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Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
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January 15, 2021
15
Jan'21
European IT providers struggle to capitalise on continent-wide growth in cloud demand
Latest tech market tracking data shows demand for cloud services is rising across the continent, but local IT providers are continuing to lose share to US giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google
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January 14, 2021
14
Jan'21
AWS urges US court to throw out Parler breach of contract lawsuit
Amazon Web Services has responded to news of Parler’s attempt to sue it for breach of contract by filing a lawsuit detailing allegations of the various threats it claims forced it to pull the plug on the stricken social media site
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January 14, 2021
14
Jan'21
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to step down and take over as Intel chief
Pat Gelsinger is calling time on his tenure as CEO at VMware to return to take over the leadership reins at ex-employer Intel
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January 13, 2021
13
Jan'21
Cut off from the cloud: How free speech-touting Parler became a tech industry pariah
Now Amazon, Google and Apple have all cut ties with controversial, free speech-championing social networking site Parler, claims made by its CEO that it will bounce back are starting to ring hollow
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January 12, 2021
12
Jan'21
Parler sues AWS for anti-trust and breach of contract after Amazon public cloud ban takes it offline
Stricken free speech-championing social media app suggests Amazon’s actions were motivated by a desire to ‘reduce competition’ in the microblogging social media market
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January 11, 2021
11
Jan'21
AWS, Apple and Google bans prompt pro-Trump Parler app to fall offline
Free speech-championing social media site Parler has gone dark for violating Amazon, Apple and Google's terms of service, in light of reports of the platform's involvement in co-ordinating the attack on Capitol Hill
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January 08, 2021
08
Jan'21
AstraZeneca combines public cloud with NetApp to aid Covid-19 vaccine development and roll-out
AstraZeneca’s global infrastructure services director Scott Hunter lifts the lid on the cloud and datacentre setup underpinning its efforts to bring its co-developed Covid-19 vaccine to the masses
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January 05, 2021
05
Jan'21
Ex-UKFast CEO Lawrence Jones charged with rape, Greater Manchester Police confirms
Former boss of UKFast has been charged with one count of rape and four counts of sexual assault, and will face magistrates later this month
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January 05, 2021
05
Jan'21
SKT and AWS debut 5G edge cloud service
SK Telecom’s multi-access edge computing service will let enterprises build low latency applications that make use of AWS cloud services
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January 03, 2021
03
Jan'21
Covid-19’s impact on the retail supply chain
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the ability of retailers to mitigate supply chain imbalances
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December 30, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020
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December 29, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 cloud stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2020
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December 24, 2020
24
Dec'20
Top 10 Downtime Upload podcasts of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Downtime Upload podcasts of 2020
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December 23, 2020
23
Dec'20
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020
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December 23, 2020
23
Dec'20
Top 10 cloud storage stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud storage stories of 2020
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December 20, 2020
20
Dec'20
THKD taps SAP and Azure to improve patient experience
Malaysian healthcare group THKD is deploying new SAP systems and plans to tap Azure’s cloud infrastructure to enhance patient experience
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
NHS Scotland taps Check Point to secure Covid-19 data
NHS National Services Scotland is working with security firm Check Point to safeguard its sensitive data in the cloud and support its work on the coronavirus
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December 14, 2020
14
Dec'20
CIO interview: Why IATA is banking on cloud to help the airline industry weather the Covid-19 crisis
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the International Air Transport Association to re-evaluate its IT investment priorities as the aviation industry shifts its focus away from business growth to business survival
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December 14, 2020
14
Dec'20
Google services outage: Gmail, YouTube and Docs temporarily down
Google’s services suffered unexpected downtime on 14 December 2020. Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive, the Android Play Store and its maps service all affected
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December 14, 2020
14
Dec'20
Post-pandemic: Looking at the long-term legacy of Covid-19 on enterprise cloud adoption rates
The onset of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 is known to have had a big impact on the pace and scale of enterprise cloud adoption this year, but will the effect be temporary or permanent?
