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April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18
European IT services spending down as businesses focus on GDPR compliance

European organisations are reducing their spending on IT services and are redirecting resources towards becoming compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation
April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18
Elastifile adds NAS file access storage to Google Cloud Launcher

Israeli startup Elastifile launches NFS file access service in the Google cloud to provide hybrid cloud distributed file system functionality with the speed of flash
April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18
Investments in skills, infrastructure and SMEs needed to help UK data economy hit new heights

The UK data economy may struggle to reach its full growth potential between now and 2025 unless action is taken, suggests research commissioned by datacentre operator Digital Realty
April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18
Singtel, VMware to set up hybrid cloud sandbox

The hybrid cloud sandbox environment will let companies test their cloud workloads and software-defined networks

April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18
Machine learning is the new normal: AWS

Cloud supplier AWS wants to put machine learning capabilities into the hands of more people in the nascent market for cloud-based AI services
April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18
Australia needs to plug innovation gap

Being at the crossroads of technological change, Australia should decide if it wants to be a producer of cutting-edge applications or be contented with just being a user of technology
April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18
Apple claims global operations now run on 100% renewable power

Four years after hitting its 100% renewable power goal in its datacentre estate, consumer electronics giant Apple claims to have replicated the feat across its entire business
April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18
Business increases use of encryption in the cloud

The use of encryption has seen double-digit growth in the past year due to a number of security-related drivers, a study has revealed
April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18
Why Lufthansa went back to the drawing board with its HR IT project

Aviation group says it is confident of landing a company-wide IT project following a sometimes turbulent journey
April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18
Microsoft outlines approach to intellectual property

Enterprises will own patents and industrial design rights that result from new technology jointly developed with Microsoft, among a raft of intellectual property principles unveiled by the software giant

April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18
AWS expands edge computing service to Singapore

Amazon’s Snowball Edge strengthens its support for hybrid use cases in a fast-growing market for the internet of things and hybrid IT
April 02, 2018 02 Apr'18
Lawyers more influential than IT staff in cloud deployments

Traditionally considered risk-adverse, lawyers are twice as more influential than in-house technology staff about cloud, research finds
March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18
AWS ups ante on cloud services for Australian government

Cloud supplier AWS says government agencies can now assess the prospect of running protected workloads, following an independent cloud security assessment
March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18
Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams

Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams”
March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18
Cloud key to cyber defence, says Palo Alto Networks

Organisations need to make sense of security intelligence and act on it faster to get ahead of attackers, and cloud-based security is one way of making that possible, according to Palo Alto Networks
March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18
UK local councils favour hybrid cloud as legacy IT management needs persist

Research into the IT buying habits of more than 300 local authorities in the UK reveals a growing appetite for using cloud, as councils continue to grapple with managing and maintaining legacy IT
March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18
SD-WAN still too complex, survey shows

Despite SD-WAN adoption, WAN complexity remains a major challenge, a survey has revealed, driving firms to managed services, mainly because of security concerns
March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18
Nodeum adds clouds to boost tape-to-hybrid-cloud platform

Belgian startup’s Linux-based storage environment now stretches from on-premise disk, LTFS tape and NAS to hybrid cloud working via AWS and Azure public clouds, with more planned
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
Case study: Stationery firm gets things moving with FTTP broadband voucher

Nuco, a Midlands-based supplier of paper and stationery products, has improved its business agility and is moving its IT into the cloud thanks to the government’s full-fibre broadband connection voucher scheme
March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18
Hybrid cloud mainstream, but seamless operations hard to achieve

Survey by 451 Research finds most organisations use a mix of on-premise and cloud locations, but truly seamless hybrid cloud operations are very difficult to achieve
March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18
How airlines are gearing up for the digital shift

Asian carriers are counting on personalised services, blockchain-enabled loyalty programmes, automation and predictive maintenance to lower costs and improve passenger experience
March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18
Alibaba Cloud’s Indonesia datacentre is open for business

The Chinese cloud supplier is pulling all stops to expand its Asia-Pacific footprint, including training local cloud professionals and nabbing notable customers – including one of Indonesia’s top e-commerce companies
March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18
Amazon Rekognition goes live in AWS Sydney region

The cloud-based AI service from Amazon Web Services has already drawn a diverse set of Australian businesses, paving the way for greater adoption of AI in Australia
March 12, 2018 12 Mar'18
Digital for rural areas worth up to £26bn to UK economy

A study commissioned by Amazon has posited that greater use of digital tools and services could be worth between £12bn and £26bn per annum to the UK economy
March 09, 2018 09 Mar'18
World Wide Fund for Nature tames out-of-control network

