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Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
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February 14, 2019
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Feb'19
Google to spend $13bn in 2019 on additional US datacentres and offices
Search giant Google sets its sights on expanding its presence across the US during 2019 to accommodate the demand for its consumer and enterprise-focused internet and cloud services
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February 13, 2019
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Feb'19
Businesses fail to grasp the true cost of public cloud
Public cloud infrastructure as a service sounds good on paper, but a survey has found that many IT professionals are seriously overspending
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February 12, 2019
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Feb'19
Chesterfield NHS trust consolidates 30 data management systems into one with Civica
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust aims to become a paperless organisation by 2020
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February 11, 2019
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Feb'19
Legal & General Capital ploughs investment into Kao Data’s Essex-based datacentre campus
Financial services giant’s investment arm embarks on sizeable investment to support the continued expansion of Kao Data's colocation campus in Harlow
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February 11, 2019
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Feb'19
British Airways settles legal claim with CBRE over May 2017 Bank Holiday datacentre outage
British Airways confirms its legal proceedings against CBRE have now concluded, on a non-admission of liability basis
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February 08, 2019
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Feb'19
Mumsnet denies 'thousands' affected by software glitch-induced data breach
Parenting advice site Mumsnet moves to clear up reports that thousands of users have been affected by its recent data breach
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February 06, 2019
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Feb'19
US Department of Defense backs multi-cloud model to support $10bn JEDI mega-cloud deployment
The US Department of Defense has fleshed out its cloud strategy, as the industry awaits news of who has secured the decade-long contract for its $10bn mega-cloud environment
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February 06, 2019
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Feb'19
Synergy Research Group hails 2018 as standout year for cloud infrastructure market growth
The financial performance of the big cloud giants during the last quarter of 2018 prompts market watcher Synergy Research Group to declare it a "banner year" for the market
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February 06, 2019
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Feb'19
Telegraph Media Group switches out AWS to go all-in on Google Cloud
Telegraph Media Group CIO Chris Taylor on why the newspaper publisher is switching out AWS to go all-in on the Google Cloud Platform
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February 04, 2019
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Feb'19
Government restates SME spend commitment as large suppliers win more cloud hosting deals
An analysis of the G-Cloud and Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS) framework sales figures suggests proportion of cloud hosting deals going to big suppliers is continuing to rise
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February 01, 2019
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Feb'19
AWS reports fourth quarter revenue growth of 45% as public cloud demand continues apace
Amazon's cloud arm appears to be pulling away, in performance terms, from its parent's company's e-tail business, having generated more operating income during 2018 than its North American retail operations
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January 30, 2019
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Jan'19
Department for Transport revamps police road traffic accident reporting system
Working with Civica Digital, the Department for Transport has ramped up the mobile capabilities of its road traffic accident reporting service for police forces across England and Wales
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January 29, 2019
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Jan'19
Nordic green energy IT strategy gains momentum
The Nordic countries are building strong IT sectors around their green-powered datacentre infrastructures
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January 24, 2019
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Jan'19
Emergency services organisations ranked slowest public sector cloud adopters in Eduserv poll
Latest research from EduServ and Socitm into public sector cloud adoption trends reveals slow response to cloud calls from the emergency services sector
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January 23, 2019
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Jan'19
AWS vs Google vs Microsoft: Competition concerns fuel retail war between the big cloud three
The retail market is no slouch when it comes to adopting cloud technologies, but competitive concerns appear to be influencing the cloud-buying decisions of some
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January 22, 2019
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Jan'19
BigCommerce migrates 60,000 merchants from IBM and AWS to Google Cloud Platform
E-commerce platform provider BigCommerce has swapped out IBM and AWS for the Google Cloud Platform to help its users give their customers a faster, more responsive online shopping experience
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January 22, 2019
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Jan'19
Virtus plots £500m colocation expansion with five datacentres planned for Slough and Hayes
Virtus Data Centres is continuing to build out its colocation footprint within the M25, with five facilities set to open during the next two years
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January 21, 2019
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Jan'19
Amazon shareholders demand halt in sales of image recognition tech to US government
Amazon shareholders want its board of directors to halt sales of its image recognition service to US law enforcers unless it can independently verify it's not being misused
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January 15, 2019
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Jan'19
Digital Realty and Equinix drive bulk of colocation market M&A activity in 2018, research shows
Latest review of datacentre market mergers and acquisitions reveals uptick in deal volumes, with colocation giants Digital Realty and Equinix leading the way
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January 10, 2019
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Jan'19
Global hyperscale datacentre growth boom set to continue into 2019, Synergy Research shows
Synergy Research Group's global datacentre market performance tracker reveals which suppliers built the most new server farms in 2018, and where
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January 09, 2019
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Jan'19
AWS ‘does not dominate’ cloud market, claims Amazon’s UK public policy chief
Amazon’s UK director of public policy, Lesley Smith, has told the House of Lords Communications Committee that Amazon is a “prevalent”, rather than “dominant” force in the cloud market
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January 08, 2019
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Jan'19
Growth of on-premise tech hit by enterprise cloud demand in 2018, Synergy Research shows
Growth opportunities for on-premise technologies within the enterprise are starting to feel the pinch from cloud, claims Synergy Research's 2018 market review
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January 08, 2019
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Jan'19
AWS secures cloud hosting role in UK government Crown Marketplace programme
Amazon Web Services’ cloud platform to play key role in how public sector organisations procure common goods and services
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January 03, 2019
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Jan'19
M&A in action: How Majestic Wine paired with Naked Wines to fuel cloud-led digital transformation
Find out how the acquisition of online-only wine retailer Naked Wines in 2015 has shaped the digital transformation plans of its parent company Majestic Wine
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December 31, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2018
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December 20, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 cloud stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2018
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December 19, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2018
Australia continues to cement its position as a leader in mastering and deploying advanced information and communications technology across a large segment of its economy
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December 17, 2018
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Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2018
Organisations across Southeast Asia have been doubling down on efforts to take the lead in digital transformation initiatives
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December 14, 2018
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Dec'18
UK named sixth-biggest consumer of cloud services in EU
European statistics agency’s survey into the cloud usage habits of EU member states reveals the UK to be among the continent’s biggest consumers of off-premise services
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December 14, 2018
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Dec'18
Global server revenue hits record quarterly high as hyperscale demand for datacentre kit soars
Latest worldwide server market tracker from analyst house IDC suggests hyperscale demand for datacentre hardware has fuelled record quarterly revenue growth for the sector
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December 12, 2018
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Dec'18
High-flying clouds: AWS bucks traditional business growth trends with help from the enterprise
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud juggernaut continues to go from strength to strength from quarter to quarter, but what is fuelling its non-traditional revenue growth trends?
