Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Find out what IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), what it is used for, which companies are using IaaS, and the types of infrastructure included in this category of cloud services.
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News
16 Jun 2025
CNCF eyes open source Cuda alternative as AI’s influence grows
Open source leaders highlight breakthroughs in projects like OpenTelemetry and discuss the open source community’s role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence workloads and fostering global collaboration amid geopolitical tensions Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
11 Jun 2025
AWS touts AI building blocks as key to customer innovation
At the recent AWS Summit in Singapore, company executives and customers showcased how cloud and artificial intelligence are enabling organisations to scale, transform and tackle business challenges Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
01 May 2020
University of Oxford embarks on cloud-fuelled AI research push with AWS
University collaborates with Amazon Web Services to accelerate the pace of technology innovation in a range of artificial intelligence-related fields with the help of cloud Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 May 2020
Amazon commits to reinvesting $4bn of projected second-quarter profit into coronavirus response
Online retail giant Amazon sees revenue surge, but profits drop during first quarter of 2020 following surge in reinvestment to ready its business for Covid-19-induced uptick in consumer demand for online orders Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: UKCloud and VMware join forces to meet public sector demand for remote desktops
Public sector-focused IaaS provider UKCloud forges closer ties with VMware to meet the public sector demand for “government-grade” remote desktop technology Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Apr 2020
Critical SaltStack vulnerability affects thousands of datacentres
Critical vulnerabilities in the Salt remote task and configuration framework enable hackers to take control of cloud servers and must be patched right away Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
30 Apr 2020
UK government secures Microsoft Azure discounts for public sector
Procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service have secured an addendum to a long-standing Microsoft preferential pricing deal that now includes Azure public cloud services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 Apr 2020
Zoom chooses Oracle IaaS as core cloud infrastructure provider
Zoom has chosen Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to deliver its online video meetings service as usage has spiked due to the Covid-19 coronavirus public health crisis Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
29 Apr 2020
Google chief suggests post-coronavirus cloud boost
Google’s GCP platform has seen increased demand during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, and the company’s CEO believes economic recovery may lead to fewer on-premise datacentres Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
29 Apr 2020
Australian researchers tap cloud to save the Tasmanian devil
Researchers at the University of Sydney are using Amazon Web Services to speed up genomics research in one of Australia’s wildlife conservation programmes Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
28 Apr 2020
AWS expands beyond edge connectivity in Italy with datacentre region opening
Amazon Web Services says opening a datacentre region in Covid-19-hit Italy indicates its commitment to delivering cloud services to communities that need them most Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Podcast
28 Apr 2020
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 55
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna talk about real-time video call transcription, as offered by OtterAI, the loan charge double whammy afflicting some contractors, Green Flag’s digital transformation, online food delivery developments under lockdown, and using AI to save coral reefs Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
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News
28 Apr 2020
IBM celebrates quantum cloud fourth anniversary with coding challenge
IBM has set four tasks for programmers to try out on its cloud-based quantum computer, in a bid to widen quantum coding skills Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
28 Apr 2020
APAC edge computing market set to grow
China and Japan will account for the lion’s share of Asia-Pacific’s edge computing market as more organisations in the region look to streamline processes and improve productivity Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
23 Apr 2020
Datacentre M&A closed deal values exceed last year’s total just three months into 2020
Latest market tracker data shows rebound in datacentre M&A deal values as enterprises look to outsource more of their IT and move to the cloud Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
23 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: Remote workers air long-term productivity concerns over home-working tech
Research from managed service provider Atlas Cloud highlights concerns from remote workers that their work-from-home tech kit might not be up to the job in the long term Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Apr 2020
Google creates datacentre task scheduler to limit non-urgent work to peak renewable energy periods
Google lifts lid on how it is using forecast data to ensure non-urgent compute workloads within its datacentres are carried out at peak supply times for renewable energy Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Apr 2020
How DBS is reaping the dividends of digital transformation
At DBS Bank, the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has demonstrated the value of technology and the investments it made over the past decade to modernise its technology stack Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
21 Apr 2020
IBM results reveal hybrid emphasis and virtual garages
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is leading to businesses rethinking their strategy, with IBM leaning on virtual teams to support hybrid computing projects Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
21 Apr 2020
UK challenger stockbroker Freetrade backs Google Cloud to make investing more inclusive
The CTO and co-founders of UK challenger stockbroking app provider, Freetrade, discuss how Google Cloud has helped them diversify their service offering as user numbers have increased Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
17 Apr 2020
AWS slams lack of White House cooperation in JEDI cloud contract investigation
The Department of Defense claims the Inspector General's report into the controversial JEDI cloud contract should nullify a number of allegations pertaining to the deal, but Amazon Web Services seems to disagree Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
15 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: Round-up of free cloud infrastructure services to support enterprises through Covid-19
Amazon, Google, Alibaba and OVHcloud are among public cloud providers offering enterprises, researchers and healthcare free access to services to support them through the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
14 Apr 2020
Australian firms soldier on amid Covid-19 outbreak
From the largest financial institutions to small companies, Aussie firms have been dialling up their use of technology tools to keep their businesses humming during the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: Microsoft Azure suffers datacentre capacity shortages in Europe
Microsoft is working to “expedite” additional datacentre capacity after reports of users struggling to access resources due to coronavirus demand surge. But how easy will that be amid a global pandemic? Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: Google Cloud CEO on how its tech is supporting the fight against Covid-19
From public sector organisations to retailers, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian reveals details of how the firm's tech is helping enterprises in multiple verticals shore up their infrastructure and get on the front foot in the fight against coronavirus Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 Apr 2020
GDS champions cross-functionality approach to cloud adoption in public sector guidance
Extensive research into cloud adoption trends in the public sector by Government Digital Service (GDS) results in guidance detailing how IT leaders can make the most of their off-premise investments Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
31 Mar 2020
Why security validation matters
FireEye’s top executives in Asia-Pacific discuss the benefits of security validation and offer their take on the region’s cyber threat landscape Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
- 30 Mar 2020
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News
27 Mar 2020
Huawei to boost Kunpeng ecosystem in cloud play
Chinese tech giant will shell out $200m this year to build an ecosystem around its Arm-based processor to bolster its position in the cloud computing market Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
25 Mar 2020
AWS hits out at narrow scope of DoD’s planned re-evaluation of JEDI cloud contract
Details of Amazon’s response to the US Department of Defense’s planned re-evaluation of the controversial 10-year, $10bn JEDI cloud contract have emerged Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Mar 2020
DCMS creates datacentre-focused resiliency team to keep UK online during coronavirus outbreak
Tech trade body TechUK reveals further details of the work going on behind the scenes at government level to ensure datacentre operators have access to the resources they need to cope with the surge in businesses and consumers accessing online services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Mar 2020
Global spend on enterprise datacentre kit and private clouds down 1% in 2019
Market tracker data from Synergy Research Group reveals continued decline in spending on private datacentres, while investments in kit destined for use in public cloud facilities continues to soar Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
24 Mar 2020
Hyperscale cloud firms ‘well-insulated from coronavirus crisis’, claims Synergy Research
With businesses and consumers increasingly turning to online and cloud-based services to access work and leisure resources, Synergy Research predicts the hyperscale datacentre operators should be well-positioned to “ride out” the coronavirus crisis Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
24 Mar 2020
Edge computing environments: what you need to know
An edge case in business sits at the limits of what's viable, and edge computing requirements suggest a similar struggle Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Mar 2020
The AWS bucket list: Keep your cloud secure
Misconfigured cloud installations risk billions of records being exposed, damaging organisations’ finances and reputations. Paying attention to securing AWS storage buckets is a simple matter Continue Reading
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News
23 Mar 2020
Coronavirus prompts cross-industry collaboration from datacentre operators to keep UK online
TechUK positioning document reveals datacentre operators are putting their competitive differences aside to share best practice on how to keep staff safe and keep the UK online during the coronavirus outbreak Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: The cloud and datacentre management challenges facing CIOs as remote working soars
Ensuring their IT infrastructure is equipped to cope with the sudden surge in employees accessing on-premise and cloud applications from remote locations in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak is a challenge facing many CIOs right now Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
19 Mar 2020
IT Priorities 2020: ANZ firms to spend more on cyber security
Over half of respondents in Australia and New Zealand plan to invest more in cyber security, especially in key areas such as data loss prevention Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
18 Mar 2020
Covid-19: Uptime Institute advises operators to suspend non-essential datacentre projects
Datacentre resiliency think-tank issues 18-page guidance to help operators protect staff during the coronavirus pandemic while keeping their facilities ticking over Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
17 Mar 2020
Amazon to recruit 100,000 extra workers to cope with coronavirus-induced online shopping surge
Online retailer plans to focus its recruitment drive on providing jobs to hospitality and service industry workers who are out of work as coronavirus prompts city-wide shutdowns across the US Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Blog Post
17 Mar 2020
Devs and cloud infrastructure management: Weighing up the pros and cons
In this guest post, Rob Greenwood, technical director at Manchester-based cloud consultancy, Steamhaus, sets out why developers might not be best-placed to run your company’s cloud. Just because ... Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Mar 2020
US Department of Defense requests time to re-evaluate section of AWS and Microsoft JEDI bids
The Department of Defense is to request a resubmission of information from Microsoft and Amazon Web Services about their JEDI bids, as the long-running US cloud procurement saga drags on Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
12 Mar 2020
CW Europe: Experts examine Dutch government’s IT problems
Technology experts discuss the challenges and potential solutions to the Netherlands government’s IT problems. Also read how Russia’s VTB and Rostelecom are creating a platform to utilise big data technology, and how Spain’s CaixaBank is using AI to help its staff training. Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2020
IT Priorities 2020: Datacentres remain mainstay of enterprise IT, despite continued cloud creep
The 2020 IT Priorities Survey from Computer Weekly and TechTarget confirms enterprise datacentres remain the deployment site of choice for many workloads, but stepping up the use of cloud is a top investment plan for firms this year Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Mar 2020
Virtus confirms Q2 go-live date for next two datacentres, as expansion plans gather pace
Virtus Data Centres is making good on its datacentre expansion plans, which have been previously billed as among the biggest construction projects ever embarked upon by a colocation provider Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Mar 2020
APAC remains hotbed for digital transformation
Nearly half of organisations in the Asia-Pacific region see digital transformation as their top priority, followed by cloud infrastructure deployment and artificial intelligence, survey finds Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
10 Mar 2020
IT Priorities 2020: Digitisation drives IT modernisation growth
IT decision-makers realise that old applications restrict agility. As organisations digitise processes, application modernisation is key Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
10 Mar 2020
VAT software supplier exposed data of millions
Eight million sales records belonging to UK and EU consumers left exposed due to misconfigured server Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
10 Mar 2020
Lloyds Banking Group signs five-year Google Cloud deal
The retail bank has a multi-cloud strategy as part of its multi-billion digital transformation initiative Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
10 Mar 2020
University of Hertfordshire and Goonhilly hail deep learning-led UK mapping data breakthrough
Tech tie-up paves the way for creation of UK mapping data that is free from cloud cover for the first time Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Mar 2020
Inside Oracle’s cloud strategy
Oracle may be late to the cloud infrastructure and platform game, but it believes it has what it takes to carve out a bigger slice of the Asia-Pacific’s cloud market Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
08 Mar 2020
Google to open new cloud regions in India and Australia
New cloud regions in Delhi and Melbourne underscore Google’s resolve to carve out a bigger slice of Asia-Pacific’s cloud computing market Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Blog Post
06 Mar 2020
IR35 private sector reforms: Examining the infrastructure challenges it poses to umbrellas
In this guest post, John Whelan, CEO of cloud-based accountancy software provider My Digital Accounts, sets out why umbrella companies should be seizing on the incoming IR35 reforms in the private ... Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
06 Mar 2020
IT Priorities 2020: AI, cloud to dominate IT spending in India
Indian organisations are expected to spend more on artificial intelligence and cloud this year in a bid gain an edge over rivals through key technology investments Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
04 Mar 2020
Australian government pulls plug on cloud certification programme
The Australian Signals Directorate is closing its cloud services certification programme to allow for more home-grown suppliers Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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E-Zine
03 Mar 2020
What will points-based immigration mean for IT recruitment?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the government’s new points-based immigration rules and assess the implications for the tech sector. IR35 tax rules change in April – we find out how IT contractors need to prepare. And we examine whether the rise of cloud is really displacing the datacentre. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
28 Feb 2020
Greenpeace urges AWS, Google and Microsoft to cut cloud ties with oil and gas customers
Environmental group wants three of the public cloud market’s biggest players to stop selling their technology to oil and gas companies – but will they? Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Feb 2020
Hidden cost of cloud puts brakes on migration projects
Lack of skills and complexities in rebuilding software for the cloud are among the main factors inhibiting cloud success Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
27 Feb 2020
CBRE: Record colocation take-up will fuel growth of secondary European datacentre hubs
Latest quarterly colocation market tracker data shows take-up of colocation capacity across major European hubs continues to hit record levels, leading to overflow demand in other places too Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Feb 2020
IT Priorities 2020: ASEAN firms on the frontline of digital transformation
