Cloud hosting provider Internet Vikings has moved to expand its offering with the launch of its new flexible cloud offering, which focuses on enabling customers to scale their cloud infrastructure.
The offering looks to bolster US market growth for operators hoping to expand and scale efficiently. As a result of the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) model, customers will also be able to maintain their contractual resource commitment but can provision additional resources as needed.
Rickard Vikström, Founder and CEO of Internet Vikings, commented: “Businesses can now remain agile by scaling in real-time. This aligns with our mission to provide top-tier hosting solutions that develop alongside the customers. We believe this feature will improve the way businesses leverage cloud hosting.”
The firm also highlighted that its Internet Vikings’ flexible cloud offering is available to all customers purchasing its VMware Cloud.
“We understand the need for flexibility, especially for businesses that experience fluctuating demands,” added Kristoffer Ottosson, COO at Internet Vikings. “By removing the standard barriers to scaling cloud resources we’re giving our clients the freedom to right-size their environments without operational delays.”
It comes as the firm continues its focus on the US market, having recently also agreed a deal with EveryMatrix in West Virginia.
This deal bolsters operators’ compliance with challenging West Virginia regulatory frameworks. It builds on Internet Vikings’ continued expansion across the US, with it now present in 24 states. Internet Vikings also recently evolved its reach by becoming a member of the Indian Gaming Association (IGA). The group emphasised its ambitions to leverage its membership with the IGA to form new long-term partnerships and bring its products and services to new markets.
Norway’s Government has made changes to the country’s gambling regulations to introduce “more responsible frameworks” across bingo halls and electronic bingo games.
The amended regulations will usher in bingo changes related to operator and supplier registration, as well as player loss limits.
To be implemented in two stages across 2025, the Norwegian government amendments come in response to practical challenges documented by industry associations.
From 1 January next year, game suppliers will be required to register to provide content to bingo halls across the country.
Meanwhile, from 1 September 2025, bingo hall customers must be allowed to set loss limits for their play. From the same date, it will be a requirement for each bingo hall to register their venue.
Culture and Equality Minister, Lubna Jaffery, commented: “Electronic bingo games in bingo halls and online in connection with the bingo venue have for a long time been allowed to operate without loss limits, this has come at the expense of vulnerable players and their relatives.
“That is why we are now putting in place more responsible frameworks around these gambling games.”
The amendments are being implemented following a consultation period where more than 500 responses were received.
Jaffery noted that while the Government would have liked to have introduced the new amendments by the turn of the year, they have listened to the input from industry associations to understand the challenges they face with the changes.
The Minister for Culture and Equality added: “Our gambling policy is based on the consideration of people who are in the risk zone for gambling addiction.
“The exclusive rights model is built on accountability, and I therefore believe it is right to primarily take the vulnerable players into account here. The consequences for people with gambling problems and their relatives can be enormous.”
