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Ahead in the Clouds
Analysis of the latest trends in cloud and datacentre technology.
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AWS Re:Invent 2019: The kids' take on the public cloud's biggest tech show
- Senior Editor, UK 10 Dec 2019 -
Taking the cloud to the edge of space
- Senior Editor, UK 19 Nov 2019 -
Getting cloud under control: A how-to guide for CIOs
- Senior Editor, UK 26 Sep 2019
Official estimates suggest 65,000 people made the trek out to Las Vegas this year for the 2019 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Re:Invent user and developer conference, and among them were five tech-savvy ...
In this guest post, Chris Roberts, head of datacentre and cloud at Goonhilly Earth Station, wonders if enterprises are ready to tap into the business opportunities the explosion in data generated ...
In this guest post, Dave Locke, chief technology advisor for Europe, Middle East and Africa, at IT service provider World Wide Technology, sets out why organisations need a clear, consistent and ...
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Multi-cloud: Reaping the benefits
- Senior Editor, UK 13 Aug 2019 -
Digging into the cloud security arguments of the Capital One data breach
- Senior Editor, UK 07 Aug 2019 -
Hype vs. reality: Why some organisations are opting to de-cloud
- Senior Editor, UK 06 Aug 2019 -
Why the government's cloud-first policy review should be applauded
- Senior Editor, UK 24 Jul 2019 -
Cloud migration: A step-by-step guide
- Senior Editor, UK 12 Jun 2019 -
The people vs. Amazon: Weighing the risks of its stance on facial recognition and climate change
- Senior Editor, UK 28 May 2019 -
Has the UK government's cloud-first policy served its purpose?
- Senior Editor, UK 09 May 2019
In this guest post, Will Grannis, founder and director of the Google Office of the CTO, sets out how adopting a multi-cloud strategy can help enterprises navigate IT challenges around value, risk ...
In this guest post, Dob Todorov, CEO and chief cloud officer, HeleCloud, sets out why it is wrong to declare cloud not fit for business use in the wake of the Capital One data breach. In two ...
In this guest post, Justin Day, CEO of hybrid cloud connectivity platform provider Cloud Gateway shares his thoughts one why some enterprises are choosing to pull back from off-premise life and ...
In this guest post, HPE UK MD Marc Waters sets out why the government's decision to place its cloud-first policy under review makes sense, as the hybrid IT consumption model continues to take hold ...
In this guest post, Paul Mercina, director of product management, at datacentre hardware and maintenance provider ParkPlace Technologies offers a step-by-step guide about how, what and when to move ...
Amazon's annual shareholder meeting appears to have highlighted a disconnect between what its staff and senior management think its stance on facial recognition tech and climate change should be. ...
The government has confirmed its long-standing public cloud-first policy is under review, and that it is seeking to launch an alternative procurement framework to G-Cloud. But why? It is hard not ...
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Curbing cloud sprawl to keep IT costs down
- Senior Editor, UK 05 Apr 2019 -
What the Myspace data loss debacle tells us about how the internet values creative content
- Senior Editor, UK 20 Mar 2019 -
Kubernetes management made easier for enterprises
- Senior Editor, UK 01 Mar 2019 -
Improbable vs. Unity: Why enterprise cloud users should take notice
- Senior Editor, UK 11 Jan 2019 -
Enterprise DevOps: How to build a high-performing technology team
- Senior Editor, UK 26 Nov 2018
In this guest post from Henrik Nilsson, vice president for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at machine learning-based IT cost optimisation software supplier Apptio, offers enterprises some ...
The news that Myspace lost 12 years of user-generated content during a botched server migration has prompted a lot of debate this week, which Caroline Donnelly picks over here. When details of ...
In this guest post, Rob Greenwood, CTO at Manchester-based cloud and DevOps consultancy, Steamhaus, sets out why the emergence of Amazon's managed Kubernetes service is such good news for the ...
Enterprise cloud users may have written off the spate between gaming companies Improbable and Unity as nothing more than industry in-fighting, but there are some cautionary tales emerging from the ...
In this guest post, DevOps consultant and researcher Dr. Nicole Forsgren, PhD, tells enterprises why execution is key to building high-performing technology teams within their organisations. I ...