The World Wide Fund for Nature turns to services provider Exponential-e to bolster its connectivity as it moves its wider IT estate into the cloud
March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18
Businesses under pressure to allow easier access to cloud

Businesses are under pressure from employees to use consumer-focused authentication methods for cloud applications, but that could have both positive and negative security implications, warns Gemalto
March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18
Developed APAC countries well-poised for the cloud

With strong policies in data protection and cyber security, Japan, Australia and Singapore are among countries that are most prepared to reap the benefits of the cloud
March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18
US defence chiefs cut $1bn cloud contract with AWS partner amid anti-trust complaints

The US Department of Defense confirms it is revising down the cost and scope of a billion dollar cloud deal awarded to an AWS partner, after critics picked holes in the procurement process
March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18
Druva maintains cloud course with AWS cloud-to-cloud backup plans

Backup product supplier Druva plans cloud-to-cloud backup to Amazon Web Services and other public cloud services as demand arises, in a future firmly fixed on hybrid operations
March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18
Security remains an afterthought in DevOps

Enterprises in Asia are lapping up DevOps but less than one-third have baked security processes into their developments
March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18
Hershey’s outsources SAP roll-out to Accenture

US chocolate maker has signed up Accenture to support its SAP Hana S/4 implementation
March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18
Most healthcare organisations have been breached, report shows

Less than a third of global healthcare organisations remain untouched, as data breaches rise across the industry, a report reveals
March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18
Yorkshire Building Society implements cloud banking platform

Yorkshire Building Society is using a cloud-based banking platform built on Salesforce.com to automate manual tasks
March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18
Microsoft Singapore to tap solar energy for datacentre operations

Software giant Microsoft will buy 100% of the renewable energy generated by solar panels installed on rooftops across Singapore to power its datacentre operations
March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18
Scality Zenko 'multi-cloud controller' offers hybrid cloud boost

S3-based software control layer will support Amazon, Google and Microsoft clouds to bring hybrid cloud operations, with object storage across private and public clouds
March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18
It’s the year of the cloud, says backup giant Veeam

Veeam roadmap adds cloud to virtual and physical backup with acquisitions that bring cloud and hybrid functionality. Object archives, CDP and NAS backup are also planned
March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18
ANZ organisations grappling with cloud outages

A majority of organisations from Australia and New Zealand admitted in a survey that they had not fully evaluated the impact of cloud outages which were longer than they had expected
February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18
Alibaba teams up with Singapore university on AI

Chinese tech giant has set up a joint research facility at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University to develop artificial intelligence-based technologies in retail, transportation and healthcare
February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18
Sweden’s Systembolaget picks Evry for cloud transformation

Government-owned retailer signs major IT outsourcing agreement as part of its digital transformation programme
February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18
IT services giants face stiff challenge from niche players in IoT market

Traditional broad and large IT services firms are facing competition from niche industry-focused companies in the IoT services market
February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18
Unprotected Kubernetes consoles expose firms to cryptojacking

A number of big companies have been targeted by crytojacking attacks, where cyber criminals hijack computing power to mine cryptocurrencies, but some have unprotected Kubernetes consoles in common
February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18
Infosys opens delivery and innovation centre in Finland

Infosys is stepping up its Nordic presence with a new operation in Finland, with a design and innovation centre in Helsinki in spring 2018
February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18
Digital economy to make up 60% of APAC’s GDP by 2021

The surge in GDP contribution will come as more organisations shift from digital transformation initiatives aimed at shoring up productivity towards digital product development
February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18
Botnets shift focus to credential abuse

Cyber criminals are increasingly using automated attacks that make use of stolen credentials, a security threat report warns
February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18
Rackspace upgrade to save $12m with Scality object storage

Cloud services giant Rackspace brings in Scality object storage in a move that slashes 4,000 boxes from its server count as it separates compute and storage
February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18
Hong Kong, Singapore to continue datacentre bull run

The two Asian cities, Hong Kong and Singapore, will remain primary destinations for datacentre deployments in the APAC region for the foreseeable future
February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18
Cohesity adds file and object to hyper-converged hybrid cloud

Cohesity broadens out from hyper-converged backup and restore to offer file and object storage on its physical and virtual hyper-converged appliances and in the cloud
February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18
Zerto boosts cloud-to-cloud and hybrid cloud replication

Zerto Virtual Replication version 6 allows hybrid cloud data protection operations across on-premises datacentres and Amazon, Microsoft and IBM clouds, and 350-plus service providers
February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18
Traditional datacentres to host just 6% of workloads by 2021, predicts Cisco

The seventh annual Cisco Global Cloud Index highlights how the demand for workloads hosted in traditional private datacentres is continuing to wane in the face of cloud
February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18
Google Q4 results show businesses are buying into its public cloud

The Google Cloud Platform is earning the search engine giant $1bn per quarter. Expect more cloud investment this year
February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18
CIO interview: Aaron Powell, CDO, NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS Blood and Transplant chief digital officer Aaron Powell explains why pushing a digital transformation agenda has a real impact on people’s lives
February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18
Faster data is a safer bet for risk exposure

Betting platform service supplier FSB Technology (UK) has used GridGain’s in-memory database to support its existing PostgreSQL transactional system
February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18
Microsoft results show a distributed computing future

While it has paid a massive US tax bill, the company's results show Microsoft is making progress on its intelligent cloud hybrid strategy
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
Carillion not a like-for-like comparison with IT services firms, but an overt reminder

Although Carillion’s problems are unlikely to hit major IT services suppliers, its collapse is a reminder of the need to ensure good governance
January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18
ESG survey: Storage spending habits become ‘hybrid-cloud-defined’

Analyst survey finds cloud is used as a way to make storage more efficient, but organisations are also bringing cloud apps back into the datacentre and spending on in-house capacity
January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18
Alibaba Cloud to tackle Malaysia’s traffic woes with AI

Chinese cloud service provider Alibaba will use its City Brain artificial intelligence platform to analyse data from camera feeds and traffic junctions in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur
January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18
Qumulo file access hybrid cloud QF2 file system launches in Europe

QF2 brings Posix/Windows-compatible scale-out NAS file storage to hybrid cloud with access via on-premise hardware appliance or Amazon compute and storage in the cloud
January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18
CIO interview: Vlassios Rizopoulos, CTO, Pricesearcher.com

CTO of independent online search engine Pricesearcher.com explains how it uses big data and high-performance computing to cater to customers who use price as the deciding factor for their purchase
January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18
Cloudian upgrade brings hybrid cloud file and object storage

Move to Cloudian Hyperstore 7 enables data storage operations across on-premise and Amazon, Google and Microsoft cloud environments with object and file access
January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18
GDPR worries hit cloud storage investments, says survey

NetApp-sponsored survey finds lack of customer confidence in cloud service providers’ retention of GDPR-affected data has led organisations to rethink and scale back cloud investments
January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18
Colt Technology Services outage: European customers hit by internet connectivity issues

Voice and data network provider Colt Technology Services suffers outage, blighting users in several European countries
January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18
Sweden puts government IT outsourcing under increased scrutiny

Government introduces rules to tighten security in IT outsourcing deals following a very public data leak last year
January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18
AWS opens third availability zone in Singapore

Cloud service provider is upping the ante in a region that has been lapping up cloud infrastructure services to advance digitisation efforts
January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18
NHS Digital declares the public cloud a safe place to store patient data

The health service’s technology organisation, NHS Digital, has issued guidance confirming the public cloud as a safe place to store patient data
January 21, 2018 21 Jan'18
Cloud firm speeds customer analytics with Pure Storage arrays

Cloudhelix replaces Pernix Data storage with Pure Storage FlashArray products to provide “brute force” performance approach for unpredictable customer workloads
January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18
451 Research shines light on how enterprise attitudes to digital transformation are evolving

Enterprises are capitalising on their infrastructure upgrades and are increasing their use of cloud to take advantage of emerging technologies and accelerate business change, says 451 Research
January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18
Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017
January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18
Davos: Disintegration of the internet could create economic turmoil

Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by fake news, cyber attacks, and artificial intelligence to jobs, political stability and global security, at the World Economic Forum in Davos
January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18
Google to open five more datacentre regions across the globe in 2018

Cloud giant Google is on a mission to boost the capacity and performance of its services, through investments in new datacentres and subsea cables
January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18
IT Priorities 2018: Growing interest in hybrid IT in ASEAN

CIOs and IT professionals in Southeast Asia have earmarked hybrid infrastructure as a top priority in 2018, in spite of waning interest across the wider Asia-Pacific region
January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18
Germany’s Lemoncat disrupts business catering through cloud computing

Startup is shaking up Germany’s business catering sector with a platform that harnesses Amazon and Salesforce clouds
January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18
Cloud firm scales Cloudian object storage to 2.5PB for GDPR

Calligo expands Cloudian Hyperstore from three nodes to 30 at worldwide datacentres, with object storage deployed for file-level and metadata capabilities suited to GDPR
January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18
China to open $2.1bn AI tech park in Beijing

An area in the western part of Chinese capital Beijing has been designated as the launchpad for China to hone its capabilities in artificial intelligence
January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18
Telco outsources digital transformation to Infosys

Belgium's biggest telco will cut legacy systems as part of a digital transformation project
January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18
Patch systems against Meltdown and Spectre, urges ICO

UK’s data protection watchdog is calling for organisations to apply security updates to mitigate against exploits of microprocessor flaws as soon as possible to safeguard personal data
January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18
Critical Intel security patch will slow PCs, servers and Macs

AMD shares rise on news that the performance of millions of Windows PCs, Linux servers and Apple Macs is to be impacted by critical updates for a recently discovered security flaw in Intel chips manufactured in the past 10 years
January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18
Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018

Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead
December 27, 2017 27 Dec'17
The CW500 Club in 2017

Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers. We present coverage of the 2017 events, including articles and video interviews
December 25, 2017 25 Dec'17
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2017

Australia capped the year with a slew of game-changing technology initiatives, from bolstering its supercomputing infrastructure and productivity of police officers to outlining an ambitious space programme
December 21, 2017 21 Dec'17
Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2017

ASEAN countries have been forerunners in driving digital transformation through various smart city initiatives and industry transformation roadmaps
December 07, 2017 07 Dec'17
Tieto wins Stockholm’s multimillion IT outsourcing contract

Swedish capital switches IT services provider after “administrative error” ruled original contractor out of agreement
December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17
Mayor of London opens Bangalore office to strengthen links with Indian businesses

City of London’s office in India’s tech hub aims to promote Indian investment and IT jobs in UK capital
December 05, 2017 05 Dec'17
US utility provider PG&E on ditching the datacentre and going cloud-first

US-based utility provider Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) discusses how getting out of the datacentre business and into the cloud is helping meet its regulatory, affordability and innovation targets
December 05, 2017 05 Dec'17
Third of Sweden's IT providers could be gone in two years

The IT services sector in Sweden will be decimated as hundreds of local suppliers disappear
December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17
First female degree apprentices at Capgemini graduate

The first female degree apprentices at Capgemini talk about their journeys into the IT sector
December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17
Facebook pledges to create 800 UK jobs after opening new London office

Social networking giant reinforces commitment to London tech scene with new office opening and jobs promise
December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17
Cambridge University deploys Dropbox for file sync-and-share

Dropbox replaces numerous consumer file share products and bespoke connections as Cambridge audits 6,500 academics to roll out invisible collaboration for hundreds of use cases
November 30, 2017 30 Nov'17
CCS extends G-Cloud 9 until May 2019

The government has extended G-Cloud 9 for up to 12 months, meaning the next iteration of the framework is unlikely to go live before May 2019
November 30, 2017 30 Nov'17
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2018

A “mega cloud” that weaves together multiple private and public clouds, along with the use of AI to perform data-driven “thinking tasks”, could emerge next year
November 29, 2017 29 Nov'17
Datrium’s hybrid Cloud DVX brings off-site mirror of NVMe storage

Cloud DVX operates in Amazon cloud to provide backup and recovery instance off-site, for use as a mirror site for customers of the NVMe-focused storage maker
November 29, 2017 29 Nov'17
Cracking genomic codes with the cloud

Australian researchers are using Amazon’s Lambda serverless computing service to solve pressing health problems
November 28, 2017 28 Nov'17
Fintech is increasing operational risk to banks

European Banking Association report reveals fear of greater operational risk because of increased take-up of fintech in financial services sector
November 27, 2017 27 Nov'17
Australian IT landscape maturing amid budget cuts

Australia has matured in its use of technology in 2017, but more investment is needed for it to continue its good run and to combat cyber threats
November 27, 2017 27 Nov'17
UK IT professionals could lose out in a free trade deal between UK and India

There could be an increase in Indian IT professionals coming to work in the UK post-Brexit if a new trade deal is signed with India
November 22, 2017 22 Nov'17
Meg Whitman steps down as HPE CEO

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman is to step down after six years in charge
November 22, 2017 22 Nov'17
CIO interview: David Southern, director of ICT, WWF UK

In his 17 years in the IT department at the WWF, David Southern has seen many changes – and the advent of cloud computing is one of the biggest
November 22, 2017 22 Nov'17
DataRobot to boost AI in Singapore with new APAC headquarters

Boston-based supplier of artificial intelligence tools DataRobot is investing around $11m in a regional office and research outfit in Singapore
November 21, 2017 21 Nov'17
Nordic CIO interview: Emil Dahlin, Svevia

Swedish construction company Svevia is transforming digitally, driven by chief information officer Emil Dahlin
November 20, 2017 20 Nov'17
Universal Credit moves into Amazon Web Services cloud

Parts of the digital system underpinning the controversial welfare reform programme are now running on AWS under DWP’s hybrid cloud strategy
November 17, 2017 17 Nov'17
Tieto turns to analytics to boost recruitment and retention of IT staff

Tieto, which supplies IT technology and services in the Nordics, rolls out cloud-based HR services to gain an edge in recruiting and retaining skilled IT staff