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December 11, 2020
11
Dec'20
Agility key to pandemic recovery, say APAC CFOs
Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific region call for financial transformation to bring about the agility that their organisations need to tide over the pandemic
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December 10, 2020
10
Dec'20
Amazon goes public with record-breaking renewable energy generation plans
Online retail giant Amazon has followed up earlier pledges to do more as a global organisation to tackle climate change by going public with plans to add a further 26 solar and wind farms to its portfolio
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December 10, 2020
10
Dec'20
Arm to downsize global datacentre footprint through AWS cloud collaboration
British semi-conductor maker Arm has committed to shrinking the size of its global datacentre estate by 45%, and plans to do so by moving some of its core chip design workloads to the AWS cloud
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December 10, 2020
10
Dec'20
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust embarks on Cisco and Cohesity-based datacentre revamp
NHS Foundation Trust opens up about the work its done to streamline and centralise its server estate with the help of Cisco's hyperconverged technologies
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December 10, 2020
10
Dec'20
AWS eyes mainframe workloads
Amazon Web Services is doubling down on efforts to help its partners address the growing demand for capabilities to migrate mainframe workloads to the cloud
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
Global media brand ViacomCBS makes AWS preferred cloud partner
Amazon Web Services is continuing to build its customer base in the media and entertainment sector, with ViacomCBS declaring the firm to be its preferred cloud provider partner
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December 09, 2020
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Dec'20
Thomson Reuters completes large-scale migration of mission-critical workloads to the AWS cloud
Thomson Reuters confirms completion of large-scale AWS migration, and outlines the work it is doing to ramp up its use of machine learning within its organisation
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
HPE offers on-demand high-performance computing managed service via GreenLake
HPE claims its preconfigured HPC service can speed up the deployment of high-performance computing projects and reduce capital expenditure
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
There’s no going back to pre-pandemic security approaches
The cyber security world will probably never return to its pre-pandemic state, and different approaches to security will come to the fore in 2021
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2021
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be a cradle for technology innovation in the new year, whether it is 5G services, artificial intelligence, cloud computing or cyber security
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December 08, 2020
08
Dec'20
BMW Group embarks on data-driven supply chain revamp with AWS
BMW Group is forging even closer ties with AWS by enlisting its help to refine its supply chain and manufacturing processes, as well as train up its staff in cloud technologies
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December 08, 2020
08
Dec'20
The National Institute for Health Research on connecting through cloud to fight Covid-19
As the research arm for the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research has played a key role in coordinating efforts to find treatments, diagnostics and vaccines for Covid-19 during the pandemic, with the help of Google Cloud
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December 08, 2020
08
Dec'20
AWS to open Melbourne cloud region in 2022
Amazon Web Services’ second Australian cloud region is part of its growing infrastructure investments in the maturing cloud market
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December 07, 2020
07
Dec'20
Media giant MGM signs multi-year deal with AWS to revamp its supply chain processes
AWS lands multi-year cloud deal with US media giant MGM that will see it assist the firm with revamping its supply chain and content distribution processes
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December 02, 2020
02
Dec'20
How IoT keeps water flowing in rural communities
Non-profit organisation Charity: water has built an internet-of-things device packed with sensors to keep wells in remote parts of Africa and Asia flowing with clean water
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December 02, 2020
02
Dec'20
Re:Invent 2020: AWS CEO Andy Jassy on redefining hybrid cloud
Amazon Web Services’ Re:Invent user conference has moved online this year, with the firm’s CEO using the opening keynote to explain how AWS’s take on hybrid cloud has changed over time
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December 01, 2020
01
Dec'20
Aviation startup goes ‘all-in’ on AWS to make its supersonic jet plans take flight
Boom Supersonic has set its signs on making commercial supersonic air travel a reality for passengers again, and is leaning on Amazon Web Services to support its efforts
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December 01, 2020
01
Dec'20
Work in progress: Gaia-X project sets out path to create cross-continent data infrastructure
The Gaia-X project's annual summit gave attendees a sneak peek at how its efforts to create an open, cross-continent, next-generation data infrastructure are progressing
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December 01, 2020
01
Dec'20
Zoom signs multi-year preferred cloud provider deal with AWS
Video-conferencing platform provider Zoom is forging even closer ties with long-standing cloud partner Amazon Web Services, prompting questions about where this leaves its technology tie-up with Oracle
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December 01, 2020
01
Dec'20
What it takes for APAC firms to ride out the pandemic
Whether businesses will recover from the Covid-19 pandemic will depend on how they leverage technology to innovate, create new business models and build digital trust
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November 30, 2020
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Nov'20
IT Priorities: APAC enterprises readying recovery budget
Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are investing in cloud and other key technologies to not only survive but thrive in the post-pandemic world
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November 26, 2020
26
Nov'20
AWS outage: Downtime incident blights users of one of Amazon’s major US datacentre regions
Public cloud giant suffers prolonged service outage due to fault originating in one of its major US datacentre regions
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November 24, 2020
24
Nov'20
Orange Business Services strikes global partnership with AWS to accelerate enterprise cloud take-up
Orange Business Services has followed up its earlier partnerships with Microsoft and Google by signing a similar deal with Amazon Web Services, geared towards supporting its clients’ public cloud migration plans
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November 23, 2020
23
Nov'20
Inside Huawei’s APAC cloud strategy
The Chinese technology giant is counting on its strengths in hardware infrastructure and focus on research and development to make a mark in Asia Pacific’s public cloud market
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November 20, 2020
20
Nov'20
Claritas taps AI to enhance medical images
A Singapore startup has developed a cloud-based medical imaging platform to enhance the quality and accessibility of radiology images for doctors and patients
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November 19, 2020
19
Nov'20
Gaia-X: Inside the bid to create an open, next-gen data infrastructure for European enterprises
The Gaia-X project is billed as a push to create an open, cross-continent, next-generation data infrastructure “by Europe and for Europe”, but why is it needed?
