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RapidScale | March 01, 2023
RapidScale, a leading managed cloud services provider, recently announced that it has successfully launched Microsoft's Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) as part of its Desktop as a Service (DaaS) lineup. The company aims to address the growing market demand for simpler and faster-virtualized desktop deployments that cater to today's hybrid workforce.
RapidScale AVD can help organizations overcome the challenges of traditional desktop deployments by enabling them to manage costs better and deliver critical applications to a distributed workforce. The managed solution enables employees to remain productive and secure with virtualized experiences on any mobile device, with 24/7 access to essential workloads and apps. In addition, RapidScale AVD is optimized to support any application that Windows 10 natively supports.
In addition to the security and performance benefits of DaaS, RapidScale AVD also provides advanced automation capabilities that expedite the solution's deployment to customers, reducing the process to just a few hours. This solution offers a seamless Windows 10/11 multi-session user experience, built-in Azure Active Directory integration and improved support for high-performance desktops, including Macs, and enhanced GPU support. Furthermore, businesses can easily integrate their Microsoft 365 and Windows licenses and leverage native hyperscaler elasticity without geographical limitations, thanks to Azure's global footprint.
RapidScale's senior director of product development, Duncan MacDonald, commented, "We're excited to deliver a unique and differentiated solution to our customers." He further emphasized, "We aim to deliver more value with the solution by layering on industry-leading support, flexible configuration and management options, and comprehensive onboarding that includes migration, testing, and enablement."
(Source – PR Web)
About RapidScale
RapidScale, a subsidiary of Cox Business, is a leading provider of managed cloud services that offer IT and business leaders a simple, secure, and scalable solution for their IT needs. It integrates top-of-the-line cloud technologies under a single management portal, providing customers with a streamlined experience and exceptional end-user satisfaction. RapidScale's technology experts deliver secure and easy access to company data and applications from any device, anytime and anywhere, setting itself apart from other cloud providers. Additionally, the company offers flexible co-management options and a user-friendly management portal backed by award-winning customer support.
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PacketFabric | January 06, 2023
PacketFabric, a provider of on-demand connectivity for the enterprise cloud, has joined the Google Cloud Marketplace as a technology partner. This will allow organizations to connect multi-cloud environments to multiple 100 Gbps connections for data migration and automate direct connectivity between private cloud colocation and cloud providers on PacketFabric's private network.
PacketFabric's Cloud Router offering, available on the Google Cloud Marketplace, provides a self-service network-as-a-service platform with private and secure connectivity between cloud providers and optimized, low latency service. Using SADA’s marketplace integration services practice, PacketFabric was engaged end-to-end in the process of By joining the Google Cloud Marketplace, PacketFabric can provide organizations with an automated and optimized network solution that is secure, reliable, and cost-effective.
"PacketFabric is proud to be a NaaS leader and be available to customers on Google Cloud Marketplace. As many enterprises move to Google Cloud they now have instant access to the industry's lowest friction and most scalable multi-cloud routing solution."
Dave Ward, Chief Executive Officer, PacketFabric
The Cloud Router also lets businesses control traffic between cloud providers and regions and automate direct connections between private clouds in colocation and cloud providers. PacketFabric services are billed hourly, monthly, or up to 36 times per month. With PacketFabrics Cloud Router, organizations can maximize the use of their cloud-based applications and services by connecting their multi-cloud environments to multiple 100 Gbps connections for data migration.
About PacketFabric
PacketFabric is the Connectivity Cloud. It was built from the ground up to be flexible, scalable, fast, programmable, and secure, with no trade-offs. This lets businesses build a flexible cloud core that gives them the best digital business results. The Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform from PacketFabric uses a private optical network that can grow very quickly, the latest packet-switching technology, and automation from beginning to end. PacketFabric provides private and secure on-demand connections between hundreds of the world's best colocation facilities and cloud service providers. With an advanced Application Program Interface (API) and web portal, IT, network, and DevOps teams can set up cloud-scale connectivity in minutes.
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Stratus Technologies | February 07, 2023
On February 6, 2023, Stratus Technologies, Inc. (Stratus), an SGH company and a pioneer in protected, simplified, and autonomous Edge Computing platforms announced that it will display its Edge Computing platforms and pre-validated control architectures, made with Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric, at the 27th annual ARC Industry Leadership Forum from February 6–9, in Orlando, Florida.
The subject of this year's conference is energy transition, driving sustainability and performance through digitalization. During the Oil & Gas Transformation session, Stratus and customer Streamline Innovations will present on sustainable gas treating solutions.
Stratus will showcase its Edge Computing platforms and solutions at booth #34, including:
Stratus ztC Edge Platform - the second-generation Stratus ztC Edge platform integrates in-built fault tolerance and application virtualization in an easy-to-install, rugged design for the edge.
Stratus Edge Computing Experience (ECX) - This immersive environment enables IT and OT users to explore a broad range of Edge Computing application cases in industrial automation, allowing users to extend edge automation and exploit essential data for insight using easy, secure, autonomous Edge Computing.
Edge Analytics - The IoT analytics software from Litmus on the Stratus Edge 110i and the second-gen Stratus ztC Edge 200i exhibits predictive maintenance, condition-based monitoring, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The partnership shows a simple, secure, autonomous solution for deploying analytics for any MES, SCADA, or IoT software at edge locations in order to overcome network bandwidth, latency, and risk of downtime.
Stratus will also highlight the following to illustrate how pre-validated and tested architectures may reduce engineering time, enable quick deployment, and simplify OT and IT management:
PlantPAx® Solution-in-a-Box from Rockwell Automation - A jointly-tested process control architecture running on ztC Edge to facilitate the deployment of small to medium-sized distributed control systems (DCS) that need less than 5,000 I/Os at edge locations.
Schneider Electric EcoStruxure™ Micro Data Center with Stratus ftServer® Platform - Designed for edge environments, it combines virtualization, fault tolerance, physical protection and smart uninterrupted power. These pre-validated designs are ideal for Systems Integrators since they save 40% in field engineering work and 20% in time-to-deployment.
About Stratus Technologies
Stratus, headquartered in Maynard, MA, is a pioneer in protected, simplified, and autonomous Edge Computing platforms. It ensures the continuous availability of business-critical applications for leaders who are digitally transforming their operations in order to drive predictable, peak performance with minimal risk by delivering zero-touch Edge Computing platforms that are easy to deploy and maintain, protected from interruptions and threats, and autonomous. For the past 40 years, the company has supplied dependable and redundant zero-touch computing, allowing global Fortune 500 companies and small-to-medium-sized businesses to securely and remotely transform data into actionable intelligence at the edge, cloud, and data center, thereby increasing uptime and efficiency.
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