PROJECT FOCUS
EUROPE
Backblaze, a global leader in computer backup
and cloud storage, has announced it has opened its
first European data centre in Amsterdam.
It is the company’s fourth data centre and the first outside
of the western United States. Backblaze is also announcing
the concept of regions as part of the launch.
When creating a Backblaze account, customers can choose
whether that account’s data will be stored in the EU
Central or US West region. The choice made at account
creation time will dictate where all of that account’s
data is stored, regardless of product choice
(Computer Backup or B2 Cloud Storage).
MIDDLE EAST
The University of Bahrain (UOB) has
announced that it will launch a new cloud
computing degree program to prepare the next
generation of cloud professionals. UOB will introduce a one-
year cloud computing certificate and a full cloud computing
bachelor’s degree, a first in the Middle East, in collaboration with
AWS Educate Cloud Degree initiative. AWS Educate is AWS’s global
initiative to provide students and educators with the resources
needed to accelerate cloud-related learning. The AWS Educate
Cloud Degree initiative is a collaborative effort between AWS
Educate and leading educational institutions to develop degrees
and certificates in cloud computing. The new one-year cloud
computing 101 certificate will launch in the beginning of
2020 and will initially commence for UOB’s students in
the engineering, ICT and business colleges, to then be
offered across all degree courses by 2021.
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