Cloud applications

Organisations, both public and private, are turning to cloud computing applications, as they move their infrastructure to the cloud. Find out about SaaS and PaaS through news, features and expert advice. Learn how organisations are managing the complexity of hybrid cloud and on-premise applications, as well as private and public cloud applications.

News 30 Nov 2023
AWS debuts model evaluation tool in Bedrock

The Model Evaluation tool in Bedrock will help organisations evaluate and test large language models that are best suited to their needs based on criteria like accuracy, toxicity and cost Continue Reading
News 29 Nov 2023
Aerodyne taps AWS to power drone platform

The Malaysia-based startup is running its Dronos platform on AWS to expand its footprint globally and support a variety of drone use cases, from agriculture seeding to cellular tower maintenance Continue Reading

News 08 Jul 2014

Huddle eases collaborative critical path for engineering firm WSP

Engineering consultancy WSP chooses Huddle to allow its engineers and architects to share project data securely and collaborate, regardless of location Continue Reading
News 03 Jul 2014

Netflix releases its AWS monitoring tool Security Monkey into the wild

Netflix has made Security Monkey, the AWS tracker tool it built for itself, freely available to other Amazon cloud users Continue Reading
News 03 Jul 2014

Blender maker adds ServiceNow ITSM to business mix

Blender maker Vitamix has rolled out its ServiceNow IT service management (ITSM) beyond the improvement of its IT operation by automating tasks across the business. Continue Reading
E-Zine 30 Jun 2014

Supporting Apple in the enterprise

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide takes an in-depth look at how to support Apple products in an enterprise IT infrastructure. We find out how eBay built its own Openstack private cloud. And the chief of the government’s G-Cloud programme talks about changing public sector IT procurement. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
Feature 24 Jun 2014

Unilever puts SAP at the captain’s table

Consumer goods company Unilever works hand in glove with SAP in “speeding up its growth”, according to senior executives at the two firms Continue Reading
News 18 Jun 2014

Case study: How eBay uses its own OpenStack private cloud

eBay runs one of its most crucial workloads – its website – on an OpenStack private cloud platform developed by itself Continue Reading
News 18 Jun 2014

Interview: John Swainson, president of Dell Software

Dell Software president John Swainson's aims to make Dell Software a $5bn business Continue Reading
News 17 Jun 2014

IFDS integrates UK and India service centres

International Financial Data Services has implemented software to balance workloads across UK and Indian delivery centres Continue Reading
E-Zine 16 Jun 2014

The Met Office turns to open source

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out why the Met Office turned to an open source database to replace Oracle at the UK weather forecasting service. We take an in-depth look at Microsoft’s SQL Server 2014 release. And we analyse the revolutionary potential of cloud computing. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 12 Jun 2014

Can Salesforce.com re-engineer business IT?

With 1.5 million developers and a new focus on industry solutions, is Salesforce.com a business platform? Continue Reading
News 09 Jun 2014

Home Secretary Theresa May unveils datacentre in Maidenhead

Home Secretary Theresa May has opened a multi-million-pound extended datacentre, owned by UK cloud firm iomart Continue Reading
E-Zine 09 Jun 2014

The case for a European cloud market

In this week’s Computer Weekly, the European Commission wants to create a digital single market in Europe based on industry standard clouds – but is the plan realistic? Network encryption promises to solve many IT security threats – we examine the benefits. And our latest buyer’s guide looks at business process management. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
Feature 09 Jun 2014

OpenStack storage: Cinder and Swift explained

is a rising star in private cloud infrastructures. But what about OpenStack storage? We run the rule over OpenStack Cinder and Swift Continue Reading
News 06 Jun 2014

Cloud impact can be as big as the advent of computing itself: EIU report

Cloud is not just a replacement for older computing platforms, but a change as revolutionary as the advent of computing itself, says EIU report Continue Reading
News 05 Jun 2014

UK airports lead move to cloud services

UK airports are at the vanguard of using cloud to develop innovative services, says Gatwick CIO. Continue Reading
News 05 Jun 2014

CIOs should 'leave innovation to marketing'

CIOs should focus on managing the technical infrastructure and leave innovation to other parts of the business – conclusion of a major study. Continue Reading
News 04 Jun 2014

