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
19 Nov 2024
Nationwide Building Society backs HPE GreenLake for hybrid cloud push
Nationwide Building Society's digital transformation efforts are continuing apace, with the company enlisting the help of HPE GreenLake to meet its hybrid cloud goals Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
18 Nov 2024
AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success
AWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring 2025 Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
10 Oct 2018
Businesses must get ready for a multi-cloud strategy
The debate about what is the right enterprise IT architecture has moved beyond private, public and hybrid clouds to the need to run multiple clouds Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
10 Oct 2018
Singapore extends reach of digital ID system with cloud
GovTech is using AWS to host a developer platform that enables government agencies and businesses to develop services that build on the upcoming National Digital Identity system Continue Reading
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09 Oct 2018
Project xCloud: Microsoft draws on Azure for device-agnostic gaming push
Microsoft has revealed details of how its global Azure datacentre footprint will play a pivotal role in helping realise its ambitions to provide a low-latency, device-agnostic user experience to the worldwide gaming community Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
09 Oct 2018
Grab signs up for Azure, nabs investment from Microsoft
Ride-hailing, delivery and mobile payments firm will use slew of Azure services to improve operations and customer experience Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
08 Oct 2018
Windows Virtual Desktops: Microsoft takes virtual Windows mainstream on Azure
Microsoft is fleshing out its virtual desktop proposition by allowing enterprises to access Windows via its Azure platform, but what does this mean for its competitors? Continue Reading
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05 Oct 2018
Amazon and Apple deny claims Chinese government bugged their servers
Amazon and Apple have publicly refuted a Bloomberg report that claims their servers were tampered with and bugged during the manufacturing process Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
04 Oct 2018
Infrastructure patching at scale: What you need to know
Embarking on an enterprise-wide patching exercise can be a daunting process for IT departments, but there are few things that can be done to make it less fraught and ensure effectiveness Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Oct 2018
Executive interview: Sebastian Krause, general manager, IBM Cloud Europe
IBM Cloud Europe general manager Sebastian Krause opens up about Big Blue's big bets on hybrid cloud, enterprise IT and why the public cloud market is not one it is interested in playing in Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
02 Oct 2018
Open Compute Project eyes European enterprise adoption with Experience Centre opening
The Facebook-backed Open Compute Project is getting its first European Experience Centre in Amsterdam, as part of a three-way collaboration between its members to get more enterprises using its technology Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
02 Oct 2018
Singapore government makes bold cloud move
Most government IT systems will be migrated to commercial cloud services within five years, while a private government cloud will host more sensitive workloads Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
28 Sep 2018
Shell CTO Yuri Sebregts talks about using AI to amplify the human impact of its workforce
Digital transformation is a multi-decade process for Shell, with artificial intelligence presenting the oil and gas giant with new opportunities to ramp up the productivity of its workforce, its CTO explains Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Sep 2018
Open for business: Microsoft on using cross-industry collaboration to drive AI use in the enterprise
Microsoft's multi-year effort to drive adoption of artificial intelligence technologies has entered a new phase, with the firm banking on openness and cross-industry collaboration to boost enterprise take-up Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Sep 2018
Australia’s ANZ banks on Google Cloud
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has signed up for the Google Cloud Platform to help its bankers deliver data insights to institutional customers Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
26 Sep 2018
Intelligent automation and the WAN: Is SD-WAN moving mainstream?
