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
03 Dec 2024
AWS unveils new generative AI models
The Amazon Nova family of generative AI models boasts faster speeds, lower costs and caters to various needs, from text and image generation to video creation and multimodal applications Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
03 Dec 2024
Microsoft hit with £1bn UK legal claim over ‘anti-competitive’ cloud licensing tactics
A legal claim, valued at more than £1bn, has been filed with the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal regarding Microsoft’s controversial cloud licensing tactics Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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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
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- 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
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News
23 Nov 2023
Microsoft bans SME partners from selling its services via government's Cloud Compute 2 framework
Microsoft is under fire after documents leaked to Computer Weekly revealed it has banned reseller partners from selling its services via the government’s soon-to-be launched Cloud Compute 2 framework Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Nov 2023
AWS to offer free AI training courses to two million people by 2025
Public cloud giant AWS has set its sights on bolstering the AI skill sets of two million people globally Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Nov 2023
NHS England renews FutureNHS cloud-based collaboration hosting deal via G-Cloud for £1.67m
NHS England has renewed its long-standing hosting and support contract for the FutureNHS platform with SME cloud provider Kahootz Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
17 Nov 2023
Interview: Walmart’s David Glick discusses technology scale
We speak to Walmart’s head of enterprise business services about managing IT and technology innovation at the retailer Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
16 Nov 2023
Spotify and Google Cloud expand tech partnership for AI-led user experience improvement push
Music streaming giant Spotify is forging even closer ties with its long-standing cloud partner Google in an effort to improve user experience with the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
14 Nov 2023
Engineers slash RPO/RTO as they swap tape for Rubrik backup
Frankham Group ditches archaic tape backup and deploys Rubrik backup appliances and remote disaster recovery facility. Meanwhile, the engineering group assesses a move to the cloud Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
13 Nov 2023
Australia’s public cloud spending to hit A$23bn in 2024
Spending on public cloud services in Australia will reach 50% of the total addressable market for the first time in 2024, according to Gartner Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
09 Nov 2023
Conflict of interest concerns raised over CMA's use of AWS UK public sector discount scheme
Less than a month after the CMA confirmed it would be investigating the competitive impact of AWS preferential pricing deals on the UK cloud market, data reveals the CMA is benefiting from cut-price Amazon cloud services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
07 Nov 2023
VMware consolidates AI push at Explore in Barcelona
VMware’s vision is of ‘cloud smart’ enterprises that run on-premise, in multiclouds and in the ‘edge cloud’, with secure and compliant generative AI fuelling efficient business processes Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
05 Nov 2023
AWS to open Malaysia cloud region in 2024
Amazon Web Services’ new cloud region in Malaysia will open next year to meet the increased demand for cloud services and support digitisation efforts in the country Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
02 Nov 2023
UK government pledges £225m to fund University of Bristol AI supercomputer build with HPE
The University of Bristol’s much-hyped AI supercomputer has secured hundreds of millions in government funding, and HPE has been confirmed as the project’s technology provider Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Oct 2023
AWS profit and revenue rises as enterprise demand for new cloud workloads bounces back
The CEO of Amazon Web Services says cost optimisation remains important for customers, but the number looking to run new workloads in the cloud is on the rise Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Oct 2023
AWS to open European sovereign cloud region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is to open its first European sovereign cloud region in Germany, as part of a push to better meet the regulatory and data residency needs of its EU customers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Oct 2023
Enterprises advised to reconsider datacentre hosting locations on sustainability grounds
Joint research by Scottish datacentre firm DataVita and IT sustainability consultancy Posetiv suggests enterprises might be better off from an environmental perspective by shaking up their datacentre hosting arrangements Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
24 Oct 2023
NetApp ‘unified storage’ adds new ASA block storage at Insight
Las Vegas event sees NetApp continue its evolution to hybrid cloud and data management player announce ASA C-series and Keystone and Kubernetes storage enhancements Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
24 Oct 2023
Government preferential pricing deals with AWS and Microsoft under scrutiny in wake of CMA probe
With AWS and Microsoft both the focus of an antitrust probe by the UK competition watchdog, the government is being urged to reconsider the renewal of its preferential pricing deals with both firms until the investigation is concluded Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
24 Oct 2023
Microsoft to invest A$5bn in Australia
Microsoft is making its largest investment in Australia to expand its infrastructure footprint, alongside plans to bolster skills training and cyber security in the country Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
20 Oct 2023
Five key questions about disaster recovery as a service
Disaster recovery as a service builds recovery data and systems into the cloud, accessible from anywhere. We look at the difference vs cloud backup, DRaaS use cases, the cost, and the firms that provide it Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Oct 2023
NetApp: NAS pioneer well set for the cloud revolution
In this storage profile, we look at NetApp, which built a reputation in file access storage but seems to be set fair to navigate a future of hybrid cloud, cloud-native and containerisation Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
19 Oct 2023
How AWS is building a tech stack for generative AI
Olivier Klein, chief technologist for Asia-Pacific and Japan at Amazon Web Services, dives deeper into the technology stack the company has built to ease GenAI adoption Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
18 Oct 2023
CMA sets initial scope of UK cloud market anti-trust probe into AWS and Microsoft
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has detailed four areas it is seeking feedback on from UK cloud market stakeholders as the first stage of its anti-trust probe takes shape Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Oct 2023
Gymshark turns to Google Cloud for infrastructure revamp and generative AI trials
E-commerce workout clothing brand Gymshark opens up about how it has turned to Google Cloud to help revamp its infrastructure and improve how it uses customer data Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Oct 2023
Google Cloud sets up public sector-focused business division to trap more UK government business
Google Cloud used the first day of its London-based user and partner conference to confirm the launch of a dedicated business unit, geared towards helping the firm trap more public sector business in the UK Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Blog Post
12 Oct 2023
Ofcom cloud report: Where the CMA should focus its probe into AWS and Microsoft
In this guest post, Owen Sayers, an enterprise security architect with Secon Solutions, who has 25 years’ experience working within the UK's internet security framework, sets out the areas where he ... Continue Reading
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News
11 Oct 2023
Pure offers Evergreen energy and rackspace cost guarantees
Pure Storage will take upfront payments for power and rackspace and guarantee those for product lifecycles in its Evergreen One, Flex and Forever consumption purchasing models Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
11 Oct 2023
Telstra to acquire Versent for A$267.5m
The move is expected to bolster Telstra’s enterprise IT services business and support international expansion Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Blog Post
06 Oct 2023
Six essential skills for system administrators and Infrastructure as Code pros
In this guest post, Thomas Chisholm, principal training solutions engineer at Puppet by Perforce, details the six essential skills that Infrastructure-as-Code professionals need in 2023 In the ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2023
Ofcom cloud report: What interventions could the CMA take against AWS and Microsoft?
Ofcom's year-long look at the inner workings of the UK cloud market has now drawn to a close, leaving the Competition and Markets Authority left to work out what steps to take to bolster the sector’s competitiveness Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Oct 2023
Ofcom refers UK cloud market to CMA for deeper anti-competition probe
On the back of its concerns about Microsoft and Amazon indulging in anti-competitive behaviours, Ofcom has confirmed the UK cloud market will be referred over to the Competition and Markets Authority for further investigation Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
04 Oct 2023
HPE hones GreenLake strategy with AI moves, hybrid cloud management
HPE has evolved its GreenLake strategy over the past five years, expanding beyond its as-a-service offerings to include a capital purchase model and a strong focus on hybrid cloud management and AI Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
02 Oct 2023
Microsoft embarks on green concrete trials to decarbonise datacentre builds
Software giant Microsoft is turning its attention to shrinking the environmental footprint of its datacentres by finding low-carbon alternatives to concrete Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
28 Sep 2023
Cloud NAS, what is it good for?
We look at NAS file access storage, how it works, what it’s good for and the possibilities to access storage for files and unstructured data in the public cloud Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Sep 2023
IBM reorients to offset historic storage hardware decline
Storage profile: We look at IBM and the strategic shifts it has made towards the cloud, cloud-native and as-a-service offerings that aim to reverse a long-term decline in revenues Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
25 Sep 2023
Amazon takes $4bn minority stake in AI safety research startup Anthropic
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will build on its existing ties to the firm to help it scale its enterprise-grade large language model (LLM) Claude Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Sep 2023
Datacentre operators ‘hesitant’ over how to proceed with server farm builds as AI hype builds
As the hype surrounding artificial intelligence enters a new phase with the rising enterprise and hyperscale interest in generative AI, operators are not sure how to proceed with new datacentre builds, it is claimed Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Sep 2023
How Google is priming its infrastructure for the AI wave
The technology giant is integrating purpose-built hardware with an optimised software stack to meet the heightened computational demands of next-generation AI workloads Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
19 Sep 2023
38TB Microsoft data leak highlights risks of oversharing
An accidentally disclosed SAS token with excessive privileges enabled researchers to access nearly 40TB of Microsoft’s data, highlighting the risks of privilege mismanagement and oversharing Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
19 Sep 2023
Cosmetics giant L'Oréal turns to Databricks for cloud data-led customer personalisation push
The cosmetics giant is building on its past work with Databricks to provide more personalised care to its customers across the globe Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
15 Sep 2023
Microsoft to offer Oracle cloud database on Azure
Oracle and Microsoft have trumpeted an expansion of their joint activity with the launch of Oracle Database@Azure. Microsoft will be the only other hyperscaler to offer OCI services Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
15 Sep 2023
OVHcloud debuts ‘comprehensive’ carbon calculator for customers
French IaaS challenger OVHcloud has launched a tool to help its customers track their Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
11 Sep 2023
HMRC signs cloud-focused £4.4m mainframe management and modernisation deal with Kyndryl
The government tax collection agency is continuing its move to the cloud, but needs some help readying its mainframe estate for migration Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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News
07 Sep 2023
IT leaders ‘oblivious’ to the environmental impact of ‘unwanted’ data, research shows
Research commissioned by IT infrastructure services provider NTT reveals knowledge gaps among IT leaders regarding the environmental footprint of their data storage estates Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
06 Sep 2023
Orange and Huawei seek platform opportunity in Saudi Arabia
Business services arm of leading operator and global communications technology provider cut key deals for internet of things, smart cities and cloud infrastructure in increasingly important part of EMEA region Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
06 Sep 2023
TikTok opens Irish datacentre in push to safeguard European user data
Social media giant TikTok has completed the first of two datacentre builds it has under development in Ireland Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Sep 2023
Colocation market ready to cash in on rising interest in enterprise AI
IT market watcher Omdia has tipped the colocation market to be one of the main beneficiaries of the growing demand for enterprise AI services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
05 Sep 2023
Tackling Scope 3 emissions in materials to help meet datacentre climate goals
Fanciful carbon accounting practice might not help much with emissions reduction, but specific materials values are already on offer from steel makers and the like that can assist datacentre operators Continue Reading
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05 Sep 2023
VMware builds vSAN Max, consolidates multicloud and online deployment
VMware launches new iteration of vSAN Max with up to 8.6PB of independently scalable storage, NSX gets a “+” as it unifies networks and Ransomware Recovery ups efficiency Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
05 Sep 2023
How APAC organisations can drive IT sustainability
From using liquid cooling and optimising data storage to tapping renewable energy and recycling tape drives, organisations across the region are upping their sustainability efforts Continue Reading
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News
05 Sep 2023
The National Television Awards uses Hyve Managed Hosting to support website voting system
For the fourth year in a row, Hyve Managed Hosting has been the hosting provider of choice to the National Television Awards Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Aug 2023
Scottish government readies cloud platform to aid public sector take-up of AWS and Microsoft Azure
Details of a launch event for the Scottish government's push to encourage wider use of public cloud services by public sector organisations have emerged Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Aug 2023
GenAI outranks cloud as business IT strategic priority
Enterprise Strategy Group research on the use cases for generative AI shows it as strategic for corporate IT, with impacts on customer experience, software development and IT Ops Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
30 Aug 2023
Google Cloud gunning for enterprise growth with generative AI push
This year's Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco has seen the company announce a slew of generative AI-focused products and services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Aug 2023
Google Cloud ups ante in generative AI
Google CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off Google Cloud Next 2023 by underscoring the company’s efforts to make generative AI tools more accessible to businesses and workers Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
24 Aug 2023
AWS debuts Dedicated Local Zones with Singapore government as first customer
The new offering will be fully managed by AWS, built for exclusive use by a customer or community, and placed in a customer-specified location or datacentre Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
22 Aug 2023
CBRE forecasts rise in European colocation capacity in H2 despite power supply constraints
Real estate consultancy CBRE's latest European colocation market tracker report suggests the second half of 2023 will be a big one in terms of supply and take-up of datacentre capacity Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Aug 2023
UK competition watchdog gives Broadcom-VMware deal green light to go ahead
After several months of deliberation, the UK Competition and Markets Authority has concluded its investigation into Broadcom's $61bn bid to acquire VMware Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Aug 2023
Simplyblock targets ‘complex’ Ceph with software-defined NVMe
German startup Simplyblock aims to deliver low-cost high-performance flash and NVMe-over-TCP storage for service provider customers, and has Ceph deployments in its sights Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
12 Aug 2023
Datacentre management vulnerabilities leave public clouds at risk
At the annual DEF CON hacking convention, researchers from Trellix have disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in key datacentre products underpinning the world’s public cloud infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Feature
09 Aug 2023
Huawei a big storage hitter despite international troubles
Huawei is a leading storage player with an enterprise product offer across file, block and object storage, and the cloud, despite controversy and trading difficulties Continue Reading
By- Stephen Pritchard
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
07 Aug 2023
HPE’s Alletra MP marries storage to cloud and software-defined choices
HPE’s Alletra was launched in April with an architecture that ties in with GreenLake consumption purchasing, SaaS configuration and addition of software-defined storage services Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
04 Aug 2023
CCS urged to do more to make Cloud Compute 2 framework more accessible to SMEs
The government procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service are coming under fire from the SME supplier community over accusations it could do more to make the £1.3 bn Cloud Compute 2 framework more accessible to smaller suppliers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
04 Aug 2023
VMware Cloud on AWS expands to Melbourne cloud region
MLC Life Insurance is tapping the VMware Cloud on AWS service in the AWS Melbourne cloud region to exit its datacentre and reduce technology costs Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
04 Aug 2023
Amazon CEO cites enterprise shift in cloud spending priorities for upbeat Q2 results
After a succession of downbeat quarterly results, Amazon's Q2 figures suggest a return to form Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
02 Aug 2023
Cubbit offers cut-price cloud with DS3 distributed storage
Cubbit’s DS3 offers cloud at up to 20% the cost of the main providers via on-premise software that builds a cloud with other users and targets unstructured data use cases such as backup Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2023
Infrastructure-as-Code in 2023: What enterprises need to know
In this guest post, Tom Chisholm, principal training solutions engineer at IT automation software provider Puppet by Perforce, sets out what enterprise IT leaders need to know about ... Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2023
G-Cloud 13 suppliers claim framework extension is making it ‘commercially unviable’ to sell through
Government procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service are under fire for extending the life of the G-Cloud 13 framework and preventing suppliers from upping their prices as inflation bites Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Jul 2023
IBM debuts Cloud Carbon Calculator to help enterprises manage their GHG emissions
Tech giant IBM has announced the general availability of a tool designed to help enterprises track and curb the greenhouse gas emissions generated by their on-premise and cloud-based activities Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Jul 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland uses Nutanix to gain breathing space in cloud modernisation
With its datacentre contract coming to an end, the Forestry and Land Scotland agency, which has a cloud-first strategy, needed a way to manage cloud migration Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
25 Jul 2023
Google reveals how AI and machine learning are shaping its sustainability strategy
Google's latest annual environmental report reveals details about how the technology giant's ‘artificial intelligence-first’ policy is shaping its ongoing efforts to minimise the environmental footprint of its customers’ operations Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK