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MIDDLE
EAST
Oracle announced the immediate
availability of its new data centre in Abu Dhabi,
which will offer public cloud applications services
to customers in the UAE and wider Middle East. The
Abu Dhabi data centre will support the rapid adoption of
Oracle Cloud in the UAE and act as a key catalyst for the
implementation of UAE’s strategy for the fourth Industrial
Revolution aimed at building the country’s leadership in
education and advanced technology, including Artificial
Intelligence, robotics and genomic medicine. Arun Khehar,
Senior Vice President – Business Applications, Middle
East and Africa, Oracle, said: “By locating a data
centre in the UAE, we will be able to better manage
service levels and respond to local customers,
who, for data governance requirements
and other reasons, need to keep
their data local.”
AFRICA
Huawei announced that it was preparing for
a March launch its cloud data services in Africa.
The company is working with South African partners
for the construction of the data centres in Johannesburg
initially and later Cape Town. Huawei will deploy localised
public cloud services based on local industry policies,
customer requirements and partner conditions. Speaking at a
Cloud Summit in Johannesburg, Huawei outlined its plans for a
fully connected Africa driven by data and Artificial Intelligence
(AI) applications. Huawei’s anticipated cloud services launch
in March, will make it the world’s first cloud service
provider with an operational data centre in Africa. The
cloud service will be available to organisations
in South Africa and neighbouring countries,
providing lower-latency, reliable and
secure cloud services.
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