All Azure articles
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Network & InfrastructureBT enters new vSphere with VMware
Latest platform upgrade said to provide a level of visibility across BT systems to smooth integration of virtual machines and emerging microservices within infrastructure designs. Benefits for Consumer platforms particularly flagged. VMware products described as being at the core of BT’s design ethos.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica enters the edge zone with Microsoft
Group joins gaggle of heavyweight operators in putting Azure Edge Zones through their paces.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Vodafone Business co-pilots private 5G for Lufthansa
Apparent pragmatic row-back on opposition to private spectrum allocation.
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M&A
Microsoft acquires Affirmed Networks
Microsoft agreed a deal to acquire Affirmed Networks, a wireless infrastructure solutions vendor and Vodafone investment.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T‑Sys registers with Google Cloud
Another running buddy for refreshed enterprise cloud strategy.
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Partnerships & Alliances
IBM and T-Sys shift to mainframe tie-up plan b
Streamlining of low-margin business lines continues. Focus of deal is on services support, as opposed to total outsourcing arrangement envisaged in blocked 2019 buyout.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica deepens Microsoft cloud alliance
Microsoft plans to open a new ‘Azure region’ for data centres in Spain and use Telefónica infrastructure to create a joint cloud services offering.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone Germany, DE-CIX partners on Vodafone Company Net
Vodafone Germany partnered with interconnection provider Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange (DE‑CIX) on Vodafone Company Net.
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Enterprise (B2B)
Telefónica flags Alanxeo deal including SD WAN
TBS banging the drum on the principles of Telefónica’s intensified engagement with enterprise based on communications, security, and the cloud.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT first up as MSP for Microsoft-Nokia tie-up
US and Finnish suppliers club together on cloud and SD-WAN. Azure‑Nuage combo could provide a more compelling alternative to Cisco in the BT Dynamic Network Services portfolio. BT Global wheels out IXOM as customer of the integrated solution.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Deutsche Telekom seeks next level in Microsoft partnership
Leadership love-bombs Nadella, seeking a replenished, “ forward-looking ” relationship after German cloud tie-up demise. Mix of opportunities seen in old ground (cloud and IoT) and new (voice interfaces).
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica Group extends Azure alliance to Peru
Telefónica’s cloud services alliance with Microsoft reaches the Peruvian market, with hybrid offerings for enterprise set to roll out.
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Products & Services
Telefónica ramps up AURA
Telefónica provided insights into its AURA strategy, including more market launches. Microsoft’s position as a partner remains a core element of the project. Commitment reiterated to overcoming the challenge of combining local services with a central unified vision.
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Network & Infrastructure
Operators, other industries struggle for 5G commonality
5G expectations have been raised, and now need to be met: lots of talk of potential, but monetisation not clear cut. Scepticism over network readiness for advanced, challenging applications, such as in gaming and sport. Supplier establishment again chided for dragging feet on harmonisation and cloud-ification; operators ...
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Partnerships & Alliances
T-Systems strengthens cloud ties with Microsoft
Microsoft tie-up turbo-charged with “cloud acceleration” collaboration.
