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Cloud computing services

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Windsor and Maidenhead council migrates services to cloud

  Windsor and Maidenhead borough council will migrate critical services such as childcare, benefits and transport services to the cloud by 2014

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Enterprises bringing data back in-house for more flexibility, shows study

  European enterprises are improving their internal datacentres and storing data in-house rather than on the external cloud

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  National Rail Enquiries puts web services on the public cloud

  National Rail Enquiries is migrating applications that power its home page, online journey planner service and real-time service updates on to AWS cloud

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Interview: Alan Clark, chairman, OpenStack Foundation

  Alan Clark, chairman of the board of the OpenStack Foundation, talks to Computer Weekly about the future of cloud and the role of open source

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2012

  Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some £38.7bn – was IT outsourcing

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Free tool that tracks costs of AWS, Azure and Rackspace public clouds launched

  Apptio has launched Cloud Express, a free tool that allows enterprises to track the utilisation rate and costs of AWS, Azure and Rackspace public clouds

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Low-level tasks eat up 30% of IT departments' time, report reveals

  IT departments spend 30% of their time carrying out basic tasks and are growing frustrated with the lack of time available to focus on transformational work

• November 30, 2012 30 Nov'12

  G-Cloud success depends on champions and a change in attitude

  G-Cloud director Denise McDonagh has called for public sector champions to push forward adoption of the service.

• November 27, 2012 27 Nov'12

  Google pushes infrastructure-as-a-service into Europe

  Google is expanding its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud computing platform into Europe and cutting storage prices by 20%

• November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12

  Cloud computing IT outsourcing contracts triple

  Global IT outsourcing deals with a cloud computing element have tripled in number since 2010, according to Information Services Group (ISG)

• November 08, 2012 08 Nov'12

  Oracle buys cloud services provider Instantis

  Oracle is buying Instantis, a cloud and on-premise project portfolio management company, to boost its cloud portfolio

• November 06, 2012 06 Nov'12

  Gartner Symposium: RBS emulates Amazon with private cloud

  Royal Bank of Scotland has developed a private cloud to support its application development process, using Amazon best practices

• October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12

  Cloud HR pivotal to Direct Line share offering

  Cloud HR proved pivotal to insurance group Direct Line separating from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) before it launched on the stock market

• October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12

  DevOps role continues growth: Is it here to stay?

  Competition is fierce in the tech arena. The DevOps role is a coveted one, and employers will do anything to secure the position, at least for now.

• October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12

  Edinburgh Airport outsources IT infrastructure

  Edinburgh Airport’s new owner plans to grow the business, with a multi-million pound IT outsourcing deal the first of many investments

• October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12

  Meg Whitman unveils HP turnaround plan

  HP CEO Meg Whitman has unveiled a five-year plan for the troubled enterprise, admitting the turnaround would take longer than expected

• October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12

  Rolls-Royce signs outsourcing deal with HP

  Rolls-Royce has awarded a five-year contract to HP to host its applications, as part of the company’s multi-vendor IT strategy.

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  EC sets out strategy for EU cloud data and standards

  The European Commission (EC) has unveiled a strategy for standards and a legal framework for cloud computing in European Union (EU) states

• September 19, 2012 19 Sep'12

  Activision uses Salesforce to serve gaming community

  The Call of Duty designers use the Service Cloud and Chatter Communities to solve customer queries

• September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12

  Citrix acquires Beetil to expand cloud capabilities

  Citrix has bought cloud-based service desk technology provider Beetil to expand its capabilities of its GoToAssist support product line

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Salford City Council offers cloud service to local businesses

  Salford City Council is to offer private cloud service to local businesses through a partnership with ANS Group

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Liverpool FC moves to the cloud with Amazon Web Services

  Liverpool FC has migrated its website to a public cloud using Amazon Web Services

• September 06, 2012 06 Sep'12

  Interview: Dave Scammell, CEO of Sohonet

  We speak to the head of Sohonet, a service provider built for the film and media industry in the centre of London

• August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12

  SCC becomes first supplier to win G-Cloud security accreditation

  IT infrastructure company SCC has become the first supplier on the government’s CloudStore to win pan-government security accreditation.

• August 16, 2012 16 Aug'12

  Gartner: Prepare for hybrid cloud pain

  Hybrid clouds are set for a big fall as businesses feel the pain of implementation

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu

  Cliff Saran investigates what happens when systems integrators are asked to innovate

• August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12

  Lack of cloud standards and interoperability hinders cloud adoption

  IT uses private cloud services to overcome data centre space/energy issues, but poor cloud standards lower cloud quality.

