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• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  How digital transformation underpins Three’s 5G ambitions

  At Three, the smallest of the UK’s four mobile network operators, a transformative attitude to underlying IT is helping the firm mount a serious challenge to its rivals when it comes to 5G roll-out

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  AWS skills collaboration gives rise to two-year pre-university cloud qualification

  Amazon Web Services joins forces with Career College Trust to create cloud course that will prepare students for entry-level tech jobs or further education at university

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Apple cancels plans to build second European datacentre in Denmark

  The consumer electronics giant plans to focus its efforts on expanding its soon-to-be completed datacentre in Denmark, rather than invest in standing up a second facility in the country

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  Cisco shows off AI-driven network analysis at customer event

  New tools to help IT departments better understand network behaviour and predict potential problems were among a series of announcements made on the opening day of Cisco Live in the US

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  Virgin Atlantic partners with Accenture to bring self-service capabilities to cargo management

  Transatlantic airline becomes the first to adopt the latest version of Accenture's cloud-based Freight and Logistics platform as part of its digital transformation push

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Microsoft and Oracle join forces to offer inter-cloud connectivity

  Pair will provide direct connections between their clouds, enabling workloads to use services across Oracle and Azure public clouds

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Datacentre operators under pressure to embrace sustainability as climate change activism rises

  The rise in climate change activism across the globe means consumers are becoming increasingly likely to vote with their feet and shun brands that do not operate in a sustainable way, and datacentre operators must prepare

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Datacentre operators urged to look beyond past experience to fill talent gaps

  Panellists at the annual Datacloud Europe Congress in Monaco claim operators will continue to struggle to plug talent gaps while focusing on finding candidates with years of experience in datacentres, rather than those with an aptitude for the type ...

• June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19

  Is ‘Brexit effect’ to blame for drop in UK data management investments?

  Research from data backup software supplier Veeam suggests UK C-suite is set to invest much less in data management over the course of the next 12 months than the rest of the world, prompting concerns that Brexit might be to blame

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  How Alibaba Cloud plans to win over APAC enterprises

  The Chinese cloud supplier is counting on data analytics, industry-specific offerings and its knowledge of the China market to gain a foothold in the Asia-Pacific region

• 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