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• January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17

  Open source cloud community condemns President Trump immigration ban

  Tech leaders from several major open source cloud initiatives condemn President Donald Trump's travel ban, and claim it could harm diversity and hinder the tech industry's wider innovation potential

• January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17

  Trump unlikely to reduce IT from India

  The fact that Donald Trump's labour secretary has previously offshored IT work to the Philippines could ease IT services fears, particularly in India

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  Union to fight CSC job cuts that threaten NHS services

  Union to fight a planned 22% cut to CSC's UK workforce, which could impact customers including the NHS

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  Cloud gives financial boost to Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel

  Cloud computing is making significant contributions to driving the revenues for companies in the technology sector, according to quarterly results posted by Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Virtual Instruments to add cloud storage monitoring by end of 2017

  Storage performance and monitoring provider Virtual Instruments leverages Xangati functionality to add cloud storage monitoring to existing SAN and NAS capabilities in Virtual Wisdom

• January 25, 2017 25 Jan'17

  Outdated IT budget models slow enterprise cloud adoption, CIO research suggests

  Research from IT services provider Trustmarque suggests the way that enterprises run their IT budgets is out of step with how they consume and pay for cloud

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  International Olympic Committee embarks on 12-year cloud partnership with Alibaba

  Chinese cloud services provider Alibaba agrees to supply the Olympic Games organisers with cloud infrastructure and services until 2028

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  SSP Worldwide blames engineers at London datacentre for new cloud outage

  Insurance software provider says latest service outage was caused by power problems at third-party datacentre site

• January 19, 2017 19 Jan'17

  Cloud-based contracts make up a third of IT outsourcing contracts in 2016

  Traditional outsourcing contracts reduce in number and are being replaced by cloud-based services

• January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17

  Expanding Doddle picks Cradlepoint to ease pressure on host networks

  Click-and-collect service Doddle has implemented a cloud-based all-in-one network model to support its expansion, and be a better neighbour to its host organisations

• January 12, 2017 12 Jan'17

  AWS commits to addressing long-term UK cloud skills shortage

  Amazon Web Services debuts its Re:Start programme, as it strives to do its bit to close the UK cloud skills gap

• January 12, 2017 12 Jan'17

  Case study: The Alan Turing Institute takes cloud-first stance on data science research

  Computer Weekly meets the Alan Turing Institute team and finds out how using cloud-first thinking can help achieve its goal of becoming a global force to be reckoned with in data science research

• January 11, 2017 11 Jan'17

  Security concerns push Asian organisations to adopt managed and hybrid IT services

  Security needs are persuading organisations in Asia Pacific to adopt managed IT, and hybrid services are crucial for digital transformation, according to a CenturyLink study

• January 11, 2017 11 Jan'17

  Asean storage moves towards hybrid model

  Storage is moving to the cloud in the Asean region and a number of storage companies are jostling for position

• January 11, 2017 11 Jan'17

  Building society uses SharePoint in the cloud for intranet

  The Family Building Society moves intranet to SharePoint in its first major cloud project

• January 11, 2017 11 Jan'17

  GDPR compliance is top priority for Belgian CIOs in 2017

  GDPR, cloud computing and a lack of IT skills are some of the challenges that CIOs in Belgium will address this year

• January 10, 2017 10 Jan'17

  Digital technology helps Environment Agency deliver earlier flood warnings

  The latest flood forecasting system that covers England will use cloud computing, data analytics and data visualisation technologies

• January 10, 2017 10 Jan'17

  Cloud provider moves to QoS flash performance on NetApp Solidfire

  Carrenza guarantees specified I/O to customers on all-flash arrays from NetApp Solidfire in a move that allows it to offer storage performance as a product

• January 08, 2017 08 Jan'17

  Cloud-based infrastructure is a top ANZ priority in 2017

  Projects involving cloud storage and back-up will feature strongly for CIOs based in Australia and New Zealand this year

• January 06, 2017 06 Jan'17

  Synergy Research Group hails 2016 as landmark year for cloud services growth

  Market watcher's latest cloud market tracker suggests services market is growing three times faster than off-premise hardware and software market

