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• What APAC partners can expect from Oracle Database on Azure

  Partners in Asia Pacific face an uncertain wait for the newly announced Oracle Database@Azure, but it will be worth the wait according to the region’s channel chief.

• Microsoft Azure launches DDoS IP protection for SMBs

  DDoS IP Protection is designed to provide enterprise-grade distributed denial of service protection at a price that's attractive to SMBs.

• Kyndryl and Microsoft tie mainframe to Azure cloud resources

  Kyndryl and Microsoft have extended their existing partnership to include mainframe connectivity to cloud applications and workloads.

• How Azure Active Directory opens new authentication risks

  Hybrid cloud identity and access management services add complexity and opportunity for attackers to network authentication processes.

• Microsoft Dev Box cloud-based workstations enter public preview

  Microsoft Dev Box​, a managed service for creating on-demand, project-specific developer workstations in the Azure cloud, is now in a public preview phase.

• Oracle partners with Microsoft to offer database service for Azure

  Oracle Database Service for Azure gives Microsoft Azure customers direct access to Oracle databases residing in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

• New Relic embraces multi-cloud through Azure partnership

  New Relic has debuted its new integration partnership with Microsoft Azure, a move that will remove AWS' exclusivity as the default cloud provider for its platform.

• Microsoft unifies large-scale data management under Purview framework

  The new “Microsoft Purview” brings vendor's large organisation-focused data management tools under one roof, and includes a host of new features.

• Microsoft launches Azure VMs powered by new Ampere Altra Arm-based chips

  The new virtual machines can deliver up to 50 per cent better price-performance than comparable x86 processors, according to Microsoft.

• Macquarie Telecom inks multi-million dollar deal with Kelsian Group

  Macquarie Telecom has secured a multi-million dollar project with Kelsian Group (formerly SeaLink) using Optus mobile, Azure cloud and VMware SD-WAN.

• Microsoft expands 5G, edge-network offerings through Azure

  Microsoft is expanding its telecom offerings with new services designed to address carrier infrastructure for edge computing and 5G.

• TCS tackles Celcom business support systems overhaul

  TCS is deepening its partnership with Celcom Axiata Berhad with a project to transform the Malaysian telco's core business support systems.

• How the Apple-Epic case could impact the cloud services giants

  Will the case set a legal precedent that could hit cloud giants and the ever-expanding marketplaces they operate?

• 4 lessons from recent Microsoft Azure cloud vulnerabilities

  The discovery of serious vulnerabilities in Azure's Cosmos database and Linux VM shows you can't take cloud security for granted.

• Cloud is hot, and it's only going to get hotter

  Fewer than 20 per cent of organisations have put more than 50 per cent of their operational data in the cloud, new analysis suggests.