Beat Wall Street predictions
Akamai topped analysts’ estimates for first quarter revenue and profit thanks to its aggressive push to cloud security and its business of speeding up media content delivery stabilised.
Microsoft tops estimates
More sign up for Azure cloud computing services and Office 365
Software King of the Wolrd Microsoft is doing well thanks to more people signing up for its cloud-based services than anyone expected.
Amazon doubles profits
Thanks to cloud
US president Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump's favourite US company, Amazon, more than doubled its profit on Thursday and predicted strong spring results – the outfit was so pleased with its results it jacked up the price for its US Prime subscribers.
Nokia launches Edge Cloud data centre solution
Claims it is the first to meet low-latency data processing demands of Cloud RAN
Nokia has launched an Edge Cloud data centre solution and claims it is the first to meet the stringent and diverse low-latency data processing demands of Cloud RAN and advanced applications for consumers and industries.
Western Digital unveils WD Black NVMe SSD
WD's own controller and Sandisk 3D TLC NAND
Western Digital has officially unveiled and launched its newest WD Black NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe SSDs which will be available in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB capacities and use WD's in-house controller paired up with Sandisk 3D TLC NAND, offering sequential transfer speed of up to 3,400/2,800 MB/s.