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Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

• July 23, 2020 23 Jul'20

  Covid-19 to prompt surge in public cloud spend on DaaS, says Gartner

  Shift to remote working has prompted CIOs to up their spending on cloud-based desktop offerings, with desktop as a service on course to become the fastest-growing part of the wider public cloud market this year

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  Aramex ships in Rackspace Technology to accelerate datacentre downsizing and move to AWS cloud

  Dubai-based international shipping and logistics firm Aramex is in the midst of a cloud-focused digital transformation designed to tighten up its last-mile delivery operations with the help of Rackspace Technology

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  Barnardo’s hails G Suite to offer continuity of care to vulnerable children during Covid-19

  Children's charity claims earlier move to off-premise cloud collaboration and communication platform is paying dividends during its teams’ response to the coronavirus

• July 21, 2020 21 Jul'20

  BMW Group signs six-year HPC contract with eco-friendly Swedish colocation firm

  Motor manufacturer agrees to double-down on its use of EcoDataCenter's environmentally friendly colocation facilities

• July 21, 2020 21 Jul'20

  IBM's Q2 tapered by pandemic business recovery

  Country-specific coronavirus responses directly correlate to IBM customer IT investments, with some contemplating dialling back cloud subscriptions

• July 14, 2020 14 Jul'20

  Appetite for enterprise datacentre expansions dampens in face of Covid-19, research shows

  Survey featuring responses from 3,000 European datacentre professionals suggests enterprise appetities for in-house datacentre expansions have shrunk in the face of Covid-19

• July 13, 2020 13 Jul'20

  AWS HPC tech selected to help Ineos Team UK secure first British victory in the America’s Cup

  America's Cup hopeful Ineos Team UK has selected Amazon’s cloud-based High Performance Computing (HPC) technology to help it achieve its goal of becoming the first British competitor to win the tournament in its history

• July 13, 2020 13 Jul'20

  Gartner: Remote working shifts CIO priorities

  Business recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will lead to changes in the projects IT leaders focus on

• July 13, 2020 13 Jul'20

  How SingEx is bracing itself for disruption

  Singapore’s SingEx started its digital transformation journey a few years ago and has already pivoted its approach to cope with new challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic

• July 10, 2020 10 Jul'20

  Facebook iOS SDK flaw linked to onset of Spotify app outage blighting Apple device users

  Apple device users are reporting usability issues with the Spotify app, which coincides with the onset of a partial outage affecting the Facebook iOS SDK

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  Renault signs multi-year deal with Google Cloud to accelerate data-led digital transformation

  French motor manufacturer Renault has enlisted Google Cloud’s help to accelerate the development of its in-house data aggregation platform, and bolster the tech skills of its engineering teams

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  Oracle fleshes out Cloud@Customer with public cloud services for use in customer datacentres

  Oracle has enhanced its Cloud@Customer service with capabilities derived from its recent raft of public cloud datacentres

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  Tencent Cloud teams up with ADBC on banking services

  Singapore’s Asia Digital Bank Corporation could leverage Tencent Cloud’s financial cloud platform to provide banking services to small businesses

• July 08, 2020 08 Jul'20

  Oracle ups ante in cloud wars with dedicated customer regions

  Oracle’s Dedicated Region Cloud at Customer will let enterprises run an entire cloud region in their own datacentres in a potentially game-changing move

• July 08, 2020 08 Jul'20

  Succeeding with hybrid cloud deployments

  Where IT complexity is a given, a policy-driven approach and effective monitoring are vital for success

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  Hyperscale datacentre build-outs hold firm in face of Covid-19

  Latest market tracker data from Synergy Research Group shows no evidence of Covid-19 dampening demand for hyperscale datacentre capacity across the globe

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  Deutsche Bank commits to multi-year Google Cloud deal to accelerate move off-premise

  In support of its multi-cloud ambitions, Deutsche Bank commits to in-house digital transformation with Google Cloud, which will also see the pair collaborate on bringing new customer-facing services to market

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  Nutanix claims growth in ASEAN amid growing cloud adoption

  Nutanix’s business in ASEAN grew by over 40% as the region’s enterprises warm to hybrid and multi-cloud services

• July 06, 2020 06 Jul'20

  CIO interview: David Allison, global head of IT, First Quantum Minerals

  For his first global CIO role, the IT chief had to tackle unusual challenges such as reliable networking and IT use in inhospitable mining environments in developing countries

• June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20

  Genomics England taps up AWS and Lifebit to create cloud-based Covid-19 research environment

  Genomics England is looking to open up collaboration on Covid-19 genome datasets with researchers across the globe with new cloud-based research environment, which will be based on AWS and Lifebit’s technologies

• June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20

  Go lean and embrace partnerships to plot a path for recovery

  Starting with the lean principle of a minimum viable product, CIOs should aim to partner with outsourcers and IT suppliers to deliver business value

• June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20

  UKCloud signs MoU with CCS to provide public sector with discounted cloud pricing

  Public sector-focused IaaS firm UKCloud has become the latest supplier to sign a discounted pricing deal with the UK government

• June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20

  IHS Markit commits to three-year data and infrastructure migration to AWS cloud

  Global market research firm will downsize its datacentres and shift more of its infrastructure and applications to the AWS public cloud

• June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20

  Kia Motors partners with Google Cloud to bring motorists AI-based paperless car manuals

  South Korean car manufacturer partners Google Cloud managed service provider Megazone to bring artificial intelligence-based app to market

• June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20

  Google opens Jakarta cloud region amid Indonesia’s booming digital economy

  Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai lends weight to online launch event, underscoring cloud supplier’s resolve to carve out a bigger slice of the country’s fast-growing public cloud market

• June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20

  Coronavirus: Enterprise cloud adoption accelerates in face of Covid-19, says research

  A global survey of IT leaders suggests the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a speeding up of the pace of cloud adoption, as enterprises embrace remote working

• June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20

  EU-backed bid to build data preservation cloud for European research community gathers pace

  The Archiver project, which aims to create a hybrid cloud-based data preservation environment for scientific researchers across Europe, has named the ICT suppliers in the running to deliver on its vision

• June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20

  Datacentre investment boost as Norway’s government reinstates tax relief

  Government reinstates datacentre energy tax relief for cryptocurrency mining organisations after investments in the country’s datacentres drops

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  HPE aims to hit right note for 5G with edge orchestrator

  Tech firm says new release gives power back to telcos to offer value-added edge computing services such as AI-powered video analytics, industrial automation and VR retail services

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  Coronavirus: Microsoft offers behind-the-scenes look at datacentre-level Covid-19 response

  Microsoft reveals how pandemic forced it to adopt 24-hour new hardware deployment schedule in datacentres to keep up with the surge in demand for services across its cloud portfolio

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  AWS CEO Andy Jassy urges cloud laggards to stop trying to ‘fight gravity’

  During a fireside chat during the first AWS Summit Online, cloud giant’s CEO held forth on how the firm is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and the trends he is seeing with how some enterprises are approaching cloud adoption

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  Oracle full-year results: 1% revenue decline as Covid-19 bites

  Oracle sees 1% decline in full year-on-year 2019-20 revenue, and a 6% drop in its fourth quarter, but takes comfort from OCI Zoom win in pandemic crisis

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  Macquarie eyes government contracts with new Canberra datacentre

  New Macquarie datacentre in the Australian capital designed to achieve Tier 4 datacentre standards will deliver 1.5MW of capacity by December 2020

• June 12, 2020 12 Jun'20

  How the RHS overcame Covid-19 to create first online-only Chelsea Flower Show in just eight weeks

  The technology and digital teams at The Royal Horticultural Society discuss the work that went on behind the scenes to transform the Chelsea Flower Show into a virtual event with just weeks to plan

• June 11, 2020 11 Jun'20

  Global colocation demand holds firm in Q1 in face of Covid-19

  First-quarter global market data from Synergy Research Group shows demand for colocation capacity from hyperscalers and edge compute providers is holding up, despite the pandemic

• June 10, 2020 10 Jun'20

  Alibaba Cloud follows up datacentre investment pledge with global tech talent recruitment drive

  Chinese public cloud giant Alibaba to hit the recruitment trail in hot pursuit of tech talent to support its datacentre revamp plans

• June 10, 2020 10 Jun'20

  IBM Cloud users demand further clarity over cause of global outage

  Multi-hour cloud outage leaves IBM users calling on Big Blue for further information on what caused it

• June 10, 2020 10 Jun'20

  Google partners with WWF Sweden to dig even deeper into fashion industry's sustainability habits

  Google is doubling down on its efforts to support the fashion industry in cleaning up the environmental friendliness of its supply chains through its partnership with WWF Sweden

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  Netherlands digital sector yearns for government recognition

  The sector building and supporting the Netherlands’ digital infrastructure wants to be valued as highly as Schiphol airport and the port of Rotterdam are for the Dutch economy

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  Poorly-secured AWS buckets used to launch Magecart attacks

  Cyber criminals are exploiting misconfigured AWS S3 buckets to run credit card fraud and malvertising campaigns, according to new data

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  Kao Data courts hyperscale tenants for Harlow-based mega-datacentre

  Kao Data rolls out ‘built-to-suit’ service for prospective hyperscale clients, that it claims will speed up the time it takes to bring online new datacentre capacity in a cost-effective way

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  Australia’s AGL to move most systems to Azure cloud

  Energy supplier is moving more than 200 applications and most systems to Azure in a three-year deal with Microsoft

• June 04, 2020 04 Jun'20

  OVHcloud brings healthcare-focused private cloud offering to UK market

  French infrastructure-as-a-service provider OVHcloud is making its sector-specific portfolio of private cloud and bare metal services available to UK-based healthcare providers

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Interxion cuts energy cooling costs by 20% in West London datacentre through EkkoSense deployment

  Digital Realty-owned Interxion said deployment’s success will pave the way for similar roll-outs of EkkoSense technology in other facilities within its portfolio across Europe

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Google Cloud eyes public sector push after signing MoU with UK government procurement chiefs

  Google Cloud follows in the footsteps of Microsoft and Oracle by signing MoU with the UK government, which should pave the way for broader adoption of its technology by public sector

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  How Australia’s Shockbyte scales with cloud

  Australian game server provider Shockbyte uses bare metal servers on the cloud to meet the needs of demanding gaming applications and to grow its global footprint

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  VMware vulnerability leaves private clouds open to takeover

  Ethical hackers from Citadelo uncovered a vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director that left private cloud owners open to takeover

• June 02, 2020 02 Jun'20

  How to succeed at site reliability engineering

  Adoption of site reliability engineering is growing in Asia-Pacific, but organisations need to have the right organisational structure and culture to succeed

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Inside India: The world’s IT powerhouse

  The Covid-19 pandemic is turning out to be a big fork in the road for many companies. But what about the industry that keeps the lights on for them?

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Enterprise clouds hammered by cyber attacks during pandemic

  Remote workers logging onto enterprise cloud service accounts are an easy access point for attackers, says McAfee