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Our editors have curated a list of the biggest cloud computing news items from the first half of 2021, as highlighted on Solutions Review.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Cloud-based products and solutions have become more advanced over the past decade, featuring broader scale and expanded possibilities. Cloud services vendors are pushing out cloud solutions and services for technologies in a wide breadth of verticals and industries, and hyperscale cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform continue to extend their platforms to create an all-in-one enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Part of Solutions Review\u2019s ongoing analysis of the cloud computing marketplace includes covering the biggest industry news stories that impact the companies that rely on cloud computing technology. This is a curated list of the biggest cloud computing news stories from the first half of 2021. For more on the space, including the newest product releases, funding rounds, mergers, and acquisitions, follow our popular news section<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Accenture Acquires Cloud-Native and Development Company Wolox<\/a><\/h3>\n

Accenture\u00a0is acquiring<\/a>\u00a0cloud-native and agile development company Wolox to enhance the global capabilities of\u00a0Accenture Cloud First. This move follows a $3 billion investment from the company into Cloud First, which will be deployed over the next three years. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

Accenture Cloud First\u2019s Global Lead Karthik Narain said: \u201cThe acquisition of Wolox brings differentiated skills to Accenture, as the team uniquely blends cloud-native development with design and state-of-the-art technologies for business transformation. Wolox has multidisciplinary teams of industry and business experts, UX\/UI designers, software designers, architects, and engineers, and together, we\u2019re now more equipped to help clients tap into the technology expertise and human ingenuity that powers how Accenture innovates.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mission Launches Dedicated Data, Analytics & Machine Learning Practice<\/a><\/h3>\n

Mission\u00a0is launching<\/a>\u00a0a dedicated Data, Analytics, & Machine Learning practice for Amazon Web Services, according to a press release on the company\u2019s website. The new practice provides data engineering, analytics, machine learning, and data science expertise and tools to customers. This branch is led by Dr. Ryan Ries, who has 15 years of experience leading data science and engineering initiatives.<\/p>\n

Mission\u2019s VP of Consulting Services Jaret Chiles stated: \u201cOrganizations have a huge opportunity to let their data affect change. Regardless of company size, regardless of industry \u2013 connecting disparate data sources and deriving insight from that data continues to be a monumental challenge for businesses that don\u2019t have the requisite (and expensive) expertise in-house. We are launching our new practice to move data and analytics modernization from goal to reality \u2013 quickly and with processes and technologies built for our customers\u2019 long-term success.\u201d<\/p>\n

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VMware vRealize Automation 8.4 Improves Multi-Cloud Management<\/a><\/h3>\n

VMware\u00a0is releasing<\/a>\u00a0vRealize Automation 8.4 for improved multi-cloud management, according to a press release on the company\u2019s website. The updates bring new and enhanced capabilities to support modern self-service multi-cloud infrastructures. VMware is also introducing tighter integration with open-source innovations and advanced multi-cloud provisioning and governance across Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and VMware Cloud.<\/p>\n

VMware\u2019s senior vice president and general manager, Cloud Management, Purnima Padmanabhan stated: \u201cEnterprises are adopting a multi-cloud approach for choice and flexibility but face the challenge of deploying, managing, and better securing their apps across clouds. VMware makes this complexity of managing clouds invisible. By providing consistent costing, security, governance, operations, and service automation across clouds, VMware enables customers to achieve higher application and business agility.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cloudreach Launches Smart Migration for Automated Cloud Migration<\/a><\/h3>\n

Cloudreach\u00a0is launching<\/a>\u00a0Smart Migration, a new service that provides simple automated cloud migration to its customers and clients. The service provides enterprise cloud transformation through data-driven automation to make migration easier and more cost-efficient. This helps create confidence in the migration process for enterprises to accelerate the modernization journey.<\/p>\n

Cloudreach\u2019s Head of Cloud Migration Rob Duffy stated: \u201cWe\u2019re really excited to launch Smart Migration and make the cloud migration process easier, quicker, and cost-efficient for companies. We\u2019ve drawn on a decade of expertise to bring this service to life-giving organizations the benefits of an accelerated migration program, repeatable outcomes, and ongoing optimization. Smart Migration will rapidly deliver high-quality outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Deloitte Acquires CloudQuest for Boosted Cloud Cybersecurity Offerings<\/a><\/h3>\n

Deloitte\u00a0is acquiring<\/a>\u00a0CloudQuest, Inc. for boosting cloud cybersecurity offerings, according to a press release on the company\u2019s website. The company will acquire \u201csubstantially all the assets\u201d of CloudQuest to add the vendor\u2019s cloud-native cybersecurity offerings with Deloitte\u2019s existing cybersecurity solutions. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory Cyber and Strategic Risk leader and principal Deborah Golden stated: \u201cWe see incredible opportunity in novel approaches that help organizations securely transform and operate while also realizing competitive advantage\u2014and we\u2019re continually investing to bring the most innovative solutions to our clients. Our acquisition of\u00a0CloudQuest represents our profound commitment to transforming alongside our clients, competing vigorously in the market, and aggressively building out tech-enabled approaches that position Deloitte cyber as an unquestionable business enabler.\u201d<\/p>\n

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IBM Closes Acquisition of Turbonomic for Hybrid Cloud AIOps<\/a><\/h3>\n

IBM\u00a0has closed<\/a>\u00a0its acquisition of application performance management and network performance management vendor Turbonomic, according to a press release on the company\u2019s website. This complements IBM\u2019s recent acquisition of Instana for application performance monitoring (APM) and observability to build an AIOps solution for the hybrid cloud. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

IBM Automation\u2019s General Manager Dinesh Nirmal stated: \u201cWe believe that the move to AI-powered automation is essential to helping businesses succeed in a digital-first world. IBM is already helping thousands of customers use automation to make IT and business processes more efficient and employees more effective. Now that Turbonomic is a part of our portfolio, IBM is the only company providing a one-stop shop of AI-powered automation capabilities, all built on Red Hat OpenShift to run anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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