Cloud in Retail & Consumer Services

Payments resilience playbook: building future-ready systems

CloudTech News — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:42:36 +0000

Resilience used to mean a disaster recovery document in a drawer and a secondary data centre on standby. But new payment methods, rising fraud, tougher regulation, and global expansion plans mean that resilience now depends on payment systems that can flex, reroute, and recover without sacrificing performance or compliance. Done well, resilience becomes a growth […]

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SAS expands hosted managed services to AWS

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:50:00 +0000

Data and artificial intelligence (AI) specialist, SAS, has expanded its SAS-hosted managed services to Amazon Web Services (AWS). A strategic addition to the SAS Managed Services portfolio, the expansion gives customers more options for how they choose to deploy and manage their investments in industry-leading SAS technology and solutions. SAS customers have always reaped the […]

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The guide for exceptional support: Unlocking cloud success

Pelli Papoulidou — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:38:07 +0000

In the fast-evolving realm of cloud distribution and services, achieving success hinges not only on cutting-edge technology but also on robust support systems. From minimising errors to accelerating growth, the importance of comprehensive support cannot be overstated. In this guide, we’ll delve into the vital role support plays in achieving success in the cloud, along […]

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Hitachi Vantara and Cisco unveil next-gen Hybrid Cloud Managed Services

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 08:19:00 +0000

Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, has announced the next evolution of its partnership with Cisco, introducing an innovative suite of hybrid cloud services designed to address ongoing data management challenges faced by modern enterprises. The joint offering, Hitachi EverFlex with Cisco Powered Hybrid Cloud, is unique because […]

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VMware unveils Cross-Cloud managed services

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 04 May 2023 08:49:53 +0000

VMware has launched VMware Cross-Cloud managed services, a set of prescriptive offers with enhanced partner and customer benefits that will enable highly skilled partners to expand their managed services practices. Building on VMware’s success in creating an ecosystem of more than 4,000 cloud service providers that serve tens of thousands of customers worldwide, VMware Cross-Cloud […]

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Kingfisher chooses Google Cloud as catalyst for growth and innovation

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 10:30:57 +0000

Kingfisher, an international home improvement company, has signed a five-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud to enhance Kingfisher’s digital capabilities as it helps usher in retail’s next digital age. With more than 1,500 stores internationally, 80,000 full-time colleagues, and a brand portfolio that includes B&Q, Castorama, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş, Kingfisher required a strong […]

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Asda chooses Veeam to mitigate risk of multi-million-pound retail downtime

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:54:53 +0000

Asda has selected Veeam Availability Suite to provide effective backup and restore for mission-critical systems. Following its divestiture from Walmart in early 2021, the supermarket chain has taken responsibility for protecting the large, virtualised infrastructure that underpins its business, and Veeam, a specialist in backup, recovery and data management solutions, has enabled it to do […]

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David Weeks, N-able: A unique time for MSPs

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 07:58:46 +0000

Could you tell us a little bit about N-able and what it does? N-able provides IT management solutions that empower managed services providers to deliver outsourced IT services for their end customers, which are primarily small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). MSPs can get monitoring and management, automation, security, and backup software from an ever-changing list […]

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Cloud security fears continue: Managed services, messaging, FaaS at ‘perilous’ stage

James Bourne — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:18:48 +0000

As adoption of managed infrastructure services increases, new cloud attack areas arrive with them. According to a new report from Accurics, 23% of all security violations identified relate to poorly configured manage service offerings. The study, Accurics’ Cloud Cyber Resilience Report, assessed violations and drifts in real-world environments of Accurics users, as well as open […]

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