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Data centre
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November 29, 2018
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AWS on why it is finally joining the blockchain bandwagon
AWS CEO Andy Jassy opens up about the company’s earlier misgivings about the real user need for blockchain technologies
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November 28, 2018
28
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CIO interview: Stephen Docherty on NHS data sharing
The Cambridge Analytica scandal raised awareness about privacy. Stephen Docherty, CIO of South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, explains why
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November 28, 2018
28
Nov'18
Amazon sets about speeding up space data processing in the cloud with AWS Ground Station
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is aiming to take the cost and complexity out of processing space data to make it more readily accessible by colocating managed ground station antennas with its cloud datacentres
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November 27, 2018
27
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It’s still early days for hybrid IT in APAC
The tipping point for hybrid IT adoption will come only when more enterprises start running production workloads on the public cloud, says HPE’s chief technologist for the region
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November 27, 2018
27
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Why IT infrastructure approach needs modernising
The freedom and flexibility to develop applications rapidly using diverse platforms will put IT infrastructure teams under increasing strain
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November 22, 2018
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Equinix, Digital Realty and NGD fuel UK colocation market growth with datacentre expansions
Colocation giants Equinix, Digital Realty and Next Generation Data open up about the multi-million pound commitments they are making to expanding their datacentre footprint in the UK
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November 21, 2018
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Singapore government to boost cloud capabilities of SME tech suppliers
Smaller tech firms in the city state can look forward to a new capability development programme to help them build cloud-native applications
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November 21, 2018
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BA to sue CBRE over May Bank Holiday datacentre outage
Airline is taking legal action against the managed service provider tasked with overseeing the management of its datacentres during its outage in May 2017
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November 21, 2018
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Datacentre expansions fuel record rise in capital expenditure of hyperscale cloud giants
Data from Synergy Research Group shows another huge rise in the capital expenditure of the hyperscale cloud giants, as they rush to expand their global datacentre presence
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November 21, 2018
21
Nov'18
Interview: Comms sector ripe for disruption as climate change takes hold
Humanity has just 12 years left to keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5⁰C and prevent climate meltdown. Paul Dickinson from the Carbon Disclosure Project discusses how CIOs can help take steps to avert disaster by changing their attitude to ...
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November 21, 2018
21
Nov'18
Lincolnshire Police signs 10-year cloud control room tech refresh deal with Motorola Solutions
Lincolnshire Police is embracing cloud technologies within its control room environment as it strives to improve the efficiency of its operations
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November 21, 2018
21
Nov'18
Unpacking the OpenStack Foundation’s open infrastructure push
OpenStack Foundation’s push to broaden its focus beyond the provision of private and public cloud-supporting open source software is gathering pace, with the emergence of new pilot projects and use cases for its technology
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November 20, 2018
20
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Digital Realty grows Australia footprint with two new datacentres
The datacentre service provider has opened its latest facility in Australia and has acquired land for a sixth one in a market teeming with demand from massive-scale cloud suppliers
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November 20, 2018
20
Nov'18
How Singapore Airlines is flying the digital skies
Top Asian carrier Singapore Airlines has been building a digital foundation to fend off potential disruption, but it is not just the IT team that is leading the charge
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November 19, 2018
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Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene to be replaced by ex-Oracle president Thomas Kurian in early 2019
Having spent three years overseeing Google Cloud's push to become a credible enterprise cloud provider, Diane Greene is leaving the firm in January 2019 to focus on her philanthropic work
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November 19, 2018
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Top IT predictions in APAC in 2019
Edge computing, data management and microservices will play a bigger role in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019 as enterprises reshape their technology architectures to become ‘digitally determined’ organisations
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November 15, 2018
15
Nov'18
UK leads the way in multi-cloud deployments
Public cloud users in the UK are happy with the service they get, but a hybrid approach may offer greater flexibility, according to a Vanson Bourne survey
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November 15, 2018
15
Nov'18
Why Kubernetes is driving a groundswell in containerisation
Kubernetes is fast becoming a de facto standard, but CIOs may be unaware of its footprint in their businesses
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November 14, 2018
14
Nov'18
OpenStack Foundation hails innovation benefits of open and inclusive software development
OpenStack CIO Mark Collier predicts the next five to 10 years will see more software development conducted in open, transparent and collaborative ways, as enterprises strive to speed up digital transformation efforts
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November 14, 2018
14
Nov'18
OpenStack Foundation will tackle infrastructure barriers to enterprise AI adoption
OpenStack supporting community will help enterprises to overcome infrastructure barriers to adopting artificial intelligence technologies in 2019 as demand for GPU and FPGA-based set-ups grows
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November 14, 2018
14
Nov'18
How Kubernetes is becoming a platform for AI
Data scientists and artificial intelligence engineers need a host of tools to build AI-powered applications – this requires a complex IT environment
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November 13, 2018
13
Nov'18
OpenStack restates commitment to core cloud platform as 'open infrastructure' push gathers pace
OpenStack Foundation executive chairman Jonathan Bryce used the opening keynote of its user summit to flesh out its open infrastructure proposition, while reinforcing its commitment to creating open source clouds
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November 12, 2018
12
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Singapore’s Redmart finds speed and agility with cloud ERP
Online grocer has slashed the time it takes to close the books from more than a week to just three days with Oracle’s cloud-based financial application
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November 12, 2018
12
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AWS CEO Andy Jassy confirms Oracle data warehouse switch-off at Amazon
Months after Oracle CTO Larry Ellison cited Amazon's use of its database tech as proof of its superiority, AWS CEO confirms its parent company is now migrating off it
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November 09, 2018
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Why commercial software providers are buying into cloud native
There is a reason why IBM has announced it will be spending $34bn to buy Red Hat, much like VMware’s acquisition of Heptio
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November 09, 2018
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How Hive balances platform stability with innovation
The smart home thermostat division of British Gas has made developers fully responsible for supporting and monitoring the code they deploy
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November 09, 2018
09
Nov'18
Nationwide Building Society banks on AWS and DevOps for customer-led digital revamp
Nationwide Building Society is in the throes of a cloud and DevOps-focused effort to re-platform its digital banking and mortgage services, its director of mobile and digital, James Smith, tells Computer Weekly
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November 08, 2018
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Australia needs better cloud and data management capabilities
Use of cloud services is soaring in Australia, but a lack of cloud management skills is holding back enterprises from reaping the full benefits of the technology
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November 08, 2018
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Google AI Hub aims to accelerate artificial intelligence project development in enterprises
Google debuts AI Hub to help enterprises get their artificial intelligence projects off the ground faster, as its bid to make the technology accessible to everyone gathers pace
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November 08, 2018
08
Nov'18
AWS cloud network architecture could put users at heightened risk of disruption, study claims
A comparison study of AWS, Google and Microsoft's network architectures reveals stark differences in how they process user traffic, ThousandEyes report shows
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November 08, 2018
08
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Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital has capacity to spare after HSCN upgrade
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is unleashing the potential of digital for health after fixing up its internet connectivity with an upgrade to the new Health and Social Care Network
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November 07, 2018
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Uber backs hybrid cloud as route to business and geographical expansion
Ride-hailing app Uber is rapidly expanding its business interests, which requires an IT infrastructure that can scale just as quickly as its ambitions, according to the company’s head of compute, Dean Nelson
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November 07, 2018
07
Nov'18
APAC enterprises, analysts weigh in on IBM-Red Hat deal
Mega-deal could accelerate adoption of open source software and extend the reach of OpenStack and OpenShift across the region
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November 06, 2018
06
Nov'18
Best of VMworld 2018 Europe User Awards: The winners
Find out who won what, including the best of show prize, at the 2018 VMworld Europe User Awards in Barcelona
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November 06, 2018
06
Nov'18
VMware readies green blockchain
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger says the power used for blockchain computation will cause an environmental crisis
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November 06, 2018
06
Nov'18
Power and space constraints could put brakes on European colocation growth boom, warn experts
Panellists at DCD>Europe discuss barriers to future growth of Europe's booming colocation market, as concerns about the availability of power and space grow larger
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November 06, 2018
06
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VMware takes layered approach to securing datacentres
From securing workloads to segmenting the network, VMware’s architecture is using AppDefence and NSX for intrinsic datacentre security
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November 02, 2018
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DevSecOps not limited to coding, says analyst
DevSecOps is seen as a way of ensuring application security, but security leaders must understand that embedding a security culture and taking the inter-dependencies of new development frameworks into account is key, says KuppingerCole
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November 02, 2018
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Best of VMworld 2018 Europe User Awards: Shortlist announced
Find out who made the shortlist for this year's Best of VMworld Europe User Awards, with the winners set to be announced at VMworld next week
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November 01, 2018
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The IBM and Red Hat mega-merger: Who stands to benefit most?
IBM is in the midst of a multi-year repositioning as it looks to offset the downturn in enterprise demand for its traditional, on-premise offerings by courting enterprise cloud buyers, prompting it to place its biggest bet yet on open source
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November 01, 2018
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International Space Station runs HPE Apollo supercomputer
The first off-the-shelf supercomputer to run in space, Apollo 40, will be used for local number crunching and artificial intelligence applications
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October 31, 2018
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AWS urges enterprises to embrace their heritage when facing down disruption from startups
At this year's AWS Transformation Day, the cloud giant's enterprise strategist, Miriam McLemore, talked about why enterprises should be looking to embrace their heritage and legacy when moving to the cloud
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October 30, 2018
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AWS retains cloud market leader status in Q3, as Microsoft and Google post gains
AWS retains its title as the world's biggest cloud provider, but the position is not going unchallenged by the likes Microsoft and Google, Synergy Research Group's third quarter market analysis shows
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October 30, 2018
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How Avanade keeps pace with Microsoft and the market
Systems integrator Avanade has had to adapt to Microsoft’s evolution into an “ecosystem platform” that includes open-source software
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October 29, 2018
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Inside PropertyGuru’s DevOps journey
The online property search firm is at ease with microservices, containers and serverless computing, even as it grapples with legacy applications that were developed earlier on in its history
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October 29, 2018
29
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IBM acquires Red Hat in $34bn hybrid cloud push
IBM and Red Hat senior leadership teams confirm imminent merger, which they claim will help accelerate migration of enterprise workloads to the hybrid cloud
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October 26, 2018
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NGA secures £22m for Bristol-Newport fibre link
Ultrafast wholesale network builder Nextgenaccess has been awarded funding from the National Digital Infrastructure Fund to improve connectivity in South Wales
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October 25, 2018
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Microsoft results show hybrid benefit to Azure growth
The software company continues to push the benefits of on-premise Windows Server infrastructure alongside Azure PaaS
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October 24, 2018
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Datacentre glitches expose data loss risks
A new study has highlighted the fragility of corporate datacentres and the very real risk of data loss
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October 22, 2018
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Retail focus is key to Alibaba’s new London datacentre
China’s e-commerce giant has been slowly expanding into Europe and is now heading for a clash of the titans against AWS and Azure