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NEWS NetFoundry’s Cloud Gateway now available at DigitalOcean Marketplace olution providers can now spin up programmable, zero trust networking across the Internet via NetFoundry’s 1-click application on the DigitalOcean Marketplace. S DigitalOcean’s Marketplace is a platform that connects developers with easy-to- use, partner-built solutions to simplify and accelerate app development, deployment and scaling. NetFoundry’s APIs, SDKs or web console to centrally and programmatically manage access across all tenants in a least privileged access paradigm. “Digital Ocean and NetFoundry share a goal to enable developer innovation, and the combination of our services enables developers, ISVs, SIs and MSPs to leverage private application connectivity without requiring their end customers to nail up VPNs, private circuits and custom hardware,” said Galeal Zino, CEO of NetFoundry. Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), SaaS providers, Solution Integrators (SIs) and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) who host their apps in DigitalOcean use NetFoundry to enable private network, zero trust connections between their apps and their customers, without requiring their customers to configure and manage VPNs, which are both expensive to operate and often damage the performance of the application. Rather than nailing up 20 VPNs to 20 customers, the ISV uses Zain announces expanded cloud offerings with Oracle FastConnect ain Group, a leading mobile telecom company based in Kuwait and gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), has announced it will offer dedicated and private access to Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect, becoming one of the first mobile operators in the region to receive this accreditation. Z dedicated bandwidth options ranging from 10Mbps up to 10Gbps. Zain Cloud Connect is an innovative platform that connects customers and different cloud service providers (CSP) in a simple and cost-effective way. It may enable customers to build flexible and scalable hybrid cloud-based solutions, providing customers with the most convenient way to connect to different CSPs. Commenting on the Oracle FastConnect relationship, Henri Kassab, Zain Group’s Managing Director, International, Wholesale and Roaming, said: “We have identified the government and enterprise market as key strategic customers and we are dedicated to providing them with the latest and most robust tools and solutions for them to go about their businesses successfully.” The elevation of Zain to becoming a gold level member with Oracle means the telco can now connect customers directly with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure including to applications such as compute, storage and content delivery, databases and other services. The collaboration bolsters Zain’s own cloud-based activities that allow customers to connect their office/ data centres to Oracle’s Cloud over Zain’s international MPLS network with www.intelligentdatacentres.com Issue 08 7