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January 12, 2023
12
Jan'23
AWS opens first Australian Local Zone in Perth
AWS’s first Local Zone in Australia will bring low-latency performance to companies such as Woodside Energy and Nearmaps
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January 12, 2023
12
Jan'23
Companies put commercial gain ahead of sustainability, says Software AG research
The vast majority of a surveyed tranche of UK and other western companies are prioritising commercial goals over sustainability, according to research from Software AG
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January 09, 2023
09
Jan'23
How to identify a strategic technology platform
A strategic platform has to be broad enough to support a range of business functions while being open, extensible and modular at the same time, according to Forrester
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January 05, 2023
05
Jan'23
How cloud technology is supporting space missions
Cloud-based machine learning and other services are finding their way into space to analyse satellite imagery and monitor space debris, among other space applications
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January 05, 2023
05
Jan'23
Cyber gang abused free trials to exploit public cloud CPU resources
A South Africa-based cyber crime gang exploited free trials and introductory offers to run cryptominers via public cloud services, then did a runner without paying
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January 05, 2023
05
Jan'23
Executive interview: Rajesh Naidu, Expedia
We speak to Expedia’s head of IT architecture about what a modern, scalable architecture for the cloud should look like
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January 04, 2023
04
Jan'23
How Tencent Cloud is cracking ASEAN’s cloud market
The Chinese cloud supplier is playing to its strengths in platform services, media streaming and communications to grow its business in Southeast Asia
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January 03, 2023
03
Jan'23
Batam datacentre to capture spillover demand from Singapore
NeutraDC’s new datacentre facility in Batam will enable it to meet the spillover demand for datacentre services from neighbouring markets
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December 27, 2022
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Dec'22
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2022
Despite the challenges over the past year, ASEAN businesses have taken things in stride as they press on with digital transformation, whether it is empowering citizen developers or building cloud-native applications
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December 21, 2022
21
Dec'22
Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2022
We recap the top 10 stories in Australia and New Zealand, including the opportunities and challenges that organisations in the region have faced over the past year
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December 21, 2022
21
Dec'22
Top 10 cloud stories of 2022
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2021
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December 20, 2022
20
Dec'22
Digital Economy Council: UK tech sector number one in Europe
Despite the tumultuous economic landscape, the UK has maintained its spot as having the number one tech sector in Europe, with its impressive investment figures
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December 20, 2022
20
Dec'22
Top 10 emerging storage trends stories of 2022
There’s a seismic shift to the cloud. In its wake, object storage, unstructured data, analytics, unified file and object, and consumption models of procurement have all been boosted
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December 19, 2022
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Dec'22
GitHub CEO: Artificial intelligence will not replace developers
Artificial intelligence will enable developers to learn at their own pace and become more productive rather than take over their jobs, says GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke
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December 19, 2022
19
Dec'22
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2022
The energy crisis has wreaked havoc on the UK datacentre market in various ways this year, with supply and pricing issues blighting operators and their business interests
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December 19, 2022
19
Dec'22
Top 10 end-user computing stories of 2022
We look at the main trends driving desktop computing and end-user computing this year
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December 16, 2022
16
Dec'22
CIO interview: Steve Capper, CIO, SNC-Lavalin
Engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin has consolidated its global datacentre estate and implemented private cloud to support the unique demands of its business
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December 14, 2022
14
Dec'22
CIO interview: Andy Pocock, IT director, TrustFord
The vehicle dealership group has been through a complete digital transformation that embraces cloud, mobile working and automation
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December 14, 2022
14
Dec'22
How India is moving towards net zero
Home-grown companies and multinational firms are doubling down on sustainability efforts, but more needs to be done to improve datacentre efficiency and avoid greenwashing
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December 07, 2022
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Dec'22
Survey: Most want green IT but many won’t get it soon
IT – and storage in particular – consume huge amounts of energy but sustainability targets are proving to be elusive, according to a survey commissioned by Pure Storage
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December 05, 2022
05
Dec'22
How HashiCorp is driving cloud provisioning and management
HashiCorp CEO Dave McJannet talks up how the company is supporting cloud provisioning in a hybrid environment and its investments in Asia-Pacific to capitalise on the region’s growth potential
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December 05, 2022
05
Dec'22
Cohesity doubles down on cyber-defence failings via backup
Datahawk service and Data Security Alliance bring clean data restores, ransomware artefact detection, data vaulting and data audit for a clearer understanding of attack impact
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December 01, 2022
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Dec'22
Italy’s biggest datacentre campus to enjoy €500m growth spurt
Aruba SpA raises funding to help realise ambitions to further grow mega-datacentre campus in Italy
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December 01, 2022
01
Dec'22
Google Cloud lands five-year deal with DIY specialist retailer Kingfisher
The owner of the B&Q and Screwfix brands has enlisted the help of Google Cloud to overhaul its digital proposition for customers
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November 30, 2022
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Nov'22
HPE’s earnings reveal a shift back to less pricey servers
HPE has been focused on higher-end servers due to supply chain issues, but as these ease and memory costs fall, it is set to readjust pricing
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November 30, 2022
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Nov'22
AWS CEO urges enterprises to do more in the cloud in the face of economic uncertainty
AWS CEO Adam Selipsky says enterprises should be looking to do more, not less, in the cloud during times of economic uncertainty
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November 30, 2022
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Nov'22
AWS commits to becoming the ‘cleanest’ cloud to run enterprise workloads
AWS CEO Adam Selipsky used the opening keynote at this year’s Re:Invent partner and customer conference in Las Vegas to outline the company’s commitment to becoming the greenest place for enterprises to run their IT and applications
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November 29, 2022
29
Nov'22
MoD signs three-year deal with AWS to bolster defence sector’s digital skills
UK Ministry of Defence is joining forces with Amazon Web Services to boost the defence sector’s cloud capabilities
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November 29, 2022
29
Nov'22
AWS doubles down on data management
Cloud giant Amazon Web Services declares a bold vision to eliminate the need to extract, transform and load data alongside other efforts to address business problems in domains like cyber security and logistics
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November 28, 2022
28
Nov'22
AWS eyes mission-critical workloads in ASEAN
Cloud giant AWS is eyeing more business from mission-critical workloads and the financial services industry in Southeast Asia as it readies itself for the next phase of growth
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November 28, 2022
28
Nov'22
AWS pledges to become a water-positive entity by 2030
Amazon Web Services has marked the first day of its Re:Invent partner and customer conference by going public with its pledge to become a water-positive entity
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November 24, 2022
24
Nov'22
Google signs wind power purchase agreement in pursuit of UK carbon-free energy pledge
Google claims power purchase agreement with French utility firm will bring it a step closer to being able to power its entire UK operations with carbon-free energy by 2030
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November 24, 2022
24
Nov'22
Equinix makes added £179m investment in UK digital infrastructure
Global digital infrastructure company announces cash injection in support of increasing customer demand in the UK
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November 23, 2022
23
Nov'22
Oracle’s Steve Miranda on the value of turning inside out
In a Q&A with Computer Weekly at Oracle Open World, applications head Steve Miranda discussed the supplier’s opening out and its intensification of an industry cloud approach, signally with healthcare
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November 23, 2022
23
Nov'22
UK tech sector given four-point plan to cut carbon emissions by more than 80 million tonnes
According to a report by Tech Nation, leasing renewably powered office space, switching to plant-based food when catering events and curbing business travel would significantly bring down the UK tech sector’s carbon emissions
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November 23, 2022
23
Nov'22
Hidden energy cost of on-premise data stores
Data is said to be the new oil, but organisations may be storing far more than they need – and now there is an energy crisis
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November 22, 2022
22
Nov'22
Pure aims at near bare metal I/O with Portworx PX-Fast
PX-Fast is driven by customer need for scale and high performance in containerised environments and sees reworking of Portworx data architecture to slash storage access time
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November 21, 2022
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Nov'22
Genome lab puts Vast Data’s rapid I/O to work on patient data
French government-backed SeqOIA ditched its Lustre-based storage after it reached performance limits and files got corrupted. That got fixed by a Vast Data QLC flash-based array
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November 17, 2022
17
Nov'22
Scality Ring 9 brings Storage Accelerator enhanced flash tiers
Scality upgrade to Ring 9 of its object (and file) storage software sees enhancements to tiering, the introduction of Prometheus-based monitoring and hooks into VMware vCloud Director
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November 17, 2022
17
Nov'22
Microsoft CEO outlines ‘digital imperatives’
Organisations that want to do more with less will have to think deeply about digital imperatives such as the shift to cloud and artificial intelligence, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
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November 14, 2022
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Nov'22
G-Cloud 13 launch hits shaky start as suppliers complain about missing framework functionality
After the start date was pushed back two months, the roll-out of the G-Cloud 13 procurement framework has been beset with a technical glitch that prevents non-buyers from seeing the services on offer
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November 11, 2022
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Nov'22
Lenovo bolsters services play with PCCW Solutions
Lenovo’s acquisition of PCCW Solutions brings sought-after capabilities in hybrid cloud and application modernisation as it expands its services footprint in Asia
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November 08, 2022
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Nov'22
VMware CEO tells enterprises to become 'cloud-smart' to speed up pace of digital transformation
During the opening keynote of the VMware Explore Europe conference, the firm’s CEO shared his observations on how enterprise attitudes to cloud migrations are changing as IT leaders look to pick up the pace of their digital transformation projects
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November 08, 2022
08
Nov'22
Renault confirms Google as preferred cloud partner
French motor manufacturer is extending the reach of its long-standing technology collaboration with Google by naming the firm as its preferred cloud partner
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November 07, 2022
07
Nov'22
Gartner Symposium: Welcome to the age of force multipliers
Tech has always been asked to do more with less. Gartner says that if applied correctly, smart IT decisions offer multiple benefits simultaneously
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November 04, 2022
04
Nov'22
Crown Hosting Data Centres secures £250m government colocation deal
Cabinet Office joint venture with Ark Data Centres secures a second term providing colocation services to the government
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November 03, 2022
03
Nov'22
Microsoft pledges $100m in new IT support for Ukraine
Microsoft will continue to offer free-of-charge technology support to Ukraine for the foreseeable future
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November 03, 2022
03
Nov'22
Why technology change is slow at larger firms
Firms that commit to a single cloud provider and a lack of investment in improving developer productivity can drive up costs and slow down the pace of change, technology leaders say
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November 02, 2022
02
Nov'22
Microsoft claims summer heatwave led to no excess water use by its datacentres
Software giant stokes scandal with befuddling statements about water use, despite eco-transparency pledge
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November 02, 2022
02
Nov'22
OpenSSL vulnerabilities ‘not as bad as feared’
As previously trailed, OpenSSL patched two buffer overflow vulnerabilities, neither of them as impactful as had been feared