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Coffee Briefing, June 15, 2021 – Cisco unveils hybrid cloud goodies; GoDaddy upgrades; Mississauga’s smart city update

Cisco unveils a host of hybrid cloud goodies, GoDaddy announces a bunch of upgrades and integrations, and Mississauga’s smart city’s ambitions take another step forward.

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Coffee Briefing, June 15, 2021 – Cisco unveils hybrid cloud goodies; GoDaddy upgrades; Mississauga’s smart city update

Cisco unveils a host of hybrid cloud goodies, GoDaddy announces a bunch of upgrades and integrations, and Mississauga’s smart city’s ambitions take another step forward.

8 min read

Dell launches telco infrastructure solutions

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Quebec-based digital commerce firm OSF Digital makes second acquisition since last month

Global digital commerce-focused systems integrator OSF Digital this morning announced it has acquired Toronto-based personalized marketing solutions firm Relation1 to strengthen its marketing cloud services in North America.

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Cloudera to be acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR for $5.3B

Enterprise data cloud company Cloudera has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of the private investment firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and KKR in a $5.3 billion all-cash transaction, the company announced June 1.

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ThinkOn launches cloud marketplace for Canada’s public sector with QuickSilk as initial member

More than a year in the making, GCloud.ca by ThinkOn launched May 26 and is already waiting to enlist dozens of software vendors that have expressed interest in the portal

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Cloud Videos

Dell Technologies World – Day 1

IBM’s quantum system explained – All Hands on Tech

All Hands on Tech – Amazon DeepRacer League encourages developers to train self-driving cars

Unboxing for Business – Amazon DeepRacer AI training car

Tour Canada’s largest data centre in the old Toronto Star print facility

President to President with Jonathan Spinks, CEO of Sourced Group

President to President with Eric Gales, Amazon Web Services Canada

2 truths and a lie with CP1’s Jaime Leverton

Cloud News

New Microsoft Office: Cloud? Check. Social? Check

Microsoft showed the next version of Office on Monday, which is ‘built for the cloud,’ according to CEO Steve Ballmer

Microsoft introduces Office As-A-Service

Office 15 will launch with integrated Skype and a reader mode for Word

Microsoft ratchets up channel incentives

Software giant also releases cloud-ready products under Windows 8

Microsoft releases the shackles from Office 365 partners

Office 365 can be one of the most competitive weapons in the cloud market

Using cloud to resolve power issues

Data security and integration are still challenges facing users

Cloud backup vendor offers new Canadian channel program

After including only home-based consumer backup products in its reseller program, the Boston-based vendor is adding SMB products to its VAR offerings

Seven steps for running on-premise cloud like a business

The IT economic environment is moving to an ultra-centralized, dynamic, shared infrastructure with high return on capital and a fundamentally indirect cost structure

Red Hat bets on Open Hybrid Cloud

Linux developer outlined three options for leveraging the cloud

Cisco adds cloud features to new SMB router

The unit is aimed to provide a wired-to-wireless bridge for devices like TVs, game consoles, etc., but could also be used to provide Internet connectivity for notebooks and desktops.