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
20 Dec 2024
Government review of denied datacentre builds sees Iver project get green light
The government has granted the developers of a proposed datacentre in Iver, Buckinghamshire, permission to press ahead with the project after the local council blocked the plans on Green Belt protection grounds Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
19 Dec 2024
Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2024
Southeast Asia’s 2024 tech landscape saw major companies embracing AI, shifts in open source and the emergence of local large language models to address the needs of a diverse region Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
26 Nov 2020
IP surveillance: The storage it needs, on-premise and in the cloud
Surveillance is changing, with the evolution from simple streams of sequential images to the application of AI to video, as well as an increasing move to use of the cloud Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
26 Nov 2020
CW Nordics: Bank branch closures continue as digital banking grows
Sweden’s Handelsbanken is cutting its branch network by nearly half, which means more money will be invested in IT. But it’s not just Sweden and the Nordics – banks across the world are watching the fintech industry demonstrate to consumers what banking can be like if the right technology is in place. Also in this issue, read about the Norwegian government’s decision not to implement an outright ban on the use of 5G equipment supplied by China's Huawei. 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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
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News
19 Nov 2020
Why databases are key to Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales
With each order split into multiple database transactions, ensuring the scalability and elasticity of database systems was key to the success of Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
18 Nov 2020
Nokia Software embarks on ‘carbon negative’ datacentre revamp push with HPE Greenlake
Global telecoms giant Nokia Software opens up about the work it is doing to improve the environmental friendliness of the R&D datacentres underpinning its 5G innovation Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
18 Nov 2020
ZSL uses Google Cloud and machine learning to protect endangered species from poachers
The Zoological Society of London opens up about the work it has done with the Google Cloud team to protect endangered species from poachers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
17 Nov 2020
Covid-19: Pandemic-induced surge in public cloud spend predicted to run until 2024
Gartner’s latest worldwide public cloud market spend forecast suggests the acceleration in off-premise adoption seen since the start of the pandemic is set to last for a long time yet Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Nov 2020
Atos debuts OneCloud initiative to help accelerate enterprise migrations to sustainable cloud setups
French IT services company Atos launches ‘one-stop shop’ service for enterprises that want to speed up their cloud migrations in a sustainable way Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Nov 2020
IT Priorities 2020: Budgets rejigged to support 2021 recovery
IT has been essential in helping organisations remain operational. IT chiefs are now considering the IT to drive a sustained business recovery Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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E-Zine
12 Nov 2020
CW Benelux: Dutch Alzheimer’s app helps dementia patients
An app aimed at helping dementia patients and their families has been developed by the Alzheimer Society in the Netherlands. Also in this issue, read about a Belgian startup's app based on blockchain technology to help container handling at ports, and why Rabobank ditched its legacy backup. Continue Reading
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News
11 Nov 2020
Standard Chartered embarks on five-year personalised banking push with AWS
Financial services giant is forging even deeper ties with AWS as part of its push to roll out more personalised banking experiences to customers in 60 countries Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
11 Nov 2020
What businesses can learn from GovTech’s digital strategy
Modernising its infrastructure and putting digital at its core has given Singapore’s Government Technology Agency the agility it needs to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
11 Nov 2020
Gartner: IT spending to focus on fast time to value
There are no surprises in Gartner’s latest forecast. IT budgets are being spent on supporting remote workers, but CIOs have new metrics Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
11 Nov 2020
Microsoft consumer cloud outage blights Outlook.com and OneDrive users
Users of several of Microsoft's core consumer cloud services left struggling to log in, with software giant remaining tight-lipped for now over the cause of the issues Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
11 Nov 2020
Cloud RANs offer promise in APAC, but not in near future
While there is growing interest in cloud-based radio access networks, experts argue that telcos will still cautiously approach the technology in a phased manner Continue Reading
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News
10 Nov 2020
Google and OVHcloud to bring co-built cloud services to European enterprises
Google and OVHcloud are embarking on a technology tie-up that will see the two firms bring a hosted private cloud service to market in Europe Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Nov 2020
Gartner: Composability will make business more resilient and agile
CIOs have stepped up to the challenge of supporting their organisations during the global coronavirus crisis. Now they are set to do more – with less Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
