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September 07, 2016
07
Sep'16
Managed services could be key to connecting up siloed IT in Middle East organisations
Organisations in the Middle East will increasingly look for managed services to connect up their IT as they embark on digital transformation
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September 06, 2016
06
Sep'16
DLA Piper moves back-office roles to Poland
Law firm DLA Piper is moving business support jobs, including IT roles, from the UK to a delivery hub in Warsaw
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August 30, 2016
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Aug'16
Cloud firm Backbone relegates X-IO SAN with Atlantis tiered storage
London-based Backbone uses Atlantis USX as storage virtualisation layer on top of PCIe flash and X-IO and as a stepping stone to hyper-converged infrastructures
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August 30, 2016
30
Aug'16
VMware to help enterprises manage AWS, Azure and Google cloud deployments
Virtualisation giant VMware offers enterprises a helping hand with managing multi-cloud environments, spanning AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform
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August 26, 2016
26
Aug'16
Rackspace sold to private equity house Apollo Global for $4.3bn
After weeks of speculation about its acquisition status, Rackspace confirms definitive agreement with private equity buyer
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August 10, 2016
10
Aug'16
Microsoft hails cloud security breakthrough with encrypted data
Microsoft researchers talk up cloud security breakthrough that allows encrypted data to be processed without prior decryption
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August 02, 2016
02
Aug'16
White House efficiency reforms will limit new datacentre investments from January 2017
US government CIO Tony Scott outlines the next wave of reforms designed to curtail datacentre use by public sector agencies and departments
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July 29, 2016
29
Jul'16
AWS vs Google vs Microsoft: How the enterprise cloud war is hotting up
With Amazon, Google and Microsoft all reporting strong growth on the back of cloud, we take a closer look at how they have achieved it
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July 29, 2016
29
Jul'16
Mobile and video pay off for Google’s parent company Alphabet
Alphabet ascribes strong second quarter financial results to long-term investments in mobile and video as demand for advertising through these channels increases
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July 27, 2016
27
Jul'16
Apple highlights services revenue and future bets as iPhone sales decline
Apple share price up on strong performance in services and investments in augmented reality and artificial intelligence, despite 27% year-on-year decline in quarterly profit
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July 26, 2016
26
Jul'16
Ofcom and BT set out separate plans to increase Openreach independence
BT Group’s plans to give Openreach greater independence share some common ground with Ofcom’s recommendations, but will this be enough to ease its rivals’ anti-competitive concerns?
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July 25, 2016
25
Jul'16
Estonia seeks UK datacentre to protect citizens' personal data from hackers - report
The Baltic state is reportedly in early stage talks with the UK and Luxembourg governments about setting up a backup site in either country to protect citizens’ data from risk of hackers
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July 21, 2016
21
Jul'16
Almost half of UK's largest councils lack cloud strategy, Eduserv FOI study reveals
Eduserv study into cloud take-up inside local authorities suggests council CIOs are still over-invested in on-premise technology
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July 21, 2016
21
Jul'16
Gartner offers insights into how cloud is disrupting traditional IT spending habits
Market watcher shines a light on how the adoption of off-premise technologies is shaking up enterprise IT spending trends
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July 21, 2016
21
Jul'16
IT outsourcing falls steeply in second quarter but IT as a service sees strong growth
Sales of IT as a service growth in Europe helped offset a huge fall in the total value of traditional IT and business process outsourcing contracts
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July 14, 2016
14
Jul'16
Chef CTO urges action to prevent DevOps staff burnout
Chef CTO Adam Jacob has called on enterprises to cultivate a supportive working culture to protect DevOps staff from burnout
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July 13, 2016
13
Jul'16
IT professionals urged to dial-down tech talk to win CIO approval for DevOps projects
Chef CEO Barry Crist claims senior management are not interested in the tech side of DevOps, so IT professionals should lead on the business benefits
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July 12, 2016
12
Jul'16
UK cloud firm majors on Tintri hybrid flash for virtualisation
Wokingham-based We Are Cloud rejects EMC and hyper-converged options as it deploys Tintri VM-native hybrid flash storage to support rollout of cloud services
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July 11, 2016
11
Jul'16
Case study: Odeon goes to hybrid cloud for digital transformation
Odeon cinema chain reveals how it is using hybrid cloud to power its digital transformation and tackle competitive threats
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July 07, 2016
07
Jul'16
Brexit: AWS reinforces commitment to UK datacentre builds
Cloud services giant claims outcome of EU referendum vote has no bearing on its willingness to invest in the UK or Europe
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July 07, 2016
07
Jul'16
