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Cloud computing services
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August 07, 2018
07
Aug'18
How Indonesia’s Go-Jek scales the heights with cloud
The unicorn’s microservices-based application architecture on the cloud has been key in supporting its growth in Indonesia – and now Southeast Asia
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August 06, 2018
06
Aug'18
Alibaba Cloud makes deeper inroads into Malaysia
The Chinese cloud supplier’s second availability zone and upcoming DDoS scrubbing centre in Malaysia comes on the heels of growing investments in the Southeast Asian nation
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August 03, 2018
03
Aug'18
CIO interview: Alex von Schirmeister, CDTIO, RS Components
The electronics distributor’s chief digital, technology and innovation officer (CDTIO) on putting in place a new IT infrastructure, creating a digital business and accepting risk
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August 03, 2018
03
Aug'18
Google to alert firms of state-sponsored attacks on G Suite users
As cyber security increasingly becomes a market differentiator, Google has announced that businesses using G Suite cloud-based software can opt in to cyber attack alerts
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August 01, 2018
01
Aug'18
Google to build third datacentre in Singapore
The facility will increase Google’s datacentre investments in the city-state to $850m, and follows the launch of Southeast Asia’s first Google Cloud Platform region in 2017
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August 01, 2018
01
Aug'18
AWS revenue growth slows as competition in the global IaaS market heats up
Gartner's latest look at the global infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market shines a light on how the great and good of the public cloud supplier community are fairing
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July 31, 2018
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Jul'18
Utilita Energy supplier uses cloud to rapidly scale IT service desk
Energy provider Utilita Energy puts its IT service management in the cloud to support its rapid growth
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July 31, 2018
31
Jul'18
Briton ran pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign that helped Trump deny Russian links
A British IT manager and former hacker from Darlington ran a disinformation campaign that duped former US intelligence agents and provided Donald Trump with manufactured “evidence” to deny that Russia interfered with the US election
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July 27, 2018
27
Jul'18
AWS’s sales up almost 50% year-on-year in second quarter
Cloud giant’s quarterly sales hit $6.1bn in third consecutive year-on-year rise as Ryanair, Major League Baseball and 21st Century Fox join its list of customers
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July 26, 2018
26
Jul'18
Large organisations less confident over cloud security compared to smaller businesses
A study has found larger enterprises are not as confident as smaller businesses about the security of their data in the public cloud
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July 25, 2018
25
Jul'18
Google Cloud gaining ground in APAC
The cloud supplier claims substantial growth in Asia-Pacific, and is upping the ante on partnerships and infrastructure investments across the region
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July 25, 2018
25
Jul'18
Government outsourcing at a crossroads, says PAC report
The government needs to change the market that supplies it with services through better contracting practices if it is to achieve anything beyond lowest price, according to a PAC report
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July 24, 2018
24
Jul'18
Google wants to ease hybrid cloud woes
Cloud supplier Google claims its Cloud Service Platform will alleviate complexities in managing microservices in a hybrid IT environment
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July 24, 2018
24
Jul'18
Capital markets firms to ramp up public cloud spending
Companies in the investment sector are increasingly using the public cloud to improve access to business-critical data
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July 24, 2018
24
Jul'18
Alphabet shares up after better-than-expected quarter
Shares in Google’s parent company Alphabet have risen in value after it reported quarterly revenue of $32.7bn, up 26% year on year
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July 23, 2018
23
Jul'18
European infrastructure cloud deals grow, as contract sizes shrink
Emea is taking on infrastructure as a service in a big way, as traditional sourcing is being pinched, according to ISG
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July 19, 2018
19
Jul'18
How Splunk is ‘splunking’ data for APAC enterprises
Splunk’s regional vice-president talks up the company’s business strategy and how its customers are using big data analytics in security and IT operations
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July 17, 2018
17
Jul'18
JWT slashes server estate in move to Ctera cloud appliances
Marketing agency deploys Ctera cloud-attached NAS for 10,000 employees to simplify IT infrastructure, cutting server count and slashing software and hardware costs
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July 04, 2018
04
Jul'18
Inside Alibaba Cloud’s Southeast Asia playbook
Alibaba Cloud is working closely with local customers in joint innovation projects, and has started to launch new services for Chinese and international customers simultaneously to narrow the service gap
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July 02, 2018
02
Jul'18
Case study: Logistics firm GWC moves from paper to digital HR in three months
Qatar-based logistics firm Gulf Warehousing Company introduced smart appraisals for employees, cut the time it takes to recruit, and gave staff and managers access to accurate HR data by replacing paper systems with human resources software
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July 02, 2018
02
Jul'18
Department for Work and Pensions uses artificial intelligence to crack down on benefits fraud
DWP has made several digital strides, including developing AI to track organised benefits fraud, moved more than 100 digital products to “new hosting arrangements” and made savings on technology contracts, according to its annual report
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July 02, 2018
02
Jul'18
Bolloré Group partners with Alibaba for cloud and co-development
French transportation conglomerate will use Alibaba cloud, and Alibaba will look at using Bolloré's battery technology in its datacentres
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July 02, 2018
02
Jul'18
Singapore’s Fullerton Health gears up for the cloud
Private healthcare service provider Fullerton Health is moving business applications to Microsoft’s cloud services before rolling out data analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance operations and patient care
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June 26, 2018
26
Jun'18
Microsoft expands datacentre footprint in Norway
Microsoft is introducing two new datacentre regions in Norway and is targeting the oil and gas industry with its Azure services
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June 25, 2018
25
Jun'18
CCS cancels Crown Marketplace tender, but says programme continues
The Crown Commercial Service has cancelled a tender for an element of the Crown Marketplace, but insists the programme continues as the organisation has made “important decisions” to clarify scope and focus
