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• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Costain opts for hybrid cloud and hosted bare metal from Navisite

  Construction and civil engineering group Costain gets mix of pure cloud and bare metal hosted at Navisite datacentres as it tools up to provide key highways infrastructure systems

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Aberdeen City Council embarks on shared services push with help from Brightsolid

  Local authority claims datacentre migration project should pave way for further shared service initiatives and wider cloud use

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Challenger finance firms will kill only those banks that fail to evolve

  It’s not doom and gloom for the UK’s traditional banks – as long as they can learn from fintech and transform themselves

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Low oil prices to fuel datacentre expansions in 2016, claims Canalys

  Canalys claims access to cheaper energy will make it easier for datacentre operators to respond to growing demand for cloud

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Facebook to start building second European datacentre in Ireland

  Facebook to construct second datacentre facility in Ireland after overcoming resident opposition in planning application appeal

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Infrastructure as a service tipped by Gartner to be fastest growing part of public cloud in 2016

  Cloud infrastructure services will experience fastest growth in 2016, as enterprises move to shift more of their datacentre investments off-premise

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Trinity Mirror Group taps into cloud, agile and microservices to boost web user experience

  National and regional newspaper publishing group is using AWS and SOASTA's performance monitoring tools to improve the user experience for its online readers

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Broadgroup: Colocation providers must act on competitive threat posed by AWS

  Datacentre analyst house uses annual finance forum to coach colocation sector on how to respond to AWS and its public cloud

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Candy Crush maker King secures mobile access through cloud

  Candy Crush maker King.com uses cloud-based Duo Security authentication for access to cloud services, customised apps and remote VPNs

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  Security will be key public sector cloud adoption driver by 2018, predicts Gartner

  Gartner predicts that by 2018 government agencies will be citing security as a reason to move to public cloud rather than to stay away from it

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Janne Aalto, Finnish telco DNA

  When Finnish telco DNA wanted to transform its business, it made startup consultant Janne Aalto its CIO to lead the move to lean and agile

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  AWS on course to outstrip Amazon.com in profit terms this year, research suggests

  RBC Capital shines a light on how fast and deep end-users are going in the Amazon Web Services cloud

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Microsoft drops Azure costs by up to 17% in wake of fresh AWS price cuts

  Microsoft continues on its quest to match the price of AWS storage and its cloud services with a fresh round of price cuts

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  The National Holocaust Centre uses public cloud for digital preservation project

  The National Holocaust Centre and Museum (NHCM) turns to public cloud provider Datacentred to help preserve stories of World War II survivors

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Southend-on-Sea Council embarks on £1.5m hybrid cloud datacentre refresh

  Local authority says hybrid cloud datacentre plans will pave the way for greater use of services offered via G-Cloud framework

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  Public cloud competition prompts 66% drop in prices since 2013, research reveals

  Tariff Consulting's latest report tracks industry impact of public cloud price cuts, and reveals service range -- not cost -- is what matters

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Closer co-operation in Asean with ICT masterplan

  Asean countries will work more closely together on the region’s latest plan for increasing the use and benefits of IT

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  2015 was a breakthrough year for cloud adoption, says Synergy Research Group

  Analyst house’s latest cloud market tracker reveals how enterprise IT buying behaviours are moving to incorporate off-premise technologies

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Gov.uk notifications platform to begin sending texts and emails

  Latest project in government-as-a-platform strategy aims to make it easier to keep individuals informed about applications and services

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  French intelligence ‘could have prevented Paris attacks'

  A former US intelligence director turned whistleblower tells MPs and peers that bulk collection of internet and phone data is putting lives at risk

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  The Office Group responds to flexible working boom with Microsoft cloud deployment

  Flexible workspace provider rolls out Office 365 after business growth caused email storage capacity crunch

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Italy wakes up to new IoT opportunities

  Organisations in Italy are investing in internet-connected technologies, with infrastructure providers building the underpinning networks

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Rackspace: Business leaders, not IT departments, drive enterprise cloud adoption

  Rackspace report into cloud migration trends reveals business leaders are more likely to lead the move off-premise than IT people

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Amazon WorkMail goes on general release in Europe

  AWS readies challenger to Gmail and Office 365 as cloud battle with Google and Microsoft enters new phase

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Asean countries consider IoT for smart farming

  Malaysia is leading the way when it comes to using internet of things technologies to improve agriculture

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Surveillance tribunal refers child privacy claim to information commissioner

  The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has referred a complaint to the UK information commissioner that the US National Security Agency is intercepting children's internet activities

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Top 10 APAC IT stories of 2015

  The top 10 Computer Weekly articles about enterprise IT in the Asean and ANZ regions

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  Top 10 public sector IT stories of 2015

  In the year the UK public voted for another five years of Tory government and Mike Bracken left the Government Digital Service (GDS), public sector IT had a turbulent ride

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  Top 10 cloud computing stories of 2015

  Computer Weekly's top 10 cloud computing stories of 2015

• December 21, 2015 21 Dec'15

  Top 10 HR technology stories in 2015

  2015 saw businesses replacing their on-premise HR systems with cloud services at an accelerating rate. More companies are turning to virtual reality, analytics and other disruptive technologies to help recruit and retain talented staff

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  More than a quarter of Brits bank on mobile, but branches still popular

  More and more people in the UK are banking on their smartphones, but more than a third still visit branches regularly

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  SThree to rein in IT budget by moving to cloud

  Recruitment group plans to expand by 10% a year, but moving to the cloud will allow it to do more with the same IT budget

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Etihad Airways chooses Cognizant to support digital transformation

  Airline aims to improve customer satisfaction by implementing programme of digital developments

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Poundland launches e-commerce Christmas push with Rackspace managed support

  Budget retailer has turned to Rackspace to ensure its first foray into online retail can withstand the seasonal rush

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Interview: Lebara CTO sets out plans to go all-in on AWS cloud

  Lebara was a Europe-centric, single-product telco until the cloud paved the way for it to grow its service portfolio and expand overseas

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  VMware backs out of Virtustream hybrid cloud venture with EMC

  Virtualisation giant confirms exit from hybrid cloud joint venture with parent company

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Public cloud adoption fuels record spend on datacentre hardware by service providers

  Datacentre infrastructure findings from Synergy Research show how enterprise cloud adoption is affecting the market

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Rockwool invests €2m in global HR project

  Manufacturer interviewed other companies about their HR systems before choosing a system to harmonise its processes across 38 countries

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  Datacentre operators must "open up" to close industry skills gap, claims IO

  IO business development director Andrew Roughan said more must be done to encourage a wider range and higher number people into the datacentre industry

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  HPE goes live with Europe-wide cloud service catalogue

  HPE’s Cloud 28+ service catalogue is open for business and hopes to encourage wider take-up of off-premises services across the continent

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Jisc issues tender for second shared services datacentre in north of England

  Education network provider issues tender for second shared services datacentre, while warding off DDoS attack

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  DHL opens Singapore centre for logistics technology innovation

  DHL has opened a centre in Singapore to research technologies that can be used in the logistics industry

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Dropbox urged by users to open-source soon-to-be shut Mailbox app

  Dropbox finds itself in the firing line after calling time on much-loved email app

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Australia launches plan to reduce reliance on natural resources

  The Australian government has announced plans to reduce its dependency on industries that rely on natural resources and increase its activities in areas such as IT

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Swedish health company Elekta recoups costs of HR project in a year

  Medical company Elekta transforms its human resources (HR) processes by replacing legacy technology with cloud systems serving 3,800 staff in 24 countries

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Workday ringfences support in Europe after Safe Harbour ruled unsafe

  US cloud HR and financial services provider reponds to Safe Harbour failure by ringfencing European data

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Telefonica embarks on enterprise cloud push with Huawei

  Telco will work with Chinese networking supplier to offer enterprise access to OpenStack-based public cloud services

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Case study: Tideway uses private cloud to manage London ‘super sewer’ infrastructure

  Infrastructure services director explains why Tideway has opted for a managed, private cloud setup to support sewer project

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  EMC weighs up VMware's involvement in Virtustream joint venture

  Concerns about how VMware's sliding share price could affect its merger with Dell have reportedly prompted EMC to reconsider its stake in Virtustream

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Slush 2015 breaks records as Finland's startup scene flourishes

  Finland's Slush startup event is one of the biggest in the world and this year was its biggest ever

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Only a quarter of banking professionals think incumbents are main competition

  Banks are increasing their spending on IT that helps them win customers, as competition increases and fewer challenges are placed on them by regulation

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  NetSuite grant revolutionises workflow for Philippine non-profit organisations

  Non-profit organisations in the Philippines are benefiting from cloud-based software following the award of software grants from NetSuite

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Equinix rolls out AWS Direct Connect in Slough datacentre

  Datacentre provider launches private internet connection to Amazon Web Services to help customers build hybrid clouds

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  Fintech growth rates explode in Australia

  Financial technology companies in Australia are growing at high rates and come as a warning to the nation's enterprises that are yet to join the digital revolution

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Ericsson gives shipping a boost with Inmarsat connectivity

  Ericsson will offer Inmarsat’s XpressLink service to maritime customers, and sets about integrating its Maritime Cloud managed service with Inmarsat’s satellite comms network

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  451 Research highlights cost benefits of taking multi-provider approach to cloud

  Latest 451 Research cloud pricing report suggests buyers could get a better deal, if they're prepared to shop around

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Australia prepares for IoT explosion

  Australia is preparing for the rapid adoption of the internet of things with a regulatory framework

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  European Commission gives Equinix the go-ahead to acquire datacentre rival TelecityGroup

  European Commission clears datacentre merger, after resolving concerns about its impact on European colocation pricing

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  NCA and Cert-UK call on more firms to share cyber-threat data

  As statistics suggest 30,000 attacks may have been thwarted by a cyber threat data-sharing scheme, operators NCA and Cert-UK call for more to get involved

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Suppliers lay the groundwork for IoT in Czech Republic

  ICT suppliers are putting in place the technology infrastructure that will enable towns and cities in the Czech Republic to harness the internet of things

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  EMC adds remote Isilon SD Edge and hybrid Cloud Pools

  EMC adds software-defined Isilon SD Edge for remote offices, but for now it lacks true clustered NAS capability. Isilon Cloud Pools, however, do act as part of the Isilon namespace

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Microsoft UK datacentre plans win backing of government CTO Liam Maxwell

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell speaks out about the role Whitehall's played in convincing Microsoft and others to open UK datacentres

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Australian cities are getting smarter

  The smart city phenomenon is taking off in Australia, where there's the space and the will to make it work.

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Crown Commercial Service backs Huddle's public sector-wide preferential pricing scheme

  Cloud-based collaboration platform provider hopes enterprise pricing scheme will make it easier and less costly for public sector to adopt its technology

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  AWS to open UK datacentre in late 2016

  Cloud giant sets out plans to open another European datacentre, as demand for its services continues to grow

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  CenturyLink considers selling off its datacentre assets

  Telco says growing its colocation business will require more capital expenditure than its willing to invest, prompting an investigation into what its options are

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Microsoft and Red Hat join forces to help ease enterprises into hybrid cloud

  Tech giants set aside years of rivalry to help enterprises with mixed IT environments move to the cloud with greater ease

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  How IoT will impact the Asean cloud landscape

  IoT deployments are in their early stages in the Asean region, but experts predict as take-up of IoT apps increases it will have a big impact on IT infrastructures in the region

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Young companies lead digital readiness in Finland

  Startup businesses are leading the way in Finland when it comes to having the right customer-facing technologies in place

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  IBM acquires software broker Gravitant to bolster hybrid cloud play

  IBM is continuing to build out its hybrid cloud proposition by splashing the cash on US-based IT services broker Gravitant

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  TechUK issues six-point plan to help the government work better with SMEs

  Technology association applauds government's efforts to engage with SMEs, but says more must be done to make it easier for smaller firms to do business with the public sector

• November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15

  G-Cloud 7 procurement rules could derail public sector cloud adoption, suppliers warn

  G-Cloud 7 procurement limits risk putting public sector off using the framework, it has been claimed

• November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15

  Council IT chiefs outline plans to create London-wide supercloud for local authorities

  Plans are afoot to build a regional cloud that London councils can use to access common apps and services

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Startup support network Tech London Advocates expands into Nordics

  Startup support network Tech London Advocates is launching a sister organisation covering the Nordic and Baltic countries

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Alcatel-Lucent transformation cuts HR costs by 30% with cloud platform

  Alcatel-Lucent expects to have its cloud human resources (HR) platform used in 62 countries by the end of the year, replacing aging on-premise HR IT systems

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Met Office's new supercomputer to deliver £2bn of socio-economic benefits

  The Met Office aims to realise a range of socio-economic benefits to UK industries thanks to improved forecasting with its new Cray supercomputer

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Fitness club goes digital to recruit new staff quickly

  Equinox turns to digital technology from SmartRecruiters to speed up hiring employees

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Tech will turn HR into a ‘productivity department’

  HR technologies are moving away from managing staff in favour of helping them become more productive

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  The post-merger world: What the future holds for EMC and its federation

  A look at the integration challenges Dell faces in trying to merge EMC’s various business units with its own

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  RBS announces partnership with Facebook At Work

  RBS has described the partnership with Facebook At Work as “ground-breaking”, but analysts have questioned this as the app simply helps companies build a private social network

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Transforming Singapore Post through modern technology

  When Singapore Post realised it had to change its business model to survive, it appointed its first CIO to front the technology transformation

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Questions raised over Australian cabinet using Slack messaging

  Reports that Australian cabinet members could use messaging platform Slack to communicate has raised security questions

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Yakult uses data analytics to boost growth in the Netherlands by 20%

  Probiotics maker Yakult is using analytics and data visualisation tools to boost its sales in the Netherlands

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Amazon turns surprise Q3 profit as AWS cloud growth soars

  Amazon Web Services continues to go from strength to strength as it banks income similar to its parent company's entire North American e-commerce business

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  EMC and VMware launch managed hybrid cloud joint venture using Virtustream brand

  EMC-owned Virtustream set to become outlet for storage and virtualisation firm's hybrid cloud managed services

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Google offers free cloud apps to encourage Office 365 users to ditch Microsoft

  Google ups ante in ongoing war to dethrone Microsoft as the enterprise's preferred provider of cloud-based productivity tools

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Mobile commerce catching traditional e-commerce in Asean

  Consumers in the Asean region are increasingly using their mobile devices to make online purchases, according to a study by Visa

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  EU data protection regulators set 31 January 2016 deadline for replacing Safe Harbour

  Article 29 Working Party gives EU and US authorities until the end of January to establish an alternative data-sharing agreement

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  David Cameron faces personal headache over Safe Harbour

  The UK “intervened strongly” in the legal challenge brought by Austrian law student Max Schrems that ruled Safe Harbour invalid, jeopardising data sharing between Europe and the US

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  HMRC VAT rules cut cloud costs by 20% for NHS and government departments

  An HMRC ruling on reclaiming tax on cloud services could drive up the use of off-premise technologies in the public sector

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Opera chooses Workday over Oracle as it moves HR to cloud

  Browser company Opera opts for slick internal IT as it competes with Apple and Google for skilled technologists

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  Tech City UK visa scheme helps startups get the right skills

  British government makes it easier for highly skilled IT professionals from outside the European Union to get visas to work for UK technology startups

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Technologies to consider when renewing an IT services contract

  Technology changes quickly, so organisations should ensure flexibility is built into IT services contracts to avoid missing out on the benefits of the latest advances

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Intel revises down growth forecast for datacentre business division

  Chipmaker Intel blames the weakening macroeconomic situation – with continued delays in hardware refresh cycles – in its datacentre business forecast revision

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Ofcom regulates Amazon Instant Video

  Broadcast watchdog Ofcom will regulate video-on-demand (VOD) services – such as Amazon Instant Video – although rules for VOD content differ from broadcast

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  VMware CEO credits Edward Snowden with transforming enterprise cloud attitudes

  VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger spoke out at the VMworld Europe conference about how the "professional era" of cloud has been shaped by Edward Snowden's NSA revelations

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  VMware hails hybrid cloud as answer to enterprise Safe Harbour woes

  VMware chief claims the roll-out of its hybrid cloud network should help ease enterprise concerns about off-premise data protection

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  VMware reacts to the cloud and containerisation

  At VMworld Europe, VMware restates products and roadmap visions that see it react to the perceived inevitability of the cloud, while also getting a grip on containers

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  Hybrid clouds to dominate the IT landscape in Australia

  Organisations in Australia are increasingly opting for hybrid cloud services that enable them to buy some processing power upfront and rent more when needed

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  Nasa and Philips emerge as early adopters of AWS IoT app creation platform

  Cloud giant debuts AWS IoT, which it claims will make it quicker and easier for enterprises to create apps for connected devices