Sapphire 2014: Plattner restates radical, in-memory computing future

SAP's Hasso Plattner restates his case that enterprise applications face a radical future, based on in-memory computing Continue Reading
News 03 Jun 2014

Sapphire 2014: SAP CEO McDermott declares war on ‘complexity’ and sets Fiori free

Bill McDermott, SAP CEO, devoted his opening keynote at Sapphire 2014 to declaring war on business process “complexity” Continue Reading
News 03 Jun 2014

High availability strategy key to saving costs, says Sungard AS

The cost of IT downtime is extremely high for businesses – but must all systems and applications be highly available all the time? Continue Reading
Feature 29 May 2014

Future of in-house datacentres in the cloud era

It is predicted that companies will spend three times more on the cloud by 2017. But as cloud goes mainstream, are in-house datacentres really dying? Continue Reading
News 28 May 2014

CIO interview: Ian Cohen, CIO, Jardine Lloyd Thompson

Running a programme to transform the business is the wrong way to go about change, according to Ian Cohen, CIO at insurance broker JLT Continue Reading
News 23 May 2014

Business Objects use increases among SAP users, but Hana uptake low

More UK and Ireland SAP customers are using Business Objects now than even two years ago, but only 15% are using Hana Continue Reading
News 22 May 2014

Salesforce.com opens UK datacentre to support data sovereignty

Cloud CRM company Salesforce.com has announced its first UK datacentre, which is also its first in Europe Continue Reading
News 19 May 2014

SAP certifies core business apps to run on Microsoft Azure

From June, users of SAP Business Suite software, Business All-In-One solution, SAP Mobile Platform, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise and Hana platform will be able to run them on Azure Continue Reading
News 19 May 2014

IT headcount lags behind growth in digital strategies

There is a huge gap in technology staffing for e-commerce operations, according to a new report from analyst Forrester Continue Reading
News 15 May 2014

Justifying the business case to update Oracle eBusiness Suite

To justify the upgrade cost needed to move to Oracle eBusiness Suite Release 12, IT departments need consider how the implementation can deliver value. Continue Reading
News 02 May 2014

Addressing security and privacy on the industrial internet

The smart grid and smart meters are part of the wider industrial internet, which will offer insight into people’s life at home. What are the security implications? Continue Reading
News 01 May 2014

British Gas brings central heating control to smartphones with AWS

British Gas used public cloud IT to enable people remotely control their homes’ central heating with smartphone apps and save on utility bills Continue Reading
News 30 Apr 2014

SDL turns to cloud HR to join up businesses in 40 countries

The technology is central to the company’s strategy to integrate formerly autonomous businesses in 38 countries into a single operation Continue Reading
News 28 Apr 2014

US judge orders Microsoft to hand over email data held in Dublin

A US Judge has ordered Microsoft to give the District Court access to the contents of one of its customer’s emails stored on a server located in Dublin Continue Reading
News 23 Apr 2014

Optimising the data warehouse

Analysts Clive Longbottom and Rob Bamforth discuss approaches to optimising data warehouses for big data. Continue Reading
News 23 Apr 2014

The mid-market conundrum

Analysts Bob Tarzey and Bob Brown look at how mid market organisations can achieve 'best in class' IT applications with limited resources. Continue Reading
News 16 Apr 2014

Q&A: SAP's Mike Ettling discusses SuccessFactors cloud HR strategy

Computer Weekly talks to Mike Ettling, global head of cloud and on-premise HR at SAP, about the company’s strategy for its SuccessFactors cloud HR technology Continue Reading
News 15 Apr 2014

EU data privacy authorities approve Microsoft Azure, Office 365 cloud services

The European Union's data privacy authorities have given approval to Microsoft's cloud services including Windows Azure and Office 365 Continue Reading
News 10 Apr 2014

BT and Microsoft to offer secure fast lane to Azure cloud

Microsoft’s UK cloud chief hails service as critical step in supporting CEO Satya Nadella’s ambitious plans for global cloud dominance Continue Reading
News 08 Apr 2014

EasyJet flies with HR software in the cloud

Airline easyJet is moving to cloud-based human resources software from Workday to manage its 8,000 employees Continue Reading
News 08 Apr 2014

Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe

Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle Continue Reading
News 08 Apr 2014

Law Society advises legal industry's IT teams over cloud

The Law Society has published best-practice advice for legal firms' IT teams that are considering using cloud computing, following increased use of the cloud to store data Continue Reading
E-Zine 07 Apr 2014

Cloud wars

In this week’s Computer Weekly, cloud users are set to benefit from cheaper services as Google and Amazon start a price war. The mainframe is still not dead yet – we look at 50 years of the IBM mainframe. And we assess the latest attempt to encourage overseas IT experts to fill the UK’s skills shortages. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 07 Apr 2014

CIO interview: Leandro Balbinot, global CIO, HJ Heinz

Food giant HJ Heinz is gearing up to expand its international presence with a technology modernisation programme encompassing 23 countries Continue Reading
News 04 Apr 2014

John Lewis and Waitrose move to Google Apps for collaboration

John Lewis and Waitrose have adopted Google Apps for sharing ideas, managing information and receiving real-time updates on the business Continue Reading
E-Zine 03 Apr 2014

CW Europe – April 2014 Edition

This edition of CW Europe looks at data protection in Europe after PRISM, asking what the new EU data protection regulation is about and how it could affect your business. CW Europe’s security editor asked industry experts their opinion how the controversial reform and how it could affect the region. Continue Reading
News 03 Apr 2014

Pharmaceuticals company turns to cloud HR technology

Astra Zeneca CIO Dave Smoley turns lessons learned from an earlier cloud HR implementation to use at the pharmaceuticals giant Continue Reading
News 24 Mar 2014

Grant Thornton spends £3m in move to cloud HR services

Financial advisory firm invests in cloud talent management as it gears up to expand its operations in the UK Continue Reading
Feature 21 Mar 2014

The digital CIO: How digital technology will change the way organisations work

If you are an IT leader, digital technology is likely to be a pivotal factor in your career over the next five years Continue Reading
News 20 Mar 2014

Big Digital Leadership

This paper by digital strategist Ade McCormack, offers CIOs advice on turning digital technology trends into a business advantage. Continue Reading
News 19 Mar 2014

Oracle finally sees revenue growth from hardware business

Oracle has finally seen a boost from its server business, with hardware sales up 8% in its latest financial results Continue Reading
Feature 19 Mar 2014

Case study: How John Lewis conquered the web

An in-depth look at the inside story of John Lewis' £40m e-commerce strategy. Continue Reading
News 18 Mar 2014

Global taskforce agrees on green datacentre metric

DCeP hopes to win widespread support as a useful and meaningful standard for measuring datacentre efficiency Continue Reading
News 14 Mar 2014

Interview: Charles Phillips, CEO, Infor

Charles Phillips is at a critical point in his role at Infor. Over the past three years as CEO he has invested heavily in overhauling the company's enterprise software Continue Reading
News 14 Mar 2014

Amazon Web Services reaches its 8th birthday

On March 14 2006 Amazon expanded from its retail heritage and launched its IT services business with the birth of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Continue Reading
News 10 Mar 2014

Case study: BG Group turns to cloud HR to reach staff in multiple countries

Gas exploration and production company replaces SAP HR technology with Oracle Fusion in the cloud. Continue Reading
E-Zine 10 Mar 2014

Making data flow freely

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at open data and how it can improve public services – and even help prevent a repeat of the recent floods. We report from Cloud Expo on the reasons why public cloud is yet to be embraced by enterprise IT. And we look at the key issues for buying HR software in 2014. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 04 Mar 2014

Airport IT Trends Survey

Airports are spending a larger slice of their revenues on technology as they look to improve the passenger experience, this major study from SITA reveals. Continue Reading
News 04 Mar 2014

Gartner: Time to rethink backup procedures

IT leaders and storage managers can realise cost savings and improve their use of backup infrastructure by rethinking their back-up procedures, says Gartner analyst Dave Russell. Continue Reading
Feature 03 Mar 2014

No more email? Why companies are turning to collaboration technology

Collaboration technologies are helping companies improve their employees' work-life balance Continue Reading
News 25 Feb 2014

Flexibility and integration drove NatWest Microsoft Dynamics migration

NatWest Business Banking selected Microsoft Dynamics CRM when it realised it needed full CRM capability Continue Reading
News 24 Feb 2014

Case study: Virtualised storage adds value to Denmark's tunnel vision

State construction firm Femern selects DataCore system to help speed up Fehmarnbelt undersea odyssey and keep the sharks at bay Continue Reading
News 21 Feb 2014