Take-up of software-defined networking in corporates is slower than expected. Where have we reached on the journey to software-controlled networks – and SD-WAN in particular – becoming the norm? Continue Reading
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News
25 Sep 2018
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlights importance of sharing the wealth of digital transformation
During the opening keynote of the Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida, the company CEO Satya Nadella talked up the importance of ensuring the spoils of digital transformation are spread far and wide in society Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
24 Sep 2018
Colocation and the hyperscalers: What the cloud giants want in a datacentre partner
The colocation market is booming on the back of the growing demand from the hyperscale cloud giants for readily available datacentre capacity, but why are some operators more successful than others when it comes to landing their business? Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
24 Sep 2018
Microsoft commits $40m to five-year push to explore 'AI for human good' use cases
Microsoft wants to encourage non-government organisations and humanitarian groups to help it explore potential use cases for artificial intelligence during times of natural disasters Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Sep 2018
Shell mines Microsoft Azure for AI to digitally transform upstream and downstream operations
Multi-national oil and gas company Shell is embarking on an artificial intelligence-led digital transformation of its business with the help of Microsoft Azure and C3 IoT Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
20 Sep 2018
Leading companies embrace DevOps to improve agility and flexibility
DevOps is an approach to improving the efficiency of software development roll-outs, but while the benefits are clear, companies face a number of challenges along the way Continue Reading
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19 Sep 2018
Oracle claims positive traction for autonomous database in ASEAN
Oracle’s newly minted autonomous database could leave database administrators unemployed, but that has not stopped a Thai payment services provider from jumping onto the bandwagon Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2018
EU-backed bid to cap idle energy use by datacentre servers moves closer
Move to improve the energy efficiency of datacentres by capping idle energy use by servers by 2020 comes one step closer, despite opposition from IBM, HPE and Dell-EMC Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
14 Sep 2018
Leeds Beckett University asks Alexa for help cutting Clearing admin
Dougal Scaife, head of digital experience and engagement at Leeds Beckett University, opens up about how combining chatbots with Amazon Alexa is helping update the Clearing process for the 21st century Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Sep 2018
Gartner claims pure-play IaaS providers could be sidelined as enterprise attitudes to cloud mature
Gartner's latest public cloud services market tracker shows demand for IaaS is booming among enterprises, but providers whose cloud proposition does not feature a PaaS component may lose out in future Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Sep 2018
Enterprise investments in datacentre infrastructure rebound as component shortage price hikes hit
Enterprises are spending more on datacentre infrastructure, as demand for private and hybrid cloud environments increase, and price hikes from component shortages drive up average cost of hardware Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Sep 2018
Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma to step down in 2019
The executive chairman of Chinese online retail giant Alibaba is planning a year-long departure, as he prepares to hand over the company reins to CEO Daniel Zhang Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Sep 2018
Slow cloud take-up among IT execs limits joined-up customer experience
Cloud computing promises to declutter IT and link systems easily. Despite the benefits, adoption of the cloud for customer engagement remains low Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
05 Sep 2018
Amazon becomes second publicly traded company to hit $1tn market cap
Retail giant Amazon follows Apple's lead to become second company in history to achieve a $1tn market cap, with analysts predicting that its market value could double by 2020 Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Aug 2018
Met Police begins move to Microsoft Azure as cloud-first push gathers pace
The Metropolitan Police has enlisted the help of G-Cloud supplier New Signature to support its cloud-first ambitions, as it pushes ahead with plans to migrate applications and its on-premise server capacity to Azure Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Aug 2018
Cabinet Office extends private cloud deal with UKFast to safeguard emergency communications
The Manchester-based hosting provider has seen its two-year private cloud contract with the Cabinet Office extended Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Aug 2018
DevOps researchers shine light on toll that outsourcing takes on productivity of software developers
DevOps teams that use cloud and open source software tend to be higher performers, while organisations that outsource portions of their software development processes tend to be less productive, 2018 Accelerate State of DevOps report suggests Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
28 Aug 2018
Hyperscale datacentre capex investments hit new highs, Synergy Research shows
Latest hyperscale capital expenditure tracker highlights dramatic year-on-year increase in investments from internet and cloud giants Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
24 Aug 2018
Hyperscaler demand for European datacentre space takes colocation market to new record highs
The demand for colocation capacity from the hyperscale cloud giants shows no signs of wavering, CBRE research shows Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
24 Aug 2018
EduServ confirms fallout from datacentre power outage is being resolved
Public sector-focused IT provider EduServ suffers datacentre power outage that takes client websites and online services offline Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
23 Aug 2018
Google employees command highest UK cloud salaries, Experis research shows
Cloud industry salary data from IT recruitment firm suggests permanent employees of Google make more than their AWS, IBM and Microsoft counterparts Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Aug 2018
Greater Manchester hails cloud as key to delivery of devolved health and social care in region
Having taken back control from the government for running its own health and social care budgets, The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care (GMHSC) Partnership is now in the throes of establishing what role cloud will play in its work Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Aug 2018
Cost savings still in short supply for cloud users, Druva research suggests
Enterprises are increasingly moving their virtual workloads to the cloud for ease of management reasons, but cost savings remain elusive for many, suggests Druva’s latest report on cloud virtualisation Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Aug 2018
Candy Crush maker King in Hadoop cluster move to Google Cloud
Online gaming firm is moving its massive big data analytics store off-premise and into the Google Cloud Platform Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Aug 2018
UK cryptocurrency exchange enlists Rackspace for Microsoft Azure cloud move
London Block Exchange taps up Rackspace to assist with two-month Microsoft Azure migration as it sets about shoring up its platform against demand spikes Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
21 Aug 2018
Tapping into the internet of things
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we hear from IT leaders who are early adopters of internet of things technologies about how to deliver on the potential of IoT. We examine strategies for combining hyper-converged infrastructure and cloud storage to best effect. And we find out how the UK government intends to use data to improve Britain’s railways. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
17 Aug 2018
Home Office preps for migration of police IT systems to AWS cloud
Digital Marketplace tender document reveals the Home Office is on the hunt for an IT supplier to support its work in migrating core police IT systems from an on-premise datacentre to the AWS cloud Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
17 Aug 2018
Office 365 outage: Sign-in issues blight users across Europe and the US
Microsoft claims to have resolved a “subscription activation” issue that left Office 365 users unable to access its services yesterday Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Aug 2018
Virgin Atlantic signs five-year IT infrastructure delivery and management deal with Exponential-e
Transatlantic airline claims teaming up with Exponential-e will provide its IT team with the "technology backbone" needed to roll out improvements to its customer-facing services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Aug 2018
CEO Robbins puts multi-cloud at the heart of Cisco’s business
Placing the supplier at the heart of the enterprise transition to multi-cloud environments seems to be paying off for Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
15 Aug 2018
Alibaba eyes retail sector with new cloud offerings
Chinese cloud supplier says retailers will be able to use its machine learning platform to understand consumer preferences, among a slew of services it is making available globally for the first time Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
14 Aug 2018
Waste heat from Digiplex's Nordic datacentre to warm 5,000 Oslo homes
Nordic datacentre operator Digiplex is expanding its commitment to running its facilities in a sustainable way by agreeing to reuse its waste heat to warm homes in Oslo Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
14 Aug 2018
Ireland’s planning laws cited as ‘risk’ to government’s public sector datacentre plan
The Irish government concedes in tender document that country’s complex planning laws could put at risk government plans to build a public sector datacentre in Kildare Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
14 Aug 2018
How Unit4 punches above its weight in APAC
The supplier of enterprise resource planning software is giving users the ability to tweak its software easily without the need for consultants, turning the traditional enterprise software business model on its head Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
13 Aug 2018
Oracle accused of ‘misleading’ investors over source of cloud revenue growth
Database software giant faces claims in the US that it misled investors and analysts over the source of its cloud revenue growth Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
09 Aug 2018
Photobox gets snappy with mass-data migration to AWS cloud
Photobox Group’s CTO, Richard Orme, has revealed details of how a mass-data migration to the Amazon Web Services cloud has set the firm on the path to embrace artificial intelligence Continue Reading
By- Zach Emmanuel, Computer Weekly
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News
08 Aug 2018
Infinity SDC sells Here East Olympic Park datacentre to fund development of Romford facility
The colocation provider continues to scale-back its datacentre footprint in London, with the news it has exited its much-hyped facility in the former Olympic Park in Stratford Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
07 Aug 2018
How Indonesia’s Go-Jek scales the heights with cloud
The unicorn’s microservices-based application architecture on the cloud has been key in supporting its growth in Indonesia – and now Southeast Asia Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
06 Aug 2018
Alibaba Cloud makes deeper inroads into Malaysia
The Chinese cloud supplier’s second availability zone and upcoming DDoS scrubbing centre in Malaysia comes on the heels of growing investments in the Southeast Asian nation Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
03 Aug 2018
BEIS courts datacentre operators to join energy efficiency technology accelerator programme
Government-backed programme is being run by the Carbon Trust and offering grants of up to £1m to help participants commercialise new energy-saving technology developments Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 Aug 2018
Google to build third datacentre in Singapore
The facility will increase Google’s datacentre investments in the city-state to $850m, and follows the launch of Southeast Asia’s first Google Cloud Platform region in 2017 Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
01 Aug 2018
AWS revenue growth slows as competition in the global IaaS market heats up
Gartner's latest look at the global infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market shines a light on how the great and good of the public cloud supplier community are fairing Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 Aug 2018
How Google is using open source, containers and hybrid cloud to win over the enterprise
At this year’s Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco, the search giant gave an update on how its effort to win over enterprise IT decision-makers is progressing Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Jul 2018
Google brings machine learning data processing to IoT edge environments
Google is expanding its internet of things data processing offering by extending the ability for enterprises to carry out machine learning tasks in edge environments Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Jul 2018
Google Cloud gaining ground in APAC
The cloud supplier claims substantial growth in Asia-Pacific, and is upping the ante on partnerships and infrastructure investments across the region Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
24 Jul 2018
Google wants to ease hybrid cloud woes
Cloud supplier Google claims its Cloud Service Platform will alleviate complexities in managing microservices in a hybrid IT environment Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
17 Jul 2018
UKFast creates subsidiary to support AWS and Azure
Hosting company UKFast offers its own private and public cloud services alongside Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure support Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
13 Jul 2018
Virtus Data Centres plots further expansion of Slough colocation site
Virtus Data Centres is adding three more data halls to its colocation facility in Slough, as well as carrying out a power upgrade at the site Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Jul 2018
How Singapore’s MyRepublic hones its IT chops
MyRepublic’s CIO shares how the company’s IT strategy has enabled the internet service provider to spread its wings into new markets Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
13 Jul 2018
Guinness World Records bets on Office 365 and AWS to boost business expansion
Rob Howe, director of IT at Guinness World Records, opens up about how cloud is supporting the organisation’s ongoing push to diversify its business Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Jul 2018
Executive interview: Bill Ruh, CDO of GE
With a new CEO in the driving seat, we speak to GE’s head of digital, Bill Ruh, about how the company has refined its digital strategy Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
12 Jul 2018
Investments in on-premise enterprise datacentres on the up as demand for multi-cloud rises
IHS Markit's research into the investment priorities of enterprise datacentre operators suggests cloud is fuelling infrastructure upgrade projects Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
12 Jul 2018
CW Middle East: Can Saudi Arabia build the Silicon Valley of the Middle East?
