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July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15
Alibaba makes data protection pledge to Aliyun cloud users

Chinese cloud firm makes data protection promises, as it gears up for overseas expansion
July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15
IBM steps up open-source cloud commitment to developers

Big Blue has unveiled several open-source initiatives geared towards helping developers make cloud apps
July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15
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
July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15
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

July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15
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
July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15
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
July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15
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
July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15
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
July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15
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
July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15
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

July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15
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
July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15
Fujitsu calls up Memset to deliver infrastructure services to HMRC

Surrey-based datacentre provider to provide infrastructure hosting services to HMRC
July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15
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
July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15
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
July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15
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
July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15
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
July 03, 2015 03 Jul'15
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
July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15
Sungard follows Apple, Facebook and Microsoft's lead with Irish datacentre plans

Sungard teams up with Digital Realty to create new Irish datacentre
July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15
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
June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15
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
June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15
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
June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15
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
June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15
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
June 25, 2015 25 Jun'15
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
June 23, 2015 23 Jun'15
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
June 23, 2015 23 Jun'15
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
June 22, 2015 22 Jun'15
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
June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15
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
June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15
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
June 16, 2015 16 Jun'15
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
June 11, 2015 11 Jun'15
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
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
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
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
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
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
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
June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15
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
June 04, 2015 04 Jun'15
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
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
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
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
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
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
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
June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15
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
June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15
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?
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
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
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
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
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
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
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
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
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
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
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
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
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
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
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
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
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
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
May 26, 2015 26 May'15
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
May 26, 2015 26 May'15
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
May 22, 2015 22 May'15
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
May 22, 2015 22 May'15
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
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
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
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
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
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
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
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
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
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
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
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
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
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
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
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
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
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
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
May 18, 2015 18 May'15
Dropbox secures data privacy-focused ISO 27018 standard

Cloud storage giant hails privacy implications of latest ISO award
May 15, 2015 15 May'15
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
May 15, 2015 15 May'15
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
May 14, 2015 14 May'15
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
May 14, 2015 14 May'15
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
May 13, 2015 13 May'15
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
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
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
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
European education network launches search for IaaS providers

Pan-European education network is on the hunt for IaaS specialists to populate its Cloud Catalogue
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
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
May 11, 2015 11 May'15
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
May 11, 2015 11 May'15
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
May 11, 2015 11 May'15
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
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
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
May 06, 2015 06 May'15
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
May 06, 2015 06 May'15
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
May 05, 2015 05 May'15
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
May 04, 2015 04 May'15
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
May 01, 2015 01 May'15
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
May 01, 2015 01 May'15
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)
April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15
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
April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15
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
April 28, 2015 28 Apr'15
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
April 28, 2015 28 Apr'15
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
April 28, 2015 28 Apr'15
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
April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15
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
April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15
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
April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15
Rackspace opens Crawley datacentre for European cloud users

Rackspace talks up economic and environmental benefits of latest addition to its global datacentre portfolio
April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15
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
April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15
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
April 17, 2015 17 Apr'15
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
April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15
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
April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15
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
April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15
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
April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15
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
April 13, 2015 13 Apr'15
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
April 10, 2015 10 Apr'15
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
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
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