Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
Find out what is PaaS, what PaaS is used for, what companies are using PaaS, and the vendors offering products that fall under this category of cloud services.
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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
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News
27 Sep 2021
Private equity cash fuels Nordic datacentre growth
Private equity companies are betting on the Nordic datacentre sector as demand for services in the region accelerates Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2021
AWS rolls out clean energy initiative in Singapore
62MW solar project expected to generate 80,000MWh of clean energy a year, enough to power more than 10,000 homes Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2021
PagerDuty expands European datacentre presence with help from AWS
Company is expanding its datacentre presence within Europe through its longstanding technology partnership with Amazon Web Services Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2021
Google Cloud shares carbon-free datacentre energy usage stats with users
Public cloud giant publishes details of its Carbon Free Energy Percentage metric that it hopes companies will use to inform their decisions about where best to run their workloads for sustainability reasons Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2021
Microsoft cloud users hit by global outage linked to Azure Active Directory issue
Microsoft claims to have resolved a global outage that left users of various services within its cloud portfolio unable to access their business apps and platforms overnight Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2021
ST Engineering teams up with Google Cloud
Singapore’s ST Engineering and Google Cloud will explore offering secure cloud services for organisations in regulated industries Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2021
Tableau Software opens UK cloud region in London
Data visualisation software provider launches London region for Tableau Online users to access locally hosted version of its cloud platform Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2021
OVHcloud datacentre fire: Efforts underway to bring affected cloud customers back online
OVHcloud confirms it is has reserved capacity at other datacentres, and is preparing to ramp up in-house production of its servers to bring its customers back online as soon as possible Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2021
APAC cloud spending up by over 38% in 2020
Public cloud infrastructure services made up the lion’s share of cloud spending last year as APAC organisations strive to modernise their IT infrastructure amid the pandemic, study finds Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2021
OVHcloud confirms no casualties following fire at Strasbourg datacentre campus
Local media reports suggest websites across Europe have gone offline in the wake of the blaze at OVHcloud’s datacentre campus in Strasbourg, France Continue Reading
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Podcast
09 Mar 2021
Hybrid working, diversity progress – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss hybrid working, progress in diversity and data in healthcare Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2021
Google Cloud makes inroads in Southeast Asia
Number three public cloud supplier has made inroads into Southeast Asian enterprises such as Indonesia’s Salim Group and is assessing opportunities for new cloud regions Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Mar 2021
Hyper-converged infrastructure: Why software-defined everything might not work for all datacentres
Choosing the right converged infrastructure in the first instance can pivot on a trade-off between security and agility requirements Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2021
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella backs decentralised clouds to power hybrid working
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sets out his vision for how the world of work, and the IT underpinning it, will need to change to become more flexible and decentralised once the Covid-19 pandemic is over Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2021
HPE results show demand for remote data and consumption model
As businesses prepare for the return to the office, HPE expects many of its customers will continue to need remote working and advanced analytics Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2021
IBM eyes hybrid cloud opportunity in ASEAN
The hybrid cloud message is resonating among Southeast Asian enterprises that are looking to modernise their applications and systems, says IBM’s general manager for the region Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2021
PGA Tour teams up with AWS to improve fan engagement during tournaments
PGA Tour selects Amazon Web Services as its official cloud service partner as it sets about revamping tournament viewing experience for golf fans Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2021
CBRE predicts 2021 will be record-breaking year for European colocation demand
Latest quarterly market tracker report from CBRE paints a positive picture of how the growth of the European colocation market is set to proceed in the years to come Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2021
How SAP is riding the rising tide of cloud
SAP’s newly minted president for Asia-Pacific and Japan talks up the company’s cloud traction and what is being done to ease the transition to S/4 Hana Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2021
Amsterdam to open environmental talks with datacentres
City authorities and datacentre operators will open dialogue about sustainable datacentre industry expansion in the Dutch capital Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2021
Microsoft builds industry-specific clouds for financial services and manufacturing firms
Software giant follows up launch of industry-specific cloud offerings for retail and healthcare organisations with a commitment to do the same for non-profits, manufacturing and financial services firms Continue Reading
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News
23 Feb 2021
BBVA teams up with Google Cloud for IT security strategy revamp
Spanish bank banking giant BBVA is forging even closer ties with long-standing technology partner Google Cloud to bolster the security posture of its IT infrastructure Continue Reading
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News
23 Feb 2021
How GeoSpock is supercharging geospatial analytics
Company’s GeoSpock DB is aimed at optimising queries of large volumes of geospatial data with scale and speed Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2021
Google Cloud partners Tata Communications in India
Tata Communications will offer managed services for Google Cloud that will include cloud architecture planning and workload migration Continue Reading
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News
17 Feb 2021
Defra to lead creation of cloud-focused IT sustainability standard for use across government
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs continues its work to help government departments clean up their IT supply chains by creating a ‘cloud sustainability’ workstream Continue Reading
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News
15 Feb 2021
Wellcome Sanger Institute embarks on cost-saving energy efficiency drive at Cambridge datacentre
The Wellcome Sanger Institute has enlisted the help of long-standing tech partner EfficiencyIT to oversee a revamp of its datacentres’ energy monitoring and management systems Continue Reading
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News
14 Feb 2021
Cancer Council NSW fixes data silos in integration move
The Cancer Council in New South Wales has integrated its core systems to eliminate data silos and improve productivity Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2021
Oracle fleshes out hybrid cloud and edge computing strategy with Roving Edge Infrastructure devices
Database software giant Oracle continues to build out its hybrid cloud product and services strategy, with a focus on helping enterprises build out edge compute environments for low-connectivity-requiring workloads Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2021
£2bn Zero Carbon Delivery Framework goes live to help public sector datacentres go green
A four-year, £2bn procurement framework geared towards helping public sector organisations decarbonise their operations has gone-live Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2021
Oracle claims major win in Australian public sector
Australian Data Centres will deploy Oracle’s Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer to host cloud services for the federal government Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2021
Big data platform to speed up DNA analysis
Belgium’s Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre has developed a big data platform that can analyse DNA data up to 16 times faster than current techniques Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2021
Singapore tops cloud adoption in ASEAN
Nearly nine in 10 organisations in Singapore are using cloud services, but cost and security concerns remain Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2021
IBM and Microsoft close the gap to mainstream quantum computing
Recent developments from IBM and Microsoft suggest that cloud-based enterprise computing may become mainstream in just a few years Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2021
AWS and Telstra team up on 5G
Australia’s Telstra will explore a range of AWS’s edge computing offerings that can be integrated into its 5G network to speed up the performance of 5G applications Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2021
Google grows cloud sales as parent’s profits top $40bn
Alphabet announces massive overall profits and increased Google cloud sales Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2021
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to step down as e-commerce giant celebrates first-ever $100bn revenue quarter
Bezos confirms he is stepping down as Amazon CEO and will take on the role of executive chairman, as company posts record-breaking fourth-quarter results Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2021
Tata Communications grows IoT footprint
India’s Tata Communications has been shoring up its IoT capabilities through a handful of acquisitions and partnerships with telcos Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2021
Ford makes Google preferred cloud partner for next-generation connected car push
The Ford Motor Company has gone public with details of the next phase of its ongoing connected car push, which involves a newly struck six-year tech collaboration with Google Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2021
Microsoft and Singtel team up on 5G via Azure Stack
Microsoft Azure customers in Singapore will soon be able to use Singtel’s 5G infrastructure to power 5G applications through the telco’s edge computing platform Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2021
Financial services giants form EU-focused coalition to boost sector’s public cloud adoption pace
A dozen or so European financial institutions have joined forces to stimulate the pace of public cloud adoption in the sector Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2021
Indian firms see growing value of data
Half of Indian IT leaders see a permanent increase in value of data as their organisations come under threat from mounting cyber attacks amid the pandemic Continue Reading
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News
29 Jan 2021
IBM, Apple and Accenture join MIT cross-industry climate change-tackling consortium
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s cross-industry push to tackle climate change has attracted some big names from the world of tech, including Apple, IBM, Accenture and Verizon Continue Reading
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News
28 Jan 2021
TCS rings in the new year on a roll
India’s Tata Consultancy Services recorded one of its strongest third-quarter earnings and grew its brand value amid a global pandemic Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2021
Mimecast breach was work of SolarWinds attackers
Mimecast’s investigation into a January 2021 breach of its systems turns up evidence that the culprit was the same group that targeted SolarWinds in December Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2021
Hyperscale datacentre market growth soared in 2020 on back of Amazon and Google buildouts
Latest market tracker data from Synergy Research Group highlights how demand for hyperscale datacentre capacity held firm during 2020 Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2021
Latest Microsoft results show strength in Teams and Azure
Microsoft reports 50% growth in Azure and integration between Teams and ServiceNow, Workday and Salesforce Continue Reading
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News
26 Jan 2021
Uptime Institute report highlights recruitment issues blighting global datacentre industry
First-of-its-kind research into recruitment challenges facing the datacentre industry calls for action to avert a skills crisis developing in the future Continue Reading
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News
26 Jan 2021
IBM and Telefónica double down on tech partnership in enterprise hybrid cloud push
IBM and Telefónica are continuing to pool their resources to help accelerate the pace of hybrid cloud adoption in the enterprise Continue Reading
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News
25 Jan 2021
Inside Grab’s DevOps practices
A senior software engineer at Grab offers a peek into the DevOps practices at one of Southeast Asia’s technology unicorns Continue Reading
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25 Jan 2021
Serverless: Weighing up the pros and cons for enterprises
The concept of serverless computing has been gaining traction within enterprises for several years now, but what is it and how do CIOs know if it is the right fit for their applications? Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2021
Microsoft teams up with UK startup to minimise impact of climate change by aviation industry
Cambridge-based startup Satavia is tapping into the Microsoft Azure public cloud platform to help aviation industry minimise the impact its activities have on the environment Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2021
Cloud and datacentre giants unite to create climate neutral EU datacentre industry by 2030
Major players from the world of public cloud and colocation have joined forces with trade associations from across the continent to create a climate neutral datacentre industry by 2030 Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2021
Music publisher BMG taps into Google Cloud to manage and analyse streaming data processes
Berlin-based record label and music publisher BMG is drawing on Google Cloud to revamp its infrastructure to accommodate the music industry's continued shift towards streaming Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2021
How Globe Telecom is doubling down on cloud
The largest mobile operator in the Philippines has moved its legacy systems to the cloud and there is more to come as it looks towards deploying cloud radio access networks and cloud-native applications Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2021
European IT providers struggle to capitalise on continent-wide growth in cloud demand
Latest tech market tracking data shows demand for cloud services is rising across the continent, but local IT providers are continuing to lose share to US giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2021
AWS urges US court to throw out Parler breach of contract lawsuit
Amazon Web Services has responded to news of Parler’s attempt to sue it for breach of contract by filing a lawsuit detailing allegations of the various threats it claims forced it to pull the plug on the stricken social media site Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2021
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to step down and take over as Intel chief
Pat Gelsinger is calling time on his tenure as CEO at VMware to return to take over the leadership reins at ex-employer Intel Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2021
Cut off from the cloud: How free speech-touting Parler became a tech industry pariah
Now Amazon, Google and Apple have all cut ties with controversial, free speech-championing social networking site Parler, claims made by its CEO that it will bounce back are starting to ring hollow Continue Reading
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News
12 Jan 2021
Parler sues AWS for anti-trust and breach of contract after Amazon public cloud ban takes it offline
Stricken free speech-championing social media app suggests Amazon’s actions were motivated by a desire to ‘reduce competition’ in the microblogging social media market Continue Reading
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News
11 Jan 2021
AWS, Apple and Google bans prompt pro-Trump Parler app to fall offline
Free speech-championing social media site Parler has gone dark for violating Amazon, Apple and Google's terms of service, in light of reports of the platform's involvement in co-ordinating the attack on Capitol Hill Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2021
AstraZeneca combines public cloud with NetApp to aid Covid-19 vaccine development and roll-out
AstraZeneca’s global infrastructure services director Scott Hunter lifts the lid on the cloud and datacentre setup underpinning its efforts to bring its co-developed Covid-19 vaccine to the masses Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jan 2021
Five key points about cloud vs in-house disaster recovery
The cloud is well suited as a disaster recovery failover option. The key questions are about what you should keep on-site and what goes to the cloud. We look at five key points to consider Continue Reading
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News
05 Jan 2021
SKT and AWS debut 5G edge cloud service
SK Telecom’s multi-access edge computing service will let enterprises build low latency applications that make use of AWS cloud services Continue Reading
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News
03 Jan 2021
Covid-19’s impact on the retail supply chain
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the ability of retailers to mitigate supply chain imbalances Continue Reading
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News
30 Dec 2020
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
29 Dec 2020
Top 10 cloud stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
24 Dec 2020
Top 10 Downtime Upload podcasts of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Downtime Upload podcasts of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
23 Dec 2020
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2020
THKD taps SAP and Azure to improve patient experience
Malaysian healthcare group THKD is deploying new SAP systems and plans to tap Azure’s cloud infrastructure to enhance patient experience Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2020
CIO interview: Why IATA is banking on cloud to help the airline industry weather the Covid-19 crisis
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the International Air Transport Association to re-evaluate its IT investment priorities as the aviation industry shifts its focus away from business growth to business survival Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2020
Post-pandemic: Looking at the long-term legacy of Covid-19 on enterprise cloud adoption rates
The onset of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 is known to have had a big impact on the pace and scale of enterprise cloud adoption this year, but will the effect be temporary or permanent? Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Dec 2020
Defining a cloud journey to deliver business outcomes
Here are six steps to ensuring a journey to cloud is focused on delivering business outcomes Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2020
Agility key to pandemic recovery, say APAC CFOs
Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific region call for financial transformation to bring about the agility that their organisations need to tide over the pandemic Continue Reading
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News
10 Dec 2020
Amazon goes public with record-breaking renewable energy generation plans
Online retail giant Amazon has followed up earlier pledges to do more as a global organisation to tackle climate change by going public with plans to add a further 26 solar and wind farms to its portfolio Continue Reading
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News
10 Dec 2020
Arm to downsize global datacentre footprint through AWS cloud collaboration
British semi-conductor maker Arm has committed to shrinking the size of its global datacentre estate by 45%, and plans to do so by moving some of its core chip design workloads to the AWS cloud Continue Reading
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News
10 Dec 2020
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust embarks on Cisco and Cohesity-based datacentre revamp
NHS Foundation Trust opens up about the work its done to streamline and centralise its server estate with the help of Cisco's hyperconverged technologies Continue Reading
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News
10 Dec 2020
AWS eyes mainframe workloads
Amazon Web Services is doubling down on efforts to help its partners address the growing demand for capabilities to migrate mainframe workloads to the cloud Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2020
Global media brand ViacomCBS makes AWS preferred cloud partner
Amazon Web Services is continuing to build its customer base in the media and entertainment sector, with ViacomCBS declaring the firm to be its preferred cloud provider partner Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2020
Thomson Reuters completes large-scale migration of mission-critical workloads to the AWS cloud
Thomson Reuters confirms completion of large-scale AWS migration, and outlines the work it is doing to ramp up its use of machine learning within its organisation Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2020
There’s no going back to pre-pandemic security approaches
The cyber security world will probably never return to its pre-pandemic state, and different approaches to security will come to the fore in 2021 Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Dec 2020
Serverless: Weighing up the pros and cons for enterprises
The concept of serverless computing has been gaining traction within enterprises for several years now, but what is it and how do CIOs know if it is the right fit for their applications? Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2020
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2021
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be a cradle for technology innovation in the new year, whether it is 5G services, artificial intelligence, cloud computing or cyber security Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2020
BMW Group embarks on data-driven supply chain revamp with AWS
BMW Group is forging even closer ties with AWS by enlisting its help to refine its supply chain and manufacturing processes, as well as train up its staff in cloud technologies Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2020
The National Institute for Health Research on connecting through cloud to fight Covid-19
As the research arm for the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research has played a key role in coordinating efforts to find treatments, diagnostics and vaccines for Covid-19 during the pandemic, with the help of Google Cloud Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2020
AWS to open Melbourne cloud region in 2022
Amazon Web Services’ second Australian cloud region is part of its growing infrastructure investments in the maturing cloud market Continue Reading
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News
07 Dec 2020
Media giant MGM signs multi-year deal with AWS to revamp its supply chain processes
AWS lands multi-year cloud deal with US media giant MGM that will see it assist the firm with revamping its supply chain and content distribution processes Continue Reading
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News
02 Dec 2020
How IoT keeps water flowing in rural communities
Non-profit organisation Charity: water has built an internet-of-things device packed with sensors to keep wells in remote parts of Africa and Asia flowing with clean water Continue Reading
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News
02 Dec 2020
Re:Invent 2020: AWS CEO Andy Jassy on redefining hybrid cloud
Amazon Web Services’ Re:Invent user conference has moved online this year, with the firm’s CEO using the opening keynote to explain how AWS’s take on hybrid cloud has changed over time Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Dec 2020
The end is nigh: Are datacentre operators prepared for a potential no-deal Brexit?
Datacentre operations are resilient and forward-thinking by nature, yet pitfalls and cost impacts are looming large with a potential no-deal Brexit on the horizon Continue Reading
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News
01 Dec 2020
Aviation startup goes ‘all-in’ on AWS to make its supersonic jet plans take flight
Boom Supersonic sets sights on making commercial supersonic air travel a reality for passengers again, and is leaning on Amazon Web Services to support its efforts Continue Reading
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News
01 Dec 2020
Work in progress: Gaia-X project sets out path to create cross-continent data infrastructure
The Gaia-X project's annual summit gave attendees a sneak peek at how its efforts to create an open, cross-continent, next-generation data infrastructure are progressing Continue Reading
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Podcast
01 Dec 2020
The channel in the pandemic, datacentres for investors – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Simon Quicke joins Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna to discuss how the IT channel has fared in the pandemic, how datacentres have evolved as investment assets, STEM education for children, and data strategy at Guide Dogs Continue Reading
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News
01 Dec 2020
Zoom signs multi-year preferred cloud provider deal with AWS
Video-conferencing platform provider Zoom is forging even closer ties with long-standing cloud partner Amazon Web Services, prompting questions about where this leaves its technology tie-up with Oracle Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Dec 2020
A safe bet: How Covid-19 is fuelling investor interest in the datacentre industry
With demand for cloud and colocation capacity soaring on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, datacentres are looking like an increasingly attractive bet for the investor community. Computer Weekly finds out why Continue Reading
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News
01 Dec 2020
What it takes for APAC firms to ride out the pandemic
Whether businesses will recover from the Covid-19 pandemic will depend on how they leverage technology to innovate, create new business models and build digital trust Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2020
IT Priorities: APAC enterprises readying recovery budget
Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are investing in cloud and other key technologies to not only survive but thrive in the post-pandemic world Continue Reading
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News
26 Nov 2020
AWS outage: Downtime incident blights users of one of Amazon’s major US datacentre regions
Public cloud giant suffers prolonged service outage due to fault originating in one of its major US datacentre regions Continue Reading
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News
24 Nov 2020
Orange Business Services strikes global partnership with AWS to accelerate enterprise cloud take-up
Orange Business Services has followed up its earlier partnerships with Microsoft and Google by signing a similar deal with Amazon Web Services, geared towards supporting its clients’ public cloud migration plans Continue Reading
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News
23 Nov 2020
Inside Huawei’s APAC cloud strategy
The Chinese technology giant is counting on its strengths in hardware infrastructure and focus on research and development to make a mark in Asia Pacific’s public cloud market Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2020
Claritas taps AI to enhance medical images
A Singapore startup has developed a cloud-based medical imaging platform to enhance the quality and accessibility of radiology images for doctors and patients Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2020
Gaia-X: Inside the bid to create an open, next-gen data infrastructure for European enterprises
The Gaia-X project is billed as a push to create an open, cross-continent, next-generation data infrastructure “by Europe and for Europe”, but why is it needed? Continue Reading