• January 03, 2017 03 Jan'17

  London Ambulance Service suffers New Year system crash

  Control room staff forced to use pen and paper as five-hour outage hits performance of ambulance service’s communication systems

• December 29, 2016 29 Dec'16

  Top 10 HR technology stories of 2016

  Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly's most popular stories on HR technology in 2016

• December 28, 2016 28 Dec'16

  Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2016

  Read 10 of the best of Computer Weekly IT outsourcing articles of 2016

• December 22, 2016 22 Dec'16

  Top 10 state surveillance, investigatory powers and activism stories of 2016

  This year saw the UK introduce the Snoopers' Charter, legalising some of the most extensive government surveillance powers in the world. Computer Weekly exposed state monitoring of Parliamentary emails, and reported on activist Lauri Love's legal ...

• December 21, 2016 21 Dec'16

  Hyperscale datacentre growth sees demand for OEM hardware soar, research shows

  Synergy Research Group lifts the lid on how the growth of hyperscale datacentre operators is developing around the world, as well as the impact this is having on demand for hardware from legacy IT suppliers

• December 20, 2016 20 Dec'16

  IT Priorities 2017: Many ANZ CIOs don’t expect IT budget increase

  There is still uncertainty over Australian CIO budgets in 2017 and many expect a reduction

• December 20, 2016 20 Dec'16

  Digital Realty sets sights on loosening Equinix’s grip on global colocation market

  Digital Realty's managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa sets out how the business is drawing on its recent datacentre acquisitions to take Equinix on in 2017

• December 19, 2016 19 Dec'16

  Top 10 cloud stories of 2016

  Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 cloud stories of 2016

• December 16, 2016 16 Dec'16

  2017 IT Priorities: Benelux IT leaders least confident of budget increase

  Benelux-based IT decision makers expect to divert more of their IT budgets to cloud technology and services

• December 15, 2016 15 Dec'16

  Yahoo hacked: One billion users affected by August 2013 data breach, company confirms

  Yahoo confirms details of a historic data breach, dating back to 2013, affecting one billion users

• December 14, 2016 14 Dec'16

  Swedish Cider company upgrades to cloud ERP to keep up with growth

  Apple-based product manufacturer moves to an industry-specific ERP system in the cloud

• December 14, 2016 14 Dec'16

  IT services advisory sector consolidates as ISG acquires Alsbridge

  Significant robotic process automation skills included in ISG’s $74m acquisition of Alsbridge

• December 14, 2016 14 Dec'16

  Swedish trading venue Nasdaq Stockholm fined for cyber security failures

  The Swedish financial services regulator FI fines Nasdaq Stockholm and its clearing operation for not managing its security supplier adequately

• December 14, 2016 14 Dec'16

  AWS opens UK datacentre region to meet "pent-up" demand for locally-hosted cloud

  The UK managing director of AWS claims region opening will help existing customers meet their latency and data sovereignty requirements, and benefit the wider economy

• December 13, 2016 13 Dec'16

  Is there a Dutch digital delusion?

  To stand still is to decline. The Netherlands seems to be losing ground in the digital world, according to new reports

• December 13, 2016 13 Dec'16

  Tech industry big guns unite to create crash-free IT services and systems

  Some of the tech industry's biggest names have come together to create the Zero Outage Industry Standards Association to help improve the uptime of IT systems and services

• December 12, 2016 12 Dec'16

  KPMG cautions CEOs against ignoring GDPR requirements because of Brexit

  Professional services giant KPMG says UK businesses cannot afford to ignore incoming European data protection requirements if they want to continue to trade successfully with the continent in future

• December 09, 2016 09 Dec'16

  IT Priorities 2017: Nordic organisations to spend more on cloud services

  The adoption of cloud computing in its many guises will be a top priority in the Nordic region in 2017

• December 08, 2016 08 Dec'16

  Cognizant acquires IT team at German steel giant Klöckner

  Cognizant buys the IT operation of one of its customers to gain additional sector and technology knowledge

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  The need for speed: Inside the cloud innovation engine at AWS

  With analysts citing Amazon’s speedy product release cycles as a major source of competitive difference for the cloud firm, AWS CEO Andy Jassy opens up about how it keeps its innovation engine ticking over

• November 28, 2016 28 Nov'16

  Do you have what it takes to be a great CIO?

