July 2015

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  A DevOps periodic table of elements

  A DevOps periodic table of elements, surely this can't be anything more than another case of DevOps-washing  Continue Reading

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  CloudBees Jenkins plugs in (deeper) to Google Kubernetes

  Jenkins company CloudBees announce delivery of three Kubernetes plugins to assist in the continuous delivery of containerised applications with Jenkins.  Continue Reading

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Schools need to address data gap says Advanced Learning

  MIS software provider says schools are missing out on learning opportunities without full insight into data  Continue Reading

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  iPhone, Mac and services deliver record quarter for Apple

  Apple posted quarterly revenue of $49.6bn, up by 33% compared with a year ago, while quarterly net profit was up by 39% to $10.7bn  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Technology grabs the Rhino by its horns to save it from extinction

  A group of UK conservationists have begun using GPS tags, heart rate monitors and cameras on Rhinos to deter poachers. The project is run by the not-for-profit group Protect which developed the ...  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Quobyte apes Google storage model and plans a tilt at NetApp and EMC

  Does the world need another software-defined storage/storage virtualisation product? There are plenty to choose from already, such as DataCore, Nexenta, Open-E as well as software storage products ...  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  CIOs need to reboot supplier relationships

  IT leaders need to rethink the balance of spending between maintaining traditional suppliers and introducing innovative new providers  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  PCMS partners with Digital Native for apprenticeship scheme

  Retail services provider joins the drive for more IT apprenticeships available to young people  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  UK datacentre growth trends: Why are users shunning inner-city facilities?

  Research suggests inner cities are falling out of favour with datacentre developers, with cost-sensitive users willing to look further afield for co-location services  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Retail should invest in upskilling to close employee skills gaps

  A report by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills suggests retailers will need to invest in upskilling to prevent a drop-off from older employees and appeal to the younger generation  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Microsoft pushes portability of experience with latest Visual Studio

  Microsoft has been focused on making its own applications portable – now it wants Windows developers writing cross-platform.  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Salesforce eager to support startup culture sweeping Europe

  Salesforce’s head of startup relations shares why it’s partnered with accelerator Startupbootcamp  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  We're just not doing enough – Working together to meet the digital skills challenge

  This white paper from TechUK focuses on what needs to be done to deliver the digital skills children and young people need, and to create entry-level skills for jobs in a digital world.  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Average DDoS attack size increasing, Arbor warns businesses

  While extremely large DDoS attacks grab the headlines, it is the increasing size of the average attack that is affecting enterprises, warns Arbor Networks  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Software audits cut government IT bill by £85m in 2014/15

  Annual accounts for the government purchasing agency show at least £220m in technology related savings  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Cloud Native Computing Foundation forms to drive open-source cloud standards

  The newly formed CNCF group aims to develop cloud standards for container technologies  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Nordea Bank launches startup accelerator to boost fintech innovation

  Nordic bank is the latest finance firm to turn to startups for digital innovation  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Information security governance maturing, says Gartner

  Increasing awareness of the impact of digital business risks, coupled with high levels of publicity regarding cyber security incidents, is making IT risk a board-level issue, says Gartner  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  SAP Q2 2015 results: Cloud revenue grows as portion of overall sales

  SAP’s second-quarter 2015 results show 5% growth in cloud revenue as a proportion of overall revenue. Emea triple-digit cloud booking growth in Q2 2015, above expectations  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  GE to move 300,000 employees to Microsoft Office 365

  Microsoft announces one of its biggest Office 365 deals to date, after securing a contract to provide 300,000 GE staff with online productivity tools  Continue Reading