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July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15
How Deutsche Telekom plans to challenge AWS and Google in the cloud

German telco Deutsche Telekom wants to evolve into the public cloud and plans to beat sector giants such as Amazon and Google at their own game
July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15
Accenture uses Avanade cloud for NHSmail

Accenture to deploy a cloud-based email system for NHS staff using a combination of Microsoft software and Avanade cloud technology
July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15
Post Office signs IBM for IT overhaul

MP James Bridgen reveals the Post Office intends to outsource an IT transformation to IBM as part of its drive to serve customers using modern technology
June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15
Top suppliers as UK software and services market approaches £50bn

The top five software and IT services firms in the UK are Capita, HP, IBM, Capgemini and Accenture, according to the latest figures from TechMarketView

June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15
Windows Server 2003 end of support: Five options to choose from

Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 ends in July. Should you upgrade to a newer version of the operating system or choose an alternative?
June 24, 2015 24 Jun'15
Box ties up with IBM to boost enterprise credibility and global reach

IBM and Box have forged a global partnership to integrate their existing products and services, and develop new ones for secure collaboration
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
OnApp helps small public cloud firms take on AWS, Google and Microsoft

The OnApp Federation marketplace will help smaller firms compete more effectively with the public cloud giants, it is claimed
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
Case study: What the enterprise can learn from Etsy's DevOps strategy

Jon Cowie, operations engineer at online marketplace Etsy, advises enterprises on how to develop a DevOps-friendly business culture
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
VMware puts network virtualisation to work in McAfee environments

VMware announces an integrated system to automate distribution and enforcement of McAfee’s network security platform using its NSX network virtualisation system
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
Sourcing must adapt to digital business goals, says Gartner

Businesses need to change their sourcing strategies if they are to keep pace with the digital revolution, says analyst organisation Gartner

May 29, 2015 29 May'15
CIO interview: Billie Laidlaw, RSPCA

RSPCA CIO Billie Laidlaw explains how the charity's cloud-first approach to IT procurement benefits the animals in its care
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
NetApp launches AltaVault hybrid cloud backup appliance family

NetApp repackages the SteelStore hybrid cloud backup appliances it bought from Riverbed as AltaVault physical, virtual and cloud products
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
CIF cloud certification scheme wins European Commission's backing

Cloud Industry Forum's Code of Practice has been added to European list of trusted certification schemes
May 26, 2015 26 May'15
EMC plots managed cloud push with $1.2bn deal to acquire Virtustream

Storage giant claims latest purchase will reinforce its hybrid cloud proposition for enterprises
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
CIO interview: Myron Hrycyk, CIO, Severn Trent Water

Severn Trent water company is working on technology initiatives to lower bills and improve customer service
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
CIO interview: Austerity drives joined-up council IT with Force.com

Peterborough has become a big user of software-as-a-service for council services. We speak to its IT head
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
Government cloud adoption hit by ongoing legacy tech investments

IT supplier Eduserv wants government departments banned from investing in legacy tech to drive up cloud adoption
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Vodafone returns to quarterly revenue growth

A minute rise in quarterly sales gives mobile network operator Vodafone hope that its financial situation is now stabilising
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Google slashes public cloud prices to undercut rivals

Google cuts cost of its public cloud services to pass on hardware savings in line with Moore's Law
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
Former nurse’s career blighted after blowing whistle on IT problems

Southwark's continuing care database included names of patients who had been dead for several years, a tribunal is told
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
EMC predicts return to double-digit sales growth

Storage giant's EMEA chief claims downbeat first quarter results are as bad as things will get for EMC, and that normal service will soon resume
May 06, 2015 06 May'15
CIO interview: Darrell Stein, vice-president of information systems at Reckitt Benckiser

Seven months after taking charge of IT at Reckitt Benckiser, Darrell Stein is pushing ahead with a strategy to increase digital revenues
April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15
Amazon first-quarter results value Amazon Web Services at $5bn

Amazon's Q1 results confirm Amazon Web Services – AWS – as its most profitable business, valuing the cloud services provider at $5bn
April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15
ISG blames UK general election for fall in outsourcing value

A lull in UK outsourcing activity in the run-up to the election caused a 25% drop in spending across the Emea region in Q1 2015, claims ISG
April 17, 2015 17 Apr'15
Equinix opens new Slough datacentre to answer CIO cloud demands

Equinix's UK MD explains why its chosen to increase its datacentre footprint once more in Slough
April 16, 2015 16 Apr'15
Solihull Council's datacentre plans slammed by G-Cloud champions

Solihull Council is building a new datacentre with 10-20 years of capacity, much to the chagrin of industry watchers
April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15
SSE hooks up Manchester datacentres with 10Gbps connectivity

SSE Enterprise Telecoms launches Manchester Lightnow, a high-capacity optical network service connecting a number of datacentre facilities
April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15
Rio Tinto to put IT systems in the cloud

Mining giant Rio Tinto is moving IT systems into the public cloud as part of a transformation agreement with Accenture
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Indian outsourcing is booming in the Nordic countries

Headlines about Indian IT service providers securing high-profile outsourcing deals in the Nordics have become commonplace
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Strong dollar may shift server upgrades off-premise

The strong US dollar will influence how CIOs spend their 2015 IT budgets. Server price hikes may drive spending to the cloud
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
Brecon Beacons National Park soups up staff comms with Unify

Brecon Beacons National Park Authority deploys Unify’s OpenScape voice technology to keep remote staff and home workers in touch
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
Interoute bags private equity funding to support datacentre growth

Cloud services giant plans to use private equity funding to support its M&A activity and push ahead with its datacentre growth plans
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
AWS gets EU approval for data replication outside of Europe

The European Union Data Protection Authorities has approved Amazon Web Services’ Data Processing Agreement
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Sky Italia looks to the cloud for better customer experience

Sky Italia “remakes” its customer acquisition, customer service and change order management processes using cloud
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
KPMG teams up with Microsoft to boost enterprise cloud adoption

Advisory firm to draw on Microsoft technologies to deliver cloud-based data analytics, and business transformation services to clients
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
National Police ICT Company operational after four years of wrangling

The national Police ICT Company is operational and aims to save £465m a year – nearly four years after Theresa May proposed its creation
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud

Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Nordics' Glenna research cloud project underway

Researchers in the Nordics will soon enjoy a new cloud infrastructure from which to share systems and resources
March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15
HP Helion Rack looks to speed up enterprise private cloud adoption

HP wants to take the heavy lifting out of moving to the private cloud by offering enterprises pre-configured and tested infrastructure packages
March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15
IT priorities 2015 – IT budgets on the rise as economy recovers

Almost three-quarters of IT managers in the UK expect their IT budgets to increase or stay the same in 2015
March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15
Microsoft's Nano Server: What to expect from this leaner, meaner Windows Server

With Microsoft reportedly set to announce a stripped-back version of Windows Server, what can IT leaders expect to see?
March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15
Information Commissioner's Office calls for transparent public sector outsourcing

For greater transparency, public sector buyers and suppliers should be open about their dealings before signing contracts, says ICO
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Ford drives connected car journey with Microsoft Azure

The Microsoft Azure cloud will be used to power Ford's new software delivery and vehicle monitoring service
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Red Nose Day 2015: How Comic Relief used cloud to bank a record £78m

Comic Relief CTO Zenon Hannick explains how the charity used cloud to process a record number of donations during Red Nose Day 2015
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Satya Nadella: Every business will be a software business

Digitisation may the buzzword business leaders are trying to grasp, but Microsoft has begun its journey to build a digitisation product portfolio
March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15
TNT outsources IT infrastructure to HP cloud

International logistics firm TNT has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Hewlett Packard (HP) in a six-year deal that will see it move to the cloud
March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15
Finland leads Europe in cloud service take-up

Europe is catching up with the US for cloud adoption - and the Nordic countries lead the way, with Sweden and Denmark close behind Finland
March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15
Lookout bets on big data analytics to secure enterprise mobiles

Mobile security SaaS provider Lookout is betting on its cloud-based big data analytics capability to attract enterprise customers
March 11, 2015 11 Mar'15
Microsoft Azure brings success for McDonald's Sweden

McDonald's Sweden's Microsoft Azure system is named best-in-class across the fast food organisation's global operation
March 11, 2015 11 Mar'15
Tieto’s Taneli Tikka brings startup drive to industrial internet business

Taneli Tikka has an unusual job description as the head of industrial internet at Tieto Corporation