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Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

• October 14, 2022 14 Oct'22

  Alibaba Cloud readying dedicated cloud regions for private datacentres

  The hybrid cloud offering will provide enterprises with a dedicated Alibaba Cloud region in their datacentres with multiple availability zones

• October 12, 2022 12 Oct'22

  Union claims Google datacentre contractors in US face repercussions for demanding 'basic benefits'

  The Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America claims contractors working in several of Google's US datacentres have been punished for demanding ‘basic’ workplace benefits

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Google Cloud fleshes out sovereign cloud capabilities for European enterprises

  Google Cloud uses the first day of its user conference to provide an update on how its efforts to meet the data sovereignty needs of European enterprises are progressing

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Wayfair shutters datacentres and ends hybrid cloud strategy with Google Cloud move

  Online home furnishings retailer Wayfair has completed a 16-month datacentre shutdown project that has seen it migrate all its applications and workloads to the Google Cloud

• October 03, 2022 03 Oct'22

  Natural History Museum partners with AWS for biodiversity research push

  The Natural History Museum is teaming up with public cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bolster its biodiversity research capabilities

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  KPMG: IT chiefs vote for innovation, but are they forgetting tech debt?

  New study from KPMG shows businesses are keen to adopt new technologies to drive improvements to customer experience

• September 26, 2022 26 Sep'22

  How AWS is tapping the groundswell in cloud adoption

  Phil Davis, managing director of Amazon Web Services in Asia-Pacific and Japan, talks up the company’s growth strategy and how it is retaining customers amid rivals nipping at its heels

• September 26, 2022 26 Sep'22

  Microsoft Azure UK region to host data of five million healthcare research scheme volunteers

  The Microsoft public cloud platform, Azure, has been selected to host the data belonging to a healthcare research project that is being billed as the largest ever undertaken in the UK

• September 23, 2022 23 Sep'22

  How Great Eastern is transforming its IT organisation

  Singapore-based insurer Great Eastern made painstaking efforts to rid itself of legacy systems and transformed its IT organisation to become nimbler by building up its cloud and DevOps capabilities

• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  Ofcom turns its attention to the hyperscalers

  The regulator sees its role expanding into emerging areas of communications technologies and public cloud services

• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  Dr Martens goes feetfirst into cloud-to-cloud backup

  Iconic bootmaker laces up for a strategy to move all applications to the cloud, beginning with cloud-to-cloud backup for Microsoft 365 apps plus on-site VMware operations

• September 14, 2022 14 Sep'22

  VMware Cloud on AWS debuts in Hong Kong

  VMware has expanded its VMware Cloud on AWS to Hong Kong, following the launch of the Alibaba Cloud VMware service in Greater China

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  Cloud compromise a doddle for threat actors as victims attest

  Two separate studies into the state of public cloud security reveal insight into the ease with which threat actors can compromise vast numbers of targets, and some of the challenges security teams are facing in the cloud

• September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22

  CISOs should spend on critical apps, cloud, zero-trust, in 2023

  Faced with a global recession next year, security buyers should try to direct investment towards technology that protects customer-facing and revenue-generating workloads, say analysts

• September 07, 2022 07 Sep'22

  Six UK-based startups among those chosen to participate in AWS Defence Accelerator

  Six out of the 10 startups that have secured places in Amazon Web Services' (AWS) inaugural defence market-focused accelerator programme are based in the UK

• September 07, 2022 07 Sep'22

  US remains favoured datacentre location for world’s hyperscale cloud and internet giants

  Data released by Synergy Research Group confirms thatr the US remains the favoured location for hyperscale datacentres, but the analyst house predicts this could change in the years to come

• September 06, 2022 06 Sep'22

  Ministry of Defence taps up Netcompany to support move away from legacy private cloud

  The Ministry of Defence's efforts to rationalise its datacentre estate and move more of its apps and data to the public cloud continue apace

• August 31, 2022 31 Aug'22

  VMware and IBM forge closer ties to build industry-specific hybrid cloud services

  Tech giants reinforce commitment to working together with pledge to co-develop industry-specific cloud services for regulated enterprises

• August 31, 2022 31 Aug'22

  VMware CEO: Broadcom acquisition is on track

  Raghu Raghuram claims VMware customers are getting more comfortable with the Broadcom acquisition while employees are ‘more or less focused’ on the job at hand

• August 30, 2022 30 Aug'22

  NetApp storage goes GA for VMware Cloud on AWS

  Move will bring up to 50% decrease in TCO for customers running VMware apps in the Amazon cloud, says NetApp. No date yet for extension of the service across other public clouds

• August 25, 2022 25 Aug'22

  HelloFresh serves up data insights to in-house tech team with Informatica’s help

  Meal kit company is working with cloud-based data management firm to make sense of its data after a business growth spurt

• August 23, 2022 23 Aug'22

  IT leaders set to step up cloud investments over next two years, Colt research suggests

  Colt’s third annual cloud adoption research report shows how the off-premise investment priorities of IT leaders are shaping up for the years ahead

• August 22, 2022 22 Aug'22

  Google Cloud and Singapore government team up on AI

  Singapore’s National AI office will tap Google Cloud’s expertise in artificial intelligence to build artificial intelligence applications and train public sector officers on AI

• August 18, 2022 18 Aug'22

  OVO Energy-backed Kaluza taps up Google Cloud for carbon-negative push

  SaaS-based energy tech platform provider sets out how it is using Google Cloud to help achieve its goal of becoming carbon-negative by 2030

• August 10, 2022 10 Aug'22

  Google Cloud to open three new cloud regions in APAC

  New Google Cloud regions in Malaysia, Thailand and New Zealand will enable local organisations to maintain low latency and meet data residency requirements