Southeast Asian companies plan to spend more on infrastructure and cyber security, but the growth in IT budgets appears to be slowing down Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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Blog Post
26 Feb 2020
How lack of discipline can kill cloud efficiency and ROI
In this guest post, Dale Vile, CEO and research director at IT market watcher Freeform Dynamics, tells CIOs not to be afraid to change the course of their cloud plans as their IT and business needs ... Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Feb 2020
Cloud Snooper firewall bypass may be work of nation state
Cloud Snooper deploys a combination of specialised techniques to sneak past enterprise firewalls, warns Sophos Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
26 Feb 2020
How tech suppliers are easing barriers to hybrid cloud adoption
The tech industry has risen to the challenge of helping enterprises ease their transition to hybrid cloud, but issues remain Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
25 Feb 2020
Sports retailer Decathlon left employee data exposed
More than 123 million records were accidentally exposed on an unsecured ElasticSearch server Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
25 Feb 2020
The Security Interviews: Gil Shwed’s 10-year vision for security
Check Point founder Gil Shwed discusses his new Infinity Next concept and how he plans to remodel the world of cyber security in the next 10 years Continue Reading
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Podcast
25 Feb 2020
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 48
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss tech billionaires pledging to solve climate change, M&S smart lighting and open data in the EU Continue Reading
By- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Feb 2020
Cloud data leaks compounded by lack of automation tools
Data leaks caused by misconfigured clouds are being compounded because security teams lack appropriate automation and integration tools, according to a report Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
24 Feb 2020
McAfee buys Light Point to enhance web browser protection
Acquisition of Light Point Security will extend the capabilities of multiple McAfee products Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
24 Feb 2020
Cisco goes all-in on security integration with SecureX platform
CISOs are struggling to stitch together disparate cyber security products and services – Cisco believes its cloud-native SecureX platform will change their working lives for the better Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
20 Feb 2020
Etsy confirms completion of two-year migration to Google Cloud
Etsy claims move from on-premise to public cloud has boosted its business agility, and is helping it achieve its sustainability goals too Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
19 Feb 2020
Macquarie Cloud Services sets up Azure practice
Macquarie Telecom’s cloud division will deliver Azure managed services to new and existing customers, complementing its existing cloud, hosting, datacentre and telco businesses Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
18 Feb 2020
Amazon employee activists dismiss Jeff Bezos’ $10bn pledge to combat climate change
Outspoken environmental activists working at Amazon dismiss CEO’s $10bn climate change pledge by pointing out firm’s ties to oil and gas market Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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14 Feb 2020
AWS secures temporary halt to Microsoft’s work on $10bn US JEDI cloud contract
Restraining order prevents Microsoft doing any “substantial” work on the JEDI cloud contract as Amazon’s legal action against the US government gathers pace Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
13 Feb 2020
CW Benelux: Ericsson helps driverless buses hit European streets
Ericsson has revealed its plans for new technologies including 5G, the internet of things and self-driving buses. Also read about the Dutch government lacking the knowledge and skills for its own IT strategy, and the Dutch government’s need to push for an electronic ID system for its citizens. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2020
Alibaba versus Amazon, Microsoft and Google: Does the Chinese cloud challenger have what it takes?
Chinese public cloud challenger Alibaba is undoubtedly making waves in the west, but does it have what it takes to seriously trouble the likes of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft in the infrastructure-as-a-service market? Continue Reading
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Podcast
11 Feb 2020
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – episode 46
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna are joined by special guest Hannah Foulds, head of marketing and membership at the Open Data Institute, who flags stories about humans tricking AI. The group then discusses the Women in Software Powerlist, the loan charge and online targeting Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
11 Feb 2020
Tencent Cloud gains multi-tier cloud security certification
China's Tencent Cloud joins major cloud suppliers in securing tier three of Singapore’s Multi-Tier Cloud Security standard in a bid to grow its presence in Asia Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
05 Feb 2020
OVHcloud eyes Indian market in APAC expansion
French cloud infrastructure supplier OVHcloud is investing more in India over the next few quarters as part of its regional expansion plan Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
04 Feb 2020
Google Cloud confirmed to be a $10bn revenue run rate business
Google parent Alphabet has separated out the contribution its cloud arm makes to its overall business for the first time in its fourth-quarter financial results Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Podcast
04 Feb 2020
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 45
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna are joined by investigations editor Bill Goodwin to delve deeper into the Travelex and related affairs, and to discuss public sector cloud trends, AI and the NHS, and the Hangar 51 startups accelerator programme Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
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News
04 Feb 2020
Record-breaking rise in global cloud infrastructure spend between Q3 and Q4
