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• March 23, 2022 23 Mar'22

  SAP to invest S$250m in Singapore innovation lab

  New lab will double SAP’s engineering workforce in Singapore by 2025 and help to shape the company’s product development roadmap

• March 22, 2022 22 Mar'22

  NetApp Cloud Insights gets AI monitoring and ransomware detection

  Cloud Insights adds artificial intelligence-based continuous audit and monitoring of entire IT estate and generates impact assessments from performance events, plus anomaly alerting for ransomware

• March 18, 2022 18 Mar'22

  University of Reading tracks fruit tree flowering as spring breaks, with Oracle

  University is working with Oracle for research to monitor fruit trees as they blossom into spring

• March 15, 2022 15 Mar'22

  Alibaba Cloud debuts cloud computer in Singapore

  The Chinese cloud supplier unveils cloud computer powered by Alibaba’s Elastic Desktop Service for the first time outside China

• March 14, 2022 14 Mar'22

  More Tableau-Salesforce integrations on the cards

  Tableau and Salesforce are looking to deliver more ‘pre-integrated’ offerings that embed analytics capabilities into the latter’s portfolio of software-as-a-service applications

• March 11, 2022 11 Mar'22

  AWS launches its first UK healthtech accelerator

  A cohort of 12 startups will use AWS resources to accelerate their technology and business development, with opportunities to sell to public sector healthcare organisations at the end

• March 09, 2022 09 Mar'22

  How Kofax is tapping the groundswell in automation

  Kofax is counting on its pedigree in optical character recognition and other capabilities to tap the growing market for automation technologies

• March 09, 2022 09 Mar'22

  Glide connects Proximity Edge 8 datacentre to Birmingham dark fibre ring

  Second-city initiative with infrastructure and utilities business designed to bring increased diversity and additional low-latency connectivity options to edge colocation customers

• March 08, 2022 08 Mar'22

  Limelight gains large CDN scale with Edgecast acquisition

  Leading CDN provider gains extra scale with strategic purchase, claiming to have created global leader in edge-enabled software services with diversified revenue across products, clients, geographies and channels

• March 07, 2022 07 Mar'22

  India’s Mahindra Group makes cloud move

  The Indian conglomerate will migrate SAP S/4 Hana and its data warehouse to Google Cloud and build up its DevOps capabilities

• March 02, 2022 02 Mar'22

  MWC 2022: AT&T looks to the cloud to gain edge in 5G

  Leading US network provider reaches out to communications industry ecosystem to strengthen next-generation infrastructure offer, encompassing edge and private networking, cloud and 5G massive MIMO technology

• March 01, 2022 01 Mar'22

  MWC 2022: Telefónica boosts cloud cover with AWS, Microsoft

  Hot on the heels of the operator inking a cloud sourcing deal with arch rival AWS, leading Spain-based telco Telefónica has signed a deal with Microsoft to expand their global collaboration

• March 01, 2022 01 Mar'22

  Cloud suppliers eye APAC space industry

  Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are working with local governments and supplying cloud technologies to support the region’s growing space industry

• February 28, 2022 28 Feb'22

  AT&T teams with Microsoft to gain private 5G edge

  US operator collaborates with cloud giant to integrate 5G network with Azure private mobile edge computing and builds on existing edge work between the two companies

• February 25, 2022 25 Feb'22

  Irish data watchdog calls for ‘objective metrics’ for big tech regulation

  Helen Dixon, Ireland’s data protection commissioner, says EU regulators must agree on metrics to measure the effectiveness of data protection regulation

• February 24, 2022 24 Feb'22

  Benu teams with AWS for SASE-based cloud-native networks

  Network edge service provider teams with global cloud giant on first use of public cloud for wireline broadband and security services with secure access service edge infrastructure

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Hammerspace offers follow-the-sun access to on-prem and cloud storage

  Startup aims to succeed where others have failed and present file, block and object storage data from any and multiple locations as if it were local to the user

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Backup heads to cloud as ransomware hits 76% and RTOs/RPOs fail

  Veeam survey finds most can’t recover the data they want or do it in time, ransomware is now a ‘disaster’, use of the cloud is increasing, but the datacentre is still very important

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  Nokia, Kyndryl create global private network and edge computing alliance

  Comms technology provider and IT infrastructure services company form partnership to focus on flexible, reliable and secure LTE and 5G private wireless connectivity services for enterprise customers

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  CIO interview: Adam Miller, group head of IT, Markerstudy Group

  The insurer and Auto Windscreens owner is using cloud-based virtual desktops to ease acquisitions and support home working during the pandemic – and its IT chief has a growing range of projects on the go

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  Vodafone UK to deploy Oracle tech to support 5G standalone network core

  Leading UK operator taps IT giant for cloud-native network policy solution to help accelerate new 5G services and get 5G offerings into the hands of customers more quickly

• February 10, 2022 10 Feb'22

  Half of key IT spending to shift to cloud

  Some 51% of spending in key areas such as application software, infrastructure software, business process services and system infrastructure will shift to cloud by 2025, says Gartner

• February 09, 2022 09 Feb'22

  CPaaS key to enabling customer experience to drive digital transformation

  IDC study shows nearly four-fifths of enterprises are set to implement conversational customer engagement to improve customer experience

• February 08, 2022 08 Feb'22

  Tiger offers lightweight file access for hybrid cloud

  Roar data, anyone? Tiger offers local access to cloud data, with only parts of the file being worked on downloaded and file locking in cloud buckets to ensure integrity

• February 04, 2022 04 Feb'22

  Vodafone Business teams with RingCentral to deliver cloud communications

  New cloud-based comms platform set to enable UK operator’s mobility and 5G capabilities to give customers more choice, flexibility and simplicity in workforce collaboration and remote working

• February 03, 2022 03 Feb'22

  Singtel adds Azure Edge Zones to MEC platform

  Azure customers will be able to leverage existing Azure subscriptions in Singtel’s new MEC offering and use the Azure portal to deploy 5G applications at the edge

• February 03, 2022 03 Feb'22

  French Supreme Court raises constitutional questions over EncroChat hacking secrecy

  Conseil Constitutionnel to decide whether ‘defence secrecy’ over state EncroChat cryptophone hacking breaches French constitution

• February 03, 2022 03 Feb'22

  Australia’s cloud market tipped to surpass $14bn in 2025

  The growth will be led by growing demand for software-as-a-service offerings as Aussie firms look to tap cloud services in their digital transformation efforts

• February 01, 2022 01 Feb'22

  Check Point buys Spectral to safeguard cloud development

  Check Point’s latest acquisition of Israel-based startup Spectral expands its developer-centric security toolset

• February 01, 2022 01 Feb'22

  Dutch software engineers join campaign for research funding

  Software researchers from all over Europe are sounding the alarm: to maintain a strong international competitive position, more financial resources must be committed to software research

• January 31, 2022 31 Jan'22

  Google inks $1bn deal with Bharti Airtel

  The wide-ranging deal covers Google’s equity investment in Airtel, as well as efforts to spur cloud adoption and lower barriers to smartphone ownership

• January 28, 2022 28 Jan'22

  Smart connectivity to transform world experience within a decade

  Brain-controlled smart assistants, disease-detecting mirrors and digitally connected trees to become mainstream by 2030, by when the average person will interact with smart devices 4,800 times a day, claims study

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  SAP full-year 2021: Revenue nudges up 1%, cloud growth up 17%

  SAP has announced a 2% rise in full-year 2021 revenue, to just under €28bn, while S/4 Hana customer base increased by 18% to 18,800

• January 25, 2022 25 Jan'22

  CIO interview: Michael Cole, CTO, European Tour and Ryder Cup

  The highly traditional sport of golf is proving to be an innovator in its field, with internet of things technology and cloud adoption transforming tournaments after Covid

• January 24, 2022 24 Jan'22

  CIO interview: Sheri Rhodes, CIO, Workday

  The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated digital change for many businesses – and even for cloud software leader Workday, there are always new things to learn and introduce

• January 24, 2022 24 Jan'22

  Heathrow Airport takes to the cloud with Oracle Fusion Applications

  Airport has implemented a full spread of Oracle Cloud Applications, including ERP and HCM, as it looks to recover from the pandemic

• January 21, 2022 21 Jan'22

  New normal sees SASE, SD-WAN surge as MPLS is phased out

  Research confirms that MPLS is ‘out’ and SD-WAN and SASE systems are the clear winners in enterprise networking as more and more European organisations are eliminating all on-prem datacentres, with cloud adoption steaming ahead

• January 14, 2022 14 Jan'22

  M1 rolls out voice bot for customer hotlines

  The Singapore telco has rolled out a voice bot for a number of customer hotlines to improve customer experience and the productivity of call agents

• January 13, 2022 13 Jan'22

  Councillors refuse public release of IT audit of Hackney Psya ransomware attack

  Hackney councillors claim an IT audit report is exempt for disclosure as it relates to action taken in relation to the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime

• January 13, 2022 13 Jan'22

  2021 a blockbuster year for mobile apps

  Research from App Annie reveals most mobile-first environment ever seen, with more time than ever before spent in mobile apps, reaching 4.8 hours a day in the top mobile-first markets

• January 13, 2022 13 Jan'22

  RBL Bank taps Google Cloud to drive digital agenda

  The private lender will tap Google Cloud to power its customer acquisition engine and improve customer data management and analytics, among other areas

• January 10, 2022 10 Jan'22

  Inside Kyndryl’s Southeast Asia playbook

  Kyndryl will focus on building local partnerships and tapping opportunities in managed cloud services, among other areas, to stake a claim on the region’s managed services space

• January 05, 2022 05 Jan'22

  Melbourne’s InnerVision ups ante in smart parking

  InnerVision Engineering’s smart parking solution uses machine vision and other technologies to deliver a frictionless parking experience for drivers in Australia

• December 31, 2021 31 Dec'21

  Top 10 Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcasts of 2021

  The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast team began the year discussing the online fallout from the storming of the White House and finished it discussing IT and climate change, touching on bees and datacentres along the way

• December 29, 2021 29 Dec'21

  Top 10 business applications stories of 2021

  2021 saw enterprise software suppliers and users envisaging a nimbler future, beyond the Covid pandemic, with more loosely coupled ERP systems, more flexible business processes, and a renewed digital-first focus on customers

• December 23, 2021 23 Dec'21

  Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2021

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2021

• December 23, 2021 23 Dec'21

  Avaya comms support Santa-as-a-service tracking

  As sleigh bells ring, Avaya’s OneCloud contact centre services let you chart Father Christmas’s journey

• December 23, 2021 23 Dec'21

  Renault, Dassault Systèmes strengthen partnership to accelerate car manufacturing

  Leading car manufacturer is adopting 3DEXPERIENCE on the cloud globally to power the next phase of its mobility journey and develop programmes for new vehicles and mobility services

• December 21, 2021 21 Dec'21

  Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2021

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2021

• December 21, 2021 21 Dec'21

  UK tech startups raise almost £30bn in record year

  The UK tech sector has achieved record growth in the past 12 months after the Covid pandemic paused investment