Amazon.com CTO cautions enterprises against underestimating value of test and development
Speaking at the AWS Summit in London, Amazon.com CTO hits out at legacy suppliers and urges enterprises to get experimental to protect themselves against competitive threats
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July 06, 2016
06
Jul'16
Iceland tops list of low-risk datacentre locations
Europe nabs six out of the top 10 spots in Cushman & Wakefield's list of low-risk locations to build or buy up datacentre capacity
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July 06, 2016
06
Jul'16
IDC predicts slowdown in public cloud infrastructure spend will be short-lived
IDC claims prospect of overseas datacentre builds and growing enterprise demand for off-premise services should ensure sales of IT infrastructure increase through 2016
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July 04, 2016
04
Jul'16
Facilities firm ISS picks IBM Watson IoT to manage client sites
Danish outsourcing and services firm signs new deal with IBM to use Watson’s internet of things capabilities to better manage its clients’ properties
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July 01, 2016
01
Jul'16
The Services Family bank outsources IT to Sopra Steria
The Services Family, a bank set up to serve military personnel, has outsourced technology services to Sopra Steria
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June 30, 2016
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Jun'16
Brexit: Cloud community mulls over implications for data protection regulation reform
TechUK fears Brexit could see the UK lose its power to influence cloud regulations, while others say it could free the market from having to toe the EU line so closely
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June 29, 2016
29
Jun'16
IT services sector faces freeze amid Brexit wrangling
The IT services sector across the globe will be hit by the uncertainty around the UK's future relationship with the EU, but a spending freeze will eventually thaw
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June 28, 2016
28
Jun'16
BT to offer secure, private network connection into Oracle Cloud
Telco plans to roll out BT Connect service to Oracle Cloud customers during final quarter of 2016
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June 27, 2016
27
Jun'16
Post-Brexit price hikes hit cloud and datacentre community, as currency fluctuations bite
Cloud and datacentre analysts claim IT buyers are already feeling the pinch from the outcome of the EU referendum, but past performance suggests demand for colocation space will rise in the event of recession
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June 21, 2016
21
Jun'16
Amazon cloud crash forced Australian enterprises to take heads out of sand
Enterprises in Australia need to rethink their cloud backup strategies following the recent AWS outage in Sydney
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June 21, 2016
21
Jun'16
Work in progress: How Jisc’s shared datacentre vision is shaking up the education sector
Computer Weekly gets a progress report from the Jisc shared services datacentre team in Slough about how the education sector is making use of the site
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June 20, 2016
20
Jun'16
AWS clinches cloud deal with Colorado law enforcement agencies
US State of Colorado signs AWS cloud deal, paving way for law enforcers to make greater use of digital technologies during criminal investigations
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June 17, 2016
17
Jun'16
Hays Recruitment service desk project is all gain and no pain
The firm was attracted by the many benefits of a cloud-based service desk, but chief among them was the low risk involved in implementation
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June 17, 2016
17
Jun'16
Clegg unaware of GCHQ monitoring parliamentary emails
Former deputy prime minister tells a public meeting he was unaware parliamentary emails were scanned by system linked to GCHQ
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June 15, 2016
15
Jun'16
Australian datacentre investments rocket due to latest enterprise IT trends
The increased use of big data, analytics, cloud and mobile technologies in Australian enterprises is driving spending in datacentre services
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June 09, 2016
09
Jun'16
Cloud firm adds Cloudian object storage to satisfy S3 demand
Calligo puts Cloudian object storage on Lenovo hardware to add a tier of storage for customers that want Amazon S3-compatible cloud services, but not from Amazon
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June 07, 2016
07
Jun'16
Save the Children swaps on-premise migration plan for public cloud
International charity Save the Children explains why it abandoned plans to shift core IT systems back on-premise to embrace public cloud computing technology
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June 07, 2016
07
Jun'16
Swedish bank Sparbanken Syd expands IT outsourcing to trading
Swedish bank Sparbanken Syd outsources the IT that runs its trading business to Finland's Tieto supplier, to cut costs and improve the quality of its services
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June 06, 2016
06
Jun'16
Rio 2016 Olympics passes final IT test
IT services firm Atos completes its 200,000 hours of testing the IT systems for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
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June 02, 2016
02
Jun'16
LogMeIn customers complain over price hikes and contract renewals
Remote management supplier denies not notifying customers about impending price rises and renewal dates, as end-user complaints mount
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June 01, 2016
01
Jun'16
Safe Harbour confusion fuels rise in demand for European datacentre space, CBRE claims
