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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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July 31, 2014
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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