WP Engine’s move to run its enterprise-grade WordPress platform locally from a Microsoft Azure data center in Dubai puts a familiar name in managed WordPress hosting squarely inside the UAE — a step that promises faster site performance, clearer compliance pathways for Gulf-region enterprises...
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Microsoft issued an urgent alert on Saturday after multiple undersea fibre-optic cables in the Red Sea were discovered cut, triggering increased latency for Azure customers and underscoring how fragile the physical backbone of the global internet remains.
Overview
The disruption — first detected...
Microsoft has warned that users of its Azure cloud may see higher-than-normal latency and intermittent disruptions after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer alternate routes while repair work and global rerouting continue.
Background
The Red...
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