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Data centre
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June 06, 2018
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Jun'18
Digital Catapult partners with Cray to give AI startups supercomputing power
Innovation centre says partnership will bring down some of the barriers to entry that startups often face in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning
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June 06, 2018
06
Jun'18
After GitHub acquisition, Microsoft will need to up its game in the enterprise
Microsoft’s $7.6bn acquisition of GitHub propels the company that is loved and hated for Windows to the very heart of open source. Can it be trusted?
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June 06, 2018
06
Jun'18
Skills gaps slow business cloud adoption, research shows
Public cloud provider Skytap highlights the toll skills gaps take on cloud migrations
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June 05, 2018
05
Jun'18
Nexsan adds Assureon Cloud Transfer for hybrid cloud archiving
Nexsan archiving appliances add hybrid cloud capability to AWS and Azure cloud for unstructured data, targeting users that want to retain files on-site with cloud access
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June 05, 2018
05
Jun'18
Complex pricing hinders enterprise assessment of AWS, Google and Microsoft cloud IoT hubs
451 Research claims the complex IoT pricing models favoured by the hyperscale cloud giants are making life difficult for enterprise IT departments
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June 04, 2018
04
Jun'18
Visa blames hardware failure for UK-wide card payment system outage
Credit card payment processor moves to assure customers that last Friday afternoon’s downtime was not the work of hackers
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May 31, 2018
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May'18
Retail sector flagged as slow to adopt cloud technologies in Bitglass research
The fourth annual Bitglass cloud adoption survey reveals enterprise appetite for off-premise technologies is continuing to rise, but some industries are moving more slowly than others
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May 30, 2018
30
May'18
AWS to bolster cloud skills development in Singapore
The training arm of Singapore’s labour movement is rolling out training courses in cooperation with Amazon Web Services to improve cloud computing literacy among SMEs
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May 30, 2018
30
May'18
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research uses open source clouds to aid cancer research
OICR explains why it is backing open source software and commodity hardware to help accelerate the pace of cancer research across the globe
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May 29, 2018
29
May'18
Save the Children International uses Microsoft Azure to bolster cross-border charity work
Graham Kent, director of IT shared services at Save the Children International, talks about using Microsoft Azure to boost cross-border collaboration between the charity’s member organisations and present a more united front to the world
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May 27, 2018
27
May'18
Dedicated HPC infrastructure still rules, says Huawei
A Huawei executive makes the case for dedicated high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, despite the growth of public cloud services that have democratised access to HPC and AI capabilities
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May 25, 2018
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May'18
Canonical founder calls out OpenStack suppliers for ‘lack of focus’ on datacentre cost savings
Mark Shuttleworth says the OpenStack community needs to open up about the economics of using the open source cloud platform to avoid turning users off
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May 24, 2018
24
May'18
From open clouds to open infrastructure: OpenStack's evolution continues
OpenStack is embarking on a push to position itself as a lot more than just an open source cloud software provider, with forays into containers and continuous integration tools, as enterprises continue to demand their infrastructure do more
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May 24, 2018
24
May'18
England and Wales Cricket Board to improve players’ medical data
Cricketers’ medical images will be stored securely in an independent clinical archive, enabling clinicians to access medical data and make treatment decisions more quickly
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May 24, 2018
24
May'18
How AWS keeps its rivals at bay
A relentless focus on building for customers and inking partnerships with enterprise software bigwigs while lowering prices has given AWS a leg-up over rivals in the ANZ market
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May 23, 2018
23
May'18
Compliance in the cloud: Avoiding the cloud compliance trap
When you hand over data to a cloud provider, you don’t hand over responsibility for legal and regulatory compliance. Beware of falling into a cloud compliance trap
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May 22, 2018
22
May'18
CIO interview: Cathal Corcoran, Gatwick Airport
Computer Weekly speaks to Gatwick Airport’s CIO about a major network upgrade, which will support future expansion and boost its IT services
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May 22, 2018
22
May'18
Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth takes aim at VMware and Red Hat at OpenStack Summit
Closing out the first day keynote at the OpenStack Summit in Vancouver, Canonical co-founder Mark Shuttleworth hit out at the firm's "more costly" competitors
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May 22, 2018
22
May'18
Thailand’s Ascend Money finds agility with OpenShift
Besides implementing Red Hat’s OpenShift application platform, Ascend Money adopted an open source governance model to keep IT teams aligned with business goals
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May 18, 2018
18
May'18
Executive interview: Abby Kearns, Cloud Foundry Foundation
Computer Weekly speaks to Abby Kearns, executive director of the Cloud Foundry Foundation about how open source is a key ingredient of digital transformation
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May 17, 2018
17
May'18
DWP IT engineering is ‘dysfunctional’ and lacks ‘ability to deliver’, claims report
Internal report produced for DWP CTO details challenges faced by department in moving to more agile ways of working
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May 17, 2018
17
May'18
Blockchain technology lacks enough use cases to be disruptive, says Worldpay
Worldpay's Jason Scott-Taggart says although the company is looking at blockchain, there are too few strong use cases for the technology at present
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May 17, 2018
17
May'18
Interxion expands colocation footprint in Marseille with second datacentre opening
Carrier-neutral colocation provider Interxion has opened the first phase of its second datacentre in Marseille, as the demand for lower-latency cloud connections to Africa and beyond grows
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May 16, 2018
16
May'18
Morgan Stanley uses Amazon Alexa to inform customers
US investment bank Morgan Stanley is giving customers important information about the market via Amazon's voice assistant
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May 16, 2018
16
May'18
Google opens third availability zone in Singapore
The latest Google Cloud Platform availability zone in Singapore follows recent efforts by rivals to extend their lead in the region
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May 15, 2018
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May'18
Oracle claims positive traction for autonomous database in ASEAN
Oracle’s newly minted autonomous database could leave database administrators unemployed, but that has not stopped a Thai payment services provider from jumping onto the bandwagon
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May 14, 2018
14
May'18
Inside the rise of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres
A blended strategy of building and acquiring datacentres, as well as forming local partnerships, has contributed to the rapid rise of one of the fastest-growing datacentre providers in Asia
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May 11, 2018
11
May'18
ServiceNow: Enterprises must rethink workplace communication as Generation Z enter workforce
Enterprises may find their tried and tested methods of communication fail to live up to expectations of digitally-savvy Generation Z members, warns ServiceNow
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May 11, 2018
11
May'18
Emerson ordered to pay UK-based BladeRoom $30m in damages over datacentre IP theft
Energy giant Emerson told to compensate UK-based modular datacentre tech maker after US court rules that it stole trade secrets
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May 11, 2018
11
May'18
NHS Business Services Authority trials AWS chatbot tech to field customer calls in contact centre
Darren Curry, chief digital officer of the NHS Business Services Authority, shares details of how trialling the use of cloud-based chatbots in its contact centres has boosted staff morale and efficiency
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May 10, 2018
10
May'18
Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels hails ‘egalitarian’ impact of cloud on enterprise IT
Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels claims that the “egalitarian” impact of cloud on IT means enterprises now need to find a new point of competitive difference
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May 10, 2018
10
May'18
Apple pulls plug on €850m Irish datacentre project after three-year planning delay
Apple has confirmed it is abandoning its bid to build a datacentre on the west coast of Ireland, blaming three years of legal challenges and planning appeals that have blighted the project
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May 10, 2018
10
May'18
Ryanair takes full flight in the AWS public cloud
Low-cost airline Ryanair is on course to go all-in on the Amazon Web Services public cloud, as part of its push to boost the agility and cost effectiveness of its operations
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May 09, 2018
09
May'18
Nutanix builds hooks to SDN and cloud with Flow, Era and Beam
Hyper-converged pioneer builds in functionality from acquisitions with Flow software-defined networking, Beam cloud monitoring and Era database provisioning and data protection
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May 08, 2018
08
May'18
Red Hat teams up with Microsoft in hybrid cloud, container push
Building on a strategic alliance first announced in 2015, the two software companies are working together on Red Hat OpenShift on Azure to reduce the complexity of managing containers in a hybrid cloud environment
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May 04, 2018
04
May'18
Twitter plots Hadoop cluster migration to Google Cloud Platform
Social media giant plans to offload some of its Hadoop clusters to the Google Cloud Platform to boost the resiliency of its infrastructure
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May 04, 2018
04
May'18
Businesses not ready for network implications of cloud native architecture
Composable applications can be built from connecting microservices that run in their own containers. This cloud-first approach requires a new approach to networking
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May 04, 2018
04
May'18
GDPR prompts data migration U-turn from public cloud to corporate datacentres, finds Forrester
Forrester Research’s latest public cloud adoption report shines a light on how enterprise attitudes to using corporate datacentres are changing as the GDPR deadline approaches
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May 02, 2018
02
May'18
Colt DCS pledges support for PwC-led push to boost number of women in tech
Carrier neutral datacentre provider, Colt DCS, is joining a number of other organisations in supporting PwC's push to make the tech sector a more diverse and inclusive place
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May 02, 2018
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May'18
Enterprise readiness for multi-cloud adoption is low across Europe, suggests IDC research
IDC suggests multi-cloud adoption will become the norm across European enterprises, but there is much work to be done before this becomes a reality
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May 02, 2018
02
May'18
GDPR is key to driving other transformational strategies in business
With GDPR compliance in place, there are several technologies organisations can use to transform their data analytics
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May 02, 2018
02
May'18
Workday to continue investing heavily in APAC
Cloud applications supplier has increased its investments in the region by more than 50% in the past year, and is looking to maintain its double-digit growth in international markets
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April 30, 2018
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Apr'18
Australia government earmarks A$70m to refresh supercomputers
The investment will fund replacements for two supercomputers at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in an effort to bolster Australia’s research capabilities
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April 27, 2018
27
Apr'18
AWS vs Microsoft vs Google: Weighing up the financial results of the big cloud three
Amazon, Google and Microsoft have all posted favourable financial results this week, as enterprise appetites for cloud services show no signs of slowing, but what does this mean for suppliers outside of the big three?
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April 27, 2018
27
Apr'18
GDPR: Put your data in Azure cloud, says Microsoft chief
Tech giant reports strong growth in its cloud business in third-quarter 2018 fiscal results
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April 27, 2018
27
Apr'18
ScottishPower opens up about its two-year datacentre downsizing and migration project
The team behind ScottishPower’s recent two-year push to downsize and migrate its primary datacentre describe the project’s challenges and successes
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
Malaysia’s Supahands finds agility with the cloud
Regional workforce crowdsourcing startup relies on the cloud to keep its infrastructure agile enough to scale up and down, according to customer demand
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April 25, 2018
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Apr'18
Google claims it is GDPR ready
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, says that since its advertising business relies on keyword searches, the impact of GDPR is limited
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April 25, 2018
25
Apr'18
Interview: Amazon Web Services Sweden
Eric Morales leads the AWS business development team for startups and gaming companies in the Nordics. Computer Weekly caught up with him at AWS’s Nordic headquarters in Stockholm
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April 24, 2018
24
Apr'18
Google hails positive economic impact of US datacentre growth
Google claims the expansion of its datacentre portfolio in recent years has generated thousands of jobs and seen it contribute billions of dollars to the US economy