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
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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Opinion
09 Jan 2024
Inadequate cloud logs are proving a headache for CISOs
The mass adoption of cloud environments is pushing strained CISOs to the brink and a lack of attention to logging isn't helping. Vectra's Mark Wojtasiak calls for organisations to do more to improve visibility in their clouds in 2024 Continue Reading
By- Mark Wojtasiak
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News
02 Jan 2024
Cloudflare eyes GenAI workloads with Workers AI
Cloudflare’s Workers developer platform is touted to make it easier for organisations to deploy GenAI capabilities at the edge to speed up inferencing Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
28 Dec 2023
Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2023
We recap the top 10 stories in Australia and New Zealand, including the innovations and challenges that organisations in the region have faced over the past year Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
21 Dec 2023
Top 10 storage stories of 2023
In this 2023 review, we consider if flash will thrash disk, what the Toyota outage shows about capacity planning, how to achieve green storage, the backup and compliance risks of AI, the lowdown on DPUs, and more Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
21 Dec 2023
Top 10 storage supplier strategy stories of 2023
In 2023, we looked at the top storage suppliers, their market share and how they set themselves for a future of hybrid cloud, containerisation and consumption models of purchasing Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
20 Dec 2023
Levelling the playing field: Could a UK cloud strategy weaken the hold of the hyperscalers?
Over time, global hyperscale has taken a majority share of the UK market. How best could the government respond to Ofcom’s review to sustain local industry while best serving customers? Continue Reading
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20 Dec 2023
Top 10 cloud stories of 2023
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2023 Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
18 Dec 2023
Interview: Ex-UKCloud chairman airs economic fears over growing dominance of US hyperscalers
More than a year has passed since UKCloud went into liquidation - its former chairman outlines his concerns about the economic impact of the UK cloud market floundering in the face of the US hyperscalers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
18 Dec 2023
Pure Storage: Flash ‘startup’ that brings late entrant advantage
Storage profile: We look at Pure Storage, the youngest of the array makers, which comes to market with well-developed flash, hybrid cloud and consumption purchasing models Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
12 Dec 2023
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2024
Generative AI will continue to leave its mark on many areas in business and IT, along with other trends such as sustainability, cyber security and smart factories that are expected to shape the region’s technology landscape in 2024 Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
07 Dec 2023
UK government quietly renews public sector preferential pricing agreement with AWS
The UK government has renewed an agreement that will ensure public sector IT buyers can still procure AWS services at discounted prices for another three years, despite anti-competitive concerns Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
07 Dec 2023
Concerns raised over Home Office's £450m mega cloud deal with AWS
The Home Office's latest three-year contract with AWS is valued at nearly half a billion pounds, but questions are emerging about the contents of the contract and how it has been arranged Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
04 Dec 2023
Microsoft leaves SME resellers in the dark over Cloud Compute 2 framework snub
SME IT suppliers are calling on Microsoft to explain why it has banned them from reselling its services through the government's new £1.35bn Cloud Compute 2 framework Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 Dec 2023
Microsoft to invest £2.5bn in doubling AI datacentre capacity in UK
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has hailed Microsoft's show of commitment to helping the UK achieve its goal of becoming an AI superpower Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Nov 2023
CGI and Google Cloud join forces to support United Nations in climate change fight
IT consultancy pools resources with public cloud giant to support United Nations agency helping members fight climate change Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 Nov 2023
Re:Invent 2023: Selipsky cues Q to project future shape of work
At Amazon Web Services’ annual conference in Las Vegas, Re:Invent, CEO Adam Selipsky hails GenAI capacity of product Q to reshape the future of work Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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Opinion
28 Nov 2023
Uncertainty lingers with Broadcom’s VMware acquisition
Large enterprises with complex VMware environments are looking to de-risk their businesses from potential changes resulting from the Broadcom-VMware deal Continue Reading
By- Aaron White
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News
28 Nov 2023
UK retailer The Very Group embarks on GenAI push with AWS
The Very Group's collaboration with AWS is geared towards improving the customer experience through personalisation Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
23 Nov 2023
Microsoft bans SME partners from selling its services via government's Cloud Compute 2 framework
Microsoft is under fire after documents leaked to Computer Weekly revealed it has banned reseller partners from selling its services via the government’s soon-to-be launched Cloud Compute 2 framework Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Nov 2023
AWS to offer free AI training courses to two million people by 2025
Public cloud giant AWS has set its sights on bolstering the AI skill sets of two million people globally Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Nov 2023
NHS England renews FutureNHS cloud-based collaboration hosting deal via G-Cloud for £1.67m