10 Nov 2020
Equinix to open third datacentre in Perth
Datacentre service provider Equinix will open its third facility in Perth to meet the growing demand for digital infrastructure between Australia and Asia Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
09 Nov 2020
IT Priorities 2020: Covid-19 accelerates cloud investments by UK IT leaders
The updated 2020 IT Priorities Survey from Computer Weekly and TechTarget shines a light on how the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has reshaped IT leaders’ technology investment plans Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
09 Nov 2020
AWS expands footprint in India with Hyderabad region
Amazon Web Services is investing $2.8bn in a second cloud region in one of the fastest-growing public cloud markets in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
05 Nov 2020
Multi-year migration of BBC Online to the cloud 'nearing completion', broadcaster confirms
The BBC's head of architecture within its Design and Engineering team lifts the lid on the work the broadcaster has done to migrate its BBC Online infrastructure assets to the cloud Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Nov 2020
BBVA creates market information infrastructure on AWS cloud
Spanish bank BBVA is using Amazon Web Services to give its traders better access to market data following a project which also involved data provider Bloomberg Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
03 Nov 2020
OVHcloud doubles down on sustainability with carbon reduction pledges
OVHcloud emerges as the latest cloud provider to reinforce its commitment to ensuring the growth of its business does not come at the expense of the environment Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
03 Nov 2020
AWS signs three-year UK government cloud deal to help SMEs win more public sector business
Public cloud giant becomes latest provider to sign MoU with UK government focused on delivering cost savings to public sector cloud buyers, while seeking to support them with skilling up on off-premise technologies Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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03 Nov 2020
Ikea on how Google Cloud has helped it cope with Covid-induced shifts in customer demand
Ikea Retail CDO Barbara Martin Coppola tells us how cloud technologies have helped the company adapt to the rapid changes in consumer behaviour brought about by the pandemic Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Nov 2020
Tackling multicloud deployments with intelligent cloud management
Organisations are moving to hybrid and multicloud deployments, which complicates software assets tracking and workload management Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
01 Nov 2020
How Snowflake is charting its growth in APAC
The cloud data warehouse supplier set foot in Asia-Pacific just three years ago and has started to gain traction among large enterprises in Singapore, India and Southeast Asia Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
30 Oct 2020
CISOs more confident in identity practice after pandemic shock
Identity practice and management has become a critical element of cyber security strategies to support remote workers Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
30 Oct 2020
Google third-quarter results highlight public cloud goals
Google is the third player in the public cloud market, but it sees multicloud support as a major differentiator Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
30 Oct 2020
Amazon posts 'better than expected' Q3 results as Covid-19 pandemic continues to drive sales up
Online retail giant Amazon has enjoyed a bumper third quarter, as demand for its goods and services continues to soar as the pandemic forces people to stay home Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Oct 2020
Cloud infrastructure services market growth soars in Q3 as Covid-19 fuels online demand
Latest quarterly market tracker data from Synergy Research Group reveals the impact the pandemic is having on the fortunes of the runners and riders in the cloud infrastructure services market Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 Oct 2020
Covid-19: Tech investments tipped by business leaders as key to UK post-pandemic recovery
Respondents to Advanced Software’s fifth annual investment trends survey reveal how the pandemic will shape their business spending priorities over the next 12 months Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 Oct 2020
Microsoft to open cloud region in Taiwan
Microsoft’s cloud datacentre region in Taiwan will first provide access to Azure, followed by Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform later Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
28 Oct 2020
Microsoft CEO predicts 80% growth opportunity for tech
Company’s first quarter 2020 results shows strong demand for cloud services and CEO Satya Nadella believes IT modernisation will drive tech spending Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
27 Oct 2020
Ikea on how Google Cloud has helped it cope with Covid-induced shifts in customer demand
Ikea Retail CDO Barbara Martin Coppola tells us how cloud technologies have helped the company adapt to the rapid changes in consumer behaviour brought about by the pandemic Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
27 Oct 2020
Pet project: How Pets at Home cares for customers with data analytics
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the chief data officer of Pets at Home, about using data analytics to care for customers. British Airways had its GDPR fine reduced to just £20m – we ask what this means for data protection regulation. And we look at GPT3, the language prediction tool that could revolutionise AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
26 Oct 2020
Oracle expands UK datacentre footprint with new private and public sector-focused cloud regions
Software giant Oracle is making good on its pledge to expand its global datacentre presence, with two new regions in the UK Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Oct 2020
UK sees surge in IT outsourcing contracts
Transformation projects drive IaaS growth, but SaaS declines. Some sectors are renegotiating and restructuring contracts to reduce costs Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
21 Oct 2020
How Malaysia’s Selangor state is tapping cloud
Malaysian state has built a cloud-based payment services platform for citizens and is looking to tap cloud-based analytics to upgrade its surveillance cameras, among other cloud computing initiatives Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
20 Oct 2020
Microsoft takes Azure above the clouds
It recently tested a datacentre at the bottom of the sea – now Microsoft is heading into space to offer satellite connectivity Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
20 Oct 2020
Rackspace expands Singapore office, eyes ASEAN market
Managed cloud services supplier expands regional office to develop deeper relationships with local customers as demand for its services grows Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
19 Oct 2020
How intelligent workload management tools can help IT admins cut through cloud complexity
IT administrators have to manage an increasingly complex and varied range of application types and IT environments, and intelligent workload management tools offer a helping hand with that Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Oct 2020
CIO interview: Generali’s Yanna Winter on the power of data integration
Yanna Winter, CIO and head of IT at insurance firm Generali, discusses how to slice up the legacy IT elephant in the room to enable data-driven applications Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
15 Oct 2020
The IBM business split: Big Blue places biggest bet yet on hybrid cloud
IBM has placed its biggest bet yet on hybrid cloud, by setting outs plans to hive off its managed infrastructure services arm, so it can throw its full weight behind tapping into the enterprise's demand for off-premise services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
14 Oct 2020
Nokia signs five-year deal with Google Cloud to support its datacentre shutdown plans
Telco giant Nokia is pursuing a cloud-first strategy that will see it shutter datacentres across the globe in a bid to cut costs and boost innovation Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
14 Oct 2020
Rémy Cointreau migrates SAP to S/4 Hana on Google Cloud
Cloud-based deployment speeds up scalability and provides integration with Salesforce and e-commerce systems Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
13 Oct 2020
Covid-19 fuels bandwidth connectivity growth between carrier neutral colocation sites
The latest Global Interconnection Index survey from colocation giant Equinix highlights ripple effect of Covid-19 on connectivity growth patterns Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Podcast
13 Oct 2020
Diversity in Tech, Pets at Home, datacentre sustainability – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the Diversity in Tech 2020 event, data analytics at Pets at Home, and datacentre sustainability Continue Reading
By- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
13 Oct 2020
London to become ‘Gigawatt’ colocation hub by 2023 as Covid-19 fails to dim datacentre demand
Inaugural datacentre market report by property consultancy Knight Frank highlights rise of secondary datacentre hubs across Europe, as Covid-19 prompts surge in demand for work and leisure-related cloud services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Oct 2020
Can chameleon Big Blue change its colours?
IBM is renowned for reinventing itself. It now plans to spin out its Global Technology Services business, a division that was once its crown jewels Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
12 Oct 2020
H&M Group signs multi-year colocation deal with Swedish eco-friendly operator in sustainability push
Clothes retailer H&M has signed a hosting deal, covering all of Northern Europe, with green datacentre operators EcoDataCenter, as its sustainability push continues apace Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
09 Oct 2020
Datacentre sustainability tipped to become competitive differentiator for colo community by 2023
Schneider Electric marks 2020 Innovation Summit with release of joint report with 451 Research into global datacentre market’s attitudes towards sustainability Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
08 Oct 2020
IBM preps for 2021 business split as enterprise hybrid cloud push gathers pace
IBM is set to split in two to form two publicly traded entities, with one focusing on the delivery of hybrid cloud services to enterprises, and the other specialising in the delivery of managed infrastructure services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
08 Oct 2020
CW Middle East: Egypt’s datacentre plans take a step forward
While it builds an IT services industry, Egypt is also investing in infrastructure and now plans to develop a datacentre industry. Read in this issue how, as part of this plan, Egypt’s parliament has passed a data protection law. Also read how the Europe, Middle East and Africa region has seen traditional IT outsourcing deals reduce in value by 21%, while the business process outsourcing market fell by 9%. Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2020
CISOs struggle to keep up with MITRE ATT&CK framework
Despite its proven benefits for security, the MITRE ATT&CK framework is proving difficult for many, according to a joint study from McAfee and UC Berkeley Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
02 Oct 2020
Equinix adds 13 Canadian datacentres to its portfolio as $178m Bell acquisition completes
Colocation giant Equinix is continuing with its global buy and build growth strategy, with buy-up of Canadian operator’s datacentre fleet Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 Oct 2020
Children’s debit card provider Gohenry banks on Google Cloud to ease IT infrastructure growing pains
The CTO and COO of child-focused, parent-controlled debit card service provider Gohenry discusses how moving to the Google Cloud has helped its IT infrastructure avoid user-related growing pains Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 Oct 2020
Wipro and AWS open Sydney innovation centre
The Wipro-AWS Launch Pad will offer in-house technical expertise for Australian businesses as well as a physical studio to spearhead cloud adoption Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
30 Sep 2020
CCS sets G-Cloud 12 live with more than 5,000 suppliers making the cut
The latest version of the UK government’s all-conquering G-Cloud framework has gone live, offering public sector bodies access to more than 38,000 cloud services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Podcast
29 Sep 2020
Ethnic diversity, cloud apps for Gen Z, and accountants – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss workplace diversity in respect of ethnicity, a financial app for cashless Generation Z, and how accountancy firm Saffery Champness has benefited from a SaaS document management system Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
29 Sep 2020
Sustaining Google Cloud: How Covid-19 and green issues are shaping enterprise take-up across Europe
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian marks the start of the firm’s five-week EMEA-focused user conference by discussing how the coronavirus is affecting enterprises’ digital transformation priorities Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 Sep 2020
Organisations locked out by Azure AD crash
The Azure Active Directory was unavailable for a few hours in the evening of 28 September, preventing many from accessing MS online services Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
29 Sep 2020
Reckitt Benckiser embarks on data-driven marketing overhaul with Google Cloud
Multi-national consumer goods company is teaming up with Google Cloud for a data-driven marketing strategy revamp Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Blog Post
28 Sep 2020
So – We Have The “New Normal” But Then IT Infrastructure’s Changing Anyway…
I was at an event in London at the beginning of the year – in the days when we were allowed to do that kind of thing – a platform migration event as it happens. One of the key takeaways from that ... Continue Reading
By- Steve Broadhead, Broadband Testing
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News
24 Sep 2020
Race to patch as Microsoft confirms Zerologon attacks in the wild
Don’t be the organisation that made the headlines because it failed to patch. Microsoft says it is seeing cyber attacks ramping up around the Zerologon CVE-2020-1472 bug Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
23 Sep 2020
CyrusOne goes public with pledge to become carbon-neutral provider by 2040
Global colocation provider CyrusOne has pledged to become a carbon-neutral operator by 2040 Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
23 Sep 2020
MoD Defence Digital adds Oracle Cloud to MODCloud list of assured providers
Database giant Oracle has been added to the list of providers the Ministry of Defence has endorsed for use by the UK defence community Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Sep 2020
Microsoft Ignite: Revamped Teams and Azure options in offing to ease enterprises through Covid-19
Microsoft is rolling out a series of additions to its cloud infrastructure and productivity portfolio, geared towards supporting enterprises as they adjust their digital transformation plans to accommodate coronavirus challenges Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Sep 2020
Unilever partners with Google Cloud to bolster supply chain sustainability
Consumer goods giant Unilever is drawing on Google's cloud technologies to help it achieve its goal of finding sustainable sources of palm oil, and reduce the risk of its operations leading to deforestation Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Sep 2020
Big questions to be answered over TikTok and WeChat reprieve
TikTok and WeChat seem to have received a stay of execution, but big questions and contradictions remain Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
16 Sep 2020
Alibaba Cloud unveils ‘cloud computer’, delivery robot
At its annual Apsara conference, Alibaba Cloud debuts a thin-client computer and a logistics robot that can carry 50 packages in one go Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
16 Sep 2020
Global datacentre hub analysis reveals 65% of global colocation revenue originates from 25 cities
Latest quarterly report into global colocation market trends from Synergy Research Group shows hyperscale demand for datacentre capacity remains concentrated within major cities, despite push for more edge sites. Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Sep 2020
Deutsche Bӧrse tackles VMware application migration with Google Cloud
German financial exchange firm provides an update on its progress in its move to embrace a hybrid IT and multicloud future Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Sep 2020
Western Australia government goes all-in on Microsoft
State agencies in Western Australia will be able to tap Azure cloud services and cloud applications through a new Microsoft agreement Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
15 Sep 2020
Microsoft hails heightened reliability of servers run in sub-sea datacentres
Microsoft concludes multi-year research project into practicalities of running underwater datacentres with positive findings about the sustainability and reliability of sub-sea server farms Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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14 Sep 2020
EU-backed bid to build data preservation cloud for European research community gathers pace
The Archiver project, which aims to create a hybrid cloud-based data preservation environment for scientific researchers across Europe, has named the ICT suppliers in the running to deliver on its vision Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Sep 2020
CTO interview: Octopus Energy on using cloud power to get consumers to flip the switch on renewables
Octopus Energy is on a mission to disrupt the global energy market, and is banking on the AWS cloud and an innovative software licensing agreement to help it do just that Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
11 Sep 2020
BlackBerry rolls out AtHoc crisis communications system to European datacentres
BlackBerry seeks to capitalise on growing demand for its AtHoc crisis communications system by rolling out locally hosted instances to European datacentres Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Sep 2020
Global spending on enterprise datacentres continues to dampen in face of Covid-19
Synergy Research Group hails continued, growing demand for datacentre hardware and software from hyperscalers for keeping market buoyant during pandemic Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Sep 2020
Interxion expands into Southeast Europe with Croatian colocation provider buyout
Digital Realty-owned European colocation player Interxion is expanding into Southeast Europe with the acquisition of Croatian services provider Altus IT, and is also expanding its presence in Spain Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Sep 2020
Datacentre firm Equinix investigating ransomware attack
A number of internal systems at cloud and datacentre firm Equinix have been affected by a ransomware attack Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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07 Sep 2020
Coronavirus: Weighing up the responses of the public cloud giants to Covid-19
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic had a huge impact on the demand for cloud services from enterprises worldwide, but how have the cloud giants fared behind the scenes? Continue Reading
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News
07 Sep 2020
AWS hits out as US Department of Defense reaffirms JEDI contract award to Microsoft
The US Department of Defense claims its re-evaluation of the controversial JEDI contract award confirms it was right to award the deal to Microsoft, but Amazon Web Services continues to disagree Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
03 Sep 2020
Amazon to recruit 7,000 permanent workers in UK during 2020 hiring spree
The online retail giant’s UK workforce looks set to expand to 40,000 employees by the end of 2020, as its network of fulfilment centres continues to grow Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
02 Sep 2020
Guernsey to revamp digital local service delivery following double datacentre build-out
The State of Guernsey’s ongoing push to revamp how it delivers digital services to its citizens continues apace with the completion of two new datacentres on the island Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
02 Sep 2020
Weta Digital goes all-in on AWS
New Zealand visual effects studio plans to migrate most of its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services and tap machine learning and analytics to deliver projects more quickly Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
25 Aug 2020
Microsoft wins on public cloud trust
IT spending set to grow in 2021, with many organisations buying more public cloud services. Security and trust are top buying criteria Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Podcast
25 Aug 2020
Gig economy, summer special look-back – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this summer special episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna look back to pre-lockdown episodes, and reflect on the podcasting experience since. First, they discuss the gig economy through the prism of new bite-sized BBC comedy Mandy Continue Reading
By- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
25 Aug 2020
MongoDB grows Asian footprint through Alibaba Cloud
MongoDB teams up with Alibaba Cloud to expand its presence in Asia-Pacific as it prepares to release a serverless variant of the open-source database Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
20 Aug 2020
Coronavirus fails to dim digital transformation ambitions of enterprise IT leaders, research shows
Research from managed service provider 2nd Watch highlights cloud challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, and how enterprises are responding to them Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Aug 2020
Google Cloud services outage hits Gmail users across Europe
Several key parts of Google’s cloud-based productivity suite of products are experiencing technical difficulties, with users across Europe reporting issues Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
19 Aug 2020
Equinix confirms review under way into UPS failure at Docklands datacentre
Colocation giant says it is undertaking a review into the power outage that blighted users of its Docklands facility to guard against it occurring again Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
18 Aug 2020
UK Biobank to build AWS-hosted data analysis platform with DNAnexus to speed research
UK Biobank is looking to the cloud to help democratise access to its research data, and ensure the information it holds can be used by as broad a user base as possible Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
18 Aug 2020
HPE signs 12-month hybrid cloud-focused MoU with UK government
Hardware giant becomes the first non-cloud provider to sign preferential pricing deal with government’s Crown Commercial Service, as push to encourage public sector move to cloud accelerates Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK