterprise addressable market.
Amazon, of course, does not stand still and it has been working on a number of new initiatives. The latest service it has rolled out involves the use of satellites and connecting them to the AWS cloud. It provides an interesting glimpse into what the future may hold.
There was more infrastructure expansion a global basis. Edge provider Packet is expanding in a number of markets and Azure opened up a new region in the UAE.
There was also more activity on the strategic side of things. In APAC, there is chatter about Bridge Data Centers in Singapore, while STT GDC acquired the remaining stake from the Tata assets in Singapore. Elsewhere, Digital Colony closed its first infrastructure fund and provided a few details.
The SMB market remains busy and the past week we saw a number of providers – Liquid Web, Hostpoint and Dreamhost – introduce new features around popular application platforms like WordPress and WooCommerce. Features and technology at the application level are increasingly points of differentiation for providers.
Finally, there were more results to look at. In the past week, we took a closer look at Digital Realty, iomart in the UK and gigas in Spain. Growth rates are not spectacular in general, but they continue to push forward across a number of different infrastructure segments and geographies.
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