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November 19, 2020
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Nov'20
Why databases are key to Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales
With each order split into multiple database transactions, ensuring the scalability and elasticity of database systems was key to the success of Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales
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November 18, 2020
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Nov'20
Nokia Software embarks on ‘carbon negative’ datacentre revamp push with HPE Greenlake
Global telecoms giant Nokia Software opens up about the work it is doing to improve the environmental friendliness of the R&D datacentres underpinning its 5G innovation
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November 18, 2020
18
Nov'20
ZSL uses Google Cloud and machine learning to protect endangered species from poachers
The Zoological Society of London opens up about the work it has done with the Google Cloud team to protect endangered species from poachers
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November 17, 2020
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Nov'20
Covid-19: Pandemic-induced surge in public cloud spend predicted to run until 2024
Gartner’s latest worldwide public cloud market spend forecast suggests the acceleration in off-premise adoption seen since the start of the pandemic is set to last for a long time yet
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November 16, 2020
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Nov'20
Atos debuts OneCloud initiative to help accelerate enterprise migrations to sustainable cloud setups
French IT services company Atos launches ‘one-stop shop’ service for enterprises that want to speed up their cloud migrations in a sustainable way
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November 12, 2020
12
Nov'20
IT Priorities 2020: Budgets rejigged to support 2021 recovery
IT has been essential in helping organisations remain operational. IT chiefs are now considering the IT to drive a sustained business recovery
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November 11, 2020
11
Nov'20
Standard Chartered embarks on five-year personalised banking push with AWS
Financial services giant is forging even deeper ties with AWS as part of its push to roll out more personalised banking experiences to customers in 60 countries
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November 11, 2020
11
Nov'20
What businesses can learn from GovTech’s digital strategy
Modernising its infrastructure and putting digital at its core has given Singapore’s Government Technology Agency the agility it needs to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic
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November 11, 2020
11
Nov'20
Gartner: IT spending to focus on fast time to value
There are no surprises in Gartner’s latest forecast. IT budgets are being spent on supporting remote workers, but CIOs have new metrics
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November 11, 2020
11
Nov'20
Microsoft consumer cloud outage blights Outlook.com and OneDrive users
Users of several of Microsoft's core consumer cloud services left struggling to log in, with software giant remaining tight-lipped for now over the cause of the issues
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November 10, 2020
10
Nov'20
Gartner: Composability will make business more resilient and agile
CIOs have stepped up to the challenge of supporting their organisations during the global coronavirus crisis. Now they are set to do more – with less
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November 10, 2020
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Nov'20
Google and OVHcloud to bring co-built cloud services to European enterprises
Google and OVHcloud are embarking on a technology tie-up that will see the two firms bring a hosted private cloud service to market in Europe
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November 10, 2020
10
Nov'20
Equinix to open third datacentre in Perth
Datacentre service provider Equinix will open its third facility in Perth to meet the growing demand for digital infrastructure between Australia and Asia
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November 09, 2020
09
Nov'20
IT Priorities 2020: Covid-19 accelerates cloud investments by UK IT leaders
The updated 2020 IT Priorities Survey from Computer Weekly and TechTarget shines a light on how the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has reshaped IT leaders’ technology investment plans
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November 09, 2020
09
Nov'20
AWS expands footprint in India with Hyderabad region
Amazon Web Services is investing $2.8bn in a second cloud region in one of the fastest growing public cloud markets in the Asia-Pacific region
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November 05, 2020
05
Nov'20
Multi-year migration of BBC Online to the cloud 'nearing completion', broadcaster confirms
The BBC's head of architecture within its Design and Engineering team lifts the lid on the work the broadcaster has done to migrate its BBC Online infrastructure assets to the cloud
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November 05, 2020
05
Nov'20
BBVA creates market information infrastructure on AWS cloud
Spanish bank BBVA is using Amazon Web Services to give its traders better access to market data following a project which also involved data provider Bloomberg
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November 03, 2020
03
Nov'20
OVHcloud doubles down on sustainability with carbon reduction pledges
OVHcloud emerges as the latest cloud provider to reinforce its commitment to ensuring the growth of its business does not come at the expense of the environment
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November 03, 2020
03
Nov'20
AWS signs three-year UK government cloud deal to help SMEs win more public sector business
Public cloud giant becomes latest provider to sign MoU with UK government focused on delivering cost savings to public sector cloud buyers, while seeking to support them with skilling up on off-premise technologies
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November 01, 2020
01
Nov'20
How Snowflake is charting its growth in APAC
The cloud data warehouse supplier set foot in Asia-Pacific just three years ago and has started to gain traction among large enterprises in Singapore, India and Southeast Asia
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October 30, 2020
30
Oct'20
CISOs more confident in identity practice after pandemic shock
Identity practice and management has become a critical element of cyber security strategies to support remote workers
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October 30, 2020
30
Oct'20
Google third-quarter results highlight public cloud goals
Google is the third player in the public cloud market, but it sees multicloud support as a major differentiator
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October 30, 2020
30
Oct'20
Amazon posts 'better than expected' Q3 results as Covid-19 pandemic continues to drive sales up
Online retail giant Amazon has enjoyed a bumper third quarter, as demand for its goods and services continues to soar as the pandemic forces people to stay home
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October 30, 2020
30
Oct'20
Cloud infrastructure services market growth soars in Q3 as Covid-19 fuels online demand
Latest quarterly market tracker data from Synergy Research Group reveals the impact the pandemic is having on the fortunes of the runners and riders in the cloud infrastructure services market
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October 29, 2020
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Oct'20
Covid-19: Tech investments tipped by business leaders as key to UK post-pandemic recovery
Respondents to Advanced Software’s fifth annual investment trends survey reveal how the pandemic will shape their business spending priorities over the next 12 months
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October 29, 2020
29
Oct'20
Microsoft to open cloud region in Taiwan
Microsoft’s cloud datacentre region in Taiwan will first provide access to Azure, followed by Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform later
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October 28, 2020
28
Oct'20
Microsoft CEO predicts 80% growth opportunity for tech
Company’s first quarter 2020 results shows strong demand for cloud services and CEO Satya Nadella believes IT modernisation will drive tech spending
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October 27, 2020
27
Oct'20
Ikea on how Google Cloud has helped it cope with Covid-induced shifts in customer demand
Ikea Retail CDO Barbara Martin Coppola tells us how cloud technologies have helped the company adapt to the rapid changes in consumer behaviour brought about by the pandemic
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October 26, 2020
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Oct'20
Oracle expands UK datacentre footprint with new private and public sector-focused cloud regions
Software giant Oracle is making good on its pledge to expand its global datacentre presence, with two new regions in the UK
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October 21, 2020
21
Oct'20
UK sees surge in IT outsourcing contracts
Transformation projects drive IaaS growth, but SaaS declines. Some sectors are renegotiating and restructuring contracts to reduce costs
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October 21, 2020
21
Oct'20
How Malaysia’s Selangor state is tapping cloud
Malaysian state has built a cloud-based payment services platform for citizens and is looking to tap cloud-based analytics to upgrade its surveillance cameras, among other cloud computing initiatives
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October 20, 2020
20
Oct'20
Microsoft takes Azure above the clouds
It recently tested a datacentre at the bottom of the sea – now Microsoft is heading into space to offer satellite connectivity
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October 20, 2020
20
Oct'20
Rackspace expands Singapore office, eyes ASEAN market
Managed cloud services supplier expands regional office to develop deeper relationships with local customers as demand for its services grows
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October 16, 2020
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Oct'20
CIO interview: Generali’s Yanna Winter on the power of data integration
Yanna Winter, CIO and head of IT at insurance firm Generali, discusses how to slice up the legacy IT elephant in the room to enable data-driven applications
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October 15, 2020
15
Oct'20
The IBM business split: Big Blue places biggest bet yet on hybrid cloud
IBM has placed its biggest bet yet on hybrid cloud, by setting outs plans to hive off its managed infrastructure services arm, so it can throw its full weight behind tapping into the enterprise's demand for off-premise services
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
Nokia signs five-year deal with Google Cloud to support its datacentre shutdown plans
Telco giant Nokia is pursuing a cloud-first strategy that will see it shutter datacentres across the globe in a bid to cut costs and boost innovation
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
Rémy Cointreau migrates SAP to S/4 Hana on Google Cloud
Cloud-based deployment speeds up scalability and provides integration with Salesforce and e-commerce systems
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October 13, 2020
13
Oct'20
Covid-19 fuels bandwidth connectivity growth between carrier neutral colocation sites
The latest Global Interconnection Index survey from colocation giant Equinix highlights ripple effect of Covid-19 on connectivity growth patterns
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October 13, 2020
13
Oct'20
London to become ‘Gigawatt’ colocation hub by 2023 as Covid-19 fails to dim datacentre demand
Inaugural datacentre market report by property consultancy Knight Frank highlights rise of secondary datacentre hubs across Europe, as Covid-19 prompts surge in demand for work and leisure-related cloud services
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October 13, 2020
13
Oct'20
Can chameleon Big Blue change its colours?