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Hybrid cloud in Australian government removes supplier lock-in
Australian public sector could take the hybrid approach to cloud computing as government’s digital transformation strategy moves ahead
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Hyperscalers must prep for increase in government regulation and taxation, warns Uptime Institute
Datacentre think tank Uptime Institute claims government concerns about the tightening hold the hyperscalers have on society and the economy will lead to greater measures to improve the sustainability of their operations in 2019
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December 04, 2018
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Dec'18
OpsRamp skills research highlights cloud hiring challenges of IT managers and CIOs
Research from IT operations platform provider OpsRamp shines a light on the difficulties IT managers face when trying to find staff to help make their digital transformation ambitions a reality
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November 30, 2018
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Nov'18
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels declares Oracle data warehouse switch-off as 2018 work highlight
During the closing keynote at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, the CTO of the cloud giant's parent company opened up about the career highs and lows of working for Amazon.com
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November 29, 2018
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Nov'18
Amazon brings public cloud services to enterprise datacentres with AWS Outposts
AWS builds out hybrid cloud play by offering enterprises access to its public cloud services in private datacentres, hosted on the same hardware its own facilities use
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November 29, 2018
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Nov'18
Nutanix grows subscription revenue
It made its name in hyper-converged hardware, but Nutanix is now growing its SaaS-based software infrastructure business
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November 29, 2018
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Nov'18
AWS on why it is finally joining the blockchain bandwagon
AWS CEO Andy Jassy opens up about the company’s earlier misgivings about the real user need for blockchain technologies
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November 28, 2018
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Nov'18
CIO interview: Stephen Docherty on NHS data sharing
The Cambridge Analytica scandal raised awareness about privacy. Stephen Docherty, CIO of South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, explains why
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November 28, 2018
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Nov'18
Amazon sets about speeding up space data processing in the cloud with AWS Ground Station
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is aiming to take the cost and complexity out of processing space data to make it more readily accessible by colocating managed ground station antennas with its cloud datacentres
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November 22, 2018
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Nov'18
Equinix, Digital Realty and NGD fuel UK colocation market growth with datacentre expansions
Colocation giants Equinix, Digital Realty and Next Generation Data open up about the multi-million pound commitments they are making to expanding their datacentre footprint in the UK
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November 21, 2018
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Nov'18
Datacentre expansions fuel record rise in capital expenditure of hyperscale cloud giants
Data from Synergy Research Group shows another huge rise in the capital expenditure of the hyperscale cloud giants, as they rush to expand their global datacentre presence
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November 21, 2018
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Nov'18
Lincolnshire Police signs 10-year cloud control room tech refresh deal with Motorola Solutions
Lincolnshire Police is embracing cloud technologies within its control room environment as it strives to improve the efficiency of its operations
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November 21, 2018
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Nov'18
Unpacking the OpenStack Foundation’s open infrastructure push
OpenStack Foundation’s push to broaden its focus beyond the provision of private and public cloud-supporting open source software is gathering pace, with the emergence of new pilot projects and use cases for its technology
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November 19, 2018
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Nov'18
Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene to be replaced by ex-Oracle president Thomas Kurian in early 2019
Having spent three years overseeing Google Cloud's push to become a credible enterprise cloud provider, Diane Greene is leaving the firm in January 2019 to focus on her philanthropic work
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November 14, 2018
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Nov'18
OpenStack Foundation hails innovation benefits of open and inclusive software development
OpenStack CIO Mark Collier predicts the next five to 10 years will see more software development conducted in open, transparent and collaborative ways, as enterprises strive to speed up digital transformation efforts
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November 13, 2018
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Nov'18
OpenStack restates commitment to core cloud platform as 'open infrastructure' push gathers pace
OpenStack Foundation executive chairman Jonathan Bryce used the opening keynote of its user summit to flesh out its open infrastructure proposition, while reinforcing its commitment to creating open source clouds
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November 12, 2018
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Nov'18
Singapore’s Redmart finds speed and agility with cloud ERP
Online grocer has slashed the time it takes to close the books from more than a week to just three days with Oracle’s cloud-based financial application
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November 12, 2018
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Nov'18
AWS CEO Andy Jassy confirms Oracle data warehouse switch-off at Amazon
Months after Oracle CTO Larry Ellison cited Amazon's use of its database tech as proof of its superiority, AWS CEO confirms its parent company is now migrating off it
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November 09, 2018
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Nov'18
Nationwide Building Society banks on AWS and DevOps for customer-led digital revamp
Nationwide Building Society is in the throes of a cloud and DevOps-focused effort to re-platform its digital banking and mortgage services, its director of mobile and digital, James Smith, tells Computer Weekly