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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Feature
09 Feb 2024
The rising prominence of hybrid cloud in the Nordics
Many Nordic organisations have opted for hybrid cloud environments, subscribing to the newest services without giving up what they already have. Best practices are beginning to emerge for managing the heterogenous environment Continue Reading
By- Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management
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News
28 Mar 2023
BNP Paribas moves to Swedish datacentre in high-performance computing strategy
BNP Paribas is moving data-intensive workloads to a Swedish datacentre to increase capacity while reducing its carbon footprint Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
26 Apr 2024
Alphabet earnings show drive to boost Google Cloud and AI adoption
The parent company of Google has increased artificial intelligence R&D spending and raised cloud sales commissions to boost adoption of Google Cloud Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
24 Apr 2024
AI firm saves a million in shift to Pure FlashBlade shared storage
AI consultancy Crater Labs spent vast amounts of time managing server-attached drives to ensure GPUs were saturated. A shift to all-flash Pure Storage slashed that to almost zero Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Opinion
23 Apr 2024
Questions for IT and cyber leaders from the CSRB Microsoft report
The US government's CSRB report on last year's state sponsored cyber attacks on Microsoft raises significant concerns for Redmond and its customers. Expert Owen Sayers outlines five key questions IT and cyber security leaders should now consider Continue Reading
By- Owen Sayers, Secon Solutions
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Feature
23 Apr 2024
Five reasons why – and when – cloud storage is the answer
We look at when cloud storage can be the best choice, with considerations that include performance, scalability and agility, cost, management simplicity, and security and resilience Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2024
Digital Edge punching above its weight in Asia datacentre market
Fast-growing datacentre provider Digital Edge is eyeing business from hyperscalers and counting on its strengths in datacentre operations and local partnerships to stand out from rivals Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
19 Apr 2024
How Manipal Hospitals is driving tech innovations in healthcare
Manipal Hospitals’ video consultation services and a nurse rostering app are among the tech innovations it is spurring to improve patient care and ward operations Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
18 Apr 2024
IT talent trap: How cloud skills suffer as a result of supplier lock-in
Even when supplier partners dominate, providers can keep some independence by nurturing in-house skills Continue Reading
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News
17 Apr 2024
VMware’s APAC customers weigh in on licensing changes
VMware customers in the region are concerned about higher costs even as they see the benefits of subscription-based pricing and product bundling in the longer term Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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E-Zine
16 Apr 2024
VMware users hit by licence hikes after Broadcom takeover
In this week’s Computer Weekly, VMware users are facing licence fee increases after the acquisition by Broadcom, with education bodies worst hit – we talk to unhappy customers. We visit Helsinki and find out why the Finnish capital is leading on smart city developments. And we examine how to reduce environmental impact through software development. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
15 Apr 2024
Nib shutters last datacentre, moves most workloads to AWS
The Australian health and travel insurance provider has closed the last of its seven datacentres, marking the end of its nine-year cloud migration programme Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Apr 2024
The UK government’s G-Cloud procurement framework: Everything you need to know
The G-Cloud procurement framework emerged in 2012 to provide UK public sector buyers with a faster, easier and more transparent means of acquiring IT services. How has it fared in achieving its aims? Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Apr 2024
Breakthrough may herald secure home quantum computing
An emerging approach to quantum security dubbed blind quantum computing may one day help spur mass adoption of quantum computing safely and securely, using technology that is already available today Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
09 Apr 2024
Google Cloud embeds Gemini across product portfolio
Google Cloud’s Gemini model will power a slew of AI assistant capabilities across its portfolio to bring the benefits of generative AI to developers and enterprise users Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
09 Apr 2024
Top AI infrastructure considerations
Artificial intelligence workloads can put considerable strain on technology infrastructure. Here are some of the key considerations when deploying AI infrastructure to harness its full potential Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
05 Apr 2024
How to optimise cloud security without budget blowout
Budgets cannot stretch to accommodate infinite cost increases, not least to meet expanding cloud security requirements Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2024
AWS cuts several hundred jobs to tackle ‘inefficiency’ as customer cloud cost-cutting continues
Public cloud giant AWS is embarking on another round of job cuts, with analysts citing the fact it’s losing ground to Microsoft in the AI race Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
04 Apr 2024
UK-based cloud provider Civo offers ‘unconditional’ data egress fees waiver to customers
Stevenage-based ‘open’ cloud champion Civo becomes latest provider to waive data egress fee charges for customers, but claims its offer is unconditional, unlike how the hyperscalers are approaching the same issue Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
02 Apr 2024
Storage technology explained: Flash vs HDD
In this guide, we examine the differences between flash storage and HDD, the rise of NVMe and much denser formats such as QLC, and whether or not flash will vanquish HDD in the all-flash datacentre Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Definition
28 Mar 2024
data center services
Data center services provide the supporting components necessary to the proper operation of a data center. Continue Reading
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Podcast
28 Mar 2024
Podcast: What is distributed cloud storage and what are its benefits?
We talk to Enrico Signoretti of Cubbit about how distributed cloud allows customers to control their data in hybrid and multicloud storage and the workloads the company targets Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
21 Mar 2024
CCS holding firm on G-Cloud 14 insurance requirements for prospective Lot 4 suppliers
The government’s procurement arm is seemingly refusing to give in to supplier calls to extend its decision to revise down the insurance requirements for G-Cloud 14 to the framework’s fourth Lot Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Mar 2024
Oracle Cloud: A discussion about public cloud, dedicated regions and Alloy
We speak to Oracle cloud chief technical architect Pradeep Vincent about cloud deployment scenarios Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
20 Mar 2024
AWS Public Sector Day: AI-enabled care homes and using big data to ease biodiversity crisis
At this year’s AWS Public Sector Day, delegates heard how AI and cloud-based data processing tools are helping address skills shortfalls in the health and social care sector, as well as the UK’s biodiversity crisis Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Mar 2024
Singtel to host Vultr’s GPU workloads in AI datacentres
Vultr users will be able to deploy large-scale clusters of Nvidia H100 GPUs in Vultr’s Singapore region hosted in Singtel’s AI datacentres by the third quarter this year Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
18 Mar 2024
Budgets rise as IT decision-makers ramp up cyber security spending
Few IT leaders surveyed in the TechTarget/Enterprise Strategy Group 2024 Technology Spending Intentions study say they are spending less this year Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
18 Mar 2024
CCS slammed over errors in G-Cloud 14 data protection documents
The government’s procurement arm is under fire again, after prospective suppliers to the G-Cloud 14 framework raised complaints about CCS’s quality control procedures Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Mar 2024
AWS launches Builder Studio in Melbourne
The Builder Studio will help customers and partners build prototype AI projects to validate and test their ideas before deployment Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Mar 2024
AWS CloudFormation (Amazon Web Services CloudFormation)
AWS CloudFormation is a free service that provides Amazon Web Services customers with the tools they need to create and manage the infrastructure a particular software application requires to run on AWS. Continue Reading
By- Andrew Zola
- Katherine Martin, Former Associate Editor, Content Strategy
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News
11 Mar 2024
How Microsoft is easing GenAI adoption into financial services
Microsoft is supporting enterprise deployment models, addressing the risks of the technology and leveraging its industry cloud capabilities to ease generative AI adoption in the financial sector Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
11 Mar 2024
A better way to manage hybrid or multicloud deployments
Cloud-native strategies notwithstanding, workloads running on-premise or in private clouds will continue to present management challenges Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Mar 2024
5-step IaaS security checklist for cloud customers
Get expert advice on patching, data encryption, and identity and access management responsibilities in this enterprise IaaS security checklist. Continue Reading
By- Ed Moyle, Drake Software
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News
07 Mar 2024
CCS U-turns on G-Cloud 14 insurance requirements after supplier backlash
The government procurement agency has reversed previous plans for a £20m increase in insurance cover that threatened to deter smaller suppliers from bidding for cloud computing contracts Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
07 Mar 2024
BA sets out plan to revamp IT, add AI and update website
Airline plans to migrate 700 systems to cloud and run custom version of Teams to support in-flight customer comms with ground staff Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
05 Mar 2024
IT leaders dial back cloud-first strategies as hybrid IT becomes more of an investment priority
Latest data from TechTarget and ESG reveals changing attitudes towards cloud deployments within the enterprise Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Mar 2024
Unexpected costs hit many as they move to cloud storage
A Wasabi survey of cloud storage customers finds more moving to the cloud, but they are experiencing busted budgets and unexpected fees, and expect big demands from artificial intelligence workloads Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
05 Mar 2024
Dutch organisations start building a federated European cloud
The ‘European cloud services in an open federated ecosystem’ (ECOFED) project is co-funded by the Dutch government and will run from 2024 to 2027 Continue Reading
By- Kim Loohuis
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News
05 Mar 2024
Keepit brings backup and restore to unprotected SaaS applications
SaaS backup specialist keeps data in its own cloud datacentres, protects cloud data across numerous platforms and aims to give customers the ability to rapidly add data sources Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
04 Mar 2024
G-Cloud 14 insurance requirements ‘under review’ by CCS after SME supplier backlash
CCS has confirmed to Computer Weekly the insurance requirements for Lots 1 to 3 of the G-Cloud 14 framework are under review, as SME-focused minister pledges to investigate matter Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
04 Mar 2024
Forrester: Tips for assessing hybrid cloud management
Cloud-native works for new workloads, but legacy IT needs a different approach, which is why IT leaders rely on hybrid cloud deployments Continue Reading
By- Forrester analysts
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News
01 Mar 2024
APAC firms bullish on IT spending
More than half of organisations plan to spend more on key areas such as cyber security, generative AI and cloud in a sign of growing optimism across the region Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
- 29 Feb 2024
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News
29 Feb 2024
Post-production company to go ‘all-in’ on Deep Green’s heat-reusing datacentre in Devon
Datacentre startup Deep Green confirms long-standing client Dirty Looks has committed to moving all of its workloads to its heat-reusing server farm, located in a leisure centre in Devon Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
28 Feb 2024
UC finetunes tech strategy to support digital masterplan
The University of Canberra is scoping a new project to determine data, integration and multicloud strategies to support its long-term digital roadmap Continue Reading
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News
28 Feb 2024
CCS accused of pricing G-Cloud SMEs out of framework with £20m insurance cover hike
The Crown Commercial Service’s commitment to helping SMEs win more government cloud deals is being called into question again, following news that it is planning to up the insurance cover required by G-Cloud 14 suppliers by £20m Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Feb 2024
Microsoft goes public with pledges to foster innovation and drive competition in AI economy
Microsoft lists all the ways it wants to ensure competition and support innovation in the AI economy by taking a proactive and constructive stance to working with regulators Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Feb 2024
Storage and backup spend in 2024 targets risk and resilience
The TechTarget and ESG spending intentions survey finds big bias towards averting risk and building organisational resilience, but on-premise storage a significant planned outlay Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
26 Feb 2024
TechUK warns datacentre operators government could get powers to enforce heat reuse
UK tech trade body publishes report about challenges datacentre operators may face if the government gets powers that require them to join heat reuse schemes Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
26 Feb 2024
Tracking the change in enterprise attitudes to hybrid cloud
Hybrid cloud deployments are poised to become even more prevalent in the enterprise as public cloud fails to live up to the hype on cost savings Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Feb 2024
IT leaders are finding the right balance between on-premise and cloud
Survey shows that fewer IT leaders are prioritising workload migration, which suggests they are happy with their deployment plans Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
20 Feb 2024
HM Treasury signs AWS hosting environment management deal with Keysource
HM Treasury has enlisted datacentre management services provider to help operate the AWS environment used to host cross-government spending data system Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Feb 2024
Competition in the cloud: Microsoft's ‘unfair’ licensing tactics go under the microscope
Microsoft’s share of the global cloud infrastructure market is growing at a time when its customer recruitment and retention techniques are coming under increased regulatory scrutiny Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Feb 2024
Alibaba Cloud debuts Model Studio
Alibaba Cloud’s Model Studio provides access to its Qwen family of foundation models and other third-party models and a suite of tools to speed up training and deployment of large language models Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
19 Feb 2024
Music agency halves space and energy costs with switch to Pure
SUISA handles billions of royalty payments, but had capacity and storage admin nightmares with its EMC hardware. It cued up Pure Storage for simple admin, space and cost savings Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
19 Feb 2024
Virtus plots colocation campus in Buckinghamshire as demand for London datacentres soars
Virtus is committing to bringing a new datacentre campus online by 2026, as data shows the demand for colocation capacity continues to outstrip supply Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
14 Feb 2024
Insurance company Admiral partners with Google Cloud for digital transformation push
Insurance company Admiral has made Google its strategic cloud partner, as it embarks on a push to boost the efficiency of its operations and improve the experience it offers to customers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
09 Feb 2024
HSBC and Google Cloud partner up for climate tech startup growth push
Banking giant HSBC will work with Google Cloud-affiliated climate tech startups to help them access funding to support their future growth Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
09 Feb 2024
The rising prominence of hybrid cloud in the Nordics
Many Nordic organisations have opted for hybrid cloud environments, subscribing to the newest services without giving up what they already have. Best practices are beginning to emerge for managing the heterogenous environment Continue Reading
By- Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management
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News
08 Feb 2024
Microsoft in discussions with CISPE to remedy ‘unfair’ cloud software licensing practices
Software giant Microsoft has opened discussions with a European cloud trade body that has previously raised a formal complaint against the firm over its ‘unfair software licensing practices’ Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Opinion
08 Feb 2024
The Post Office Scandal: Drawing parallels between Horizon and the UK cloud market
With the ongoing fallout from the Post Office scandal, questions are being asked about whether the UK government looks set to repeat the mistakes of the past based on its reliance on the cloud technologies of several major US hyperscalers Continue Reading
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News
06 Feb 2024
CIO interview: Stuart Birrell, chief data and information officer, EasyJet
The short-haul airline fills an aircraft every 10 seconds through its e-commerce operation – all while transforming its booking systems and migrating its IT estate to the cloud Continue Reading
By- Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
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News
06 Feb 2024
Inside NetApp’s cloud and AI strategy
NetApp’s senior executives talk up the company’s efforts to support AI initiatives and deliver first-party storage services on public cloud platforms Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
05 Feb 2024
Sea-Lion explained: Southeast Asia’s first large language model
The Sea-Lion large language model was built to cater to the language and cultural diversity of Southeast Asia, which is currently underserved by existing models that mostly originate from the West Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
02 Feb 2024
AWS talks up Q4 increase in large customer wins as global market share drops
Amazon Web Services clocked up double-digit revenue growth during the final quarter of 2023, but analyst figures show the company is losing market share to Microsoft Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Jan 2024
Singtel ropes in industry partners in datacentre push
Singtel inks partnerships with Nvidia, Gulf Energy, Medco and others in its efforts to grow its datacentre business and support AI adoption in Singapore and Southeast Asia Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
31 Jan 2024
Microsoft results show benefits of AI on Azure
The company’s cloud business posted revenue of $33bn, with new AI inferencing workloads driving up demand Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
31 Jan 2024
Datacentre operators face capacity planning challenges as AI use soars
A report by real estate consultancy JLL highlights the pressures datacentres operators are facing as they respond to the growing demand for artificial intelligence workloads Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Opinion
30 Jan 2024
Microsoft hack: Five questions enterprises should ask their IT leaders
Following the news about a Russia-backed hacking group infiltrating Microsoft's systems, enterprises may want to seek assurances from their IT and security leaders about the implications of the attack for them Continue Reading
By- Owen Sayers, Secon Solutions
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Feature
25 Jan 2024
Cloud is not always the answer: Five reasons why
We look at why the cloud is not always the best choice, including for reasons of cost, application suitability, management, data protection and the needs of the business Continue Reading
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Podcast
23 Jan 2024
Podcast: Storage and compliance outlook for 2024
Interesting times ahead in 2024 as we talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, about updates to EU regs, PCI, NIST, post-Brexit divergence and 60 national elections across the globe Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
19 Jan 2024
Google invests $1bn in expanding UK datacentre footprint with Hertfordshire facility
Google is embarking on a sizeable expansion of its UK datacentre footprint, with plans to build a server farm on a 33-acre patch of land it acquired in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
19 Jan 2024
AWS plans huge investment in Japan cloud infrastructure
Amazon Web Services plans to invest over $15bn into its existing cloud infrastructure in Tokyo and Osaka by 2027 to meet growing customer demand Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
17 Jan 2024
Cloud-to-cloud backup: What it is and why you (probably) need it
Basic cloud data protection is just not enough. Several loopholes leave business data vulnerable and that means additional cloud-to-cloud backup should be seriously considered Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2024
Google’s data egress offer – no such thing as a free migration?
Google’s offer to allow free data egress from its cloud platform is a first from the hyperscalers, but the small print means for most it lacks any great benefit Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Gaétan Raoul, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
15 Jan 2024
Octopus Energy invests £200m in datacentre heat reuse startup Deep Green
Utility provider Octopus Energy has committed to investing £200m in datacentre heat reuse startup Deep Green to help the company scale Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
15 Jan 2024
Google Cloud abolishes data egress fees for global customer base
With the charging of data egress fees considered to be an anti-competitive practice, Google Cloud has agreed to stop charging customers for moving data out of its cloud Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Jan 2024
AWS secures £894m in cloud spend across three contracts with UK government on same day
Amazon Web Services’ hold on the UK public sector continues to tighten, following the revelation that on a single day in late 2023 it clinched contracts worth £894m with three central government departments Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Jan 2024
Windows Kerberos, Hyper-V vulns among January Patch Tuesday bugs
Microsoft starts 2024 right with another slimline Patch Tuesday drop, but there are some critical vulns to be alert to, including a number of man-in-the-middle attack vectors Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Opinion
09 Jan 2024
Inadequate cloud logs are proving a headache for CISOs
The mass adoption of cloud environments is pushing strained CISOs to the brink and a lack of attention to logging isn't helping. Vectra's Mark Wojtasiak calls for organisations to do more to improve visibility in their clouds in 2024 Continue Reading
By- Mark Wojtasiak
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News
02 Jan 2024
Cloudflare eyes GenAI workloads with Workers AI
Cloudflare’s Workers developer platform is touted to make it easier for organisations to deploy GenAI capabilities at the edge to speed up inferencing Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
28 Dec 2023
Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2023
We recap the top 10 stories in Australia and New Zealand, including the innovations and challenges that organisations in the region have faced over the past year Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
27 Dec 2023
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2023
Organisations across the region have continued to shore up their cyber security posture while investing in infrastructure to pave the way for emerging technologies like GenAI Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
21 Dec 2023
Top 10 storage stories of 2023
In this 2023 review, we consider if flash will thrash disk, what the Toyota outage shows about capacity planning, how to achieve green storage, the backup and compliance risks of AI, the lowdown on DPUs, and more Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
21 Dec 2023
Top 10 storage supplier strategy stories of 2023
In 2023, we looked at the top storage suppliers, their market share and how they set themselves for a future of hybrid cloud, containerisation and consumption models of purchasing Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
20 Dec 2023
Levelling the playing field: Could a UK cloud strategy weaken the hold of the hyperscalers?
Over time, global hyperscale has taken a majority share of the UK market. How best could the government respond to Ofcom’s review to sustain local industry while best serving customers? Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2023
Top 10 cloud stories of 2023
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2023 Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
19 Dec 2023
On-prem vs cloud storage: Four decisions about data location
Hybrid cloud is now a reality. But how to decide what data goes where? We highlight four key decision points to evaluate whether data should be stored on-premise or in the cloud Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Dec 2023
Interview: Ex-UKCloud chairman airs economic fears over growing dominance of US hyperscalers
More than a year has passed since UKCloud went into liquidation - its former chairman outlines his concerns about the economic impact of the UK cloud market floundering in the face of the US hyperscalers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
18 Dec 2023
Pure Storage: Flash ‘startup’ that brings late entrant advantage
Storage profile: We look at Pure Storage, the youngest of the array makers, which comes to market with well-developed flash, hybrid cloud and consumption purchasing models Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
12 Dec 2023
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2024
Generative AI will continue to leave its mark on many areas in business and IT, along with other trends such as sustainability, cyber security and smart factories that are expected to shape the region’s technology landscape in 2024 Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
07 Dec 2023
UK government quietly renews public sector preferential pricing agreement with AWS
The UK government has renewed an agreement that will ensure public sector IT buyers can still procure AWS services at discounted prices for another three years, despite anti-competitive concerns Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
07 Dec 2023
Concerns raised over Home Office's £450m mega cloud deal with AWS
The Home Office's latest three-year contract with AWS is valued at nearly half a billion pounds, but questions are emerging about the contents of the contract and how it has been arranged Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
05 Dec 2023
Dell EMC: Storage giant shifts gear to cloud operating models
Storage profile: We look at Dell EMC, the result of the biggest tech acquisition ever, and find a company well set for ubiquitous cloud operating models and as-a-service Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
04 Dec 2023
Microsoft leaves SME resellers in the dark over Cloud Compute 2 framework snub
SME IT suppliers are calling on Microsoft to explain why it has banned them from reselling its services through the government's new £1.35bn Cloud Compute 2 framework Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 Dec 2023
Microsoft to invest £2.5bn in doubling AI datacentre capacity in UK
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has hailed Microsoft's show of commitment to helping the UK achieve its goal of becoming an AI superpower Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Nov 2023
CGI and Google Cloud join forces to support United Nations in climate change fight
IT consultancy pools resources with public cloud giant to support United Nations agency helping members fight climate change Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 Nov 2023
Re:Invent 2023: Selipsky cues Q to project future shape of work
At Amazon Web Services’ annual conference in Las Vegas, Re:Invent, CEO Adam Selipsky hails GenAI capacity of product Q to reshape the future of work Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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Opinion
28 Nov 2023
Uncertainty lingers with Broadcom’s VMware acquisition
Large enterprises with complex VMware environments are looking to de-risk their businesses from potential changes resulting from the Broadcom-VMware deal Continue Reading
By- Aaron White
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News
28 Nov 2023
UK retailer The Very Group embarks on GenAI push with AWS
The Very Group's collaboration with AWS is geared towards improving the customer experience through personalisation Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Nov 2023
Interview: Sunil Srivastava, CTO, Pandora
When he joined the jewellery retailer, Sunil Srivastava was labelled as the ‘crazy CTO’ given some of the ideas he had for transforming IT Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Blog Post
24 Nov 2023
Microsoft bans SME resellers from government cloud framework: conspiracy or cock-up?
Microsoft partners who applied for a place on the government's soon-to-be launched "SME-friendly" Cloud Compute 2 framework are fuming at the news the software giant has banned them from reselling ... Continue Reading