Author Archive

Earnings, AWS, cloud growth, cloud exits, APAC

July 31, 2017
Philbert Shih

It was a busy week with the start of earnings season and more developments on the strategic side. Am...

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Site builder BentoBox raises Series A round of $4.8m

July 28, 2017
Philbert Shih

New York-based site builder BentoBox raised a Series A round of $4.8m. ...

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Amazon reports 2Q17 results; crosses $4b a quarter

July 28, 2017
Philbert Shih

Amazon reported its 2Q17 results. Growth was again strong and the deceleration appears to have slowe...

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Freshbooks raises Series B round

July 27, 2017
Philbert Shih

Toronto-based Freshbooks, a provider of SaaS-based accounting and invoicing services, closed a $43m ...

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365 Data Centers signs NewsWare for colocation

July 27, 2017
Philbert Shih

365 Data Centers confirmed that financial news organizations NewsWare will use its New York data cen...

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SiteLock acquires Patchman; expanding service provider capabilities

July 26, 2017
Philbert Shih

SiteLock, a security vendor used by SMB hosters to protect websites, acquired Netherlands-based secu...

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GoDaddy shutters cloud server business for second time; market implications

July 25, 2017
Philbert Shih

GoDaddy confirmed that it would retired its cloud infrastructure service by the end of the year. ...

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Ensono acquires Inframon; enhances Azure capabilities

July 25, 2017
Philbert Shih

Ensono acquired UK-based Inframon, a Microsoft-focused consulting and managed services. ...

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Atlantic.net deploys Trend Micro for security

July 25, 2017
Philbert Shih

Florida-based Atlantic.net deployed technology from Trend Micro to enable security capabilities for ...

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Cincinnati Bell acquires OnX Enterprise Solutions

July 24, 2017
Philbert Shih

incinnati Bell acquired managed services and hoster OnX Enterprise Solutions. ...

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Web.com said to be opting against selling

July 24, 2017
Philbert Shih

There is some chatter that Web.com is leaning to not selling the company. ...

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M&A, APAC, managed third party cloud shops, cloud expansion

July 24, 2017
Philbert Shih

The sector continues to kick back into gear after the summer holiday season lull. There was a slew o...

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