Tencent
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Tencent and China Unicom have received regulatory approval to set up a joint-venture (JV) according to a government announcement. -
Startup Factory China with its embedded Smart Factory Kunshan IIoT Hub and Tencent Cloud have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and cloud.
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Tencent Cloud and Acclivis Technologies and Solutions (Acclivis), a subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement.
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Tech Data Distribution - Hong Kong (Tech Data HK) has inked a distributorship agreement with Tencent Cloud in Hong Kong and Macau.
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Five hyperscalers make up the world’s five most valuable brands, according to the latest brand-value survey, and two others are also in the top 10.
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Tencent Cloud has opened four new data centres in Bangkok, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
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Separate reports today by Canalys and Synergy Research Group show that spending on cloud infrastructure is going up by about 35% a year to US$40 billion in the first quarter of 2021.
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Season 2, episode 13 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporter Natalie Bannerman, and special guests Hannes Gredler and Richard Brandon from RtBrick.
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China’s spending on cloud infrastructure has grown 62% year-on-year to reach $5.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, with three companies having almost three-quarters of the business.
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Japanese technology company Rakuten, which has launched a cloud-based 5G network, has raised 242 billion yen (US$2.2 billion) by selling stakes to Japan Post, Tencent and Walmart.
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Chinese messaging, social media and e-commerce service WeChat is one of the world’s strongest tech brands, according to ratings released today.
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According to Q2 figures from Synergy Research Group Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Alibaba are leading the in Asia-Pacific (APAC) cloud market.
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Nokia has won two contracts with China-based webscale giants to provide optical data centre interconnect (DCI) infrastructure, which the company said “consolidates our presence in the webscale market in China”.
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PCCW Global and DCConnect have entered into a technology collaboration, enabling Console Connect and DCConnect customers to seamlessly leverage network services from either service provider.
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Chinese cloud providers are beginning to feature strongly in the ranking of leading cloud providers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
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