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• May 31, 2019 31 May'19

  The FA signs Google Cloud to support cloud-based push to make football more inclusive

  The Football Association is on a mission to up female participation in the sport and make it more accessible to a larger number of fans, and it is teaming up with Google Cloud to achieve its goals

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  Microsoft embarks on renewable-powered datacentre push in Sweden

  Microsoft is doubling down on its efforts to have more of its datacentres powered by renewable energy, with commitment to make its facilities in Sweden the most sustainable yet

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  Hyperscale datacentre operators report first drop in capex growth for seven quarters

  Datacentre investments of cloud and internet giants dropped in the first quarter of 2019 after seven consecutive quarters of growth, but market watcher claims it is just a blip

• May 29, 2019 29 May'19

  FoI requests reveal slow but steady adoption of cloud-first stance in UK police forces

  Intercity Technology's freedom of information (FoI) request-led poll of UK police forces and their use of technology shines a light on how the sector's attitudes towards cloud and digital transformation are changing

• May 24, 2019 24 May'19

  SurveyMonkey opens Dublin datacentre region to court data-security conscious enterprises in Europe

  Online survey software provider SurveyMonkey is on a Europe-wide enterprise charm offensive, and is focusing on winning over CIOs with the offer to locally host their data within its European datacentre region

• May 23, 2019 23 May'19

  VMware CEO outlines laws of hybrid cloud

  Pat Gelsinger points out three laws that will make the case for the hybrid cloud future: economics, physics and data sovereignty

• May 23, 2019 23 May'19

  Amazon rejects calls for ban on sales of facial recognition tech to government agencies

  Annual meeting defeats resolutions for Amazon to halt sales of its Rekognition software to government agencies, and to do more to tackle climate change

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  Demand for systems integration services soaring in New Zealand

  Systems integration and custom application development projects contributed to the fastest-growing segment of New Zealand’s IT services market in 2018

• May 21, 2019 21 May'19

  UC Expo 2019: Experts talk up future tech in unified communications

  Automation and AI are increasingly prevalent in unified comms, but do enterprises really need it?

• May 21, 2019 21 May'19

  L’Oréal and Alibaba create AI-based app to offer self-care support for acne sufferers

  Artificial intelligence-based app will help acne sufferers access dermatology treatment with greater ease

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  Inward investment into Irish datacentre market set to top €10bn by 2022, research claims

  Latest quarterly market report from Host In Ireland shines a light on how the Irish economy is benefiting from the country’s ongoing development into key European datacentre hub

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  Stella McCartney and Google Cloud start machine learning and fashion-focused sustainability push

  Stella McCartney and Google Cloud are embarking on a joint pilot project that will draw on the tech giant's machine learning and cloud-based data processing portfolio to help clean up the fashion industry's supply chains

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  NHS Digital starts on multi-cloud push with VMware Cloud on AWS deployment

  NHS Digital has adopted a cloud-first strategy to ensure it has the correct infrastructure in place to support the online delivery needs of its service users

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  Government 'cloud-first' policy under review by CCS and GDS

  Longstanding cloud-first policy set to be replaced by more "appropriate" guidance to reflect public sector's changing technology deployment habits, CCS confirms

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  AWS debuts Get IT skills programme to encourage more girls to consider a career in tech

  Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services is continuing to expand its portfolio of training programmes and educational initiatives, with its latest one geared towards showing young girls there is more to a career in technology than they might think

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  Cloud infrastructure supplier growth rates start to stabilise as market matures

  Latest quarterly cloud market tracker data from Synergy Research Group suggests sector is maturing, despite Amazon, Google and Microsoft's growth outpacing the rest of the market

• May 03, 2019 03 May'19

  Redefining OpenStack in the ‘open infrastructure’ era

  The OpenStack Foundation’s inaugural Open Infrastructure Summit saw it share a series of updates on its efforts to expand its technological reach by forging closer ties with both users and adjacent open source communities

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  How APAC enterprises are using VMware Cloud on AWS

  VMware’s cloud business unit CTO reveals how APAC businesses are using its hybrid cloud service to move workloads to the cloud

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  Alphabet Q1 results: Revenue falls short of expectations as EU fine takes toll

  The conglomerate that owns Google missed market expectations, despite positive performance in other revenues such as cloud

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  OpenStack Foundation urges enterprises to embrace open, collaborative tech development

  OpenStack Foundation executive director warns enterprises off using closed, non-collaborative product development processes to get ahead of the competition

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  How Microsoft is prepping manufacturers for Industry 4.0

  Building on its manufacturing and technology knowhow, Microsoft has teamed up with industrial firms to support the growing demand for smart manufacturing capabilities

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  Europe is playing catch-up with the US on cloud adoption, research suggests

  Report by O'Reilly media shines a light on how cloud adoption is progressing across the globe, and how this could be affecting follow-on use of other technologies too

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Amazon cautions against reading too much into slowdown in AWS revenue growth rate

  Amazon's CFO claims slowdown in revenue growth and capital expenditure should not be interpreted as signs of distress for any of its business units, as firm shifts growth strategy to prioritise operational efficiency

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Laing O’Rourke Australia chooses private cloud route

  The Australian arm of global engineering firm Laing O’Rourke signs up for Nutanix to run its core applications on a private cloud

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Cloud uptake drives third-quarter sales for Microsoft

  Demand for Microsoft’s cloud offerings spiked again during the firm’s third quarter, reports Redmond

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  JEDI cloud chief quits as award date for controversial 10-year US government cloud deal nears

  Chris Lynch, director of the US Defence Digital Service, has assured staff that the 10-year JEDI cloud project will proceed as he confirms his departure

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Huawei sharpens AI edge in global cloud move

  Chinese tech giant is honing its artificial intelligence capabilities to compete against rivals in global cloud computing markets

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  AWS bags multi-year deal to support Ford-backed bid to create open connected car cloud platform

  Amazon Web Services has secured a multi-year deal to provide underlying support for a Ford-backed bid to create an open cloud platform to accelerate the development of connected car services

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  Eagle Eye enlists Rackspace to lead 'all-in' Google Cloud Platform migration

  Digital marketing platform provider Eagle Eye is leaning on Rackspace to support its move to the Google Cloud Platform

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Apple spends upwards of $30m a month on AWS during first quarter of 2019, report claims

  According to US media reports, Apple is spending upwards of $30m a month on procuring cloud services from Amazon Web Services

• April 22, 2019 22 Apr'19

  With Anthos, Google seeks to unify open source cloud technologies

  Urs Hölzle, Google’s head of technical infrastructure, talks up efforts to deliver what he claims to be the first open source cloud stack

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Understanding Anthos: Google’s multicloud bid to define the next 20 years of enterprise IT

  The unveiling of Google Cloud’s Anthos multicloud management tool dominated many discussions at the firm’s annual developer conference in San Francisco, amid claims that it could change the face of enterprise IT for decades

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Construction halted at Apple datacentre in Denmark over alleged contractor dispute, report suggests

  A local media report suggests construction of Apple's first non-US datacentre has halted in Denmark over a dispute over missed deadlines by the contractor tasked with delivering the build

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Gartner: Shift to public cloud curbs datacentre spending

  More servers are being bought by public cloud providers, but these tend to be cheap, original device manufacturer equipment, rather than boxes from HPE, Dell or Lenovo

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Microsoft sets stricter renewable energy targets for its datacentres

  Software giant claims its efforts to have its datacentres run exclusively on renewable power are progressing faster than expected, prompting it to reassess its own self-imposed sustainability targets

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Nutanix powers Manchester City Council’s IT

  Manchester City Council has made considerable savings since migrating off a traditional architecture in favour of a hyper-converged infrastructure from Nutanix

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Fox Sports Australia predicts wickets with AutoML Tables

  Machine learning model powered by Google Cloud’s AutoML Tables service enables sports broadcaster to predict the fall of a wicket in live cricket matches

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Conclusion of legal row over Apple’s abandoned Irish datacentre fuels site takeover hopes

  After four years of planning delays and legal wrangles, Irish Supreme Court dismisses appeal lodged by objectors to the Apple’s abandoned Irish datacentre build

• April 14, 2019 14 Apr'19

  Singapore firms streamline operations, fend off disruption with cloud

  Certis and financial institutions are among those in the city state that are turning to cloud services to gain a competitive edge

• April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19

  ASEAN datacentre providers must up their game

  Digital transformation trends are changing the ASEAN datacentre landscape and those that wish to succeed must transform themselves, says Frost & Sullivan

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  Google Cloud eyes big expansion in Asia, sharpens industry focus

  Google Cloud’s new CEO, Thomas Kurian, unveils plans to turn his company into a bigger player in Asia’s booming cloud computing market

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  Google doubles down on machine learning to drive up energy efficiency of global datacentre fleet

  With enterprises becoming more mindful of how sustainable their IT consumption habits are, Google outlines its work to ensure the datacentres underpinning its cloud platform continue to push the envelope on energy efficiency

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  Google Cloud CEO outlines plans to take firm even deeper into the enterprise

  CEO Thomas Kurian used inaugural Google Cloud Next keynote to detail how infrastructure investments, supplier partnerships and simplified processes will be key to its plans to conquer even more of the enterprise market

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  Google slams public cloud rivals over 'mistreatment' of open source community

  Google Cloud has committed to forging closer ties with the open source community, while hitting out at its competitors for not doing enough to support it

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Google Cloud expands APAC footprint, makes hybrid cloud move

  Cloud supplier Google Cloud has opened its eighth Asia-Pacific cloud region in Seoul, where major cloud suppliers have been ramping up operations in recent years

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Google rebrands Cloud Services Platform and adds multi-cloud support for AWS and Azure users

  Google confirms rebrand of its Cloud Services Platform will coincide with functionality expansion that will see it add support for AWS and Azure to provide users with a consistent user experience across all clouds

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Auto Trader UK cuts IT resource use through Google Cloud, Kubernetes and Istio adoption

  Auto Trader is the UK's biggest online marketplace for new and used car sales. Its head of infrastructure sets out how cloud, containers and microservices will help reinforce its market-leading position in the years to come

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Sweden chosen by Amazon Web Services as renewable energy project location

  Amazon Web Services has chosen a wind farm in Sweden as part of a project to source renewable energy for its global infrastructure

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  EDF awards Hinkley Point C comms services contract to Telent

  Network services company will run communications and IT infrastructure at new nuclear power plant

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Migrating to cloud native will drive services boom

  Gartner expects organisations moving on-premise applications to the cloud to take on board additional advisory, migration and development services