In this week's news roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including data centres, cloud, cyber security, agri-tech and fintech news. Here are our highlights from the week.
monday:
SAS opens UK and German data centres in partnership with Microsoft
Analytics firm SAS has announced the opening of further SAS data centres in the UK and Germany optimised for Microsoft Azure.
This follows the global strategic partnership established by the two companies earlier this year.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2JeMNEm
Orange Business Services partners AWS for cloud innovation
Orange Business Services has formed a global strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
The collaboration seeks to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation and maximise on the benefits of the cloud for greater agility when adapting to the needs of its customers.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/39wGUNl
Tuesday:
Mainone and Microsoft partner for internet connectivity to cloud services in West Africa
West African communications services company MainOne has become the first Microsoft Azure Peering Services partner for West Africa.
The company said it now provides enterprises using Microsoft Cloud services with a high performance experience, relative to what is currently available in the market.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/37rZVhe
SK Telecom merging security subsidiaries to dominate local market
South Korea’s SK Telecom has announced the merger of two of its security-based subsidiaries, ADT Caps and SK Infosec. It hopes to take the new company public and ultimately into overseas markets.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2VlRQ8j
World’s First Carbon Off-Set Token Now Tradable on Uphold Platform
Universal Carbon (UPCO2), the world’s first tradable carbon token is now available on Uphold, a digital money platform serving more than 3 million customers in more than 150 countries.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2VntoU9
‘Three years’ for pandemic recovery after $43bn hit this year
The telecoms industry will take until 2023 before its revenue exceeds that for 2019, according to new research. The industry will see a US$43 billion fall this year on last year’s number — a 2.7% drop because of the pandemic.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3fWCEbf
Thursday:
Agritech Startup Humus Gets Funding From Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns And We Founder's Circle
Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns Accelerator Fund and We Founder’s Circle (WFC) have recently led an undisclosed investment in Humus, an agritech startup solving the complex supply chain issues in the Indian agricultural sector.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3om3MDg
Experts Uncover 'Crutch' Russian Malware Used in APT Attacks for 5 Years
Experts Uncover 'Crutch' Russian Malware Used in APT Attacks for 5 Years. Cybersecurity researchers took the wraps off a previously undocumented backdoor and
document stealer that has been deployed against specific targets from 2015 to early 2020.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2KUCAx6
Friday:
Orange to build a new subsea cable ship through Orange Marine
Orange Marine, a subsidiary of Orange, will build a new cable ship that will deliver greater efficiency and a reduced environmental footprint.
The new vessel will be the first cable ship of its generation specially designed for the maintenance of submarine cables, both fibre optic telecoms cables and inter-array power cables used in offshore windfarms.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2JD6GVJ
Cyber-warning for festive shoppers
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - part of GCHQ - is launching a major campaign called Cyber Aware with its first ever TV ads.
It says over last year's Christmas shopping period there was an average loss of £775 per incident from online shopping fraud.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3gaXfsA