In April this year, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman visited Silicon Valley in the US to meet tech giants such as Apple and Amazon in its efforts to fast-forward the kingdom’s technology capabilities. Read about its lofty ambitions. Also in this issue, read how demand for skilled IT professionals is increasing rapidly in the Middle East, which is facing a talent crunch. Meanwhile, Gulf Cooperation Council smart city initiatives are gathering momentum. Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2018
DevOps gathers pace in APAC
Large enterprises such as DBS Bank have been shaking up their software development practices to fend off disruption from more nimble rivals Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
10 Jul 2018
Carrenza expands public sector footprint with move into Ark Data Centres
Carrenza parent Six Degrees hails potential for tighter public sector collaboration with Crown Hosting Services through Ark Data Centres deal Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Jul 2018
Goonhilly Earth Station sets out plans to open green colocation datacentre in 2018
Owners of the space satellite communications hub in Cornwall are drawing on the site’s network links to court colocation clients Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
06 Jul 2018
CNet Training calls on datacentre sector for input on skill shortage research
Technology skills and education provider CNet Training is calling on the datacentre community to help inform its research into what is behind the sector's skill shortages Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
04 Jul 2018
Inside Alibaba Cloud’s Southeast Asia playbook
Alibaba Cloud is working closely with local customers in joint innovation projects, and has started to launch new services for Chinese and international customers simultaneously to narrow the service gap Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
03 Jul 2018
New deals bolster IBM’s European cloud business
IBM has signed up a number of new customers for its European cloud, focusing on the platform and software services in the IBM public cloud Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
29 Jun 2018
Formula One switches from on-premise to machine learning on AWS
Formula One plans to use advanced analytics to improve the data it can show to motor racing fans Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
28 Jun 2018
Google courts Hollywood creative community with Los Angeles cloud datacentre region
Google is making a concerted effort to win over the media and entertainment industry with its cloud offerings by pairing the opening of a new datacentre region with services tailored towards Hollywood creatives Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
28 Jun 2018
UK tech startup wants businesses to share their surplus compute capacity to run its cloud
UK-based startup DADI is taking on the hyperscale giants in a bid to “democratise” the cloud and create an internet that is majority owned by the public Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
28 Jun 2018
IT decision-makers increasingly opt for cloud-native architectures
The world of IT is now much more multi-platform and the underlying architecture is cloud-native, according to a new survey from Cloud Foundry Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
26 Jun 2018
Microsoft expands datacentre footprint in Norway
Microsoft is introducing two new datacentre regions in Norway and is targeting the oil and gas industry with its Azure services Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
25 Jun 2018
Barclays banks on DevOps to support 'all-in' move to AWS public cloud
Barclays Bank reveals details of its plans to go all-in on the AWS public cloud through adopting the principles of DevOps Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Jun 2018
Electricity problems in Amsterdam could hamper datacentre growth
A shortage of power availability in Amsterdam might make businesses look elsewhere in the Netherlands to site datacentres Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Jun 2018
Why next-generation IaaS is likely to be open source
In this guest post, Chip Childers, CTO of open source platform-as-a-service Cloud Foundry, makes the case for why the future of public cloud and IaaS won't be proprietary. Once upon a time, ... Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
22 Jun 2018
Assessing the hyperscale squeeze on G-Cloud's SMEs
The latest government spend data suggests public sector IT buyers are increasingly using G-Cloud to procure services from the hyperscale cloud community, prompting concerns about the impact this might have on the SME-friendly framework Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Jun 2018
UKCloud invests £25m in building secure cloud platform for top secret government data
Public sector-focused cloud provider has launched a standalone division, dubbed UKCloudX, to oversee its efforts to aid in the fight against cybe rcrime through the roll-out of its cloud platform Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Opinion
21 Jun 2018
Emerging PaaS model puts cloud app dev into the fast lane
As they grapple with application backlogs and a shortage of seasoned, business-savvy developers, enterprises will increasingly look to drag-and-drop programming options. Continue Reading
By- Mike Matchett, Small World Big Data
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News
19 Jun 2018
Visa reveals 'rare' datacentre switch fault as root cause of June 2018 outage
Visa has offered a retrospective analysis of what went wrong in its datacentre during its UK-wide outage on Friday 1 June, in response to a request from the Treasury Select Committee for more detail about the downtime Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
18 Jun 2018
DevOps done right: How to break down the IT department silos without alienating developers
Enterprise DevOps adoption rests on securing buy-in at all levels of the company, but developer support is not a given, particularly when it means taking on responsibilities outside their traditional roles Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
14 Jun 2018
CW Europe: Lufthansa’s HR IT project takes off
Lufthansa says it is confident of landing a company-wide HR IT project after having to go back to the drawing board. Also in this issue, read about the ComputerWeekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey’s findings that many European technology leaders are expecting to increase IT spending through 2018, and how a major report has reassured Swedish society that artificial intelligence will be a positive force for change despite fears of job losses. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jun 2018
Datacentre DIY: Can the hyperscale cloud giants afford to ditch their colocation partners?