Synergy Research Group’s fourth-quarter look at the cloud infrastructure market reveals a huge jump in sequential spend since the third quarter Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
03 Feb 2020
Brexit messes up IT project plans
With no firm plans for a managed departure from the Europe Union, the UK’s IT spending is set to be curbed, and CIOs will need to start cutting costs as IT budgets decline Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
31 Jan 2020
Promotions for architects of IBM’s $34bn Red Hat deal
Former CEO of Red Hat and IBM’s cloud chief are now heading up Big Blue as it moves forward to a multicloud, hybrid computing future Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
31 Jan 2020
AWS downplays risk of competitors threatening its public cloud dominance during Q4 results
Amazon Web Services posts fourth-quarter revenue of $9.95bn for the three months to 31 December 2019 as speculation persists about the rising threat from Microsoft Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Jan 2020
UKCloud moots multi-cloud as a way to speed up public sector cloud adoption
Contributors to UKCloud's public sector-focused State of Cloud Adoption report flag barriers to using off-premise technologies, but could adopting a multi-cloud strategy assist with overcoming them? Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Jan 2020
Microsoft contractor hit by health and safety violation claims at Israel datacentre building site
Microsoft declines to comment on a local media report that the site of its Israel datacentre campus has been subject to stoppage notices after two accidents there in two days Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 Jan 2020
Inside DXC Technology’s APAC playbook
DXC Technology’s CTO for Asia-Pacific talks up efforts to support the region’s enterprises that are in varying stages of digital transformation Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
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News
29 Jan 2020
Oracle customers complain of cloud coercion
In December, Oracle won its day in court – but a poll reveals a sales tactic based on audit threats combined with heavy cloud discounts Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Podcast
28 Jan 2020
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 44
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly and Brian McKenna are joined by Cliff Saran to discuss the end of support for Windows 7, the latest developments in IR35 in the private sector, Will Carling and AWS in respect of the Six Nations, data literacy, and IT at Davos Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
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News
28 Jan 2020
Organisations losing control of cloud data
Data is more widely dispersed in enterprise clouds than most organisations think, and as a result they are at risk of losing control of it, according to a report Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
27 Jan 2020
NHS Digital completes first two major service migrations to the AWS cloud
The digital arm of the National Health Service confirms the system moves are the first of many service migrations it is planning to undertake Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Jan 2020
Private equity players fuelled record number of datacentre mergers and acquisitions in 2019
While the number of deals being struck in the datacentre market hits new highs, the average deal size shrinks for the second year in a row Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
23 Jan 2020
How AWS is helping boost rugby fans’ engagement in the Guinness Six Nations championship
With the Six Nations rugby championship about to kick off, we find out how Amazon Web Services is helping to enhance the viewing experience for fans in 170 countries Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
22 Jan 2020
Driving adoption: Are high costs putting public cloud out of reach to non-profits?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s insights into the sky-high cloud bills faced by some non-profit organisations prompts questions about whether the public cloud giants should do more to make their services more accessible to the third sector Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2020
Big Blue finds green shoots in Red Hat mix
IBM’s latest quarterly filing shows early signs that enterprises are buying into its OpenShift and RHEL-powered cloud strategy Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Feature
21 Jan 2020
Mixing it up: Cloud and datacentre in the new world of IT
Cloud computing has long been tipped as the technology that will displace enterprise datacentres in CIOs’ affections, but that is not quite how the story is playing out Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2020
Don’t become the next Travelex: Get ready for ransomware
With Travelex’s IT still in disarray and banks and travellers left without access to funds more than a week after it was hit by a ransomware attack, we ask what others can learn from the foreign exchange services company’s response to the incident. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2020
IR35 private sector reforms: IBM joins list of enterprises applying blanket ban to PSCs
Tech giant IBM has notified its personal service company IT contractors that they must switch to PAYE terms or use umbrella companies from the end of March, as the private sector races to achieve IR35 compliance Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Jan 2020
Exposed AWS buckets again implicated in multiple data leaks
A series of data leaks in the past week have once again implicated poorly secured Amazon S3 buckets, which are supposed to be private by default Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
20 Jan 2020
Modern telecoms has opened up Sweden’s far north
Modern telecom infrastructures mean datacentres can be further away from users, and environmental and cost advantages are to be had in locations such as Sweden’s far north Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jan 2020
Big storage meets cloud in the datacentre 'as-a-service' revolution
Cloud is mainstream but the datacentre’s here to stay. This has resulted in a trend towards as-a-service in the datacentre where big storage array makers and the cloud giants meet Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor