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June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21
How containerisation helps VW develop car software

Volkswagen’s R&D centre has worked with Red Hat to use containerisation to improve how it develops and tests software for the control systems in cars
June 18, 2021 18 Jun'21
Vast Data will offer containerised storage software, but not yet

Vast Data sticking to its plan to provide no-tier “universal storage” via QLC flash and a 3D Xpoint read/write buffer that uses a containerised control plane
June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21
Siloscape malware a risk to Windows containers, Kubernetes

Palo Alto’s Unit 42 reports on what appears to be the first-recorded malware targeting Kubernetes clusters through Windows containers
May 27, 2021 27 May'21
Build 2021: Microsoft targets multicloud developers

Company has previewed new capabilities to Azure application services, giving developers greater freedom of where to deploy workloads

May 13, 2021 13 May'21
Portworx gets container-native array management for Pure hardware

Container storage player Portworx builds in container-native functionality to allow discovery, provisioning and management from inside Kubernetes cluster, but only on Pure arrays so far
April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21
Red Hat eyes edge computing workloads

Open-source juggernaut has enriched its enterprise Linux and OpenShift offerings to support edge computing workloads better
April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21
Scality launches Artesca container-native object storage

Object storage specialist gets on a burgeoning container object storage market with Artesca, which runs from Kubernetes to provide persistent storage for containerised applications
April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21
Papa John’s embarks on ‘multi-phase’ move to Google Cloud

Papa John’s International has set out plans to shutter its datacentres and revamp its customer experience to include a move towards real-time tracking data for its deliveries
April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21
Anti-food-waste app Karma taps up Google Cloud to power global expansion plans

Swedish startup Karma is on a mission to help consumers and businesses across the globe fight food waste, and it has enlisted the Google Cloud Platform to help it achieve its goal
April 12, 2021 12 Apr'21
Ctera KubeFiler to bring Kubernetes storage to its cloud gateways

KubeFiler uses the container storage interface to allow Kubernetes to access persistent storage as if it were from a local NAS device, and while keeping existing access profiles

April 07, 2021 07 Apr'21
VMware to ease hybrid cloud deployments

VMware is combining VMware Cloud Foundation and its Tanzu portfolio into a single software stack to simplify hybrid and multicloud deployment and management
March 31, 2021 31 Mar'21
Australian firms slow to wean off the mainframe

Australian companies tend to have a wait-and-see mindset that is slowing down mainframe modernisation initiatives, says Accenture expert
March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21
CW Innovation Awards: How DBS is transforming credit processes

DBS Bank’s credit architecture programme has digitised and reimagined credit processes through a unified platform that has improved the productivity and efficiency of its credit teams
March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21
Scottish farm subsidy body slashes dev time with Pure all-flash

Rural directorate ditched hybrid flash EMC SAN for Pure all-flash storage and cut developer time in half, while beta testing Cloud Block Store and planning container project
March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21
APAC leads in open source adoption

APAC organisations are using open source software to modernise their infrastructure and develop containerised applications, though security concerns linger on
March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21
IBM eyes hybrid cloud opportunity in ASEAN

The hybrid cloud message is resonating among Southeast Asian enterprises that are looking to modernise their applications and systems, says IBM’s general manager for the region
February 26, 2021 26 Feb'21
Amsterdam to open environmental talks with datacentres

City authorities and datacentre operators will open dialogue about sustainable datacentre industry expansion in the Dutch capital
February 23, 2021 23 Feb'21
How GeoSpock is supercharging geospatial analytics

Company’s GeoSpock DB is aimed at optimising queries of large volumes of geospatial data with scale and speed
February 18, 2021 18 Feb'21
Google Cloud partners Tata Communications in India

Tata Communications will offer managed services for Google Cloud that will include cloud architecture planning and workload migration
February 16, 2021 16 Feb'21
C40, C60 R3, go! Pure adds to FlashArray//C QLC flash range

Hybrid storage killers: Pure Storage adds entry-level FlashArray//C40 R3 QLC array plus re-CPUed C60 R3 that will scale to 5PB or more
February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21
Crypto malware targets Kubernetes clusters, say researchers

Newly identified Hildegaard malware targets Kubernetes clusters and seems to herald a new campaign from the TeamTNT gang
February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21
Google grows cloud sales as parent’s profits top $40bn

Alphabet announces massive overall profits and increased Google cloud sales
February 01, 2021 01 Feb'21
Netbackup 9 adds flexibility with hyper-converged backup options

Veritas’s enterprise backup flagship is available in hyper-converged infrastructure and has embraced containerisation, for better hardware and application scalability
January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21
Inside Grab’s DevOps practices

A senior software engineer at Grab offers a peek into the DevOps practices at one of Southeast Asia’s technology unicorns
January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21
MinIO stakes leadership claims in cloud object container storage

2016 startup MinIO reckons it has first mover advantage as a container-native platform that provides private/cloud object storage in and orchestrated by Kubernetes
January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21
How Globe Telecom is doubling down on cloud

The largest mobile operator in the Philippines has moved its legacy systems to the cloud and there is more to come as it looks towards deploying cloud radio access networks and cloud-native applications
December 30, 2020 30 Dec'20
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020
December 21, 2020 21 Dec'20
Top 10 container storage stories of 2020

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 container storage stories for 2020, when providing persistent Kubernetes storage, backup and disaster recovery became a key challenge for many organisations
December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20
What it takes for APAC firms to ride out the pandemic

Whether businesses will recover from the Covid-19 pandemic will depend on how they leverage technology to innovate, create new business models and build digital trust
November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20
IT Priorities: APAC enterprises readying recovery budget

Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are investing in cloud and other key technologies to not only survive but thrive in the post-pandemic world
November 19, 2020 19 Nov'20
Why databases are key to Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales

With each order split into multiple database transactions, ensuring the scalability and elasticity of database systems was key to the success of Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales
November 11, 2020 11 Nov'20
Standard Chartered embarks on five-year personalised banking push with AWS

Financial services giant is forging even deeper ties with AWS as part of its push to roll out more personalised banking experiences to customers in 60 countries
November 10, 2020 10 Nov'20
Leaky AWS S3 bucket once again at centre of data breach

Prestige Software exposed millions of records after failing to pay attention to the security of its cloud instances
October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20
Why Malaysia’s AmBank is embracing open source and DevOps

AmBank Group is tapping open source, DevOps and data science to improve customer service and develop bespoke services for a broader market
October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20
NetApp boosts NVMe, QLC and container hybrid cloud offer

Storage giant NetApp unveils new AFF, FAS and E-series arrays with NVMe and QLC flash capability, plus object storage in Ontap and Spot cloud container resource management in Cloud Manager
October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20
DBS to deploy IBM z15 mainframes

Singapore’s DBS Bank has signed a seven-year deal with IBM to run and modernise mission-critical applications on z15 mainframes
October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20
Inside VMware’s Kubernetes playbook

Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda talks up the evolution of the container orchestration platform and efforts by VMware to help enterprises get the most out of the technology
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Veeam buys Kasten to get a boost in Kubernetes backup

Virtual machine backup pioneer sees $150m purchase of Kasten and the addition of Kubernetes backup to its portfolio as key to becoming a ‘$2bn company’
September 30, 2020 30 Sep'20
VMworld 2020: VMware partners to accelerate enterprise applications

A partnership with Nvidia promises to expand AI acceleration to other business apps. It also aims to make Kubernetes enterprise-ready
September 29, 2020 29 Sep'20
Red Hat rivals VMware and Nutanix with hyper-converged OCS 4.5

Red Hat’s OpenShift 4.5 extended container orchestration to virtual machines. The arrival of OCS 4.5 moves the solution into the realm of hyper-converged systems
September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20
Pure flashes the cash, paying $370m for Portworx

Flash storage pioneer believes container storage is the next frontier and pays big money for container persistent storage software provider Portworx in deal set to close this month
August 05, 2020 05 Aug'20
Egypt’s datacentre plans take key step forward

Government lays the foundations for a datacentre industry with its new data protection law
July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20
Majority of organisations at risk of cloud data exposure

Report casts doubt on the effectiveness of the shared responsibility model of cloud security
June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20
Datacentre investment boost as Norway’s government reinstates tax relief

Government reinstates datacentre energy tax relief for cryptocurrency mining organisations after investments in the country’s datacentres drops
June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20
Netherlands digital sector yearns for government recognition

The sector building and supporting the Netherlands’ digital infrastructure wants to be valued as highly as Schiphol airport and the port of Rotterdam are for the Dutch economy
June 08, 2020 08 Jun'20
What it takes to get DevSecOps right

DevSecOps will drive at least 50% of new applications in Asia-Pacific by 2024, but getting it right will require change management, a collaborative mindset and the right automation tools
June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20
How to succeed at site reliability engineering

Adoption of site reliability engineering is growing in Asia-Pacific, but organisations need to have the right organisational structure and culture to succeed
May 29, 2020 29 May'20
How Sega Europe slashed incident response times using cloud SIEM

Gaming company’s SOC radically improves its operational efficiency with Sumo Logic’s cloud SIEM service
May 21, 2020 21 May'20
Infinidat sees containers and S3 as key to join storage big guns

But that’s not all. The array maker – that brings flash performance with massive amounts of HDD plus cache – plans for NVMe-over-fabric and use of 20TB hard drives too
May 19, 2020 19 May'20
Portworx to add application profiles to persistent container storage

Kubernetes persistent container storage that runs from inside the cluster will add application storage profiles for applications such as Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch and Postgres
May 11, 2020 11 May'20
Dell EMC launches PowerStore NVMe container-based storage array

PowerStore controller software is based on container modules for SAN and NAS storage, while the mid-range array is all-NVMe and aimed at performance-hungry use cases such as Splunk
May 06, 2020 06 May'20
Open source community joins Covid-19 fight

Red Hat and others in the global open source community are doing their part to develop tools and other initiatives to help the world tide over the coronavirus outbreak
May 04, 2020 04 May'20
StorageOS v2 puts ‘mini brains’ in Kubernetes storage volumes

StorageOS persistent software-defined storage for Kubernetes distributes control plane decisions to volumes in a cluster and takes away the impact on centralised scheduler
April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20
Red Hat-VMware rivalry intensifies with OpenShift virtualisation

New virtualisation features in OpenShift point to an emerging Kubernetes platform war between Red Hat and VMware
April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20
How DBS is reaping the dividends of digital transformation

At DBS Bank, the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has demonstrated the value of technology and the investments it made over the past decade to modernise its technology stack
April 21, 2020 21 Apr'20
UK challenger stockbroker Freetrade backs Google Cloud to make investing more inclusive

The CTO and co-founders of UK challenger stockbroking app provider, Freetrade, discuss how Google Cloud has helped them diversify their service offering as user numbers have increased
April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20
Happy developers write secure code, report claims

DevOps specialist Sonatype claims to have found a direct correlation between satisfied developers and application security hygiene
March 12, 2020 12 Mar'20
APAC remains hotbed for digital transformation

Nearly half of organisations in the Asia-Pacific region see digital transformation as their top priority, followed by cloud infrastructure deployment and artificial intelligence, survey finds
March 10, 2020 10 Mar'20
IT Priorities 2020: Digitisation drives IT modernisation growth

IT decision-makers realise that old applications restrict agility. As organisations digitise processes, application modernisation is key
March 06, 2020 06 Mar'20
IT Priorities 2020: AI, cloud to dominate IT spending in India

Indian organisations are expected to spend more on artificial intelligence and cloud this year in a bid gain an edge over rivals through key technology investments
February 17, 2020 17 Feb'20
Isilon’s multi-dot upgrade to OneFS 8.2.2 masks big changes

The latest quarterly update to OneFS sees maximum file size grow to 16TB, brings in data deduplication in real time for HDDs, better load balancing and a new Kubernetes CSI
January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20
Promotions for architects of IBM’s $34bn Red Hat deal

Former CEO of Red Hat and IBM’s cloud chief are now heading up Big Blue as it moves forward to a multicloud, hybrid computing future
January 22, 2020 22 Jan'20
Big Blue finds green shoots in Red Hat mix

IBM’s latest quarterly filing shows early signs that enterprises are buying into its OpenShift and RHEL-powered cloud strategy
January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20
Modern telecoms has opened up Sweden’s far north

Modern telecom infrastructures mean datacentres can be further away from users, and environmental and cost advantages are to be had in locations such as Sweden’s far north
January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20
How container applications are shaping storage management

Persistent storage, backup and recovery were not on the minds of those behind container applications, but that is starting to change
January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20
What is behind Stockholm’s datacentre boom?

Datacentres are springing up in Stockholm – but what is drawing major IT companies to the Swedish capital?
January 06, 2020 06 Jan'20
Why enterprises should care about DevOps

Besides supporting cloud-native software development, DevOps’ biggest gains lie in legacy systems, says Puppet’s field CTO
December 27, 2019 27 Dec'19
Top 10 cloud stories of 2019

Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 cloud stories of 2019
December 27, 2019 27 Dec'19
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2019

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 datacentre stories of 2019
December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19
Top 10 storage stories of 2019

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 storage stories for 2019, with the latest trends in enterprise storage arrays, hyper-converged, object storage, scale-out NAS, and more
December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19
HPE takes aim at hybrid IT management as a service

Starting with its GreenLake family, HPE is building out a hybrid platform from the edge to the cloud
November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19
VMware doubles up on Kubernetes play

New Tanzu portfolio reflects efforts by VMware to better meet the needs of enterprises that are warming to containers and Kubernetes when building new cloud-native applications
November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19
HPE says there will be no further cost cuts as it posts lower Q4 2019 revenue

Antonio Neri is in his second year as HPE CEO and is overseeing a three-year programme to improve efficiencies and reduce costs
November 17, 2019 17 Nov'19
Australian bourse to overhaul technology infrastructure

The Australian Securities Exchange is embracing digital ledger technology, microservices and DevOps to modernise its core systems
November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19
Docker restructure sees enterprise platform business sold to open source cloud firm Mirantis

Docker, the company credited with popularising the notion of container technologies, sells off its enterprise arm as part of a wider business restructure
November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19
VMware readies on-premise and as-a-service hybrid offerings

During its annual VMworld event in Barcelona, VMware unveiled its vision for combining vSphere and Kubernetes
November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19
OpenStack to get standardisation boost in China

New standards are being developed by the OpenStack Foundation and a standards body to improve the interoperability of OpenStack distributions in China
November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19
Chinese companies fuelling OpenStack adoption in APAC

Led by Chinese tech giants such as Tencent and China Mobile, the Asia-Pacific region will account for a third of the global OpenStack market by 2023
October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19
Singapore startup plugs AI skills gap with pre-trained microservices

Sentient.io is offering artificial intelligence microservices that developers can use to augment their applications with speech recognition and other AI capabilities
October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19
Cloud leaders invest in datacentres as public clouds expand

Microsoft and Amazon have posted strong results for Q3 2019. Both are investing heavily in cloud infrastructure to support cloud services
October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19
Porsche selects HPE for five-year software-defined datacentre strategy

The IT business inside Porsche is deploying HPE servers and infrastructure on-demand as part of a hybrid environment
October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19
Trend Micro buys cloud security firm to broaden offering

Acquisition of Cloud Conformity will address often overlooked cloud security fundamentals
October 20, 2019 20 Oct'19
The lure of Google Cloud for Singapore’s Ninja Van

Regional logistics startup Ninja Van is consolidating all its compute resources on Google Cloud for cost savings and performance
October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19
Southeast Asian organisations warm to Anthos

Google Cloud sees pockets of interest in Anthos and could review its pricing strategy as adoption of the multi-cloud management platform grows
October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19
How Goldman Sachs migrated to cloud native software development

Investment bank Goldman Sachs has selected GitLab as the platform to manage its software development life cycle, supporting 9,000 engineers
October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19
Inside Singapore Airlines’ cloud and DevOps journey

A team of engineers at Singapore’s flagship carrier shed light on how they are overcoming challenges in embracing cloud computing and DevOps
October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19
All change: How big data could shake up cloud strategies and fuel demand for edge environments

As enterprise data volumes continue to grow and grow, for cost and performance reasons, enterprises might find an all-in approach to public cloud may not be the way forward, according to several NetEvents panellists
October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19
How APAC enterprises can keep pace with container security

For all the promises of containers, changes in architecture and practices associated with the technology bring new challenges and opportunities
October 04, 2019 04 Oct'19
Red Hat: We’re a neutral broker

Red Hat remains agnostic in supporting organisations that are looking to run the same container orchestration platform in a hybrid and multicloud world
September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19
Atom Bank CTO on ditching its datacentres and moving to the Google Cloud Platform

Atom Bank CTO Rana Bhattacharya describes what is behind the mobile-only challenger bank’s large-scale, cloud-focused reboot of its infrastructure setup
September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19
Drive for Nordic datacentre transformation

Nordic enterprises looking to spread abroad are outsourcing datacentre IT in cutting-edge ways to gain international advantage
September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19
IT departments spend millions tackling performance issues in complex IT

A study has found that CIOs are concerned that a modern software-driven, hybrid, multi-cloud architecture will be costly and difficult to manage
September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19
Digital transformation requires a continuous approach to change

There is no such thing as a one-shot business transformation. It's an on-going approach to deploying new ideas and technologies that grow the business
September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19
How the University of Liverpool balances HPC and the cloud

The University of Liverpool has been running a hybrid HPC environment since 2017, which uses PowerEdge nodes and AWS public cloud services
August 26, 2019 26 Aug'19
VMware’s latest acquisitions point to emerging platform war

VMware’s buyout of Carbon Black and Pivotal is a sign of an emerging platform war following the IBM-Red Hat deal
August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19
Cray to support US Department of Energy El Capitan exascale programme

Shasta platform will be used to expand traditional supercomputing to support complex workflows
July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19
Google increases presence and investments in Finland

New next-generation datacentre at Hamina and technology training hub in Helsinki illustrate Google’s growing interest in Finland
July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19
Dutch authorities temporarily halt datacentre construction

Two local authorities in the Netherlands have put the brakes on datacentre construction to give them time to put policies in place to gain more control over builds
July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19
How Suse is taking open source deeper into the enterprise

Suse’s focus on developer needs, industry-specific use cases and engineering partnerships with the likes of SAP are among efforts to take open source software deeper into the enterprise
July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19
Tax changes lead to review of Sweden’s datacentre development

Swedish government has changed the rules on how it offers tax rebates to datacentre providers and users, hitting domestic companies