• August 08, 2022 08 Aug'22

  Internet giants in favour as Ireland tightens rules on datacentres

  Irish premier Michael Martin has insisted its temporary squeeze on datacentre construction is not a moratorium on the industry

• August 05, 2022 05 Aug'22

  Inside Bukalapak’s cloud strategy

  Indonesian e-commerce unicorn Bukalapak’s multicloud strategy, underpinned by the use of microservices and DevOps, has enabled it to meet the diverse needs of its users while addressing business requirements

• August 04, 2022 04 Aug'22

  Specialist providers fill the missing bits in public cloud

  While it may seem logical to deploy workloads in a hyperscaler’s cloud, is it the best option? Gartner looks at alternatives

• August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22

  VMware CEO defends Broadcom deal

  Raghu Raghuram is confident that Broadcom will invest in growing VMware through a broad portfolio of assets that will serve its entire customer base, not just its biggest customers

• August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22

  Global cloud infrastructure spend hits $62.3bn during Q2 2022

  Latest market data from IT analyst house Canalys reveals no let-up in demand for cloud infrastructure services during the second quarter of 2022

• August 01, 2022 01 Aug'22

  CloudMile banks on trust in regional expansion

  Taiwanese cloud and AI startup CloudMile keeps its billing transparent and provides round-the-clock support to build trust with customers as it grows its business in Southeast Asia

• July 29, 2022 29 Jul'22

  IPA revises review of HMRC’s £300m datacentre migration

  Infrastructure and Project Authority’s annual report ranks HMRC’s £300m datacentre migration as “unachievable”, but – ahead of publication – it appears the organisation has had a change of heart

• July 29, 2022 29 Jul'22

  AWS remains high point in Amazon results as company posts another quarter loss

  Amazon Web Services continues to go from strength to strength while parent company posts second successive loss

• July 29, 2022 29 Jul'22

  How TCS is supporting Australia’s electricity market settlement

  Tata Consultancy Services worked with the Australian Energy Market Operator to build a new system that speeds up electricity market settlement

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Virgin Media O2 Business to provide dark fibre for all Proximity edge datacentres

  Fixed wholesale connectivity arm of Virgin Media O2 Business announces initiative with network of regional carrier-neutral edge datacentres to bolster customer choice for low-latency services across UK edge colocation portfolio

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Microsoft anticipates $3.3bn savings by extending server life

  Thanks to new software tools and better hardware, Microsoft plans to upgrade servers and network equipment every six years

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Google results show bigger GCP operating loss

  The company remains committed to the Google Cloud Platform, but continues to assess the value of extra datacentre investment

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Telstra and Microsoft deepen cloud and connectivity ties

  Telstra will use Azure as a preferred cloud while Microsoft will look at boosting its capacity on Telstra’s subsea cable network in a wide-ranging deal

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  Forrester: European cloud adoption accelerates

  The rise in public cloud usage across the UK and EU will speed up new cloud-specific regulations

• July 15, 2022 15 Jul'22

  HPE expands private cloud capabilities in GreenLake

  HPE’s GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is a managed service that provides flexibility in deployment models with automation capabilities for a cloud-like experience

• July 14, 2022 14 Jul'22

  Netflix selects Microsoft as tech partner to build out its ad-supported subscription tier

  After announcing plans back in April to roll out a lower-cost, ad-supported subscription plan to its service, Netflix has confirmed that it will be tapping up Microsoft for support in building its new offering

• July 14, 2022 14 Jul'22

  Gartner: Software sales defy economic outlook

  With spending on IT going up, there is no better time to be a head of IT as software drives new revenue-making opportunities

• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  Enterprise interest in sovereign cloud on the rise, Capgemini research suggests

  Capgemini Research Institute probe into enterprise attitudes towards use of sovereign cloud services suggests interest is on the up

• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  Delta Airlines signs multi-year cloud deal with AWS as customer experience revamp gathers pace

  Nearly 18 months on from signing a multi-year deal with IBM, focused on embracing a hybrid cloud setup for its operations, Delta Airlines is adding AWS to its roster of cloud partners

• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  NHS trust cuts costs and refresh cycle with Wasabi cloud storage

  Imperial College NHS Trust expects to saves 30% in storage costs and cut back on five-year refresh headaches in a move that has seen backup and archive data move to the Wasabi cloud

• July 11, 2022 11 Jul'22

  Oracle to open first sovereign cloud regions for EU-based users in 2023

  Database software giant Oracle has set out plans to provide private enterprises and public sector organisations with access to sovereign cloud regions, with the first set to open in Spain and Germany next year

• July 08, 2022 08 Jul'22

  How Bank BPD Bali modernised its datacentre infrastructure

  The Indonesian bank has deployed the Nutanix Cloud Platform in a move to modernise its datacentre infrastructure and pave the way towards hybrid and multi-cloud

• July 08, 2022 08 Jul'22

  Microsoft to roll out grid-interactive UPS tech to its Dublin datacentre

  Software giant plans to support Ireland’s transition to a carbon-free energy society by making its datacentre’s backup power sources available for use to the country’s national grid

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Vodafone and Google Cloud collaboration gives rise to AI Booster platform

  Vodafone and Google Cloud have gone public with details of a jointly created artificial intelligence platform that is already live in more than 18 countries

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  High Court quashes planning permission extension for Apple’s abandoned Irish datacentre build

  After securing additional planning permission for the site of its now-abandoned datacentre build last year, Apple has seen the offer withdrawn by the High Court – which may complicate how it sells the land on