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Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Chatbots will not replace call centre agents

  Chatbots have not lived up to their promises and are better poised to support call centre agents in the blended realm of customer service and employee collaboration, says a regional Avaya executive

• 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 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  UK sees surge in IT outsourcing contracts

  Transformation projects drive IaaS growth, but SaaS declines. Some sectors are renegotiating and restructuring contracts to reduce costs

• 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 15, 2020 15 Oct'20

  How Tokopedia is streamlining incident management

  Indonesian e-commerce giant Tokopedia has improved incident management and developer productivity using a cloud-based incident management tool

• 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 14, 2020 14 Oct'20

  ServiceNow to roll out Now platform on Azure

  ServiceNow introduces Azure-linked offering to cater to the needs of organisations in regulated industries that have strict data sovereignty and security requirements

• 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

  Suppliers neglecting virtual appliance security, putting users at risk

  Software suppliers are often distributing their products on virtual appliances that contain known vulnerabilities or are running outdated or unsupported operating systems, according to a report

• 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 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

  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 02, 2020 02 Oct'20

  How a Singapore startup is disrupting logistics management

  Portcast’s cloud-based logistics management platform uses machine learning and big data to improve supply chain visibility for logistics companies, shipping lines and manufacturers

• 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

• 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 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  Race to patch as Microsoft confirms Zerologon attacks in the wild

  Don’t be the organisation that made the headlines because it failed to patch. Microsoft says it is seeing cyber attacks ramping up around the Zerologon CVE-2020-1472 bug

• 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 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 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

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Guernsey to revamp digital local service delivery following double datacentre build-out

  The State of Guernsey’s ongoing push to revamp how it delivers digital services to its citizens continues apace with the completion of two new datacentres on the island

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  Coronavirus fails to dim digital transformation ambitions of enterprise IT leaders, research shows

  Research from managed service provider 2nd Watch highlights cloud challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, and how enterprises are responding to them

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  Google Cloud services outage hits Gmail users across Europe

  Several key parts of Google’s cloud-based productivity suite of products are experiencing technical difficulties, with users across Europe reporting issues

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Equinix confirms review under way into UPS failure at Docklands datacentre

  Colocation giant says it is undertaking a review into the power outage that blighted users of its Docklands facility to guard against it occurring again

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Zoom dials into Southeast Asia with Singapore datacentre

  Zoom’s new Singapore datacentre is expected to shore up the performance of its conferencing tool and phone service in the city-state

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  UK Biobank to build AWS-hosted data analysis platform with DNAnexus to speed research

  UK Biobank is looking to the cloud to help democratise access to its research data, and ensure the information it holds can be used by as broad a user base as possible

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  HPE signs 12-month hybrid cloud-focused MoU with UK government

  Hardware giant becomes the first non-cloud provider to sign preferential pricing deal with government’s Crown Commercial Service, as push to encourage public sector move to cloud accelerates

• August 12, 2020 12 Aug'20

  Beyond.pl plots Polish datacentre campus expansion to capitalise on growing continental cloud demand

  Polish colocation provider Beyond.pI says expansion plans are in direct response to growing demand for sustainably powered datacentre capacity in central Europe

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  Equinix expands into India through $161m acquisition of two local datacentres

  Colocation giant looks set to tap into the huge demand for cloud and internet services from enterprises in India

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  Coca-Cola European Partners signs multi-year hybrid cloud deal with IBM

  Coca-Cola European Partners is building on its past relationship with IBM to accelerate its cloud migration, and drive efficiencies within its business

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  Gartner flags continued growth in global IaaS spend as enterprise demand for public cloud soars

  Global spend on IaaS continues to surge, with a growing competitive threat posed by Chinese providers

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  Security teams struggle to keep pace with cloud threats

  Security professionals face challenges in keeping pace with cloud deployments and migrations, and the additional security threats they open up

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  TikTok to open first European datacentre in Ireland during early 2022

  The CISO of TikTok has confirmed the social video company's plans to open its first European datacentre in early 2022, as its data security processes come under increased scrutiny from the US government

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  Octopus Energy selects AWS as cloud provider to power its global expansion plans

  UK-based energy market challenger Octopus Energy has named Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider, as it gears up for further global expansion

• August 05, 2020 05 Aug'20

  Atos signs £5m supercomputing deal to support Oxford University-led AI research push

  University-led push to accelerate the pace of machine learning and artificial intelligence research in UK enters new phase with the deployment of a second supercomputer