NHS England has renewed its long-standing hosting and support contract for the FutureNHS platform with SME cloud provider Kahootz Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
17 Nov 2023
Interview: Walmart’s David Glick discusses technology scale
We speak to Walmart’s head of enterprise business services about managing IT and technology innovation at the retailer Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
16 Nov 2023
Spotify and Google Cloud expand tech partnership for AI-led user experience improvement push
Music streaming giant Spotify is forging even closer ties with its long-standing cloud partner Google in an effort to improve user experience with the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Nov 2023
Australia’s public cloud spending to hit A$23bn in 2024
Spending on public cloud services in Australia will reach 50% of the total addressable market for the first time in 2024, according to Gartner Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
09 Nov 2023
Conflict of interest concerns raised over CMA's use of AWS UK public sector discount scheme
Less than a month after the CMA confirmed it would be investigating the competitive impact of AWS preferential pricing deals on the UK cloud market, data reveals the CMA is benefiting from cut-price Amazon cloud services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
07 Nov 2023
VMware consolidates AI push at Explore in Barcelona
VMware’s vision is of ‘cloud smart’ enterprises that run on-premise, in multiclouds and in the ‘edge cloud’, with secure and compliant generative AI fuelling efficient business processes Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
05 Nov 2023
AWS to open Malaysia cloud region in 2024
Amazon Web Services’ new cloud region in Malaysia will open next year to meet the increased demand for cloud services and support digitisation efforts in the country Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
02 Nov 2023
UK government pledges £225m to fund University of Bristol AI supercomputer build with HPE
The University of Bristol’s much-hyped AI supercomputer has secured hundreds of millions in government funding, and HPE has been confirmed as the project’s technology provider Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Oct 2023
AWS profit and revenue rises as enterprise demand for new cloud workloads bounces back
The CEO of Amazon Web Services says cost optimisation remains important for customers, but the number looking to run new workloads in the cloud is on the rise Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Oct 2023
AWS to open European sovereign cloud region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is to open its first European sovereign cloud region in Germany, as part of a push to better meet the regulatory and data residency needs of its EU customers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Oct 2023
Enterprises advised to reconsider datacentre hosting locations on sustainability grounds
Joint research by Scottish datacentre firm DataVita and IT sustainability consultancy Posetiv suggests enterprises might be better off from an environmental perspective by shaking up their datacentre hosting arrangements Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
24 Oct 2023
Government preferential pricing deals with AWS and Microsoft under scrutiny in wake of CMA probe
With AWS and Microsoft both the focus of an antitrust probe by the UK competition watchdog, the government is being urged to reconsider the renewal of its preferential pricing deals with both firms until the investigation is concluded Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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24 Oct 2023
What interventions might CMA take against AWS and Microsoft after Ofcom cloud report?
Ofcom’s investigation of the inner workings of the UK cloud market has drawn to a close, leaving the Competition and Markets Authority to work out what steps to take to bolster the sector’s competitiveness. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Oct 2023
NetApp: NAS pioneer well set for the cloud revolution
In this storage profile, we look at NetApp, which built a reputation in file access storage but seems to be set fair to navigate a future of hybrid cloud, cloud-native and containerisation Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
19 Oct 2023
How AWS is building a tech stack for generative AI
Olivier Klein, chief technologist for Asia-Pacific and Japan at Amazon Web Services, dives deeper into the technology stack the company has built to ease GenAI adoption Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
18 Oct 2023
CMA sets initial scope of UK cloud market anti-trust probe into AWS and Microsoft
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has detailed four areas it is seeking feedback on from UK cloud market stakeholders as the first stage of its anti-trust probe takes shape Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Oct 2023
Gymshark turns to Google Cloud for infrastructure revamp and generative AI trials
E-commerce workout clothing brand Gymshark opens up about how it has turned to Google Cloud to help revamp its infrastructure and improve how it uses customer data Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Oct 2023
Google Cloud sets up public sector-focused business division to trap more UK government business
Google Cloud used the first day of its London-based user and partner conference to confirm the launch of a dedicated business unit, geared towards helping the firm trap more public sector business in the UK Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
11 Oct 2023
Pure offers Evergreen energy and rackspace cost guarantees
Pure Storage will take upfront payments for power and rackspace and guarantee those for product lifecycles in its Evergreen One, Flex and Forever consumption purchasing models Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
11 Oct 2023
Telstra to acquire Versent for A$267.5m
The move is expected to bolster Telstra’s enterprise IT services business and support international expansion Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
06 Oct 2023
Ofcom cloud report: What interventions could the CMA take against AWS and Microsoft?
