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Cloud computing software
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July 23, 2015
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Alibaba makes data protection pledge to Aliyun cloud users
Chinese cloud firm makes data protection promises, as it gears up for overseas expansion
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July 22, 2015
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IBM steps up open-source cloud commitment to developers
Big Blue has unveiled several open-source initiatives geared towards helping developers make cloud apps
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July 22, 2015
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Worldwide public cloud spend tipped to hit $70bn in 2015
Latest IDC cloud spending data highlights growing appetite for public cloud services across several vertical markets
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July 21, 2015
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GE to move 300,000 employees to Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft announces one of its biggest Office 365 deals to date, after securing a contract to provide 300,000 GE staff with online productivity tools
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July 20, 2015
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HP Cloud 28+ on course to go live in December 2015 with 200 members
HP's push to create a one-stop-shop for European Union cloud users is on course, claims Europe, Middle-East and Africa vice-president
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July 16, 2015
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Cloud maturity still rare in Nordic organisations
Nordic companies are early pioneers of cloud computing services, but few are using the technology beyond cost cutting
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July 16, 2015
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Puppet Labs hails importance of IT managers in winning over DevOps sceptics in the enterprise
Automation supplier's fourth annual DevOps research report highlights the important role IT managers play in ensuring enterprise-wide adoption
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July 16, 2015
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Specialist clothing brand Musto deploys Cybertill point of sale system
Luxury sailing brand Musto signs payments company Cybertill to redesign its point of sale (POS) system for its multichannel operation
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July 16, 2015
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Enterprises miss out on cloud cost benefits by sticking with on-demand pricing plans
451 Research suggests cloud users that sign up to long-term contracts with providers get better pricing overall than those who don't
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July 15, 2015
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The obstacles to software-as-a-service adoption in banking
Security tops the reasons why banks don't use software as a service for banking-specific applications
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July 15, 2015
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European IaaS adoption set to soar as more IT infrastructure moves off-premise
The economics of using cloud-based storage and compute makes better financial sense for many enterprises, claims research
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July 14, 2015
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Fujitsu calls up Memset to deliver infrastructure services to HMRC
Surrey-based datacentre provider to provide infrastructure hosting services to HMRC
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July 14, 2015
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AWS to build wind farm in North Carolina to power its cloud datacentres
AWS follows up earlier renewable energy pledge by setting out plans to build 208MW wind farm
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July 13, 2015
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Rackspace brings public cloud managed support to Microsoft Azure
Managed cloud provider Rackspace strikes a support partnership deal with Microsoft to monitor and control the firm's Azure public cloud service
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July 08, 2015
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Facebook builds wind-powered datacentre in Texas
Social networking giant Facebook adds momentum to green datacentre trend with plans to power a datacentre in Texas with a 17,000-acre wind farm
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July 07, 2015
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Microsoft Azure price hike to hit cloud users in the Eurozone from 1 August
The on-going economic instability affecting Europe could prompt further price increases from Microsoft and others, analysts warn
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July 03, 2015
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Sales of cloud-enabling infrastructure grew 25% in Q1, finds IDC
IDC cloud infrastructure tracker suggests enterprises are coming round to the idea of hybrid IT
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July 01, 2015
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Sungard follows Apple, Facebook and Microsoft's lead with Irish datacentre plans
Sungard teams up with Digital Realty to create new Irish datacentre
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July 01, 2015
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CipherCloud and CSA lead calls for cloud security open APIs
The pair have teamed up to create a working group that will guide the industry on how to make the cloud more secure, but in an open way
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June 30, 2015
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AWS to open first datacentres in India from 2016
Public cloud giant wants to tap into sub-continent's growing demand for cloud services while tackling latency and sovereignty issues
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June 30, 2015
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European enterprises deploy one new cloud service a day, research shows
Skyhigh Networks' European cloud adoption report flags concerns about how much insight IT has into what employees do in the cloud
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June 30, 2015
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Microsoft in the dark after Parliamentary email disrupted for three days
After a week of investigations, Microsoft has been unable to provide an explanation for failure of the Microsoft 365 cloud-based email service used by Parliament
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June 29, 2015
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Challenger finance firms taunt banks over legacy IT at SAP services conference
Challenger finance companies presented at a SAP financial services event to inject some urgency into the banking sector
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June 25, 2015
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British Gas to power more of its business using public cloud from 2017
Energy supplier says public cloud move will boost its business agility while cutting costs
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June 23, 2015
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Choose Digital CTO makes case for "NoOps" software delivery approach
Allowing developers to create, test and deploy updates alone lets companies take risks and innovate with greater ease, argues Mario Cruz
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June 23, 2015
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Pharmaceutical companies use BPM to cut cost of clinical trial drugs
Pharmaceutical companies have developed an IT system to secure the supply of medicines they need for clinical studies, saving hundreds of thousands on their drugs bill in the process
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June 22, 2015
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Interview: Christina Page explains how Yahoo keeps its datacentres green and clean
Yahoo's global director for sustainability explains why cloud providers need to get clued up on renewable energy
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June 19, 2015
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Nordic companies drive the future of the smartcar industry
Nordic companies are pioneering the smartcar industry as businesses and consumers turn to software to improve efficiency and safety
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June 17, 2015
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Dropbox users can now accept files from non-subscribers to the cloud storage platform
Dropbox File Requests let users collect files from people who aren't signed up to the cloud storage service for the first time
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June 16, 2015
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Facebook confirms plans to build second European datacentre in Ireland
Social networking giant Facebook puts paid to weeks of speculation by confirming plans to open new datacentre in Ireland
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June 11, 2015
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Greenpeace ranks world's most popular websites on renewable energy use
Campaign group releases Chrome browser extension that gives web users at-a-glance information on the clean energy habits of internet sites
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June 10, 2015
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Pressure grows on AWS to power more datacentres with green energy
Public cloud giant is being called on again to be more transparent about its use of renewable energy, this time by Green America
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June 10, 2015
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OnApp helps small public cloud firms take on AWS, Google and Microsoft
The OnApp Federation marketplace will help smaller firms compete more effectively with the public cloud giants, it is claimed
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June 09, 2015
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Iomart builds out hybrid cloud play with £12.5m SystemsUp acquisition
Hosting company buys public cloud consultancy to capitalise on enterprise appetites for hybrid IT models
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June 08, 2015
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Public cloud emerges as Europe's least popular off-premise IT deployment method
Easynet research investigating European IT decision-maker buying trends suggests private cloud rules the roost
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June 04, 2015
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Peer demands action over ‘illegal’ Prism programme
US technology companies are operating illegally by accessing data on UK citizens, Lord Laird tells the House of Lords
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June 03, 2015
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European Commission calls for cloud data protection law reforms
The Commission claims fragmented data protection laws area holding up the development of a single digital marketplace in Europe
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June 03, 2015
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City of Groningen to create smart city infrastructure
Groningen in the Netherlands signs a memorandum of understanding with Huawei to develop a smart city infrastructure
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June 03, 2015
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Equinix bought TelecityGroup for datacentre connectivity locations, says vice-president Eric Schwarz
Datacentre operator Equinix admits £2.3bn deal to buy TelecityGroup could spark a flurry of merger and acquisition activity elsewhere in the market
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June 02, 2015
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HP updates Helion CloudSystem as hybrid cloud push gathers pace
Hardware giant reinforces commitment to hybrid, open cloud push with updates to Helion CloudSystem software
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June 02, 2015
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Nordic Startup Awards highlight region's next wave of innovation
Nordic startups celebrated at annual awards ceremony, but where next for the region's fledgling IT firms?
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June 01, 2015
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Interview: Praveen Akkiraju, CEO, VCE
Six months on from becoming an EMC-owned company, VCE CEO Praveen Akkiraju talks about how the move will benefit his firm
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June 01, 2015
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Microsoft seeks planning permission for another Dublin datacentre
Software giant will have to wait until August to see if the application for its latest Irish facility has been accepted
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June 01, 2015
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Telent deploys Unify Circuit to support public sector bid processes
Managed network services provider Telent deploys Unify’s Circuit unified communications system to manage a growing number of public sector bids
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May 29, 2015
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CIO interview: Billie Laidlaw, RSPCA
RSPCA CIO Billie Laidlaw explains how the charity's cloud-first approach to IT procurement benefits the animals in its care
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May 29, 2015
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Salesforce teams up with Google and others to breakdown big data tech barriers
Cloud CRM giant teams up with Google, Cloudera and Hortonworks to help businesses make better sense of big data
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May 29, 2015
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Google pads out internet of things ecosystem with Brillo
Google launches Brillo IoT operating system and Weave device communications protocol at Google I/O developer event in San Francisco
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May 29, 2015
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Equinix to acquire datacentre rival TelecityGroup for £2.35bn
Equinix's bid to acquire rival wins backing of the board, beating Interxion to the crunch
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May 29, 2015
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Top six enterprise IT priorities in the Nordics
The future of enterprise IT looks bright in the Nordic region, with growing focus on datacentre investments, national cloud and automatisation
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May 27, 2015
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CIF cloud certification scheme wins European Commission's backing
Cloud Industry Forum's Code of Practice has been added to European list of trusted certification schemes
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May 26, 2015
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EMC plots managed cloud push with $1.2bn deal to acquire Virtustream
Storage giant claims latest purchase will reinforce its hybrid cloud proposition for enterprises
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May 26, 2015
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Vodafone reveals six mobile services to help developing world farmers
Connected Farming report concludes simple mobile services could boost farm gate incomes by billions of dollars around the world
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May 22, 2015
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Cloud gives SMEs a competitive edge over the enterprise, claims Salesforce
The rise of cloud computing means enterprises need to keep a closer eye on their SME competitors, claims Sage and Salesforce.com
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May 22, 2015
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HP CEO hails business split progress amid downbeat Q2 revenue slumps
Despite chalking up revenue declines in several business units, Meg Whitman is more convinced than ever of the need to breakup HP
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May 21, 2015
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Societe Generale uses cloud service to place high fliers overseas
Financial Services company, Societe Generale, says relocation software is helping it to attract talented employees
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May 21, 2015
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Salesforce claims to be on course to become $10bn enterprise software business
Cloud CRM giant comes out fighting after posting better-than-expected Q1 results
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May 20, 2015
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CERN and Rackspace use OpenStack clouds to aid global research efforts
Rackspace and particle research organisation talk up the latest development to emerge from their open-source cloud partnership
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May 20, 2015
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Fledgling bank Euro Pacific moves core system to cloud
Euro Pacific Bank has moved from multiple proprietary systems for its core banking to cloud-based software from Temenos
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May 20, 2015
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Government cloud adoption hit by ongoing legacy tech investments
IT supplier Eduserv wants government departments banned from investing in legacy tech to drive up cloud adoption
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May 20, 2015
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Leeds Building Society embarks on digital services push with HP Cloud
The building society wants to make it easier for customers to manage their money online using HP technology and support services
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May 19, 2015
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Gartner warns cloud buyers off hasty IaaS investments
With the competitive landscape in flux, end users should exercise caution when choosing their IaaS providers, Gartner warns
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May 19, 2015
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Vodafone returns to quarterly revenue growth
A minute rise in quarterly sales gives mobile network operator Vodafone hope that its financial situation is now stabilising
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May 19, 2015
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Google slashes public cloud prices to undercut rivals
Google cuts cost of its public cloud services to pass on hardware savings in line with Moore's Law
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May 18, 2015
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Dropbox secures data privacy-focused ISO 27018 standard
Cloud storage giant hails privacy implications of latest ISO award
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May 15, 2015
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IT suppliers call on new-look GDS for commitment to G-Cloud's future
In light of Francis Maude's departure from GDS, G-Cloud suppliers want assurances from the government about what's in store for the framework
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May 15, 2015
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Patient care put at risk by IT problems at London NHS trust
IT problems and poor information governance put patients at risk at a London NHS trust, according to evidence disclosed at an employment tribunal
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May 14, 2015
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Dreams beds down with Rackspace to reduce website downtime
Bed retailer revamps website infrastructure to guard against outages and sleepless nights for its IT team
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May 14, 2015
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AWS Educate brings cloud to the classroom to address IT skills gap
Amazon Web Services (AWS) wants to ensure students have the skills they need to make full use of cloud technologies in the workplace
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May 13, 2015
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UK cloud use is soaring among business users, claims CIF
CIF talks up UK cloud adoption surge, as Windows Server 2003 end of support deadline looms
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May 12, 2015
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Former nurse’s career blighted after blowing whistle on IT problems
Southwark's continuing care database included names of patients who had been dead for several years, a tribunal is told
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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 12, 2015
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Rackspace's share price tumbles amid talk of revenue slump
Rackspace talks up prospect of supporting users of other firms' cloud services after lacklustre second-quarter guidance causes share price to plummet
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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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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 11, 2015
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Wearable technology to transform laggards in insurance industry
Wearable and other smart technologies set to transform the insurance industry in the next three to five years
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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 06, 2015
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German car makers eyeing Nokia Here mapping service
Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz said to be planning a bid for Nokia’s Here mapping division to keep the unit in European hands
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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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VCE takes wraps off "hyper-converged" VxRacks to fast-track users to the cloud
EMC-owned converged infrastructure specialist expands portfolio of cloud-enabling platforms
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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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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 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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Brits like digital only banks but still want traditional services
Research has revealed that 13% of British people are already planning to move their current account to a digital-only alternative
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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 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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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 23, 2015
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Rackspace opens Crawley datacentre for European cloud users
Rackspace talks up economic and environmental benefits of latest addition to its global datacentre portfolio
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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 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 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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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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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 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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AWS promises to lower skills barrier to machine learning for developers
AWS wants to make it easier for developers to use data stored in its cloud for machine learning purposes
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April 09, 2015
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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