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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.
January 31, 2012 31 Jan'12
Website launched to monitor cloud computing suppliers

A website has been launched that will monitor the performance of specialist cloud computing suppliers and compare them against traditional IT suppliers.
January 30, 2012 30 Jan'12
Microsoft puts Blackberry service on Office365

Businesses running Microsoft Office 365 can now access Exchange Online on their BlackBerry smartphones.
January 26, 2012 26 Jan'12
Honda deploys hybrid cloud for car launches

Honda UK is using hybrid cloud computing within its IT infrastructure to support the growth of the company's websites.
January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12
UK IT budgets under pressure in 2012

UK IT budgets will remain flat in 2012, a worldwide survey of more than 2,500 IT professionals has revealed.
January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12
Cloud solves IT innovation and maintenance imbalance

CIOs can rebalance the scenario of spending 80% of their budget on maintenance and 20% on innovation if they harness cloud computing.