Ofcom's year-long look at the inner workings of the UK cloud market has now drawn to a close, leaving the Competition and Markets Authority left to work out what steps to take to bolster the sector’s competitiveness Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Oct 2023
Ofcom refers UK cloud market to CMA for deeper anti-competition probe
On the back of its concerns about Microsoft and Amazon indulging in anti-competitive behaviours, Ofcom has confirmed the UK cloud market will be referred over to the Competition and Markets Authority for further investigation Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
04 Oct 2023
HPE hones GreenLake strategy with AI moves, hybrid cloud management
HPE has evolved its GreenLake strategy over the past five years, expanding beyond its as-a-service offerings to include a capital purchase model and a strong focus on hybrid cloud management and AI Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
02 Oct 2023
Microsoft embarks on green concrete trials to decarbonise datacentre builds
Software giant Microsoft is turning its attention to shrinking the environmental footprint of its datacentres by finding low-carbon alternatives to concrete Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Sep 2023
Amazon takes $4bn minority stake in AI safety research startup Anthropic
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will build on its existing ties to the firm to help it scale its enterprise-grade large language model (LLM) Claude Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
20 Sep 2023
How Google is priming its infrastructure for the AI wave
The technology giant is integrating purpose-built hardware with an optimised software stack to meet the heightened computational demands of next-generation AI workloads Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
19 Sep 2023
38TB Microsoft data leak highlights risks of oversharing
An accidentally disclosed SAS token with excessive privileges enabled researchers to access nearly 40TB of Microsoft’s data, highlighting the risks of privilege mismanagement and oversharing Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
19 Sep 2023
Cosmetics giant L'Oréal turns to Databricks for cloud data-led customer personalisation push
The cosmetics giant is building on its past work with Databricks to provide more personalised care to its customers across the globe Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
15 Sep 2023
Microsoft to offer Oracle cloud database on Azure
Oracle and Microsoft have trumpeted an expansion of their joint activity with the launch of Oracle Database@Azure. Microsoft will be the only other hyperscaler to offer OCI services Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
15 Sep 2023
OVHcloud debuts ‘comprehensive’ carbon calculator for customers
French IaaS challenger OVHcloud has launched a tool to help its customers track their Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
15 Sep 2023
Dunelm's journey to micro front ends
We find out how Dunelm has modernised its platform and web development with in-house ecommerce and serverless systems Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
11 Sep 2023
HMRC signs cloud-focused £4.4m mainframe management and modernisation deal with Kyndryl
The government tax collection agency is continuing its move to the cloud, but needs some help readying its mainframe estate for migration Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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News
11 Sep 2023
Salesforce and Zoom embrace ethical hackers. You should, too
Software companies Salesforce and Zoom discuss their successful bug bounty programmes, what they learned at a recent in-person hackathon in which they participated, and why others shouldn’t be scared of hackers Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
07 Sep 2023
IT leaders ‘oblivious’ to the environmental impact of ‘unwanted’ data, research shows
Research commissioned by IT infrastructure services provider NTT reveals knowledge gaps among IT leaders regarding the environmental footprint of their data storage estates Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
07 Sep 2023
Microsoft finds Storm-0558 exploited crash dump to steal signing key
Microsoft has published new information on how the Chinese state threat actor Storm-0558 was able to exploit a rare race condition following a crash dump in order to acquire a consumer signing key Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
06 Sep 2023
TikTok opens Irish datacentre in push to safeguard European user data
Social media giant TikTok has completed the first of two datacentre builds it has under development in Ireland Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Sep 2023
Colocation market ready to cash in on rising interest in enterprise AI
IT market watcher Omdia has tipped the colocation market to be one of the main beneficiaries of the growing demand for enterprise AI services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
05 Sep 2023
Going cloud-native: How to develop better cloud apps
Cloud apps do not always perform as desired – and there are multiple contributing factors, from resource gaps to blind spots and poor planning. Continue Reading
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05 Sep 2023
The National Television Awards uses Hyve Managed Hosting to support website voting system
For the fourth year in a row, Hyve Managed Hosting has been the hosting provider of choice to the National Television Awards Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Aug 2023
Scottish government readies cloud platform to aid public sector take-up of AWS and Microsoft Azure
Details of a launch event for the Scottish government's push to encourage wider use of public cloud services by public sector organisations have emerged Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Aug 2023
GenAI outranks cloud as business IT strategic priority
Enterprise Strategy Group research on the use cases for generative AI shows it as strategic for corporate IT, with impacts on customer experience, software development and IT Ops Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
30 Aug 2023
Google Cloud gunning for enterprise growth with generative AI push
This year's Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco has seen the company announce a slew of generative AI-focused products and services Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Aug 2023
Google Cloud ups ante in generative AI
Google CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off Google Cloud Next 2023 by underscoring the company’s efforts to make generative AI tools more accessible to businesses and workers Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
24 Aug 2023
Google bets on AI-backed cyber controls for Workspace users
Zero-trust and digital sovereignty controls are the focus of a series of enhancements being made for Google Workspace users Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
24 Aug 2023
AWS debuts Dedicated Local Zones with Singapore government as first customer
The new offering will be fully managed by AWS, built for exclusive use by a customer or community, and placed in a customer-specified location or datacentre Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
22 Aug 2023
CBRE forecasts rise in European colocation capacity in H2 despite power supply constraints
Real estate consultancy CBRE's latest European colocation market tracker report suggests the second half of 2023 will be a big one in terms of supply and take-up of datacentre capacity Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Aug 2023
Red Hat CEO on AI moves and source code kerfuffle
Matt Hicks talks up Red Hat’s efforts to support generative AI adoption through OpenShift AI and weighs in on the issues surrounding the company’s decision to limit access to RHEL source code Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
21 Aug 2023
UK competition watchdog gives Broadcom-VMware deal green light to go ahead
After several months of deliberation, the UK Competition and Markets Authority has concluded its investigation into Broadcom's $61bn bid to acquire VMware Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Aug 2023
AI is the most hyped technology of 2023
Gartner's 2023 hype cycle puts generative AI at the peak of inflated expectations in its latest analysis of emerging tech trends Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
14 Aug 2023
US Cyber Board to probe cloud security after latest Exchange hack
CSRB review of cloud security comes in the wake of a major Chinese cyber attack on US government bodies orchestrated through Microsoft’s cloud services Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
12 Aug 2023
Datacentre management vulnerabilities leave public clouds at risk
At the annual DEF CON hacking convention, researchers from Trellix have disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in key datacentre products underpinning the world’s public cloud infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
09 Aug 2023
AI interview: Krystal Kauffman, lead organiser, Turkopticon
Remote Mechanical Turk workers are responsible for training artificial intelligence algorithms and completing other data-related business processes - we hear about the workplace issues they face Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
07 Aug 2023
Microsoft fixes Azure flaw that was subject of researcher criticism
Microsoft has confirmed a potentially-dangerous flaw in the Azure platform has now been fully fixed, and moved to reassure customers that despite criticism it is committed to responsible disclosure and timely fixes Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
04 Aug 2023
CCS urged to do more to make Cloud Compute 2 framework more accessible to SMEs
The government procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service are coming under fire from the SME supplier community over accusations it could do more to make the £1.3 bn Cloud Compute 2 framework more accessible to smaller suppliers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
04 Aug 2023
Amazon CEO cites enterprise shift in cloud spending priorities for upbeat Q2 results
After a succession of downbeat quarterly results, Amazon's Q2 figures suggest a return to form Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
03 Aug 2023
Cozy Bear hijacks SME Microsoft 365 tenants in latest campaign
Microsoft shares intelligence on a newly observed Cozy Bear campaign that saw the APT take over genuine Microsoft 365 tenants and subvert them to try to phish its victims Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
03 Aug 2023
Microsoft attacked over ‘grossly irresponsible’ security practice
The CEO of Tenable has launched a scathing attack on Microsoft, asserting that the organisation is deliberately keeping its Azure cloud customers in the dark about dangerous vulnerabilities and accusing it of a culture of ‘toxic obfuscation’ Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
31 Jul 2023
SUSE takes aim at Red Hat in Linux, Kubernetes play
SUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen outlines strategy to capture the Kubernetes opportunity and offer enterprises an alternative to RHEL following Red Hat’s decision to limit access to RHEL source code Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
31 Jul 2023
G-Cloud 13 suppliers claim framework extension is making it ‘commercially unviable’ to sell through
Government procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service are under fire for extending the life of the G-Cloud 13 framework and preventing suppliers from upping their prices as inflation bites Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Jul 2023
IBM debuts Cloud Carbon Calculator to help enterprises manage their GHG emissions
Tech giant IBM has announced the general availability of a tool designed to help enterprises track and curb the greenhouse gas emissions generated by their on-premise and cloud-based activities Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 Jul 2023
Artificial intelligence puts Microsoft Azure in top gear
Microsoft’s latest quarterly earnings results show the company’s public cloud business was the largest contributor to revenue Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
25 Jul 2023
Google reveals how AI and machine learning are shaping its sustainability strategy
Google's latest annual environmental report reveals details about how the technology giant's ‘artificial intelligence-first’ policy is shaping its ongoing efforts to minimise the environmental footprint of its customers’ operations Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Jul 2023
How datacentres might avoid price hikes and keep more customers
The most promising strategies for ensuring minimal price rises to customers require operators to start dissecting their approach to packaging and selling their wares Continue Reading
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19 Jul 2023
Google Cloud chalked up higher growth rate in 2022 than AWS and Microsoft, Gartner data shows
The latest global public cloud market data from Gartner suggests Google is gaining ground on its rivals, as it achieves higher annual growth than AWS and Microsoft Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
18 Jul 2023
The FA draws on Google Cloud to support Women's World Cup training push for The Lionesses
The Football Association is drawing on its long-standing technology partnership with Google Cloud to collect match and player data to support the Lionesses in their training regimes for the Women's World Cup Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Jul 2023
Nutanix eyes PaaS services with Project Beacon
Nutanix is extending its reach higher up the software stack with Project Beacon, a multi-year effort to deliver PaaS services across distributed environments Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
11 Jul 2023
Legal & General signs seven-year datacentre migration deal with IBM spin-off Kyndryl
Financial services giant L&G has enlisted the help of its long-standing technology partner to help accelerate the pace of its cloud-focused digital transformation plans Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Jul 2023
How Confluent is maintaining its edge in event streaming
Confluent co-founder Jun Rao talks up the company’s business and how it competes with hyperscalers and other suppliers of managed Kafka services Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
07 Jul 2023
Microsoft and AWS caution Ofcom against referring UK cloud market over to CMA
As the UK cloud market braces itself for the publication of Ofcom's final report into the state of the market, Amazon and Microsoft's responses to regulator's interim findings have been made public Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
06 Jul 2023
VMware ramps up on sovereign cloud in APAC
VMware is working with local partners to deliver sovereign cloud services in the region, amid growing sovereignty interests among governments and the need maintain business continuity Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
05 Jul 2023
Google research highlights UK economic benefits of widespread AI adoption
Google's Economic Impact Report highlights the positive benefits the wider use of AI technologies throughout society could have on the UK economy Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Jul 2023
Allo Bank taps Tencent Cloud in digital banking
Indonesia’s largest digital lender is tapping Tencent Cloud’s TDSQL database management system and cloud infrastructure to provide digital banking services for six million customers Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
29 Jun 2023
NHS England signs five-year Microsoft 365 contract
Hot on the heels of its earlier deployment of Microsoft Teams, NHS England is now going all-in on the rest of the software giant’s online productivity tools Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Datacentre Editor
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Feature
28 Jun 2023
Hitachi Vantara: Small part of a big corp and analytics focus
We look at Hitachi Vantara, its storage, its cloud offer, the workloads it targets, and its efforts in containerisation and consumption models of storage purchasing Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
23 Jun 2023
Microsoft slammed for hitting European cloud users with ‘unfair, additional’ charges
Research from non-profit Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe organisation suggests cost of digital transformation is going up for ‘unfair’ reasons Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Jun 2023
Cabinet Office updates decade-old public cloud-first mandate for central government
A decade after it was first introduced, the government has updated its cloud-first guidance by including nine principles to guide public sector IT buyers through their off-premise purchasing decisions Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Podcast
21 Jun 2023
Podcast: Cloud security, compliance and data classification
The rise of cloud has led to a proliferation of enterprise data and a rise in risk. We talk to Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge about how to ensure compliance in a multicloud world Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
20 Jun 2023
Data sovereignty and security driving hybrid IT adoption in Australia
Over half of Australian organisations plan to repatriate some applications from public cloud to on-premise datacentres due to data sovereignty concerns, Nutanix study finds Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
20 Jun 2023
University of York shifts HPC workloads to Swedish EcoDataCenter colocation site in green IT push
With the University of York using its HPC capabilities for climate research, it decided it was time to shift its IT infrastructure to a greener colo site in support of its net-zero goals Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
16 Jun 2023
CGI to develop virtual, cloud-hosted ‘black box’ recorder technology for aircraft
IT consultancy CGI is developing an alternative to the traditional ‘black box’ recorders found in aircraft that will allow teams on the ground to intervene quicker in the event of an emergency onboard Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK