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Cloud computing services
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May 12, 2015
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European education network launches search for IaaS providers
Pan-European education network is on the hunt for IaaS specialists to populate its Cloud Catalogue
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May 11, 2015
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Fujitsu embarks on 10-year datacentre upgrade project in Australia
IT services giant embarks on push to improve the reliability and performance of its Australian datacentres by 2025
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May 11, 2015
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May'15
EMC: Rise of third platform could spell end for businesses unwilling to adapt
EMC World 2015 saw the storage giant warn about the business risks of ignoring new technologies and ways of working in the digital age
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May 08, 2015
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CIO interview: Mikael Ludvigsen, DLG Group
It is not an easy job to be the CIO of DLG Group, the ninth largest company in Denmark and the second largest agricultural firm in Europe
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May 08, 2015
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Equinix gatecrashes Interxion takeover by making play for TelecityGroup
Doubts cast over Interxion takeover, after Equinix disrupts merger talks by making separate play for TelecityGroup
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May 08, 2015
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EMC predicts return to double-digit sales growth
Storage giant's EMEA chief claims downbeat first quarter results are as bad as things will get for EMC, and that normal service will soon resume
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May 06, 2015
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Cloud collaboration company Box expands datacentre footprint outside US
Cloud collaboration provider Box is set to build datacentres outside the US to expand the firm's global operations over the next 12 to 18 months
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May 06, 2015
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CIO interview: Darrell Stein, vice-president of information systems at Reckitt Benckiser
Seven months after taking charge of IT at Reckitt Benckiser, Darrell Stein is pushing ahead with a strategy to increase digital revenues
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May 06, 2015
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EMC uses big data to drive motorcycle racing safety improvements
Storage giant has embarked on a big data project with Isle of Man TT race winner John McGuinness to improve track safety levels
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May 05, 2015
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May'15
Something disgusting at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
Kevin Cahill explains why he has filed a case at the Investigative Powers Tribunal over US intelligence gathering on children.
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May 05, 2015
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Alcatel-Lucent to target enterprise UC market
Alcatel-Lucent signs collaboration agreement with OTT unified comms firm Counterpath to target enterprise and operator customers
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May 04, 2015
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Atlantic.Net unveils New York datacentre and sets out UK expansion plans
SSD-based cloud hosting firm opens datacentre, while setting out its UK expansion plans
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May 01, 2015
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Public sector IT suppliers call on government to extend G-Cloud 5
After the Crown Commercial Service said G-Cloud 5 would not close on 22 May, public sector IT suppliers ask government to extend it even further
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May 01, 2015
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OpenStack engineer shortage drives up private cloud TCO, finds 451 Research
OpenStack costs less to deploy than Microsoft, VMware or Red Hat private cloud, but engineering shortages drive up its total cost of ownership (TCO)
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April 30, 2015
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Salesforce takeover rumours: Oracle hailed as most likely suitor
Oracle, Microsoft and IBM emerge as the ones to watch as speculation builds about who will buy cloud-based CRM company Salesforce.com
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April 29, 2015
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Bravissimo calls on Nutanix support for move to virtual servers
High street lingerie retailer opts for Nutanix's converged infrastructure platform to support its server consolidation work
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April 29, 2015
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Apr'15
Vision Solutions debuts tool to ease Microsoft Azure cloud migrations
AWS and VMware cloud users get a helping hand from Vision Solutions when moving apps and workloads to Microsoft Azure
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April 29, 2015
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Deutsche Bank to spend €1bn to go digital
Deutsche Bank is spending up to €1bn on digital technology over the next three to five years following the modernisation of its core banking platform
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April 28, 2015
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Cost cutting still draining IT outsourcing budgets against CIO wishes
More than half of IT directors believe that money spent with IT outsourcing suppliers is focused on cost cutting, research reveals
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April 28, 2015
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Datacentre investments needed for IoT to fulfil its potential, warns IDC
IDC warns the IoT could fail to reach its full potential unless datacentre capacity issues are addressed
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April 28, 2015
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AWS cloud operation bigger than Google, IBM, Microsoft and Salesforce combined
Amazon Web Services (AWS) remains the leader in the cloud infrastructure services market, but competitors are carving out their own niches
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April 27, 2015
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Accenture and Oracle embark on enterprise cloud adoption push
Accenture and Oracle are embarking on a joint push to make it easier for public sector and financial services firms to move to cloud
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April 27, 2015
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Apr'15
Data security remains top concern for public sector cloud procurement, says Socitm
Data security is still a concern for public sector organisations planning cloud services, says the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm)
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April 24, 2015
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Amazon first-quarter results value Amazon Web Services at $5bn
Amazon's Q1 results confirm Amazon Web Services – AWS – as its most profitable business, valuing the cloud services provider at $5bn
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April 24, 2015
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Kao Beauty deploys enterprise sales system to mobile employees
