Cloud computing software
Cloud computing has been one of the hottest topics for IT managers in recent years, and many organisations are already introducing cloud services into their IT infrastructure. Getting the most from cloud computing software means changing the way you think about software delivery, through platforms such as software as a services (Saas), infrastructure as a service (Iaas) and platform as a service (Paas), not to mention the vital role of virtualisation. We follow the latest trends and examine how organisation are using cloud computing software.
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Opinion
30 Apr 2025
APAC telcos forge alliances for AI sovereignty
Faced with fears over vendor lock-in and rising sovereignty demands, operators are turning to alliances to complement hyperscaler partnerships as they strike a balance between global scale and local control Continue Reading
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Opinion
22 Apr 2025
VMware licensing changes and the road ahead
VMware's new subscription fees: will enterprises pay up, walk away or explore a smarter third option? Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2019
Facebook’s objections to court concerns over privacy more about ‘optics’ than facts
Facebook’s challenge to a High Court ruling that raises serious concerns about data transfers between Europe and the US is more about appearance than facts, lawyers for the Irish Data Protection Commission told Dublin's Supreme Court Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2019
Veeam Cloud Tier adds tiered storage for backups in S3 clouds
Virtualisation backup specialist adds tiering of Veeam Availability Suite data to AWS, Azure and S3-compatible clouds, which can now also be used as a repository for its N2WS cloud-native backup Continue Reading
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E-Zine
17 Jan 2019
CW ASEAN: Dive into microservices
Microservices has become a buzzword linked with digital transformation, but it is no magic bullet for development woes. In this edition of CW ASEAN, we uncover the state of adoption of microservices in ASEAN and what needs to be in place for enterprises to get the most out of the technology. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jan 2019
What to expect from Dynatrace Perform 2019
The Computer Weekly Developer Network is heading to Las Vegas for the first of the technology industry's 2019 conferences -- and it's Dynatrace Perform 2019. Dynatrace is an Application Performance ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Jan 2019
Are You Fully Automated?
One common theme with recent product tests and vendor briefings and that is - automation. Not that there's anything new here per se; back in the mid-90s I remember working on an extensive project ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
10 Jan 2019
CW Middle East: Bahrain aims to be fintech hub
Bahrain’s government wants to make the country the go-to place in the Middle East for financial technology companies. It hopes to capitalise on its banking know-how to establish an ambitious fintech “ecosystem”. Also read about Dubai’s plans for the Smart Data platform and the UAE Pass, a digital ID and signature, and how Shell is using AI to amplify the human impact of its workforce. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2019
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 Continue Reading
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News
04 Jan 2019
Norwegian cryptocurrency miners lament proposed loss of energy use-related tax relief
A wide-ranging push by the Norwegian government’s tax collection agency to clamp down on cryptocurrency miners has incurred the wrath of a company planning to build the world’s biggest datacentre Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Dec 2018
Top 10 cloud storage stories of 2018
Top trends in cloud storage in 2018 included key enablers of hybrid- and multi-cloud such as native cloud storage, array makers’ cloud appliances and distributed file systems Continue Reading
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News
28 Dec 2018
Top 10 HR technology stories of 2018
Companies are turning to artificial intelligence, robotic automation and chatbots to take the drudgery out of human resource management Continue Reading
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News
28 Dec 2018
Top 10 storage stories of 2018
Key trends in storage in 2018 included hybrid and multicloud storage, container storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Meanwhile, flash storage has evolved with NVMe Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Dec 2018
Thomas Cook & the Internet of Cockroaches
We all know the Internet of Things (IoT) -- it is the now widely accepted industry term used to describe a network of connected 'intelligent' devices that enjoy a degree on on board analytics and a ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2018
Microsoft raises cloud prices for Australian enterprise customers
Despite the price hike, Microsoft claims its Azure service remains competitively priced, with opportunities for additional savings Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Dec 2018
AI developer toolset series: Mathworks on deep learning
The Computer Weekly Developer Network is in the engine room, covered in grease and looking for Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for software application developers to use. This post is part of a ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Dec 2018
Cloud Foundry cloud forecast for 2019
Developers will want to know what’s next with cloud for 2019, obviously. Key among concerns will be the need to engineer new automation services driven by AI -- and (no prizes for guessing), 2019 ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
13 Dec 2018
CW Europe: Russia banks on electronic payments
A recent study by Sberbank, Russia’s largest state-run lender, shows the country has experienced a cashless payment boom over the past decade. Also read about the attempt by four Russians to break into the networks of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, and why the Estonian government is directly targeting IT professionals in the UK. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Dec 2018
Atlassian Optimizely aim to clean up developer data quality
Atlassian is of course best known (a few would argue loved) for its issue tracking software Jira. Optimizely on the other hand, is known for guess what? The clue was (obviously) in the name -- the ... Continue Reading
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News
04 Dec 2018
NHS email outage caused by ‘internal software issues’
NHSmail system shutdown, which saw staff locked out of their accounts, blamed on “software issues” in supplier Accenture’s internal infrastructure Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Dec 2018
The machine that goes IDaaS-Ping!
Ping (the identity defined security company, not the golf club company) has previewed its PingOne for Customers tool for developers The is cloud-based Identity as a Service (IDaaS) software for ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Dec 2018
Why is all the cloud consolidation happening?
We know that 2018 saw a lot of cloud (industry) consolidation. Companies merged, cloud alliances (yes, more of them) formed and platforms became more agnostic (where possible) in order that they ... Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Nov 2018
How to build SME storage using public cloud storage
Small companies can often take advantage of public cloud storage offerings to supplement or replace on-premise infrastructure. We look at key options in file, block and object storage Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Nov 2018
Nutanix partner roundup at .Next 2018
Wandering the partner pavilion areas is a pleasant enough distraction at any IT industry trade show. Attendees dart between stands grabbing packets of branding-sponsored jelly beans, T-shirts and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Nov 2018
Nutanix Xi suite ‘cloud fabric’ edges over to IoT
Nutanix used its ‘Next’ 2018 conference and exhibition series this week in Europe to detail the scope of its Xi Cloud Services offering. This is a suite of cloud computing functions specifically ... Continue Reading
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News
27 Nov 2018
Oslo: A hub for the social startup scene
The Norwegian capital is thriving from a unique combination of business agility, a cultural receptiveness to technology, and a social desire to do good Continue Reading
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News
27 Nov 2018
Data volumes set to hit 175ZB with a tectonic shift to the cloud
There will be more data in the public cloud than enterprise datacentres or consumer devices by 2025 as data shifts location, according to a study by IDC and Seagate Continue Reading
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News
26 Nov 2018
Unprecedented actions by Commons committee augur badly for Facebook
House of Commons’ serjeant-at-arms effectively arrested the CEO of a US software company and frogmarched him to Parliament, where he was told he would be imprisoned if he failed to hand over papers on Facebook Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Nov 2018
Yo Red Hat -- OpenStack Platform 14 based on Rocky
Red Hat appears to be continuing with its normal course of business (and product roll out programme) under the ownership of its new IBM parent -- the firm’s OpenStack Platform 14 has been launched ... Continue Reading
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News
21 Nov 2018
NetApp and Pure show strong results on flash storage and cloud
NetApp records healthy year-on-year revenue increase with flash showing out well, while Pure Storage sees incredible earnings for its flash products over 12 months Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2018
Survey: Data very fragmented, and that’s a worry for most
Cohesity-sponsored survey finds most organisations store multiple copies of secondary data and worry about the cost and the effect on their competitiveness Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2018
Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management turn to Workday to complete merger
Standard Life Aberdeen, created in August 2017 when two of Scotland’s largest financial services companies merged, is transferring 3,000 former Standard Life staff to Aberdeen Asset Management’s Workday HR system as it integrates the two businesses Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2018
Pure Storage makes big hybrid push with Cloud Data Services
Flash storage pioneer makes a big deal of its object storage architecture as it launches Pure capacity in the AWS cloud, plus replication to the cloud for on-premise hardware Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2018
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2019
Edge computing, data management and microservices will play a bigger role in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019 as enterprises reshape their technology architectures to become ‘digitally determined’ organisations Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2018
Rubrik adds Oracle, NoSQL and SAP Hana data protection
Scale-out backup appliance maker has already ticked most physical and virtual support boxes and is now filling out the details with enterprise application support Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2018
NetSuite finds sweet spot in Asia
With a fast-growing economy and government programmes to drive digital transformation, Asia is proving to be fertile ground for the cloud ERP pioneer Continue Reading
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News
12 Nov 2018
Agfa’s move to cloud HR paves the way for healthcare IT spin-off
Agfa-Gevaert is moving HR systems from 40 countries into the cloud as the company prepares to turn its health IT operations into a standalone business Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Nov 2018
Mesosphere ups automation for ‘on-demand data science’
Multi-cloud automation company Mesosphere has now come forward with Mesosphere Kubernetes Engine (MKE), Mesosphere DC/OS 1.12 and the public beta of Mesosphere Jupyter Service (MJS). Mesosphere ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Nov 2018
Smart Dubai platform is the backbone of the city's transformation
Aisha bin Bishr, director general at Smart Dubai Office, talks about the Smart Data platform and soon-to-be-unveiled UAE Pass, a digital ID and signature which is being touted as one of the foundations a city needs to transform Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Nov 2018
Introducing ‘focus and leverage’ – the value algorithm of the internet era
Anyone pitching a business idea or designing a new service needs to understand the economics of mature internet technology Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Nov 2018
IBM and Red Hat: Inspired or desperate? And a difficult journey ahead
IBM’s proposed $34 billion purchase of Red Hat looks like a good idea for both sides. But is the proposed coming together borne of inspiration, or desperation? In other words, were the two ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
06 Nov 2018
Post Office IT system goes on trial
In this week’s Computer Weekly, 10 years after we revealed concerns over the Post Office’s Horizon accounting system, affected subpostmasters finally get their day in court. We look at how businesses are turning to wearable technology to help employees stay healthy. And we analyse the key players and products in the market for object storage. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
01 Nov 2018
The IBM and Red Hat mega-merger: Who stands to benefit most?
IBM is in the midst of a multi-year repositioning as it looks to offset the downturn in enterprise demand for its traditional, on-premise offerings by courting enterprise cloud buyers, prompting it to place its biggest bet yet on open source Continue Reading
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News
31 Oct 2018
AWS urges enterprises to embrace their heritage when facing down disruption from startups
At this year's AWS Transformation Day, the cloud giant's enterprise strategist, Miriam McLemore, talked about why enterprises should be looking to embrace their heritage and legacy when moving to the cloud Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Oct 2018
Microservices no longer a fad, hoverboards still flaky
Microservices you say? An approach to contemporary software application development in which an (often large) application is built as a suite of modular and discrete components or services. Tish ... Continue Reading
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News
30 Oct 2018
How Avanade keeps pace with Microsoft and the market
Systems integrator Avanade has had to adapt to Microsoft’s evolution into an “ecosystem platform” that includes open-source software Continue Reading
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News
29 Oct 2018
Philips looks to artificial intelligence to train its workforce
Healthcare company is looking to AI, chatbots and learning playlists to help staff learn new skills more quickly as it adapts changing business priorities Continue Reading
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News
25 Oct 2018
Firms will use AI to automate HR processes within two years
Companies are gearing up to automate HR processes with artificial intelligence and machine learning, while at the same time battling with outdated IT systems Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2018
SMEs use fintech in fight against online giants, but fears remain
Online SMEs are turning to financial technology to help them make payment processes easy for customers as they try to compete with online giants Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Oct 2018
Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens on using open source for competitive advantage in the public cloud
Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens on how the enterprise cloud conversation is changing, and why not all supplier declarations about supporting open source technologies are quite what they seem Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2018
Hammerspace launches with hybrid cloud-era NAS virtualisation
Startup Hammerspace launches from five-year stealth to make NAS files available anywhere, on-prem and in cloud, with technology that splits metadata and payload for lightweight virtualisation Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Oct 2018
Container-native, it’s now ‘a thing’
San Francisco headquartered software analytics company New Relic has acquired Belgian container and microservices monitoring firm CoScale. Neither firm is essentially open source in its core ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Oct 2018
What is optimisation-as-code?
There’s code optimisation, which, obviously, is a process where software application developers focus on an existing code base and work to improve it in terms of its total number of executable ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Oct 2018
No Cloud Over VDI!
Unsurprisingly, whatever the IT genre and whatever the weather, cloud is always on the horizon right now. One of several top meetings I had last week within IP Expo's confines was with Morteza ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
11 Oct 2018
CW Middle East: Middle East warms to humanoid robots
Countries in the Middle East are warming to humanoid robotics, robotic process automation and artificial intelligence as these technologies become widely accepted globally. Also in this issue, read why Saudi Arabia has called on London’s fintechs to set up in the country with the promise of government support, and find out how the Gulf Warehousing Company has introduced cloud-based technology to replace paper processes used by its HR department. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Oct 2018
Postman assesses state of the Aye-Pee-Eye (API) nation
Application Programming Interface (API) development company Postman has conducted a state of APIs survey. Well, an API dev tools company would, wouldn’t it? Questioning its 5 million community ... Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2018
Ctera to enhance multi-cloud after $30m funding boost
Ctera does “NAS replacement” on object storage in the cloud, but wants its customer on-premises hardware to be smarter to allow tiering of data to multiple private and public clouds Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Oct 2018
Windows Virtual Desktops: Microsoft takes virtual Windows mainstream on Azure
Microsoft is fleshing out its virtual desktop proposition by allowing enterprises to access Windows via its Azure platform, but what does this mean for its competitors? Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Oct 2018
Executive interview: Sebastian Krause, general manager, IBM Cloud Europe
IBM Cloud Europe general manager Sebastian Krause opens up about Big Blue's big bets on hybrid cloud, enterprise IT and why the public cloud market is not one it is interested in playing in Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Oct 2018
Splunk CTO: we will ‘open the aperture’ for data analytics
Machine data intelligence and analytics specialist Splunk has detailed a number of product updates at its annual .conf user and customer conference this month. The self-styled real time operational ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Oct 2018
Splunk ups Industrial IoT Operational Technology (OT) team tools
Real-time operational intelligence specialist Splunk hosted its annual .conf conference in Orlando this October to detail the state of its platform development, showcase customer use cases and dig ... Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Oct 2018
How to implement a multicloud storage strategy
We look at how to build a multicloud storage strategy and benefits such as performance, availability and features, as well as potential limitations such as data mobility Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2018
New cloud storage services for Microsoft Azure at Ignite 2018
Microsoft launches Data Box hardware appliances for cloud ingestion, Avere vFXT cloud NAS, Ultra SSD storage based on NVMe flash and Azure Premium file storage Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2018
Object storage: On-prem, in the cloud and hybrid
We take a look at the object storage market and products and find offerings made to build public and private clouds that often provide a link between the two Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Sep 2018
Infor builds out industry-specific cloud profiles
Cloud computing happened, then the Earth cooled. Actually, cloud computing happened and then we started to look at ways of engineering this service-based approach to computing into our existing and ... Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Sep 2018
OpenStack storage update 2018: After Rocky
Snapshots and container storage support are among recently added functionality in the open source private cloud platform, but vendor driver support for OpenStack is not universal Continue Reading
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News
20 Sep 2018
Asda outsources app development to support digital future
Supermarket chain Asda is outsourcing its application development to HCL to access and build skills and experience in agile development methods Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Sep 2018
Flash storage in the cloud from the big cloud providers
We survey the big three cloud providers – AWS, Azure and Google – and find a range of mostly block storage flash storage options with performance choices available Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2018
EU-backed bid to cap idle energy use by datacentre servers moves closer
Move to improve the energy efficiency of datacentres by capping idle energy use by servers by 2020 comes one step closer, despite opposition from IBM, HPE and Dell-EMC Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2018
Santander plans UK tech hub in Milton Keynes
Santander is opening a UK tech hub in Milton Keynes that will have 5,000 staff Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2018
BMW innovation lab bears fruit with insurtech deal
BMW has struck a deal with one of the tech startups that participated in its innovation incubator Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2018
Nationwide Building Society adds over a billion pounds to IT spend
Nationwide is increasing the budget for its latest multi-year IT project Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Sep 2018
Pulumi offers ‘code-based approach’ to cloud native apps
Pulumi Corporation has come forward with new libraries and tools for Kubernetes, the open source container orchestration system. Pulumi who? Ah yes sorry, Pulumi is quite new (founded in 2017 and ... Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2018
Middle East hungry for digitisation, says GE’s Bill Ruh
The Middle East is among the most enthusiastic regions in terms of applying digital business models to traditional industries Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Sep 2018
How the big five storage array makers tier data to the cloud
We look at the big five storage array makers' efforts to connect on-premise hardware with cloud storage and find automated tiering, on-ramps, and backup and archive capability Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2018
Gartner claims pure-play IaaS providers could be sidelined as enterprise attitudes to cloud mature
Gartner's latest public cloud services market tracker shows demand for IaaS is booming among enterprises, but providers whose cloud proposition does not feature a PaaS component may lose out in future Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2018
Cloudian’s $94m new funds to target 100PB-scale operations
CEO Michael Tso says funding in engineering efforts aims to make sure Cloudian can meet the challenge of object storage deployments growing to hundreds of petabytes Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2018
Arsenal puts Acronis in defence for analytics cloud backup
Football club is increasingly driven by video and data analysis and opts for cloud backup software-as-a-service and quick restore to any location to replace ad-hoc staff solutions Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2018
VMware debuts VMware Cloud on AWS in Australia, cuts entry price
Virtualisation juggernaut VMware rolls out its hybrid cloud service in Australia and has halved the entry price to sweeten the deal for enterprises Continue Reading
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E-Zine
21 Aug 2018
Tapping into the internet of things
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we hear from IT leaders who are early adopters of internet of things technologies about how to deliver on the potential of IoT. We examine strategies for combining hyper-converged infrastructure and cloud storage to best effect. And we find out how the UK government intends to use data to improve Britain’s railways. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2018
StorageCraft launches OneXafe scale-out backup appliances
Product revamp sees firm launch OneXafe scale-out secondary and primary storage with ShadowXafe data protection software in backup appliance for physical and virtual environments Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Aug 2018
Virtual storage appliances in the cloud from the big five
We survey the big five storage hardware makers’ cloud offerings. Virtual storage appliances available range from storage and backup/data protection to nothing at all Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Aug 2018
Microsoft open sources Azure network replication project
What’s being ‘pushed to’ open source this last weekend or so? Answer: quite a lot. There’s a whole smörgåsbord of openness out there… but one project emanating from Redmond stands out for sure. ... Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Aug 2018
National Archives races to create electronic archive of EU law before Brexit
The National Archives faces challenges converting the EU's enormous library of laws into a publicly accessible UK archive ahead of Brexit. The Archives’ digital director, John Sheridan, explains how Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Aug 2018
Hybrid cloud a key milestone on the road to cloud storage
The cloud seems to lend itself to use as a storage location. There are lots of bumps in the road, however, and hybrid cloud should be a key medium-term aim for organisations Continue Reading
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News
13 Aug 2018
Oracle accused of ‘misleading’ investors over source of cloud revenue growth
Database software giant faces claims in the US that it misled investors and analysts over the source of its cloud revenue growth Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Aug 2018
CW Benelux: Netherlands to experiment with self-driving trains
In this issue, read how Dutch railway operator ProRail will test self-driving trains on a small set of railroad tracks to learn if they can be part of the country’s notoriously busy network. Also, find out how a network of smart towns and cities is growing in the Netherlands, and why Dutch organisations are being urged to unite to fight DDoS attacks. Continue Reading
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News
08 Aug 2018
Infinity SDC sells Here East Olympic Park datacentre to fund development of Romford facility
The colocation provider continues to scale-back its datacentre footprint in London, with the news it has exited its much-hyped facility in the former Olympic Park in Stratford Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Aug 2018
What to expect from Tibco Now 2018
What should you call your technology conference, exhibition, symposium and all-round shindig these days? The name choices are various, but fall into a group of usual suspects including: TechEd, ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Aug 2018
Alibaba Cloud makes deeper inroads into Malaysia
The Chinese cloud supplier’s second availability zone and upcoming DDoS scrubbing centre in Malaysia comes on the heels of growing investments in the Southeast Asian nation Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2018
AWS revenue growth slows as competition in the global IaaS market heats up
Gartner's latest look at the global infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market shines a light on how the great and good of the public cloud supplier community are fairing Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2018
Inside IncludeOS - what is a unikernel?
IncludeOS is a unikernel, a special type of library operating system that allows developers to write and run their application in the cloud... in place, that is, of a more traditional OS. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jul 2018
Google builds out cloud developer playbook
Google has used its 'Next' cloud conference and symposium to harden its enterprise-ready stance and build out its developer tools portfolio. Google vice president of engineering Melody ... Continue Reading
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News
26 Jul 2018
Google brings machine learning data processing to IoT edge environments
Google is expanding its internet of things data processing offering by extending the ability for enterprises to carry out machine learning tasks in edge environments Continue Reading
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News
25 Jul 2018
Google Cloud gaining ground in APAC
The cloud supplier claims substantial growth in Asia-Pacific, and is upping the ante on partnerships and infrastructure investments across the region Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2018
Walmart and Microsoft partner to boost digital in retail
US retail giant Walmart has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft, with the aim of speeding up its digital transformation Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jul 2018
What are ‘mature’ stateful applications?
BlueK8s is a new open source Kubernetes initiative from ‘big data workloads’ company BlueData -- the project’s direction leads us to learn a little about which direction containerised cloud-centric ... Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2018
JWT slashes server estate in move to Ctera cloud appliances
Marketing agency deploys Ctera cloud-attached NAS for 10,000 employees to simplify IT infrastructure, cutting server count and slashing software and hardware costs Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2018
UKFast creates subsidiary to support AWS and Azure
Hosting company UKFast offers its own private and public cloud services alongside Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure support Continue Reading
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E-Zine
12 Jul 2018
CW Middle East: Can Saudi Arabia build the Silicon Valley of the Middle East?
In April this year, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman visited Silicon Valley in the US to meet tech giants such as Apple and Amazon in its efforts to fast-forward the kingdom’s technology capabilities. Read about its lofty ambitions. Also in this issue, read how demand for skilled IT professionals is increasing rapidly in the Middle East, which is facing a talent crunch. Meanwhile, Gulf Cooperation Council smart city initiatives are gathering momentum. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jul 2018
What is a software defined perimeter?
Information access and identity management controls have never been more in the data developer news-stream as they are today. Software Defined Networks (SDN) have a massive part to play in terms of ... Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Jul 2018
Cloud HCI survey: Cloud functionality in hyper-converged infrastructure
We look at how you can use hyper-converged infrastructure to build private clouds and link up with public cloud services to develop hybrid and multi-cloud working Continue Reading