IBM is renowned for reinventing itself. It now plans to spin out its Global Technology Services business, a division that was once its crown jewels
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October 12, 2020
12
Oct'20
H&M Group signs multi-year colocation deal with Swedish eco-friendly operator in sustainability push
Clothes retailer H&M has signed a hosting deal, covering all of Northern Europe, with green datacentre operators EcoDataCenter, as its sustainability push continues apace
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October 09, 2020
09
Oct'20
Datacentre sustainability tipped to become competitive differentiator for colo community by 2023
Schneider Electric marks 2020 Innovation Summit with release of joint report with 451 Research into global datacentre market’s attitudes towards sustainability
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
IBM preps for 2021 business split as enterprise hybrid cloud push gathers pace
IBM is set to split in two to form two publicly traded entities, with one focusing on the delivery of hybrid cloud services to enterprises, and the other specialising in the delivery of managed infrastructure services
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
CISOs struggle to keep up with MITRE ATT&CK framework
Despite its proven benefits for security, the MITRE ATT&CK framework is proving difficult for many, according to a joint study from McAfee and UC Berkeley
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October 02, 2020
02
Oct'20
Equinix adds 13 Canadian datacentres to its portfolio as $178m Bell acquisition completes
Colocation giant Equinix is continuing with its global buy and build growth strategy, with buy-up of Canadian operator’s datacentre fleet
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October 01, 2020
01
Oct'20
Children’s debit card provider Gohenry banks on Google Cloud to ease IT infrastructure growing pains
The CTO and COO of child-focused, parent-controlled debit card service provider Gohenry discusses how moving to the Google Cloud has helped its IT infrastructure avoid user-related growing pains
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October 01, 2020
01
Oct'20
Wipro and AWS open Sydney innovation centre
The Wipro-AWS Launch Pad will offer in-house technical expertise for Australian businesses as well as a physical studio to spearhead cloud adoption
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September 30, 2020
30
Sep'20
CCS sets G-Cloud 12 live with more than 5,000 suppliers making the cut
The latest version of the UK government’s all-conquering G-Cloud framework has gone live, offering public sector bodies access to more than 38,000 cloud services
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
Sustaining Google Cloud: How Covid-19 and green issues are shaping enterprise take-up across Europe
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian marks the start of the firm’s five-week EMEA-focused user conference by discussing how the coronavirus is affecting enterprises’ digital transformation priorities
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
Organisations locked out by Azure AD crash
The Azure Active Directory was unavailable for a few hours in the evening of 28 September, preventing many from accessing MS online services
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
Reckitt Benckiser embarks on data-driven marketing overhaul with Google Cloud
Multi-national consumer goods company is teaming up with Google Cloud for a data-driven marketing strategy revamp
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September 24, 2020
24
Sep'20
Race to patch as Microsoft confirms Zerologon attacks in the wild
Don’t be the organisation that made the headlines because it failed to patch. Microsoft says it is seeing cyber attacks ramping up around the Zerologon CVE-2020-1472 bug
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September 23, 2020
23
Sep'20
CyrusOne goes public with pledge to become carbon-neutral provider by 2040
Global colocation provider CyrusOne has pledged to become a carbon-neutral operator by 2040
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September 23, 2020
23
Sep'20
MoD Defence Digital adds Oracle Cloud to MODCloud list of assured providers
Database giant Oracle has been added to the list of providers the Ministry of Defence has endorsed for use by the UK defence community