  CIOs have the potential to become business leaders – it’s a matter of nurturing the right skills, talent and relationships, according to Deloitte

• November 28, 2016 28 Nov'16

  Metro fibre dig backs new Newcastle datacentre build

  Newcastle campus datacentre owner supports the connectivity needs of local businesses as well as cloud customers

• November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16

  Nasscom lowers sales growth prediction for India’s IT industry

  Nasscom lowers the rate at which it expects revenues for the Indian IT services industry as a whole to grow, citing domestic and global issues in its revision

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  Alibaba to open datacentre in Australia

  Alibaba Cloud will open a datacentre in Sydney by the end of 2016 as part of its global expansion

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  HumanOps: Etsy on how unclear workplace expectations contribute to staff burnout

  IT managers risk "normalising" bad workplace behaviour and contributing to employee stress by responding to emails out of hours and staying late unnecessarily, warns Etsy web operations manager

• November 21, 2016 21 Nov'16

  IBM to triple size of UK datacentre footprint by opening four new sites in 2017

  Big blue claims datacentre expansion plans represent its largest country-specific cloud datacentre investment to date

• November 21, 2016 21 Nov'16

  Foot Locker to roll out ‘best fit’ recruitment software after productivity hike

  Sports retailer to adopt online software to identify best job candidates after its use led to double-digit rise in team performance in US stores

• November 18, 2016 18 Nov'16

  Elekta turns to workforce analytics to inform board decisions

  Board executives at healthcare company Elekta are analysing workforce data to make better strategic decisions

• November 18, 2016 18 Nov'16

  HCL completes integration of Volvo Group IT services

  Deal sees 2,560 Volvo Group staff transferred to HCL, bringing mainframe expertise to Indian IT services firm

• November 17, 2016 17 Nov'16

  Telenor IoT strategy required core software change

  Norwegian telco is expanding its internet of things business, which packages all the components its customers require to offer IoT-based services

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  SSP Worldwide under fire over cloud outage communication failings

  Insurance brokers blast SSP Worldwide over its approach to crisis communications during recent cloud outages

• November 15, 2016 15 Nov'16

  Amber Rudd orders Lauri Love extradition to US to face hacking charges

  Engineering student Lauri Love faces trials in three US states and a possible 99-year jail sentence for allegedly hacking into US government computer systems as part of a political protest, despite concerns over his health

• November 15, 2016 15 Nov'16

  HyperGrid launches HyperCloud containerised hybrid cloud platform

  Hyper-converged appliance maker HyperGrid promises full two-way workload portability between on-premise hardware, private cloud and public cloud services in HyperCloud launch

• November 14, 2016 14 Nov'16

  Cloud co prefers Tintri hybrid flash to Dell, DotHill and NetApp

  Cloud service provider Access Alto struggled with reliable performance in legacy block and file environment, so moved to Tintri hybrid flash with VMware-native file access boxes

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  Trump election win creates uncertain future for IT services sector

  The IT services sector looks set to face a period of business uncertainty following Donald Trump's win to become US president

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  Copenhagen fintech hub opens its doors

  Copenhagen gets a financial technology startup co-working venue as the city attracts more digital entrepreneurs

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  Cloud datacentres to house 92% of workloads by 2020, predicts Cisco

  Networking giant Cisco’s latest Global Cloud Index shines a light on how the growth of off-premise services is affecting the datacentre market

• November 10, 2016 10 Nov'16

  Centrica deal reveals deep cuts into the IT outsourcing sector

  Centrica’s move to Microsoft Office 365 is further evidence of how the cloud is forcing the IT services sector to transform

• November 09, 2016 09 Nov'16

  Australia’s IFC Logistics virtualises storage to prevent further outages

  Australian logistics firm moved to virtualised storage through a managed service after a serious outage

• November 08, 2016 08 Nov'16

  AWS shares datacentre security secrets to inspire more enterprise cloud adoption

  CISO says there is no need to sacrifice security to pursue innovation in the cloud, as he reveals how the cloud giant safeguards customer information in its datacentres

• November 07, 2016 07 Nov'16

  Google cloud platform heats up the cloud market in Asia

  Google is set to inject more life into the Southeast Asian cloud market with new products and local datacentres

• November 07, 2016 07 Nov'16

  HPE: The UK business one year after split

  The headlines say one thing, but Marc Waters, UK and Ireland managing director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is confident CEO Meg Whitman’s strategy is paying off

• November 04, 2016 04 Nov'16

  Dropbox and Google commit to improving terms of use for cloud storage customers

  Dropbox and Google join the government’s push to ensure cloud storage users are not caught out by sudden price hikes or contract changes

• November 03, 2016 03 Nov'16

  Colt embarks on business network upgrade

  Network services supplier Colt has committed to a system-wide network upgrade to supply customers with bandwidth levels of up to 100Gbps

• November 03, 2016 03 Nov'16

  Suppliers fail to impress as companies ramp-up HR tech

  A major survey of European firms shows that few believe HR technology suppliers have had a positive impact on their business, as they ramp up spending on HR technology

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Coca-Cola cloud project bottles rewards for 25,000 staff

  Coca-Cola European Partners, which bottles 15 billion litres of soft drinks each year, is working with an HR technology supplier to develop flexible rewards packages for its 25,000 employees

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Network analytics gives mining firm a better view of its cloud

  Mining equipment manufacturer Weir Minerals deployed Xangati's monitoring and analytics tools to manage its VMware-based cloud and virtual desktop environments

• October 28, 2016 28 Oct'16

  Amazon shares fall on disappointing quarter - but AWS up 55%

  Amazon reported disappointing quarterly profit but its AWS cloud business grew sales by 55% and is now 10% of the company's revenue

• October 26, 2016 26 Oct'16

  Property firm flips to Azure to mobilise business processes

  Property consultancy Strutt and Parker engaged cloud services provider 3GI to upgrade its IT systems to Microsoft Azure as more clients demanded a mobile-first approach

• October 26, 2016 26 Oct'16

  SAP steps up data privacy in Europe

  SAP guarantees technicians outside of Europe will not be able to access companies’ sensitive personnel and other records

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  Case study: Ocado uses machine learning to help customer services deal with email overload

  Ocado's head of data, Dan Nelson, reveals details of how the online grocer is using machine learning to bolster the responsiveness of its customer service teams

• October 24, 2016 24 Oct'16

  Microsoft hikes UK enterprise software and cloud prices as pound tumbles

  The software giant's policy of harmonising prices across Europe means charges go up from 1 January 2017

• October 21, 2016 21 Oct'16

  Spotify on benefits of ditching its datacentres and going ‘all-in’ on Google cloud

  Spotify’s vice-president of infrastructure opens up about the company’s datacentre downsizing plans, and how taking a multi-cloud to IT consumption would not work for the firm

• October 21, 2016 21 Oct'16

  Huawei unleashes European cloud programme, commits to UK business

  At an event in Paris, Huawei launches a €75m cloud development programme, and reaffirms its commitment to its UK operations post-Brexit

• October 19, 2016 19 Oct'16

  Cloud backup saves data after fire destroys school

  Data from The Academy secondary school in the seaside town of Selsey was restored just hours after a fire destroyed most of the premises, thanks to a cloud backup agreement set up a year earlier

• October 18, 2016 18 Oct'16

  IBM Q3 results suggest firm’s big cloud bets are paying off

  IBM posted flat revenue figures for third quarter overall, despite solid growth generated by its big data, cloud and artificial intelligence activities

• October 18, 2016 18 Oct'16

  VMware aims to virtualise the cloud with Cross Cloud Services

  Virtualisation giant wants to allow customers to run cloud operations in a common environment between on-premises private cloud and public cloud services

• October 17, 2016 17 Oct'16

  Post-Brexit drop in pound sees cloud costs rise by £1,750 a year in UK, 451 Research shows

  451 Research shows UK enterprises are on course to pay thousands of pounds more for the same cloud services as last year, in the wake of Brexit

• October 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

  IT startups suffer from strict, out-of-date Dutch laws

  The Netherlands government needs to ensure that legislation enables disruptive technology to flourish

• October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16

  Alsbridge Australia is taking root

  IT outsourcing and robotic automation firm Alsbridge now has presences in three cities in the ANZ region

• October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16

  IR35 dispute prompts mass walkout of IT contractors from MoD agency

  Public sector IT contractors leave UK Hydrographic Office en masse over IR35 clampdown, Computer Weekly understands

• October 07, 2016 07 Oct'16

  The Alan Turing Institute secures $5m of Microsoft cloud investment

  UK data science research institute secures Microsoft funding to accelerate its machine learning and analytics work

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  Royal Bank of Scotland to use AI platform for customer services

  RBS is using technology from IBM in a pilot using a software robot to provide direct customer support

• October 05, 2016 05 Oct'16

  Randstad group to consolidate network infrastructure with BT

  HR services giant Randstad Group is standardising its global network infrastructure with BT

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Microsoft calls for cross-industry collaboration to create ‘responsible and inclusive’ clouds

  Software giant launches A Cloud For Global Good campaign in a bid to get the industry focused on creating off-premise environments that are accessible to all

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Dymaxia: Combining cloud, IoT and wearables to manage the anxiety of autism

  Canadian startup Dymaxia explains how it's using cloud, IoT and wearable devices to help autistic people manage anxiety

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  Google to open UK datacentre region as enterprise cloud push gathers pace

  Internet giant outlines next phase of enterprise cloud development, including rolling out machine learning across its portfolio and building out its global datacentre presence

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  How IoT can revolutionise running railways

  Mobile computing, mobile sensor networks and deep learning are behind French rail operator SNCF’s efficiency drive

• September 29, 2016 29 Sep'16

  Microsoft’s grand plan aims to make big data intelligence accessible to all

  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants to democratise access to big data intelligence across the enterprise through the use of cloud, machine learning and new datacentre chip technologies

• September 27, 2016 27 Sep'16

  Microsoft accuses public cloud rivals of overlooking enterprise

  Software giant talks up its enterprise credentials and heritage, while taking a swipe at its public cloud competitors

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Bangkok Airways takes customer service to the cloud

  Airline is the latest Southeast Asian organisation to harness cloud-based software to improve customer services, deploying the Oracle Service Cloud

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Dropbox gives UK enterprises option to host cloud data in Europe

  Cloud storage firm makes good on an earlier pledge to give enterprises the opportunity to host data in Europe, as its efforts to court the business community continue

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  Many don’t test disaster recovery plans properly, survey finds

  Nearly 40% of UK organisations do not test disaster recovery plans properly, mainly because of concerns about disruption to production operations

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  Skills gaps and ill-defined strategies hold back cloud adoption, suggests IDC research

  Cisco-backed research into cloud adoption trends suggests few enterprises have perfected their off-premise IT strategies

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  IBM opens first Nordic cloud datacentre

  Oslo datacentre is IBM’s 12th in Europe and 48th globally and will target large and small enterprises and startups to offer services

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016 open for entries until 30 September

  The Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016 are now open for entries until 30 September. Read the criteria and find out how to submit your nomination here

• September 15, 2016 15 Sep'16

  Gartner highlights gap between enterprise cloud adoption expectations and reality

  Market watcher claims enterprise aspirations around cloud adoption are not being met

• September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

  CIO interview, Rob Harding, Capital One

  Capital One’s CIO talks about having to adapt agile to fit the business, the importance of data and taking advantage of talent

• September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

  ING Bank datacentre fire suppression system test knocks banking services offline

  Bank apologises after planned test of datacentre fire suppression system knocks out servers and storage, leaving Romanian customers unable to access funds

• September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

  Insurance brokers fear regulatory action over SSP Worldwide cloud outage

  Insurance brokers hit out at disaster recovery arrangements, fearing two-week outage could put them at risk of action by Financial Conduct Authority