Microsoft tops estimates
More sign up for Azure cloud computing services and Office 365
Software King of the Wolrd Microsoft is doing well thanks to more people signing up for its cloud-based services than anyone expected.
Amazon doubles profits
Thanks to cloud
US president Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump's favourite US company, Amazon, more than doubled its profit on Thursday and predicted strong spring results – the outfit was so pleased with its results it jacked up the price for its US Prime subscribers.
Nokia launches Edge Cloud data centre solution
Claims it is the first to meet low-latency data processing demands of Cloud RAN
Nokia has launched an Edge Cloud data centre solution and claims it is the first to meet the stringent and diverse low-latency data processing demands of Cloud RAN and advanced applications for consumers and industries.
Western Digital unveils WD Black NVMe SSD
WD's own controller and Sandisk 3D TLC NAND
Western Digital has officially unveiled and launched its newest WD Black NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe SSDs which will be available in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB capacities and use WD's in-house controller paired up with Sandisk 3D TLC NAND, offering sequential transfer speed of up to 3,400/2,800 MB/s.
Kingston announces A1000 M.2 PCIe Gen3 x2 NVMe SSDs
Phison 5008 controller with 3D TLC NAND
Kingston has announced its latest A1000 PCIe NVMe SSDs which will deliver twice the performance of SATA at "near SATA pricing" and be available in 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB capacities, in standard M.2 2280 form-factor with PCIe Gen3 x2 NVMe interface.