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September 17, 2014 17 Sep'14
Gas company builds datacentre in The Shard

London’s 87-storey skyscraper, The Shard, which is home to plush restaurants, cafes and bars, also has a datacentre
September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14
Huawei aims to become tier one smartphone supplier

Huawei is riding the BYOD wave, as it vies to turn itself into a credible competitor to Apple and Samsung in the smartphones space
September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14
Nokia and Red Hat collaborate to create open-source telco cloud

Nokia Networks and OpenStack provider Red Hat join forces so mobile broadband operators can create a telco cloud infrastructure
September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14
What’s driving OpenStack’s rise as a viable cloud alternative?

OpenStack revenue will soar from $883m in 2014 to $3.3bn in 2018. Here are five factors that are taking the open cloud mainstream

September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14
Five signs that VMware is becoming a developer platform company again

With its Docker and OpenStack love, and DevOps and mobile initiatives, is VMware under pressure to bring back developer platform capabilities?
September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14
Clarks shoes steps into digital

Shoe manufacturer Clarks is replacing its legacy e-commerce sites with a global cloud-based system next month
September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14
CIO interview: Intel's Kim Stevenson on creating insight and value

When Computer Weekly met Intel CIO Kim Stevenson last year, she extolled the benefits of business intelligence – now it is taking BI to a new level
September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14
MasterCard issues contactless payment deadline

MasterCard has given European retailers a deadline of 2020 for ensuring all POS systems are contactless payment enabled
September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14
HP buys Eucalyptus as it bets on open cloud future

HP is acquiring open source software specialist Eucalyptus that helps build private and hybrid enterprise clouds as it bets on open cloud future
September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14
Datacentre market set to undergo dramatic change says Gartner

Disruptive factors including cloud dominance, datacentre competition, market fragmentation and changing economic dynamics will dramatically reshape datacentres by 2016

September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14
The iPhone 6 and Apple Watch – will they be used in business?

Apple has announced its iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, along with capabilities such as Apple Pay, NFC and health monitoring
September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14
Virtual backup appliance pros and cons

Computer Weekly examines virtual backup appliances that run backup and restore from a virtual machine
September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14
University of Westminster uses mobile devices to share data

The University of Westminster allows students and staff to view and share academic timetables and course information using smartphones
September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14
Capgemini and VMware collaborate for enterprise mobility

Capgemini is teaming up with VMware to bundle its consulting and mobile services with VMware’s MDM capabilities
September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14
Premium wearables to push sales growth, say Juniper

Premium wearable devices will push wearable revenues to $53.2bn by the 2019 according to research firm Juniper
September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14
Intel launches Haswell-EP Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors

Intel has launched Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors (codenamed Haswell-EP) designed for the software defined infrastructure
September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14
King's College, UCL and LSE back £900,000 national datacentre project

A consortium of universities, including LSE, UCL and King's College, is backing a national datacentre for academics
September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14
EasyJet sheds 'scrum' image with hybrid IT

EasyJet’s reservation system could not provision for allocated seating, so the airline added a feature on Azure
September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14
Busting cloud myths: Four user instances where cloud computing failed

Cloud can be beneficial but only when implemented correctly. Here's why four enterprises failed in their cloud projects
September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14
Server OEMs at risk as white box providers target cloud datacentres

Server ODMs are targeting datacentres operated by IT giants such Amazon and Microsoft, threatening traditional server OEMs
September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14
Yamaha UK adopts managed private cloud for flexible IT

Yamaha Motor’s UK arm has implemented a private cloud infrastructure and integrated a managed service system
September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14
Big data and analytics drive PC server sales

Big data and analytics are driving demand for servers in Western Europe, according to the latest market share data from IDC
September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14
Why bare metal cloud is in vogue

Bare metal services have been around since 2009 but cloud is witnessing renewed interest in it thanks to new offerings
August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14
Windows Server 2003 EOL: HP seeks to cash in as IBM-Lenovo deal yet to close

As enterprises look to refresh their infrastructure, HP is playing the stability card to win deals as IBM and Dell are mired by uncertainties
August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14
Google reveals emergency relief-oriented drone project

Google has revealed that it is developing autonomous drones for the delivery of goods that could be used for disaster relief
August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14
HP launches cloud and SDDC-ready ProLiant servers