User demand for locally hosted cloud services prompts cloud firms and infrastructure providers to rapidly take-up datacentre space in Europe, CBRE research shows
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May 27, 2016
27
May'16
Bristol Water outsources IT as business model transforms
Bristol Water outsources IT to Wipro to support it through a period of transformation to its operating model
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May 26, 2016
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May'16
European cloud buyers unmoved by low prices, suggests 451 Research
451 Research’s latest Cloud Price Index investigates link between low-cost cloud services and provider market share
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May 25, 2016
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May'16
HPE second quarter results reveal risks in CSC services deal
HPE’s CEO Meg Whitman admits the company’s flagship private cloud will need to run in CSC/ES datacentres
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May 25, 2016
25
May'16
Atos hits Rio 2016 Olympics IT milestone
The IT underpinning the 2016 Olympics in Rio enters a critical phase as one of its essential event management systems starts to work
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May 25, 2016
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May'16
CSC and HP’s services division merging, joint sales could hit $26bn a year
Both entities will take an equal stake in the new business
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May 19, 2016
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May'16
Lawmaker Vaizey hails UK role in resolving datacentre sovereignty issues
Digital economy minister talks up government’s work in supporting the growth of the UK’s technology sector
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May 17, 2016
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May'16
Equinix sells eight European datacentres to rival Digital Realty for $874m
As Equinix sells off eight European datacentres to rival Digital Realty, analyst Steve Wallage predicts what the fallout from the deal might be
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May 13, 2016
13
May'16
Idiot UK Drivers Exposed enlists Hyve managed hosting as website traffic grows
Dangerous driving site explains how its videos going viral on social media prompted an urgent rethink about using a multi-tenanted hosting platform to support its website
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May 11, 2016
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May'16
Salesforce turns to AWS for internet of things cloud test support
Cloud CRM giant is reportedly using the AWS public cloud to give it the capacity it needs to cope with the internet of things data deluge
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May 04, 2016
04
May'16
Shell the latest multinational to insource IT offshore
Oil giant Shell is the latest large business to announce plans to insource its IT operations at a delivery centre in Bangalore, India
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May 03, 2016
03
May'16
AWS Q1 Results: How the cloud giant plans to retain its hold on the market
In light of the continued growth of AWS, Computer Weekly looks at how the firm intends to retain its hold on the cloud market
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April 27, 2016
27
Apr'16
IT outsourcing starts year with a bang
The IT outsourcing sector got off to a strong start in 2016, with sales volumes and values up
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April 27, 2016
27
Apr'16
OpenStack set for 100% adoption by Fortune 100 firms within three years
Managed cloud provider Rackspace claims the open source software platform’s acceptance is miles ahead of where Linux was at this part of its life cycle
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April 26, 2016
26
Apr'16
Action for Children mobilises staff on Claranet’s managed network
Action for Children, the charity behind Byte Night, moves onto Claranet’s MPLS core network to support the wholesale revitalisation of its ICT
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April 26, 2016
26
Apr'16
HMRC weighs up desktop services and cloud collaboration
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is considering tendering for managed desktop services and an integrated cloud-based system, worth up to £215m
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April 26, 2016
26
Apr'16
OpenStack Foundation steps up efforts to address enterprise skills gap
OpenStack Foundation co-founder claims scarcity of techies with skills in using the open source cloud platform remains biggest barrier to enterprise adoption
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April 25, 2016
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Apr'16
Lloyds Bank offshores more IT roles to India
Lloyds Banking Group is offshoring more IT jobs to India as part of its latest cost-cutting announcement
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April 22, 2016
22
Apr'16
Rackspace embarks on renewed push to ease enterprise adoption of AWS and Azure clouds
Managed cloud provider Rackspace outlines how teaming up with IT consultancy Cloud Technology Partners will help enterprises struggling with the move off-premise
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April 21, 2016
21
Apr'16
Graduation of apprentices is coming of age for Accenture’s Newcastle hub
The first group of IT graduates emerging from Accenture’s apprenticeship scheme in north-east England will walk straight into jobs, debt-free
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April 20, 2016
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Apr'16
T-Systems embarks on enterprise-focused cloud push with colocation provider Virtus
IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom shares five-year plan to close private datacentre in Feltham, after signing colocation deal with Virtus Data Centres
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April 20, 2016
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Apr'16
Zadara adds object storage, bigger flash and 16Gbps Fibre Channel
Latest version of Zadara Storage features object storage, Fibre Channel and bigger cache options to software-defined cloud storage product that can run on-premise, off-premise and as a hybrid
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April 19, 2016
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Apr'16
Brighton and Hove gets free city centre Wi-Fi service
Brighton and Hove City Council enables a free city centre Wi-Fi network, comprising 40 Wi-Fi hotspots – thirty of which are already live – with support from BT
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April 19, 2016
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Apr'16
Singapore SME makes HR analytics affordable for other small companies
A small supplier in Singapore is offering other SMEs a SAS-based HR software shared service
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April 12, 2016
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Apr'16
UK poised to lead global fintech sector, says Tech City chair Eileen Burbidge
Tech City chair and venture capital expert says the UK is in a position to become a world leader in financial services and sheds light on how cloud can provide failing firms with a stay of execution
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April 07, 2016
07
Apr'16
Rackspace debuts private cloud packages to drive up enterprise adoption of OpenStack
Rackspace claims pre-configured hardware, software and services stack will smooth enterprise path to OpenStack-based clouds
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April 07, 2016
07
Apr'16
How an IT department in a portacabin supports UK’s biggest critical infrastructure project
The man in charge of the IT supporting the UK's largest critical infrastructure project – the redevelopment of London Bridge station – tells Computer Weekly about life in a portacabin
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April 06, 2016
06
Apr'16
Volkswagen Group selects Mirantis OpenStack for private cloud build
Volkswagen outlines plans to use open source cloud platform, as it moves to embrace connected devices and agile software development techniques
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April 06, 2016
06
Apr'16
Capgemini strengthens its Indian backbone
With half of its global staff now based in India, Capgemini expands its operations there by opening a facility for a further 30,000 staff
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April 04, 2016
04
Apr'16
Digital Single Market: European Commission warned not to over-regulate online platforms
Ministers from 11 EU member states warn European Commission off over-regulating use of online platforms during the creation of the Digital Single Market
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March 30, 2016
30
Mar'16
Security should be driven by business, says Corvid’s Andrew Nanson
Information security should be business-driven and investments assessed for their effectiveness and business value, according to Corvid CTO
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March 29, 2016
29
Mar'16
Dell offloads services arm to fund EMC acquisition
Dell dumps its services business as it gets ready to take over EMC
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March 24, 2016
24
Mar'16
BMW Group signs HPC and hosting deal with hydro-powered Swedish datacentre operator
BMW Group inks deal with green datacentre operator in Sweden
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March 24, 2016
24
Mar'16
The dawn of managed services in the Middle East
Managed services are on the up in the Middle East, with enterprises looking at ways to support critical infrastructures while they invest in new technologies
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March 23, 2016
23
Mar'16
Danish utility NRGi goes offshore for IT platform transformation
Danish utilty NRGi has outsourced its IT to Indian services supplier Wipro as it attempts to transform its operations amid increased competition
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March 23, 2016
23
Mar'16
GDS preps guidance for third-party suppliers to deliver 'government as a platform'
Government Digital Service (GDS) chief insists "pragmatic extensions" to outsourcing contracts implies nothing permanent in push for "government as a platform" (GaaP)
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March 23, 2016
23
Mar'16
University of Hull installs Avaya unified comms network
The University of Hull is to deploy an Avaya telephone and unified communications environment to reduce costs as part of a digital transformation project
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March 22, 2016
22
Mar'16
AWS and Microsoft UK datacentre plans could upset SME-rich Digital Marketplace, Kable warns
SME G-Cloud providers told to brace themselves for increasing competitive threats from AWS, Microsoft and Oracle once their UK datacentres open
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March 22, 2016
22
Mar'16
T-Systems targets Amazon cloud customers
Deutsche Telekom's IT services division plans to take business from Amazon with a cheaper public cloud that guarantees users' data stays in Germany
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March 17, 2016
17
Mar'16
CIO interview: Mogens Kristensen, Sydbank
Danish bank’s IT head explains the advantages of sharing some IT systems with other banks
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March 17, 2016
17
Mar'16
TechUK calls for closer ties between cloud and communications providers
Technology association TechUK outlines measures to encourage greater adoption of cloud computing in the UK - starting with greater connectivity
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March 17, 2016
17
Mar'16
Which IT services suppliers are European businesses most satisfied with?
TCS has won top spot for European customer satisfaction for the third year running, according to Whitelane Research
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March 16, 2016
16
Mar'16
Rolls-Royce cloud HR project will pay for itself in two years
HR IT director Mark Judd explains how engineering and aerospace firm swapped ageing ERP and spreadsheets for a company-wide core HR system
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March 16, 2016
16
Mar'16
Environment Agency acquires new flood warning system from Fujitsu
Agency has signed a four-year, £4.6m contract for a cloud-based flood warning system that gives people more choice on how to receive alerts
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March 15, 2016
15
Mar'16
Scottish Borders signs £92m digital services contract with CGI
The council’s 13-year deal with CGI as its digital services partner will create 200 jobs and establish a Scottish ICT delivery centre of excellence
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March 15, 2016
15
Mar'16
Germany-Finland subsea cable tipped to fuel European datacentre market growth
The deployment of a European subsea data cable could put Finland on the map for datacentre investors
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March 15, 2016
15
Mar'16
UK outsourcing sector wants to remain in a reformed EU
A survey of UK outsourcing companies reveals that three quarters of all respondents want to remain in a reformed European Union (EU)
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March 15, 2016
15
Mar'16
Dropbox invests in building out on-premise storage as user numbers soar
Cloud-based file share and sync service reveals details of its hybrid cloud strategy, which has seen it invest large sums in building its own on-premise infrastructure
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March 14, 2016
14
Mar'16
New UK law will criminalise failure to hack on demand
MPs have been given only two weeks to read 1,200 pages of documents which disclose new powers to require technology companies to install secret surveillance capabilities in software, computer equipment or networks
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March 10, 2016
10
Mar'16
451 Research warns of software-defined infrastructure skills gaps
Analyst house 451 Research warns CIOs against the dangers of failing to pair software-defined technology investment with staff training
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March 10, 2016
10
Mar'16
Indian suppliers are mopping up Nordic business
Indian IT suppliers are blazing a trail in the Nordic region with large deals and major local investments
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March 10, 2016
10
Mar'16
Equinix taps into Open Compute Project to build open source datacentre ecosystem
Technology produced by Facebook-backed Open Compute Project gets snapped up by datacentre operator Equinix
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March 09, 2016
09
Mar'16
IT outsourcing consultancy Alsbridge enters overlooked Australia
IT outsourcing consultancy sets up operations in Australia, which it says has been overlooked for outsourcing services
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March 08, 2016
08
Mar'16
Gartner warns IT leaders about the perils of using private platform as a service
Industry watcher Gartner warns IT leaders pursuing a private platform-as-a-service (PaaS) strategy to build cloud apps could be in for disappointment
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March 07, 2016
07
Mar'16
Government launches review of Atos contracts
The Cabinet Office will review all government contracts with Atos worth more than £10m per year after heavy criticism in a Public Accounts Committee hearing
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March 04, 2016
04
Mar'16
MasterCard named as VocaLink suitor
MasterCard is reportedly in talks with the banks that own payments provider VocaLink over a £1bn takeover
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March 03, 2016
03
Mar'16
US researchers begin solar-powered datacentre research project
Massachusetts-based project aims to uncover how best to integrate datacentres and smart grids
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March 03, 2016
03
Mar'16
Equinix and Interxion set out 2016 global datacentre expansion plans
Colocation rivals outline their investment intentions and priorities for the year ahead
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March 02, 2016
02
Mar'16
AWS cuts cloud data transfer fees for academic and research user groups
Cloud services giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) rolls out discounts in bid to lower the cost barrier to making scientific discoveries
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March 01, 2016
01
Mar'16
Data sovereignty issues drive up cost of cloud for European CIOs
Addressing data sovereignty concerns means European CIOs are forced to pay more for cloud services than their US counterparts