Salon products distributor chooses Mendix to build enterprise sales system to distribute to mobile employees via iPads
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April 24, 2015
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IBM opens second SoftLayer datacentre in the Netherlands
Big Blue seeks to capitalise on growing interest in public cloud services by opening another European datacentre
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April 22, 2015
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Cloud infrastructure spend set to hit $52bn in 2019
IDC shares five-year view of how it expects worldwide spending on both private and public cloud infrastructure to grow
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April 21, 2015
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BT sets out ambition to become enterprise's cloud integrator of choice
BT outlines its 'Cloud of Clouds' vision to allow users to access cloud apps and services, regardless of where their systems are hosted
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April 21, 2015
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Huawei calls for global consensus on the future network
At its Global Analyst Summit, Huawei calls on the networking industry to collaborate to optimise the network for future demands
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April 20, 2015
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Cloud hardware investments now account for 30% of all IT spend
IDC infrastructure tracker shows spending on cloud-enabling server, storage and Ethernet technologies is on the rise
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April 20, 2015
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Apr'15
ISG blames UK general election for fall in outsourcing value
A lull in UK outsourcing activity in the run-up to the election caused a 25% drop in spending across the Emea region in Q1 2015, claims ISG
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April 20, 2015
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Alternative financing platform C2FO gathers pace
A platform enabling suppliers to bid to receive payment for their invoices early has set itself an ambitious target following acceleration in demand
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April 17, 2015
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Equinix opens new Slough datacentre to answer CIO cloud demands
Equinix's UK MD explains why its chosen to increase its datacentre footprint once more in Slough
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April 16, 2015
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Solihull Council's datacentre plans slammed by G-Cloud champions
Solihull Council is building a new datacentre with 10-20 years of capacity, much to the chagrin of industry watchers
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April 16, 2015
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IBM to share security intelligence on X-Force Exchange platform
IBM says it will make its library of security intelligence data available to all on a new platform called X-Force Exchange
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April 15, 2015
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AWS pours scorn on enterprise appeal of hybrid cloud model
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels denies that moving to a hybrid IT model is the right fit for the enterprise
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April 14, 2015
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AWS beats Rackspace and Microsoft in 451 Research's top IaaS provider poll
Amazon Web Services (AWS) tops 451 Research’s poll of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) suppliers, based on how they meets customers' needs
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April 14, 2015
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SSE hooks up Manchester datacentres with 10Gbps connectivity
SSE Enterprise Telecoms launches Manchester Lightnow, a high-capacity optical network service connecting a number of datacentre facilities
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April 14, 2015
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HP's Bill Hilf hits back at public cloud exit reports
Several days after first denying its exit from the public cloud market, HP issues a blog post to put paid to the speculation for good
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April 14, 2015
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Apr'15
Cloud hype leads to enterprise dissatisfaction with off-premise services
NTT Communications' latest cloud report suggests enterprise decision-makers find the technology failing to live up to the hype
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April 14, 2015
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Rio Tinto to put IT systems in the cloud
Mining giant Rio Tinto is moving IT systems into the public cloud as part of a transformation agreement with Accenture
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April 13, 2015
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Minor parties react to public concern over mass surveillance: Labour and Tories silent
Liberal Democrats, SNP, Plaid Cymru, UKIP and the Green Party support tighter controls on government surveillance after Snowden's revelations
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April 10, 2015
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Nordic businesses continue to look to Ukraine for IT
Despite the conflicts affecting the eastern half of the country, Ukraine is enjoying growth in IT outsourcing from customers in Nordic countries
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April 09, 2015
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Apr'15
US Army moves logistics processing to IBM hybrid cloud
IBM follows up $60m US Army IT contract by helping the organisation to tap into hybrid cloud's benefits
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April 09, 2015
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Nano Server: Microsoft debuts simpler Windows Server for the cloud era
Microsoft finally confirms details about Nano Server, its stripped back Windows Server operating system designed specifically for cloud apps
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April 09, 2015
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Indian outsourcing is booming in the Nordic countries
Headlines about Indian IT service providers securing high-profile outsourcing deals in the Nordics have become commonplace
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April 09, 2015
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Apr'15
Strong dollar may shift server upgrades off-premise
The strong US dollar will influence how CIOs spend their 2015 IT budgets. Server price hikes may drive spending to the cloud
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April 08, 2015
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HP rebuffs public cloud market exit reports
Hardware giant reinforces commitment to public cloud, but analysts claim it needs to be clearer about its off-premise strategy
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April 08, 2015
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Oracle Retail expands cloud services portfolio in wake of Micros buy
Oracle introduces six cloud services to help retailers get to grips with loss prevention, customer engagement and inventory management
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April 08, 2015
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UK law firm McMillan Williams moves to Interxion datacentre to support growth
UK law firm McMillan Williams Solicitors taps up co-location provider Interxion to support plans to expand its number of high street branches