The next generation of x86 ProLiant servers are designed for the new compute era and are cloud and software-defined ready, vouches HP
August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14
Surface Pro 3: An enterprise IT review

The latest version of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet is the company's most compelling alternative to Apple. But how does it fit into corporate IT?
August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14
Server revenue grows for the first time since 2011

Server shipments grew marginally in the second quarter of 2014, the first rise in nearly three years. HP led the pack, but IBM's revenues shrank
August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14
Veg supplier freshens up data recovery times with WAN optimisation

Network congestion limited vegetable wholesaler Product World’s ability to create and move VMs until it deployed WAN optimisation
August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14
How to evolve desktop IT beyond Windows 7

CIOs need to evolve their desktop strategy after Windows 7, but migrating totally to the next Windows version may not be the best option
August 25, 2014 25 Aug'14
Progress on datacentre energy efficiency is slow, study shows

Small, medium, corporate and multi-tenant datacentres are still squandering huge amounts of energy, a report has revealed
August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14
Budgets up as virtualisation brings storage and backup headaches

Survey finds storage budgets rising and more firms getting flash, but server virtualisation is pushing capacity needs
August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14
HP targets software-defined datacentre customers with new storage products

HP launches software-oriented storage services including entry-level all-flash array and virtual storage appliance
August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14
London private equity firm shifts IT to the cloud to cut office move downtime

London-based private equity fund manager SOF Investments overcame the IT nightmares of an office move by migrating IT to the cloud
August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14
Load balancing supports Kent County Council's VDI project

Kent County Council picks Kemp Technologies load balancers to support a deployment of VMware Horizon View and Workspace across its estate
August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14
Microsoft migrates own IT to Azure as it faces datacentre closures and server EOL

Microsoft is moving the bulk of its IT to Azure cloud as two of its datacentres face closure and thousands of servers reach end of life
August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14
IBM software-defined storage chosen for molecular research

Molecular research centre DESY will use IBM software-defined storage to handle growing data load.
August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14
Nexenta adds object storage NexentaEdge and all-flash array NexentaStor

NexentaEdge software-defined storage delivers petabyte-level scale-out capability, NexentaStor gets all-flash array functionality
August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14
Digital vouchers firm picks DevOps automation to speed apps deployment

Digital vouchers provider Eagle Eye is deploying DevOps to manage the cloud infrastructure that supports its product network
August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14
Datacentres are a ‘soft target’ for environmental lobbyists, says CBRE

Lack of clear international standards for datacentres is allowing environmental groups to criticise the sector for its energy use
August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14
Steve Ballmer quits Microsoft board

Steve Ballmer has quit his post on the Microsoft board just six months after leaving the role of CEO
August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14
Brocade and Telefónica establish NFV benchmark

Networking suppliers claim test results will alleviate customer concerns around performance barriers to adoption
August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14
Half of UK IT unfamiliar with software-defined datacentres, shows study

Software-defined datacentres may be touted as the next big thing in enterprise IT, but 50% of IT pros are unclear of its benefits, study shows
August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14
Kent County Council hands six-year PSN contract to Daisy Updata

Daisy Updata Communications to manage Kent’s public services network (PSN) deployment across more than 1,300 sites
August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14
OpenStack market size will cross $1.7bn by 2016, says 451 Research

Free and open-source cloud computing platform OpenStack could reach an estimated market size of $1.7bn by 2016
August 15, 2014 15 Aug'14
Nike builds datacentre cloud and network infrastructure

Nike is creating a scalable next-generation datacentre cloud and retail network infrastructure using Juniper's MetaFabric architecture
August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14
Lenovo bucks market trend with strong PC sales

Lenovo has reported net profits of $214m for the quarter ending 30 June, up 23% compared with the same period a year ago
August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14
Gartner: Start Windows 7 migration now

CIOs must start preparing for the end of Windows 7 support now, to avoid the issue many faced when XP support ended earlier this year
August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14
Cisco cuts jobs as profits fall

Cisco is to cut 6,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, after another quarter of shrinking profits
August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14
M&S deploys Microsoft Azure cloud to run festive ad campaigns

Azure powered M&S's multi-million pound Christmas campaign Magic & Sparkle starring Helena Bonham-Carter and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14
Lloyds uses NightWatchman to cut electricity bill by £2.3m in eight months

Lloyds Banking Group has used PC power management software to make energy savings
August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14
BBC hands digital testing contract to Mindtree

Multi-million pound contract awarded under the terms of the BBC Digital Services Framework initiative
August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14
Facebook optimises software infrastructure for datacentre power efficiency

Facebook has developed a system called Autoscale to optimise its software infrastructure and make its datacentre more energy efficient
August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14
Intel unveils first 14nm processor aimed at mobile computing devices

Chipmaker's first processor based on 14nm micro-architecture will be thinner, cooler and aimed at tablet PCs
August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14
Intel watches ARM as low-powered computing thrives

As the PC market continues to decline, ARM is proving that non-x86 chips have a long and prosperous future
August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14
Chromebooks set to replace low-cost PCs

By 2017, sales of Chromebooks are set to reach 14.4 million units, according to Gartner, as PC makers target low-cost computing
August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14
European Medicines Agency signs €4.5m Serco contract for IT support

The European Medicines Agency EMA has signed a €4.5m contract with Serco for an outsourced IT helpdesk
August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14
Tablet ownership increases by 20%

Tablet ownership in the UK has increased by 20% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2014 according to industry regulator Ofcom
August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14
Wi-Fi users not concerned about hotspot security

Ofcom report uncovers a blasé attitude to wireless security among users
August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14
Interxion invests €45m in Marseille datacentre as profits climb

European cloud and colocation datacentre provider Interxion buys facilities in France to provide 5,700 square metres of space and 6MW of power
August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14
O2 launches 4G tariffs for public and third-sector bodies

O2 says new ‘No. 10’ service for public and third-sector organisations cements its commitment to customer value
August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14
Apple and Samsung drop all law suits outside US

Apple and Samsung are withdrawing all law suits against each other, apart from cases in the US
August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14
How Intel’s datacentre strategy is helping it retain market dominance

Intel’s tactic of binding together software-defined infrastructure, cloud and HPC components in its datacentre strategy could keep it ahead
August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14
Microsoft sues Samsung over Android royalty payments

While its CEO is pushing the heterogeneity agenda, Microsoft is on the attack, taking legal action against rival phone maker Samsung
August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14
Organisations at risk from lack of Apple security skills

Hal Pomeranz, technical lead at Deer Run Associates, believes there remains a major shortage of forensics investigators with Apple skills
August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14
Camden Council’s BYOD adoption soars by 240%

Camden Council has increased its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme by 240% over the last three years
August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14
Five signs that Amazon is the new Microsoft

Amazon’s business strategy is reminiscent of Microsoft's in the 1990s despite changes in market dynamics since then
August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14
Openreach CEO Joe Garner sets out broadband game plan

Joe Garner, the new CEO at Openreach, talks about his plans to make the organisation more open, visible and responsive
August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14
Microsoft must disclose data held in Dublin datacentre, rules US federal judge

US federal court rules that Microsoft must comply with warrant and hand over customer email data stored in its Dublin cloud datacentre
July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14
NHS trust cuts backups with Spectra Logic disk backup and tape

Morecambe Bay NHS trust slashes backup window from 24 hours to less than six in a move to Spectra Logic disk-based backup
July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14
Bitcoin mining firm CoinTerra signs multi-megawatt datacentre deal

CoinTerra, the firm that provides the hardware and software that power the bitcoin blockchain ecosystem, signs a multi-megawatt datacentre deal
July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14
Migration pains cause businesses to buy custom support for Windows XP OS

Although Windows XP support ended on 8 April 2014, some large businesses are still running the Microsoft operating system (OS)
July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14
Lack of coding skills may lead to skills shortage in Europe

European Commission urges people to learn coding, warning that a lack of coding skills could see Europe facing skills shortage by 2020
July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14
Amazon, Microsoft offer free access to cloud resources for climate-change research

AWS, Microsoft and IBM will award free access to supercomputing and cloud resources for climate-change research
July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14
Time to rethink x86 datacentres

A new breed of ARM64 based servers could offer datacentre managers an alternative to x86 machines. What's the catch?
July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14
Atos revenue slips but UK growth up 3.7%