• July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12

  Interview: Denise McDonagh, government G-cloud director

  Denise McDonagh talks about the challenges of the G-cloud programme and how the government is reducing dependence on large outsourcers. 

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Olympics media centre set to become datacentre

  The Olympics media centre looks set to become a datacentre after the London 2012 Games, with technology company iCITY one of two remaining bidders

• July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12

  Microsoft Office 365 for Education free for teachers

  Microsoft launches Office 365 for Education, as Scottish Government commits to using the free cloud productivity suite.

• June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12

  Cambridge University turns to computer games to unlock secrets of the universe

  Cambridge University is turning to technology developed for computer gaming to help it solve some of the fundamental problems of science

• June 15, 2012 15 Jun'12

  IT pros offer up their own cloud computing definitions

  IT pros’ definition of cloud computing ranges from “a multi-tenant IT solution” to “virtualisation of virtualisation”. Here are a few from the Cloud Computing World Forum 2012.

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  The cloud will move supercomputers into the mainstream

  Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs into mainstream business, says Amazon

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  Cloud a game-changer for SMEs, says the Open Group

  Cloud computing has huge potential for SMEs, but they need to look before they leap, says IT consortium the Open Group

• June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12

  2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?

  Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security?

• June 07, 2012 07 Jun'12

  Microsoft launches support for Linux on Windows Azure

  Microsoft’s cloud platform Windows Azure now supports Linux-based operating systems and languages such as Python and PHP. It includes IaaS capabilities to build hybrid cloud.

• May 17, 2012 17 May'12

  VMware updates vFabric Suite for cloud automation: News roundup

  VMware ‘s launch of vFabric Suite 5.1 for cloud automation, Equinix’s acquisition of a colo service provider and UK SMEs’ cloud adoption are this week’s highlights.

• May 01, 2012 01 May'12

  G-Cloud cost £4.93m to set up, says Maude

  The government’s G-Cloud programme and CloudStore cost £4.93m to set up, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said in response to a parliamentary question.

• April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12

  Amazon results demonstrate commitment to cloud

  Amazon's AWS cloud business made $500m in sales in the first quarter of 2012, comprising 3.79% of Amazon's Q1 business

• April 25, 2012 25 Apr'12

  Infosec 2012: Cloud enables security expertise for SME

  Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) typically face the same threats as bigger organisations, but lack the same level of expertise and other security resources.

• April 10, 2012 10 Apr'12

  Free tool measures how 'green' your data centre is: News roundup

  A free tool to measure data centre energy efficiency; Citrix’s open cloud strategy with its CloudStack platform and Dell’s acquisition of Wyse are this week’s news highlights.

• April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12

  Facebook counter sues Yahoo in escalating patent war

  Facebook is counter suing Yahoo in an escalating patent battle between the rival social networking firms

• April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12

  How the cloud found Mitchells & Butlers

  The cloud was found to be a good fit for hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers after it approached IT providers with a set of outcomes

• March 12, 2012 12 Mar'12

  Cloud and big data to drive BPO benefits

  Cloud computing and business analytics are set to inject new life into the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector.

• March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12

  Systems integrators 'charge more in paperwork than SMEs do in delivery’

  A systems integrator asked for more money from the government for an IT product proposal than an SME was able to deliver the actual service for.

• March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12

  SAP boosts ByDesign ecosystem to support small business customisation

  SAP is rolling out a partner programme for its ByDesign cloud-based product, to simplify implementation in SMEs

• February 29, 2012 29 Feb'12

  Does the PSN need to happen before the cloud?

  The deployment of public services networks (PSN) will need to happen before widespread uptake of CloudStore services occur, IT heads said at a roundtable meeting.

• February 20, 2012 20 Feb'12

  Podcast interview: Stephen Glen, WorkIT on hosting and private clouds

  Stephen Glen, software architecture engineer at retail intelligence firm WorkIT, discusses hosting and cloud computing.

• February 19, 2012 19 Feb'12

  Government launches CloudStore and names G-Cloud suppliers

  The government has launched its CloudStore, a catalogue of 1,700 cloud-based, pre-approved IT services now available for the public sector to buy.

• February 08, 2012 08 Feb'12

  CIO interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Sainsbury’s

  Sainsbury’s IT chief talks about why in-house IT works better than outsourcing and how to double revenue without doubling IT spend.