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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
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Nano Server: Microsoft debuts simpler Windows Server for the cloud era

Microsoft finally confirms details about Nano Server, its stripped back Windows Server operating system designed specifically for cloud apps
April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15
HP rebuffs public cloud market exit reports

Hardware giant reinforces commitment to public cloud, but analysts claim it needs to be clearer about its off-premise strategy
April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15
Oracle Retail expands cloud services portfolio in wake of Micros buy

Oracle introduces six cloud services to help retailers get to grips with loss prevention, customer engagement and inventory management
April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15
UK law firm McMillan Williams moves to Interxion datacentre to support growth

UK law firm McMillan Williams Solicitors taps up co-location provider Interxion to support plans to expand its number of high street branches
April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15
CIO interview: Bill Wilkins, First Utility

First Utility's CIO explains how it is using cloud and smart meters to give the big six a run for their money in the energy market
April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15
Digital agenda streamlines public sector in Norway

While governments are eager to toot the horn of digitisation, real-world effects are still a few and far between, but Norway is aiming to change this
April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15
Fears about Prism's long-term impact on cloud declared "overblown"

Forrester claims the fallout from the 2013 Prism surveillance scandal has had a minimal effect on the cloud industry
April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15
Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics

Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce
April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15
Microsoft and Accenture push Azure hybrid cloud platform for the enterprise

Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade talk up hybrid IT, promoting a platform that allows enterprises to exploit cloud with existing infrastructure
April 01, 2015 01 Apr'15
Google Drive for Work users to benefit from tighter document security controls

Search giant is stepping up security around its cloud productivity platform, with new controls limiting document sharing and deletion
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
Interoute bags private equity funding to support datacentre growth

Cloud services giant plans to use private equity funding to support its M&A activity and push ahead with its datacentre growth plans
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
Skyhigh Networks' research highlights cloud collaboration dangers

Skyhigh Networks urge cloud users to be careful who they share their business data with in the cloud
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
KPMG teams up with Microsoft to boost enterprise cloud adoption

Advisory firm to draw on Microsoft technologies to deliver cloud-based data analytics, and business transformation services to clients
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Google appeal ruling should send shivers through US tech companies

What are the implications of Google's legal defeat in London and the UK court's hardening attitude towards privacy breaches?
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Google Cloud Launcher accelerates off-premise open-source app deployments

Google hopes to make it easier for users to deploy open-source apps in its cloud through the release of its Google Cloud Launcher tool
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Amazon Cloud Drive targets Dropbox and Google with unlimited storage

Amazon's cloud storage service to offer unlimited storage at cheaper rates than Dropbox and Google
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud

Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15
Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security

Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought
March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15
ProfitBricks ignites cloud pricing war with AWS, Google and Microsoft

IaaS player promises to undercut rivals on price, but analysts question sustainability of business model
March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15
HP's push to build EU-wide "one-stop shop" for cloud gathers pace

HP talks up growing momentum of its Cloud 28+ project in Europe
March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15
RSA Group taps up AWS to hit 2016 cloud targets

The global insurance group behind More Than hopes to move all its websites to the cloud by 2016, with a little help from AWS
March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15
Amazon Web Services hosts Nasa climate-change images in the cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) follows up pledge to support climate change research by publishing 85,000 Nasa images in the cloud
March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15
Dutch bank ING puts HR services in the cloud

Finance company ING is using cloud-based software from ServiceNow to deliver HR services to its 25,000 staff in the Netherlands
March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15
Nordic nations dominate Europe's digital league table

The EC's Digital Economy and Society Index ranked Denmark, Sweden and Finland as first, second and fourth most digital European nation
March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15
CIF opens up membership to users in cloud skills push

The Cloud Industry Forum opens doors to IT professionals to help them acquire industry recognition of their off-premise knowledge and skills
March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15
Microsoft contests Iowa's plans to adopt Google cloud services

Microsoft files a law suit claiming its cloud products were overlooked in the process of moving systems of the US state of Iowa to the cloud
March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15
Microsoft's Nano Server: What to expect from this leaner, meaner Windows Server

With Microsoft reportedly set to announce a stripped-back version of Windows Server, what can IT leaders expect to see?
March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15
Why CIOs should become chief integration officers in 2015

IT leaders risk being relegated to a “care and feeding” role if they do not take the initiative, says business advisory firm Deloitte
March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15
Current account comparison from Gocompare announced in Budget 2015

The government used the Budget to announce changes in the banking sector that will increase consumer and business choice
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Facebook introduces friend-to-friend payment system

Facebook has introduced a feature to its Messenger app that enables people to transfer money to their friends in a few clicks
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Ford drives connected car journey with Microsoft Azure

The Microsoft Azure cloud will be used to power Ford's new software delivery and vehicle monitoring service
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Oracle talks up cloud revenue growth in the face of flat Q3 sales

Database giant Oracle hails a rise in cloud sales, as overall revenue remains flat in the third quarter - for which it blames a strong US dollar
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Red Nose Day 2015: How Comic Relief used cloud to bank a record £78m

Comic Relief CTO Zenon Hannick explains how the charity used cloud to process a record number of donations during Red Nose Day 2015
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Six technology companies to hasten the demise of retail bank giants

UK retail banks are under pressure from regulation, costs and increasing competition
March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15
Adobe Document Cloud seeks to end enterprise reliance on paper-based forms

Adobe plans to roll out a cloud-based digitised document hub to make it easier for enterprise users to manage and process forms
March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15
Post Office could be the Carphone Warehouse of banking industry

Atom Bank is latest digital bank to propose Post Office branches as places where customers can make transactions
March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15
Deal close with banks to maintain services in remote locations

The government is close to agreement with the British Bankers Association on a set of rules for banks to follow before closing branches
March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15
IBM could create blockchain-based digital payments infrastructure for central banks

IBM has held informal talks with some central banks about building an infrastructure that can provide them with bitcoin-like digital payments systems
March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15
Google squares up for new AWS cloud battle with Nearline beta launch

Google unveils AWS Glacier challenger, which promises business users unlimited storage and fast data retrieval times
March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15
Interception errors had serious consequences for individuals

Law enforcement and security services made 12 serious technical and nine human surveillance errors last year
March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15
Rewrite 'absurdly complicated’ surveillance laws, say MPs

The Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee has presented the Prime Minister with proposals to reform privacy and intelligence laws
March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15
CIO interview: Ivor Nicholson, Nottinghamshire County Council

Nottinghamshire County Council is facing £77m in cuts by 2018 and by rolling out new services, it plans to save £8m through technology alone
March 11, 2015 11 Mar'15
US government CIO tells cloud buyers to get tough on suppliers

US Department of Labor CIO Dawn Leaf shares her learnings from helping 19,000 employees move off-premise at Cloud Expo 2015
March 11, 2015 11 Mar'15
Connected Data targets business with Transporter cloud file sharing family

Connected Data’s Transporter for Business appliances enable cloud file sharing services for employees from a preconfigured box
March 11, 2015 11 Mar'15
Microsoft and Cisco cloud partnership yields app deployment platform

Microsoft and Cisco claim new cloud platform will allow service providers to take advantage of DevOps-style app deployment speeds
March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15
Security professionals look to workload security in the cloud

The first Cloud Security Spotlight Report shows broad cloud adoption and move towards workload security
March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15
Multi-supplier cloud environments bad for business agility

Telstra research suggests companies that rely on three or more cloud providers could find it harder to respond to business changes
March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15
Cloud-based CivilisedBank latest challenger bank to hit UK

CivilisedBank will attempt to use cloud-based technology to challenge the dominance of the high street giants
March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15
Online freelance platform dominated by IT requests in Nordic region

Online freelance marketplace is fast becoming IT workers' go-to job board for lucrative contracts
March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
Tinder cuts app crashes with Rackspace cloud database

Tinder matchmaking app turns to managed cloud provider for IT and database support
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
Alibaba emerges as AWS challenger after US datacentre opening

Chinese internet giant outlines US datacentre plans as it prepares for cloud battle with AWS, Microsoft and Google
March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15
Volvo develops car-to-car social networking for road safety

Volvo has begun a pilot involving 1,000 vehicles for car-to-car communications to warn drivers of dangerous road conditions
February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15
TSB is investing in bank branches, not closing them

TSB is countering the industry trend of branch closures in the light of increased digital services by opening 30 new branches
February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15
University of Cambridge says peer-to-peer lending will become mainstream

Financial transactions made on online lending platforms in Europe reached €3bn in 2014 and could hit €7bn this year
February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15
ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developers
February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15
Digital challenger bank Starling loses its CTO

The CTO of digital bank Starling has left the company before it has even been granted a banking licence
February 18, 2015 18 Feb'15
Scaling appropriately an issue for digital startups, says report

Digital startups often scale their customer bases too quickly before they have had time to implement the appropriate infrastructure