Revenue of Atos dipped 1.9% in the first half of 2014 because of slowdown in IT orders in Europe, but UK growth was up
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
TfL wastes millions on telecoms, says IIPAG watchdog

Watchdog IIPAG criticises Transport for London (TfL) for its inefficient and fragmented telecoms contracts
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
Citrix SaaS revenue rises 12% while overall revenue grows 7% YoY

Citrix has reported a 7% revenue increase in its second quarter of fiscal year 2014 . But it reported double-digit revenue growth in SaaS
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
Yorkshire councils upgrade networks for Tour de France

IP telephony and Wi-Fi upgrades help North Yorkshire and Leeds City Councils meet the demands of the Tour de France
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Vince Cable welcomes £135m datacentre investment in Docklands

Telehouse, London's colo and datacentre provider, to build a mission-critical datacentre in Docklands with £135m from parent firm KDDI
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Apple’s iPhone drives record quarterly profits

Apple has reported profits of $7.75bn for the quarter ended 28 June 2014, an increase of 12% year on year
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
Infosys takes the wheel in Daimler European datacentre deal

Daimler has signed a multi-year agreement with Infosys to run its datacentre operations in Europe
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
Microsoft forges more open-source partnerships for added cloud interoperability

Microsoft has forged additional partnerships with open-source communities OpenNebula and Packer.io
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
JLT monitors user service experience with NetEvidence Highlight

Jardine Lloyd Thompson is using using NetEvidence’s Highlight SaaS monitoring tool to check datacentre service levels and ensure that users can access applications
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
VMware opens cloud datacentre in London for European IaaS customers

VMware launches its second UK datacentre to provide vCloud Hybrid Services for enterprises that want data their in Europe
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
How will Microsoft respond to Apple/IBM partnership?

IBM’s partnership with Apple changes the game for enterprise mobility. The proverbial elephant is back in the room and now Microsoft needs to react
July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14
Huawei reports 19% increase in revenue

Huawei has reported revenues of $21.9bn for the first six months of the year, up 19% compared with the same period in 2013
July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14
Visa extends reach of V.me digital wallet

Visa has announced that it will expand its V.me digital wallet into eight new regions by the end of 2014
July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14
BT’s secure link to Microsoft Azure goes live in Europe

BT’s new, secure, high-performance connectivity to Azure public cloud has gone live in Europe three months after BT teamed up with Microsoft
July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14
Microsoft ditches Android after four-month fling

Microsoft pulls the plug on its short-lived Nokia X Android devices as it prepares to make 18,000 employees redundant
July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14
IBM grows security and mobile businesses, but services decline

Following its ground-breaking alliance with Apple, IBM has reported major growth in its security and mobile businesses
July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14
Growth in cloud and IoT lend momentum to European managed datacentres

European datacentre services market will grow 16% up to 2018
July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14
Facebook carbon footprint grows but energy-efficiency metric glows

Facebook’s carbon footprint report shows energy-efficiency metric for all-important datacentres comfortably outperforms gold-standard figure and set to get better
July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14
Shropshire primary school claims first all-802.11ac Wi-Fi network

Windmill Primary School in Telford is the site of the first 802.11ac Wi-Fi network in a UK primary school as it prepares for a major mobile device deployment
July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14
CIPD ditches 20-a-day tape habit for Exagrid data deduplication

HR professionals organisation the CIPD replaces tape backup with disk-based data deduplication backup hardware from Exagrid
July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14
Microsoft and Cisco work together on cloud and datacentre

Cisco has entered a three-year sales collaboration with Microsoft to deliver enterprise cloud and datacentre services
July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14
Why Rackspace is betting on managed cloud amid doubts over future

Rackspace has relaunched its public cloud services as managed cloud to differentiate its costly services from cloud heavyweights. Will the move help?
July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14
Red Hat adds erasure coding in Inktank Ceph Enterprise v1.2

Red Hat adds erasure coding aimed at backup and archive use cases to Inktank Ceph Enterprise version 1.2
July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14
iPhones not a security threat to China, says Apple

Apple has denied allegations that location-tracking iPhone features pose a threat to China’s national security
July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14
The SDN state of play: first steps for the enterprise

Software-defined networking experts say telcos will be first to push SDN ahead of enterprises and suggest how CIOs can prepare