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  • Cloud Services Growth to Amazon profit

    Cloud Services Growth to Amazon profit

    Amazon profit surged 118 per cent during the first quarter of this year, from US$1.6 billion to $3.56 billion.

    Operating income during the March quarter reached $4.4 billion, compared to $1.9 billion the same time last year. The increases come off the back of a 17-per-cent growth in sales to $59.7.

    While the company grew its North American operating income over the period to $2.28 billion, its international division reduced its loss from $622 million last year to a more modest $90 million this year.

    Research firm eMarketer estimates that Amazon holds about 47 per cent of the US e-commerce market, which is set to grow 20 per cent to $282.5 billion this year.

    EMarketer principal analyst Andrew Lipsman said the quarter was fuelled by the strength of Amazon’s cloud and advertising business, which continues to inflate the company’s margins.

    “While AWS’s momentum continues unabated and is clearly the bigger driver of this profit story at the moment, the advertising flywheel now appears to be in full effect for Amazon and will only be a bigger part of the growth story over the near term,” Lipsman said.

    Amazon’s AWS segment saw net sales grow 40 per cent year-on-year, from $5.4 billion to almost $7.7 billion, contributing $2.2 billion to the company’s quarterly income.

    Looking ahead, Amazon expects second-quarter sales to land between $59.5 and $63.5 billion, representing an annual growth of between 13 and 20 per cent.

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  • Orange taps Huawei for public cloud services for MNCs

    Orange taps Huawei for public cloud services for MNCs

    Orange Business Services, the B2B arm under Orange Group, has contracted Huawei to support the delivery of a new global public cloud offering to multinational corporations.

    Under the agreement, Huawei will provide a turnkey solution, including the hardware, develop the technology platform and OpenStack operating system, as well as level-three support. Orange will provide the data center facilities, network and security infrastructure, customers’ infrastructure and applications management, and professional services to support cloud migrations.

    Announcing the partnership at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, Philippe Laplane, director of Orange Cloud for Business at Orange Business Services, said initially the company will target three major verticals – healthcare, public transportation and smart cities – for the new offering.

    With the new offering, Orange is extending its international cloud strategy with a portfolio of advice, integration and managed services for cloud infrastructure and applications.

    The new offering is aimed at helping multinational corporations migrate their legacy enterprise application to the cloud. It is designed to complement the company’s existing private cloud portfolio, Laplane added.

    Orange plans to roll out new services across Western Europe and Southeast Asia in April, followed by the US in October. The Middle East and Africa are scheduled for next year.

    Laplane said the French operator will host two sites in Western Europe and an additional one in Singapore for MNCs with a presence in Asia.

    “Our customers have a genuine need for an international public cloud offering that will allow them to adapt to the uses imposed by new technologies and meet the challenges of transforming their IT services on a global scale,” the executive said.

    “To continue to support them, it is essential for us to have the best technology, combined with the highest levels of security and services, that can meet the challenges of both digital transformation and international development.”

  • Lane Crawford selects Orange Services’ Cloud to improve digital shopping experience

    Lane Crawford selects Orange Services’ Cloud to improve digital shopping experience

    Orange Business Services has been selected by Lane Crawford, a multi-brand designer label luxury retailer, to provide a cloud-based platform to extend, secure and manage its IT resources in Hong Kong and China. This deployment will enable Lane Crawford to marry offline strengths with digital advantages and offer its customers a more connected retail experience.

    Founded in 1850, Hong Kong-based Lane Crawford is widely recognized as a leading retailer of specialty and luxury goods in Hong Kong and China. Through Orange Business Services’ cloud platform, Lane Crawford will have higher flexibility and scalability to accommodate changes in demand due to seasonal shopping, sales and promotional activities, and ad-hoc use. By adopting a cloud-based platform, Lane Crawford can appropriately align its business with the rapid growth of online shopping in China and meet the needs of new and existing customers.  In addition to meeting Lane Crawford’s needs for its digital transformation, Orange Business Services’ solution delivers an enhanced level of security infrastructure and business continuity plans.

     “Lane Crawford has a long history of delivering high quality products and excellent experiences to its customers,” said Jack Zhang, General Manager, Orange Business Services China.  “We are very pleased to have been selected as a partner in their digital transformation journey and to support them based on our deep understanding of the retail business and Lane Crawford’s existing infrastructure environment.”

    Lane Crawford selected Orange Business Services’ cloud platform for its ability to easily scale to meet rapid changes in consumer demand and its one-stop solution for all the needs it had for connectivity, flexibility and security.  Orange Business Services’ platform is fully compatible with other business critical applications being used by Lane Crawford.

     “Our former infrastructure did not provide adequate flexibility for scalability or future business growth,” said Raymond Liu, Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure, Lane Crawford.  “Orange Business Services’ cloud-based solution gives us cost-efficient performance, enhanced security and protection, and support of on-line transaction applications.  For Lane Crawford, this is a critical step forward in our digital transformation.”

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  • Telkom launches innovation services in Indonesia

    Telkom launches innovation services in Indonesia

    Multimedia Nusantara (TelkomMetra), a unit of Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), has launched innovative service MediaHub to support the content and advertising industry in Indonesia.

    “Telkom is offering an integrated solution, not limited to telecoms but also takes part as the platform that delivers value to content that is delivered through its main connectivity business,” said Muhammad Awaluddin, director of enterprise and business service at Telkom Indonesia.

    MediaHub is said to be the first one to facilitate content providers, advertising agencies, Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo), the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) and pay TV operators in developing safe and convenient contents.

    The service will also support in a new way of generating revenue and cost efficiencies for content providers and pay TV operators.

    Supported by over than 20 years of experience in playout technology from SmartCast, MediaHub through Metrasat, provides practical solutions as content aggregation and distribution services to overcome the obstacles over content distribution and its monetization in Indonesia.

    As a partner for the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission, MediaHub with its playout and ad-insertion system enables the selected content in dedicated feed to comply the regulation of broadcasting in Indonesia and ready to distribute them in any required formats to pay TV operators.

    Through its plug and play system, MediaHub provides efficient process to be the only pay TV ad network to support content business and local productions.

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