Executive interview: Microsoft targets the non-professional developers

The developer community is changing. There are far more people programming now, says Microsoft's Tim O'Brien Continue Reading
Feature 18 Feb 2014

The UK’s problem with power

Datacentre power buyers say Britain’s deregulated energy market is as complex as trading in derivatives Continue Reading
News 18 Feb 2014

HP knew of Autonomy hardware sales tactics

New evidence suggests HP was aware of Autonomy’s accounting practices months before publicly condemning the company Continue Reading
Photo Story 17 Feb 2014

UK IT spending will outpace rest of Europe in 2014

Computer Weekly research reveals the IT spending priorities for UK and European organisations in 2014. Continue Reading
News 14 Feb 2014

HR Technology Key Trends 2014

HR Directors and leading IT suppliers give their take on the HR technology trends for 2014 in this analysis from HR Zone. Continue Reading
News 11 Feb 2014

Schneider accreditation aims to boost green datacentre skills

Datacentre supplier offers free vendor-neutral courses and certification through its online Energy University Continue Reading
News 07 Feb 2014

Amazon nets lion’s share of $10bn public cloud market

AWS continues its unassailable domination of the sector, despite recent moves by Google, IBM and Microsoft Continue Reading
News 07 Feb 2014

Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy

The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation Continue Reading
News 04 Feb 2014

Satya Nadella replaces Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO

Microsoft has named Satya Nadella as CEO almost six months after former incumbent Steve Ballmer announced his retirement Continue Reading
News 31 Jan 2014

WIll open source save the datacentre industry?

IT rivals stand cheek-by-jowl to praise Facebook’s Open Compute Project, but is the love-in a Damascene conversion or just damage limitation? Continue Reading
News 29 Jan 2014

Microsoft joins Open Compute Project

Redmond giant makes server specs public in bid to influence future datacentre design Continue Reading
News 28 Jan 2014

BBC failed to get "sufficient grip” over failed DMI project, says NAO

The National Audit Office has slammed the BBC over its failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI), project saying the broadcaster was “too optimistic” and the BBC executive “did not have sufficient grip of the programme" Continue Reading
News 22 Jan 2014

HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud

Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce Continue Reading
News 20 Jan 2014

IBM to open London datacentre as part of $1.2bn global cloud push

New facility first in UK to be based on IBM SoftLayer cloud architecture Continue Reading
E-Zine 20 Jan 2014

The IT risks facing Universal Credit

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the ongoing IT risks facing the UK government’s highest-profile IT project – the troubled Universal Credit programme to reform the UK’s welfare system. We talk to IT leaders to find out their spending priorities for 2014 and how their IT budgets are shaping up. The digital chief at BBC Worldwide talks about managing technology innovation. And we find out about the latest best practice in improving datacentre performance. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
Photo Story 17 Jan 2014

Top IT priorities for 2014 in Europe

Exclusive Computer Weekly research showing how IT decision makers are spending their 2014 budgets. Continue Reading
News 16 Jan 2014

HCL and CSC partner to modernise applications

Indian IT services firm HCL and US competitor CSC are working together to win business in the application modernisation and cloud migration segments of the application outsourcing sector Continue Reading
E-Zine 13 Jan 2014

What is being said about you on social media?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the sentiment analysis technologies that can help businesses understand what’s being said about them on social media and how best to react. We find out about the development of next-generation Wi-Fi and how it can help improve mobile working. And our supplier profile of Amazon Web Services looks at the challenges and opportunities for the cloud market leader. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 06 Jan 2014

Is cloud computing almost too good to be true for banks?

The cloud’s most obvious benefits will enable banks to keep up with technology changes while reducing costs Continue Reading
News 31 Dec 2013

CW500 Club in 2013

Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face Continue Reading
Photo Story 23 Dec 2013

IT at the WWF Living Planet Centre

WWF’s Living Planet Centre is one of the greenest buildings in the UK and aims to demonstrate to the public using technology how it is possible for people to live in harmony with nature Continue Reading
News 20 Dec 2013

UK citizen wins legal round against Facebook over Prism leaks

A British citizen has applied for a judgement against Facebook in a case that will test the right of tech firms to give UK personal data to the NSA. Continue Reading
Opinion 19 Dec 2013

User acceptance testing needs real training, not just a short course

In spite of its importance, user acceptance testing (UAT) is often chaotic, problematic and ineffective Continue Reading
News 06 Dec 2013

Firm works with Google maps to provide fleet management software

Greater Anglia rail company will roll out a taxi booking app in 2014 developed by fleet management software provider TDispatch and powered by Google Maps Continue Reading
News 06 Dec 2013

Nokia Solutions Networks HR rejects best of breed for best of platform

Nokia Solutions and Networks has chosen a ‘best of platform’ approach for its global HR programme in the wake of a reduction in staff from around 80,000 to 50,000, consequent to a restructure in 2011 Continue Reading
News 05 Dec 2013

700,000 benefit claimants miss out on Universal Credit deadline

The secretary for work and pensions has admitted the Universal Credit benefit scheme will miss its 2017 deadline Continue Reading
News 05 Dec 2013

UK citizen sues Microsoft over Prism private data leak to NSA

A court action brought in the UK will test Microsoft's legal right to disclose private data on UK citizens to US intelligence services Continue Reading
News 03 Dec 2013

Microsoft invests in Ireland datacentre

Microsoft is expanding its Dublin datacentre with a €170m investment Continue Reading
News 03 Dec 2013

Scabal moves to the cloud for storage flexibility

Clothing manufacturer Scabal is moving its entire IT infrastructure to Interoute’s cloud for flexibie storage Continue Reading
E-Zine 02 Dec 2013

The future of local government IT

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at how visionary IT leaders in local government plan to transform the delivery of digital public services using the cloud. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at the technology challenges of implementing the internet of things for businesses. And do firms dealing with tech-savvy consumers need a new approach to IT management? Some IT leaders think they do. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
News 29 Nov 2013

IT budgets to rise by 3% in 2014 as companies step up spending on mobile

IT spending will increase by 3% in 2014, up from 1.8% last year. But shadow IT spending will add another 40% to technology budgets Continue Reading
News 26 Nov 2013

Gartner: What CIOs should know about cloud‑based customer service

IT leaders and managers of customer support need to understand the limits of cloud-based CRM customer service and support software solutions, writes Michael Maoz, vice-president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. Continue Reading
News 20 Nov 2013

Case study: McGraw-Hill Education mobilises with Salesforce

The educational resources provider utilises Salesforce to develop a mobile app and get its sales reps selling more on campus Continue Reading
News 19 Nov 2013

Human Capital Management

Computer Weekly looks at the steps companies have taken to improve talent management; bridging the gap between the cost savings promised by cloud technologies and the value they deliver. Continue Reading
Feature 18 Nov 2013

Procter & Gamble uses Teradata cloud analytics for global marketing

Procter & Gamble has 15,000 websites, but sells almost exclusively through retailers. This makes gathering intelligence on customers tough Continue Reading
News 13 Nov 2013

AWS re: Invent 2013 kicks off in Las Vegas

Amazon Web Services' annual conference opens with product announcements to the 8,000 strong crowd during the keynote Continue Reading
News 13 Nov 2013

Poundland chooses Microsoft Office 365 as it overhauls IT infrastructure

Poundland is implementing Microsoft Office 365 to enable staff to collaborate and communicate more efficiently. Continue Reading
News 11 Nov 2013

CW Buyers Guide: Cloud Storage

Computer Weekly looks at the variety of cloud storage options for the enterprise, their benefits and the potential security risks and opportunity costs they present. Continue Reading
News 25 Oct 2013

HP and Diageo take different paths to cloud-based HR

HP and Diageo took very different approaches when they deployed cloud-based human resources (HR) software from Workday Continue Reading
News 22 Oct 2013

BT signs multimillion HR technology contract with Oracle

The project, one of the largest contracts signed so far for Oracle’s Fusion technology, is strategically important both to Oracle and BT Continue Reading
News 16 Oct 2013

Case study: Richard Branson's Virgin Management moves to IaaS platform

Virgin Management, a subsidiary of Virgin Group, has migrated its IT to a cloud-based IaaS platform for BYOD capabilities and savings Continue Reading
News 15 Oct 2013

Siemens Enterprise Communications rebrands as Unify

The communications company will rebrand in time to launch its latest unified communications solution, code-named Project Ansible Continue Reading