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June 25, 2018
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Jun'18
SAP outlines approach to data management
Through its Hana Data Management Suite, SAP hopes to alleviate the challenges of managing data amid growing data security needs in an increasingly hybrid IT landscape
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June 21, 2018
21
Jun'18
HR projects are leading company moves to digital tech, say business leaders
Business leaders say their human resource IT programmes are leading the way to the wider deployment of digital and cloud technology across their organisations
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June 18, 2018
18
Jun'18
Rubrik CDM 4.2 extends data protection to Amazon cloud storage
Backup software and appliance specialist adds protection to apps in Amazon cloud to existing on-premise and cloud-to-cloud functionality, along with service provider features
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June 18, 2018
18
Jun'18
Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT lead datacentre colocation market
NTT had the biggest market share in Asia-Pacific, while Equinix ranked third in the region during the first quarter of 2018, according to market research data
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June 12, 2018
12
Jun'18
Alibaba Cloud touts AI smarts to keep pigs healthy
The Chinese cloud supplier has developed an AI program that has improved the yield and productivity of pig farms
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June 05, 2018
05
Jun'18
Nexsan adds Assureon Cloud Transfer for hybrid cloud archiving
Nexsan archiving appliances add hybrid cloud capability to AWS and Azure cloud for unstructured data, targeting users that want to retain files on-site with cloud access
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May 30, 2018
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May'18
AWS to bolster cloud skills development in Singapore
The training arm of Singapore’s labour movement is rolling out training courses in cooperation with Amazon Web Services to improve cloud computing literacy among SMEs
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May 27, 2018
27
May'18
Dedicated HPC infrastructure still rules, says Huawei
A Huawei executive makes the case for dedicated high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, despite the growth of public cloud services that have democratised access to HPC and AI capabilities
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May 24, 2018
24
May'18
How AWS keeps its rivals at bay
A relentless focus on building for customers and inking partnerships with enterprise software bigwigs while lowering prices has given AWS a leg-up over rivals in the ANZ market
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May 23, 2018
23
May'18
Compliance in the cloud: Avoiding the cloud compliance trap
When you hand over data to a cloud provider, you don’t hand over responsibility for legal and regulatory compliance. Beware of falling into a cloud compliance trap
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May 16, 2018
16
May'18
Morgan Stanley uses Amazon Alexa to inform customers
US investment bank Morgan Stanley is giving customers important information about the market via Amazon's voice assistant
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May 16, 2018
16
May'18
Google opens third availability zone in Singapore
The latest Google Cloud Platform availability zone in Singapore follows recent efforts by rivals to extend their lead in the region
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May 15, 2018
15
May'18
Oracle claims positive traction for autonomous database in ASEAN
Oracle’s newly minted autonomous database could leave database administrators unemployed, but that has not stopped a Thai payment services provider from jumping onto the bandwagon
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May 10, 2018
10
May'18
Citrix touts digital workspace app in services play
Software supplier Citrix’s cloud-based workspace app is part of its efforts to deliver integrated services that support the modern workplace
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May 09, 2018
09
May'18
NetApp adds Google Cloud NAS and AFF A800 NVMe flash array
NetApp gets on the cloud NAS bandwagon with Google Cloud Platform file storage access, while adding its first NVMe flash-equipped storage array, the AFF A800
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May 09, 2018
09
May'18
Nutanix builds hooks to SDN and cloud with Flow, Era and Beam
Hyper-converged pioneer builds in functionality from acquisitions with Flow software-defined networking, Beam cloud monitoring and Era database provisioning and data protection
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May 08, 2018
08
May'18
Oracle’s autonomous database could leave DBAs unemployed
The long-term future of database administrators could be at risk if every enterprise adopts the Oracle 18c autonomous database
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May 08, 2018
08
May'18
Red Hat teams up with Microsoft in hybrid cloud, container push
Building on a strategic alliance first announced in 2015, the two software companies are working together on Red Hat OpenShift on Azure to reduce the complexity of managing containers in a hybrid cloud environment
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May 04, 2018
04
May'18
Dell EMC unveils Isilon scale-out NAS in the Google cloud
The trend to cloud NAS continues as Dell EMC announces beta phase of Isilon Cloud for GCP that will see fully-featured scale-out NAS available to customers via the Google cloud
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May 02, 2018
02
May'18
Fresh blow for Facebook as court refuses stay in Max Schrems legal action
Facebook has lost a legal attempt to delay the Irish High Court from seeking answers from the European Court of Justice over the legality of EU-US data transfers
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May 01, 2018
01
May'18
Imperial College taps volunteer smartphones for cancer research
Imperial College London is working with the Vodafone Foundation to co-opt smartphone processing power for use in cancer research
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April 27, 2018
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Apr'18
AWS vs Microsoft vs Google: Weighing up the financial results of the big cloud three
Amazon, Google and Microsoft have all posted favourable financial results this week, as enterprise appetites for cloud services show no signs of slowing, but what does this mean for suppliers outside of the big three?
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April 26, 2018
26
Apr'18
Malaysia’s Supahands finds agility with the cloud
Regional workforce crowdsourcing startup relies on the cloud to keep its infrastructure agile enough to scale up and down, according to customer demand
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April 25, 2018
25
Apr'18
Interview: Amazon Web Services Sweden
Eric Morales leads the AWS business development team for startups and gaming companies in the Nordics. Computer Weekly caught up with him at AWS’s Nordic headquarters in Stockholm
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April 24, 2018
24
Apr'18
Unified communications supplier Mitel bought by VCs
Unified communications and networking technology supplier Mitel is to be acquired by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners for $2bn