With the hyperscale cloud giants showing a growing willingness to build and own their own datacentres, where does this leave the colocation community? Panellists at Datacloud Europe 2018 give their verdict Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
11 Jun 2018
Supply shortages continue to blight EMEA-wide server market, Gartner data shows
Server shipments across EMEA have returned to growth, but supply shortages of key components are continuing to inflate revenue Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
06 Jun 2018
Beyond Docker and Kubernetes: The container ecosystem continues to evolve
Enterprise interest in container technologies is on the rise, and organisations need to get clued up on who does what and how it can benefit them Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2018
After GitHub acquisition, Microsoft will need to up its game in the enterprise
Microsoft’s $7.6bn acquisition of GitHub propels the company that is loved and hated for Windows to the very heart of open source. Can it be trusted? Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
06 Jun 2018
Skills gaps slow business cloud adoption, research shows
Public cloud provider Skytap highlights the toll skills gaps take on cloud migrations Continue Reading
By- Zach Emmanuel, Computer Weekly
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News
05 Jun 2018
Complex pricing hinders enterprise assessment of AWS, Google and Microsoft cloud IoT hubs
451 Research claims the complex IoT pricing models favoured by the hyperscale cloud giants are making life difficult for enterprise IT departments Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 May 2018
Retail sector flagged as slow to adopt cloud technologies in Bitglass research
The fourth annual Bitglass cloud adoption survey reveals enterprise appetite for off-premise technologies is continuing to rise, but some industries are moving more slowly than others Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 May 2018
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research uses open source clouds to aid cancer research
OICR explains why it is backing open source software and commodity hardware to help accelerate the pace of cancer research across the globe Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 May 2018
Save the Children International uses Microsoft Azure to bolster cross-border charity work
Graham Kent, director of IT shared services at Save the Children International, talks about using Microsoft Azure to boost cross-border collaboration between the charity’s member organisations and present a more united front to the world Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
25 May 2018
Why Kubernetes is emerging as a critical enabler of multi-cloud
The buzz around containers is showing no signs of stopping, with Kubernetes fast emerging as the technology of choice for enterprises looking to build multi-cloud environments Continue Reading
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News
25 May 2018
Canonical founder calls out OpenStack suppliers for ‘lack of focus’ on datacentre cost savings
Mark Shuttleworth says the OpenStack community needs to open up about the economics of using the open source cloud platform to avoid turning users off Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
24 May 2018
From open clouds to open infrastructure: OpenStack's evolution continues
OpenStack is embarking on a push to position itself as a lot more than just an open source cloud software provider, with forays into containers and continuous integration tools, as enterprises continue to demand their infrastructure do more Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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E-Zine
24 May 2018
CW Nordics: Finland delays e-voting plan
Security concerns have re-emerged to further frustrate the Finnish government’s plans to launch a national e-voting system. Also read about a study by the Stockholm School of Economics that looks at the likely impact of AI, machine learning and robotics on people’s lives. And find out why Norway has accelerated plans to scale up its national cyber security infrastructure. Continue Reading
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News
24 May 2018
England and Wales Cricket Board to improve players’ medical data
Cricketers’ medical images will be stored securely in an independent clinical archive, enabling clinicians to access medical data and make treatment decisions more quickly Continue Reading
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