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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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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

December 30, 2020 30 Dec'20
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020
December 29, 2020 29 Dec'20
Top 10 cloud stories of 2020

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2020
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
December 09, 2020 09 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
November 30, 2020 30 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
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
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
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
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
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?
November 19, 2020 19 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
November 18, 2020 18 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
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
November 17, 2020 17 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
November 16, 2020 16 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
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
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
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
November 10, 2020 10 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
October 29, 2020 29 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
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
October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20
Why Malaysia’s AmBank is embracing open source and DevOps

AmBank Group is tapping open source, DevOps and data science to improve customer service and develop bespoke services for a broader market
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
October 26, 2020 26 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
October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20
ANZ Bank moves digital banking services to container platform

Australia’s largest bank now runs 30% of its internet banking services on Red Hat OpenShift in a move that has energised developers and paved the way for more automation
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
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
October 15, 2020 15 Oct'20
Cloud data protection keeps the Crick’s medical research Covid-secure

Cloud data management services from Rubrik gave the Francis Crick Institute a data protection edge and have helped keep its vital work going through the pandemic
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
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
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
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
October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20
DBS to deploy IBM z15 mainframes

Singapore’s DBS Bank has signed a seven-year deal with IBM to run and modernise mission-critical applications on z15 mainframes
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
October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20
Inside VMware’s Kubernetes playbook

Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda talks up the evolution of the container orchestration platform and efforts by VMware to help enterprises get the most out of the technology
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20
Microsoft Ignite: Revamped Teams and Azure options in offing to ease enterprises through Covid-19

Microsoft is rolling out a series of additions to its cloud infrastructure and productivity portfolio, geared towards supporting enterprises as they adjust their digital transformation plans to accommodate coronavirus challenges
September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20
Unilever partners with Google Cloud to bolster supply chain sustainability

Consumer goods giant Unilever is drawing on Google's cloud technologies to help it achieve its goal of finding sustainable sources of palm oil, and reduce the risk of its operations leading to deforestation
September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20
Big questions to be answered over TikTok and WeChat reprieve

TikTok and WeChat seem to have received a stay of execution, but big questions and contradictions remain
September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20
Alibaba Cloud unveils ‘cloud computer’, delivery robot

At its annual Apsara conference, Alibaba Cloud debuts a thin-client computer and a logistics robot that can carry 50 packages in one go
September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20
Global datacentre hub analysis reveals 65% of global colocation revenue originates from 25 cities

Latest quarterly report into global colocation market trends from Synergy Research Group shows hyperscale demand for datacentre capacity remains concentrated within major cities, despite push for more edge sites.
September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20
Deutsche Bӧrse tackles VMware application migration with Google Cloud

German financial exchange firm provides an update on its progress in its move to embrace a hybrid IT and multicloud future
September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20
Western Australia government goes all-in on Microsoft

State agencies in Western Australia will be able to tap Azure cloud services and cloud applications through a new Microsoft agreement
September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20
Microsoft hails heightened reliability of servers run in sub-sea datacentres

Microsoft concludes multi-year research project into practicalities of running underwater datacentres with positive findings about the sustainability and reliability of sub-sea server farms
September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20
Nutanix bolsters Kubernetes playbook with managed service

Karbon Platform Services claims to ease container deployments in public and hybrid cloud environments in the emerging Kubernetes platform war
September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20
BlackBerry rolls out AtHoc crisis communications system to European datacentres

BlackBerry seeks to capitalise on growing demand for its AtHoc crisis communications system by rolling out locally hosted instances to European datacentres
September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20
Global spending on enterprise datacentres continues to dampen in face of Covid-19

Synergy Research Group hails continued, growing demand for datacentre hardware and software from hyperscalers for keeping market buoyant during pandemic
September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20
Interxion expands into Southeast Europe with Croatian colocation provider buyout

Digital Realty-owned European colocation player Interxion is expanding into Southeast Europe with the acquisition of Croatian services provider Altus IT, and is also expanding its presence in Spain
September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20
AWS hits out as US Department of Defense reaffirms JEDI contract award to Microsoft

The US Department of Defense claims its re-evaluation of the controversial JEDI contract award confirms it was right to award the deal to Microsoft, but Amazon Web Services continues to disagree
September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20
Amazon to recruit 7,000 permanent workers in UK during 2020 hiring spree

The online retail giant’s UK workforce looks set to expand to 40,000 employees by the end of 2020, as its network of fulfilment centres continues to grow