Recently, backup and recovery provider, Veeam, announced version 12 (v12) of its Backup & Replication suite, along with a new platform approach that includes enhanced cyber resilience and support for hybrid cloud environments. Veeam also announced a new ransomware warranty, putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to keeping businesses running, even in the face of ransomware attacks.
Ahead of the MWC 2023 conference next week in Barcelona, Amazon Web Services today announced two new offerings to help telecommunications companies modernize their networks.
Years ago, the value chain for business services was clear. Telcos provided network services, software vendors offered applications, compute companies took care of servers and so on. The rise of cloud has blurred the lines and there is perhaps no industry that has been more disrupted than telecom. Over-the-top services, the cloud companies and other trends has relegated the telcos to being the “pipes” with little ability to differentiate one’s self.
Private wireless is expected to be a hot topic at next week’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Ahead of the show, startup Celona Inc. today announced a portfolio of indoor and outdoor private 5G products for the global markets.
This week, RingCentral and Amazon Web Service (AWS) announced a strategic agreement where the latter will offer RingCentral MVP and RingCentral Contact Center to its customers. This adds to the long list of partnerships that RingCentral has, but AWS is the first cloud communications provider to take a bite from the RingCentral apple.
Cisco Systems Inc.’s Cisco Live EMEA conference last week in Amsterdam was filled with new products, many of which were highlighted in my earlier SiliconANGLE post. Although product announcements are interesting, what’s equally valuable are the underlying themes that are pervasive across the event. One of these was that the network is now critical to digital transformation.