Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Find out what is SaaS, what SaaS applications are used for, what companies use SaaS, and the types of applications 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
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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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
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
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
19 Aug 2020
Zoom dials into Southeast Asia with Singapore datacentre
Zoom’s new Singapore datacentre is expected to shore up the performance of its conferencing tool and phone service in the city-state Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
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Feature
13 Aug 2020
Aerospace and satellite comms: The next growth frontier for cloud service providers?
Space projects of the near future are less sci-fi and more about driving efficiencies through business intelligence, edge analytics and cloud technologies Continue Reading
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News
12 Aug 2020
Beyond.pl plots Polish datacentre campus expansion to capitalise on growing continental cloud demand
Polish colocation provider Beyond.pI says expansion plans are in direct response to growing demand for sustainably powered datacentre capacity in central Europe Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
12 Aug 2020
APAC buyer’s guide to BI and analytics
In this buyer’s guide, we look at the state of adoption of business intelligence and analytics tools, common use cases and other technology and business considerations Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
11 Aug 2020
Equinix expands into India through $161m acquisition of two local datacentres
Colocation giant looks set to tap into the huge demand for cloud and internet services from enterprises in India Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
11 Aug 2020
Coca-Cola European Partners signs multi-year hybrid cloud deal with IBM
Coca-Cola European Partners is building on its past relationship with IBM to accelerate its cloud migration, and drive efficiencies within its business Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Aug 2020
Gartner flags continued growth in global IaaS spend as enterprise demand for public cloud soars
Global spend on IaaS continues to surge, with a growing competitive threat posed by Chinese providers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Aug 2020
Security teams struggle to keep pace with cloud threats
Security professionals face challenges in keeping pace with cloud deployments and migrations, and the additional security threats they open up Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Blog Post
07 Aug 2020
The coronavirus effect: How Covid-19 is accelerating enterprise cloud adoption
In this guest post, Dean Gardner, chief technologist for cloud at IT infrastructure provider Softcat, shares his observations on how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the course of cloud adoption ... Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
06 Aug 2020
TikTok to open first European datacentre in Ireland during early 2022
The CISO of TikTok has confirmed the social video company's plans to open its first European datacentre in early 2022, as its data security processes come under increased scrutiny from the US government Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
06 Aug 2020
Octopus Energy selects AWS as cloud provider to power its global expansion plans
UK-based energy market challenger Octopus Energy has named Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider, as it gears up for further global expansion Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Aug 2020
Atos signs £5m supercomputing deal to support Oxford University-led AI research push
University-led push to accelerate the pace of machine learning and artificial intelligence research in UK enters new phase with the deployment of a second supercomputer Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
05 Aug 2020
Egypt’s datacentre plans take key step forward
Government lays the foundations for a datacentre industry with its new data protection law Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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04 Aug 2020
David vs Goliath: How the smaller cloud firms have weathered the Covid-19 storm
The toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on the hyperscale cloud community is well documented, but how have smaller providers fared in the face of soaring demand for their services? Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2020
Covid-19 lockdowns drive global Q2 surge in cloud infrastructure spending
Latest market tracker data from IT analyst house Canalys reveals the impact the coronavirus crisis is having on cloud spending habits worldwide Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
31 Jul 2020
Amazon reports Q2 profit and revenue surge as Covid-19-induced uptick in online sales continues
Amazon sees profit and revenue surge in the wake of the coronavirus, but growth of its cloud business slows as IT buyers re-prioritise investments because of pandemic Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Jul 2020
Costs incurred by 'major' datacentre outages continue to rise, Uptime Institute research shows
The Uptime Institute's latest datacentre market survey reveals major outages are costing operators more to bounce back from Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
30 Jul 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
29 Jul 2020
Majority of organisations at risk of cloud data exposure
Report casts doubt on the effectiveness of the shared responsibility model of cloud security Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
29 Jul 2020
IBM joins Google, Microsoft and Oracle in signing preferential cloud pricing deal with UK government
Public sector organisations set to reap the benefits of CCS's latest preferential pricing deal, in support of its push to accelerate the adoption of cloud across central government and the NHS Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
28 Jul 2020
Orange and Google Cloud to create data platform to bolster edge computing offerings to enterprises
Telco giant Orange is building on its long-standing technology collaboration with Google Cloud to bolster the range of edge computing services it can offer clients Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Podcast
28 Jul 2020
Digital addiction, digital skills – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss digital addiction and business software, digital skills and how Barnardo’s benefited from digital transformation Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
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News
27 Jul 2020
NGD’s mega-colocation campus in Wales acquired by Vantage Data Centers
US-based colocation firm continues its European expansion by snapping up Next Generation Data’s Newport campus Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
27 Jul 2020
Volkswagen Group to open up AWS-powered Industrial Cloud to third-party tech firms
Car manufacturer Volkswagen Group has unveiled the next phase of its Industrial Cloud strategy, which includes the creation of an open ecosystem of supportive software partners Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
23 Jul 2020
Covid-19 to prompt surge in public cloud spend on DaaS, says Gartner
Shift to remote working has prompted CIOs to up their spending on cloud-based desktop offerings, with desktop as a service on course to become the fastest-growing part of the wider public cloud market this year Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
23 Jul 2020
APAC firms in early stages of digital transformation
More than three-quarters of APAC firms struggle to revise their financial plans amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with many still lacking agile systems and processes, a new study finds Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
22 Jul 2020
Aramex ships in Rackspace Technology to accelerate datacentre downsizing and move to AWS cloud
Dubai-based international shipping and logistics firm Aramex is in the midst of a cloud-focused digital transformation designed to tighten up its last-mile delivery operations with the help of Rackspace Technology Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
22 Jul 2020
Barnardo’s hails G Suite to offer continuity of care to vulnerable children during Covid-19
Children's charity claims earlier move to off-premise cloud collaboration and communication platform is paying dividends during its teams’ response to the coronavirus Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
21 Jul 2020
BMW Group signs six-year HPC contract with eco-friendly Swedish colocation firm
Motor manufacturer agrees to double-down on its use of EcoDataCenter's environmentally friendly colocation facilities Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
14 Jul 2020
Appetite for enterprise datacentre expansions dampens in face of Covid-19, research shows
Survey featuring responses from 3,000 European datacentre professionals suggests enterprise appetities for in-house datacentre expansions have shrunk in the face of Covid-19 Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
13 Jul 2020
AWS HPC tech selected to help Ineos Team UK secure first British victory in the America’s Cup
America's Cup hopeful Ineos Team UK has selected Amazon’s cloud-based High Performance Computing (HPC) technology to help it achieve its goal of becoming the first British competitor to win the tournament in its history Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Jul 2020
Facebook iOS SDK flaw linked to onset of Spotify app outage blighting Apple device users
Apple device users are reporting usability issues with the Spotify app, which coincides with the onset of a partial outage affecting the Facebook iOS SDK Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
09 Jul 2020
Renault signs multi-year deal with Google Cloud to accelerate data-led digital transformation
French motor manufacturer Renault has enlisted Google Cloud’s help to accelerate the development of its in-house data aggregation platform, and bolster the tech skills of its engineering teams Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
09 Jul 2020
Oracle fleshes out Cloud@Customer with public cloud services for use in customer datacentres
Oracle has enhanced its Cloud@Customer service with capabilities derived from its recent raft of public cloud datacentres Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
08 Jul 2020
Oracle ups ante in cloud wars with dedicated customer regions
Oracle’s Dedicated Region Cloud at Customer will let enterprises run an entire cloud region in their own datacentres in a potentially game-changing move Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
07 Jul 2020
Hyperscale datacentre build-outs hold firm in face of Covid-19
Latest market tracker data from Synergy Research Group shows no evidence of Covid-19 dampening demand for hyperscale datacentre capacity across the globe Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
07 Jul 2020
Deutsche Bank commits to multi-year Google Cloud deal to accelerate move off-premise
In support of its multi-cloud ambitions, Deutsche Bank commits to in-house digital transformation with Google Cloud, which will also see the pair collaborate on bringing new customer-facing services to market Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
03 Jul 2020
Coronavirus: How Covid-19 has elevated the status of the datacentre industry
The pandemic has served to highlight just how dependent the world is on the datacentre community – and governments, policy-makers and investors are taking note Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Blog Post
01 Jul 2020
Cloud staging: A strategy for desktop transformation
In this guest post, Jason E. Smith, vice president of products and solutions at virtual desktop provider Liquidware, makes the case for why enterprises need to embrace cloud staging to make their ... Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Jun 2020
Economic slowdown will force CIOs to redress SaaS pricing
Business will need to work more efficiently and spend less, which means CIOs will need to forge new value-based partnerships with IT suppliers Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Podcast
30 Jun 2020
Digital art, datacentre futures and diversity – The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload Podcast
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Clare McDonald, Caroline Donnelly and Brian McKenna discuss digital art, Covid-19’s likely lasting impact on the datacentre industry, and the lack of progress in diversity in IT Continue Reading
By- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
30 Jun 2020
Genomics England taps up AWS and Lifebit to create cloud-based Covid-19 research environment
Genomics England is looking to open up collaboration on Covid-19 genome datasets with researchers across the globe with new cloud-based research environment, which will be based on AWS and Lifebit’s technologies Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 Jun 2020
Go lean and embrace partnerships to plot a path for recovery
Starting with the lean principle of a minimum viable product, CIOs should aim to partner with outsourcers and IT suppliers to deliver business value Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
29 Jun 2020
UKCloud signs MoU with CCS to provide public sector with discounted cloud pricing
Public sector-focused IaaS firm UKCloud has become the latest supplier to sign a discounted pricing deal with the UK government Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
29 Jun 2020
IHS Markit commits to three-year data and infrastructure migration to AWS cloud
Global market research firm will downsize its datacentres and shift more of its infrastructure and applications to the AWS public cloud Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
25 Jun 2020
Kia Motors partners with Google Cloud to bring motorists AI-based paperless car manuals
South Korean car manufacturer partners Google Cloud managed service provider Megazone to bring artificial intelligence-based app to market Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
24 Jun 2020
David vs Goliath: How the smaller cloud firms have weathered the Covid-19 storm
The toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on the hyperscale cloud community is well documented, but how have smaller providers fared in the face of soaring demand for their services? Continue Reading
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Podcast
23 Jun 2020
The lasting digital legacy of Covid-19 – The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload Podcast
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Clare McDonald, Caroline Donnelly and Brian McKenna discuss how the pandemic is shining a light on digital divides Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
18 Jun 2020
Coronavirus: Enterprise cloud adoption accelerates in face of Covid-19, says research
A global survey of IT leaders suggests the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a speeding up of the pace of cloud adoption, as enterprises embrace remote working Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
18 Jun 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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
18 Jun 2020
US buildings firm saves big on HDDs with Nasuni cloud NAS
APi Group dumps first-generation file sharing for Nasuni, which allowed it to save ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’ with standard hardware deployments and cutting local storage Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
18 Jun 2020
Check Point uncovers targeted Microsoft Office 365 phishing campaign
Organised criminal campaign exploited Adobe, Oxford University and Samsung web domains to trick users into giving up their passwords Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
18 Jun 2020
Datacentre investment boost as Norway’s government reinstates tax relief
Government reinstates datacentre energy tax relief for cryptocurrency mining organisations after investments in the country’s datacentres drops Continue Reading
By- Gerard O'Dwyer
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News
17 Jun 2020
HPE aims to hit right note for 5G with edge orchestrator
Tech firm says new release gives power back to telcos to offer value-added edge computing services such as AI-powered video analytics, industrial automation and VR retail services Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
17 Jun 2020
Coronavirus: Microsoft offers behind-the-scenes look at datacentre-level Covid-19 response
Microsoft reveals how pandemic forced it to adopt 24-hour new hardware deployment schedule in datacentres to keep up with the surge in demand for services across its cloud portfolio Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
17 Jun 2020
AWS CEO Andy Jassy urges cloud laggards to stop trying to ‘fight gravity’
During a fireside chat during the first AWS Summit Online, cloud giant’s CEO held forth on how the firm is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and the trends he is seeing with how some enterprises are approaching cloud adoption Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
17 Jun 2020
Macquarie eyes government contracts with new Canberra datacentre
New Macquarie datacentre in the Australian capital designed to achieve Tier 4 datacentre standards will deliver 1.5MW of capacity by December 2020 Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Podcast
16 Jun 2020
What’s in store for enterprise IT post-Covid-19? – The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload Podcast
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly and Brian McKenna are joined by Cliff Saran, managing editor (technology) at Computer Weekly, to discuss the future of enterprise IT after the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
12 Jun 2020
How the RHS overcame Covid-19 to create first online-only Chelsea Flower Show in just eight weeks
The technology and digital teams at The Royal Horticultural Society discuss the work that went on behind the scenes to transform the Chelsea Flower Show into a virtual event with just weeks to plan Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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Feature
12 Jun 2020
Cloud storage on-site hardware: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
We look at the big three cloud vendors’ on-site offerings: AWS’s Outposts, Gateway and Snow hardware, Azure’s Stack and Arc appliances, and Google Cloud’s software-defined Anthos Continue Reading
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News
11 Jun 2020
Global colocation demand holds firm in Q1 in face of Covid-19
First-quarter global market data from Synergy Research Group shows demand for colocation capacity from hyperscalers and edge compute providers is holding up, despite the pandemic Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
11 Jun 2020
How Tableau is riding on its Salesforce synergy
Tableau has bolstered its presence in Asia-Pacific following its acquisition by Salesforce and is combining its analytics capabilities with Einstein Analytics to deliver AI-powered insights Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
10 Jun 2020
Alibaba Cloud follows up datacentre investment pledge with global tech talent recruitment drive
Chinese public cloud giant Alibaba to hit the recruitment trail in hot pursuit of tech talent to support its datacentre revamp plans Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Jun 2020
IBM Cloud users demand further clarity over cause of global outage
Multi-hour cloud outage leaves IBM users calling on Big Blue for further information on what caused it Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
10 Jun 2020
Google partners with WWF Sweden to dig even deeper into fashion industry's sustainability habits
Google is doubling down on its efforts to support the fashion industry in cleaning up the environmental friendliness of its supply chains through its partnership with WWF Sweden Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
09 Jun 2020
Netherlands digital sector yearns for government recognition
The sector building and supporting the Netherlands’ digital infrastructure wants to be valued as highly as Schiphol airport and the port of Rotterdam are for the Dutch economy Continue Reading
By- Kim Loohuis
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News
09 Jun 2020
Kao Data courts hyperscale tenants for Harlow-based mega-datacentre
Kao Data rolls out ‘built-to-suit’ service for prospective hyperscale clients, that it claims will speed up the time it takes to bring online new datacentre capacity in a cost-effective way Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
04 Jun 2020
OVHcloud brings healthcare-focused private cloud offering to UK market
French infrastructure-as-a-service provider OVHcloud is making its sector-specific portfolio of private cloud and bare metal services available to UK-based healthcare providers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
03 Jun 2020
Interxion cuts energy cooling costs by 20% in West London datacentre through EkkoSense deployment
Digital Realty-owned Interxion said deployment’s success will pave the way for similar roll-outs of EkkoSense technology in other facilities within its portfolio across Europe Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
03 Jun 2020
Google Cloud eyes public sector push after signing MoU with UK government procurement chiefs
Google Cloud follows in the footsteps of Microsoft and Oracle by signing MoU with the UK government, which should pave the way for broader adoption of its technology by public sector Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
02 Jun 2020
VMware vulnerability leaves private clouds open to takeover
Ethical hackers from Citadelo uncovered a vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director that left private cloud owners open to takeover Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Feature
01 Jun 2020
Keeping the lights on: Managing datacentre engineers through Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic has seen datacentre engineers reclassified as “essential workers”, but how are their employers ensuring they can continue to do their work in a safe and secure way? Continue Reading
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Video
28 May 2020
How Zoom is keeping pace with demand for conferencing tools
Magnus Falk, CIO advisor at Zoom, offers insights on how the company is scaling up its resources to meet the growing usage of its service Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
27 May 2020
Enterprise clouds hammered by cyber attacks during pandemic
Remote workers logging onto enterprise cloud service accounts are an easy access point for attackers, says McAfee Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
27 May 2020
PropertyGuru touts 3D virtual viewings with StoryTeller
Southeast Asian property portal PropertyGuru rolls out new capability in its FastKey platform that lets developers showcase properties to prospective buyers through 3D visualisation Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Blog Post
27 May 2020
Protecting your public cloud investment: The ultimate stress test
In this guest post, Dob Todorov, CEO of managed services company HeleCloud, outlines why enterprises and SMEs can ill-afford to take a "set it and forget it" attitude to their public cloud ... Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
26 May 2020
MoD cuts through competition barriers to sign direct private cloud deal with Microsoft
The Ministry of Defence has justified its decision to directly award Microsoft a 23-month private cloud deal by stating the firm is the only one able to meet its precise technical and data protection needs Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
19 May 2020
TRC Companies pairs cloud-first push with Druva-infused data backup revamp
US-based engineering consultancy TRC Companies scooped the prize for Best Cloud Project at the Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards with its story of how a long-overdue revamp of its data backup systems ties in with its hybrid cloud push Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
18 May 2020
Swedish mining firm LKAB revamps data backup setup to support downtime avoidance goals
State-owned Swedish mining company LKAB scooped the prize for Best Data Security and Data Protection Project at the Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards. Here we run through what the project involved Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
11 May 2020
AWS vs Microsoft: US JEDI contract dispute develops into war of words between tech giants
Amazon and Microsoft are embroiled in a ‘battle of the blogs’ over the former’s continued efforts to get its claims that it lost out on a major US cloud contract due to ‘significant political interference’ fully investigated Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
07 May 2020
Amazon and Microsoft dominate European cloud infrastructure market, shows Synergy Research
Such is the hold that Amazon and Microsoft have on the cloud infrastructure market across Europe, other smaller players will struggle to get a look in, claims IT analyst house Synergy Research Group Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
06 May 2020
Sustainability credentials of underground datacentre in Norway lure green investment fund
Norway’s Lefdal Mining Datacenter has designs on becoming Europe's largest server farm, and its green credentials have secured further investment to help it reach its goal Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
04 May 2020
Digital Realty doubles down on sustainability with pledge to cut carbon emissions by 2030
Colocation giant Digital Realty is embarking on a 10-year, business-wide carbon emissions reduction quest, led by climate science Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
01 May 2020
University of Oxford embarks on cloud-fuelled AI research push with AWS
University collaborates with Amazon Web Services to accelerate the pace of technology innovation in a range of artificial intelligence-related fields with the help of cloud Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK