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09 May 2024
Government injects £1.8m into space tech innovation
By Lis EvenstadFunding is being split between nine projects, covering a range of technologies aiming to support new space capabilities in the UK
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09 May 2024
Executive interview: Adding common sense to generative AI creativity
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the chief scientist at Neo4j about why graph databases should work alongside large language models to keep them in check
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09 May 2024
Ofcom publishes draft online child safety rules for tech firms
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonIn the draft codes, Ofcom calls on technology firms to use ‘robust’ age-checking and content moderation systems to keep harmful material away from children online
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10 Aug 2023
Implications of SAP Rise premium strategy
By Cliff SaranSAP dropped a bombshell during its second-quarter 2023 results call that will negatively impact those using S/4Hana on-premise or through a hosted service provider
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10 Aug 2023
MoD embarks on cloud-based push to digitise data protection request service
By Caroline DonnellyAfter previously finding itself on the receiving end of a reprimand from the UK data protection watchdog for taking too long to respond to subject access requests, the Ministry of Defence sets out how its turned the situation around with the help of cloud-based system eCase
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09 Aug 2023
AI interview: Krystal Kauffman, lead organiser, Turkopticon
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonRemote 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
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08 Aug 2023
Pentland Brands marshals Google BigQuery to improve customer insight
By Brian McKennaThe name behind Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand and Kickers turns to Google BigQuery to improve customer data understanding
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08 Aug 2023
Blundstone taps Microsoft Dynamics 365 in ERP refresh
By Aaron TanIconic footwear company has migrated its legacy ERP system to Dynamics 365 to support the demands of its growing business
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07 Aug 2023
Microsoft fixes Azure flaw that was subject of researcher criticism
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft 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
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07 Aug 2023
HPE’s Alletra MP marries storage to cloud and software-defined choices
By Yann SerraHPE’s Alletra was launched in April with an architecture that ties in with GreenLake consumption purchasing, SaaS configuration and addition of software-defined storage services
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04 Aug 2023
CCS urged to do more to make Cloud Compute 2 framework more accessible to SMEs
By Caroline DonnellyThe 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
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04 Aug 2023
SAP called out by German user group for Rise U-turn
By Cliff SaranGerman SAP user group Deutschsprachige SAP-Anwendergruppe calls on SAP for clarity around on-premise S/4Hana product enhancements
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04 Aug 2023
VMware Cloud on AWS expands to Melbourne cloud region
By Aaron TanMLC Life Insurance is tapping the VMware Cloud on AWS service in the AWS Melbourne cloud region to exit its datacentre and reduce technology costs
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04 Aug 2023
Amazon CEO cites enterprise shift in cloud spending priorities for upbeat Q2 results
By Caroline DonnellyAfter a succession of downbeat quarterly results, Amazon's Q2 figures suggest a return to form
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04 Aug 2023
Biden’s SBOM mandate a ‘shot heard around the world’, report says
By Alex ScroxtonTwo years and three months after Joe Biden mandated new standards in supply chain security, over 40% of UK respondents to a survey say they have implemented new SBOM policies in direct response
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03 Aug 2023
Plexal takes on new cohort for cyber security leadership scheme
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonSix more cyber security startup founders have been selected to take part in Plexal’s latest Cyber Runway Ignite programme, which is designed to help them develop their leadership skills
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03 Aug 2023
Cozy Bear hijacks SME Microsoft 365 tenants in latest campaign
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft 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
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03 Aug 2023
Microsoft attacked over ‘grossly irresponsible’ security practice
By Alex ScroxtonThe 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’
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03 Aug 2023
India’s booming IT market driving up wages
By Aaron TanMajority of India’s IT pros expect their pay to increase in the next 12 months, underscoring the country’s tight IT labour market fuelled by a booming tech sector, study finds
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02 Aug 2023
NetApp focusing partners on cloud and flash
By Simon QuickeLaunch of partner programme that rewards expertise in those areas offers support and co-selling options to the channel
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02 Aug 2023
Cubbit offers cut-price cloud with DS3 distributed storage
By Antony AdsheadCubbit’s DS3 offers cloud at up to 20% the cost of the main providers via on-premise software that builds a cloud with other users and targets unstructured data use cases such as backup
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01 Aug 2023
Vast Data Platform aims at storage everywhere for AI/ML workloads
By Antony AdsheadVast Data to offer storage with data lake and warehouse functionality built in natively, in anticipation of a huge surge in AI/ML workloads and a need for ever-larger data stores
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01 Aug 2023
Singtel adds Zscaler SSE to managed security services portfolio
By Aaron TanSingtel teams up with Zscaler to offer a managed security service edge service as it looks to ramp up its enterprise business
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31 Jul 2023
SUSE takes aim at Red Hat in Linux, Kubernetes play
By Aaron TanSUSE 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
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31 Jul 2023
G-Cloud 13 suppliers claim framework extension is making it ‘commercially unviable’ to sell through
By Caroline DonnellyGovernment 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
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28 Jul 2023
Citrix hands partners options to meet customer demands
By Simon QuickeFirm rolls out single subscription covering several services that will make life easier for the channel and users
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28 Jul 2023
ServiceNow Q2 2023: 23% year-on-year growth with GenAI to fore
By Brian McKennaServiceNow has announced second-quarter 2023 revenue of $2.15bn, up 23% on the same quarter in 2022. The digital workflows automation supplier stressed GenAI developments and partnerships
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28 Jul 2023
How Indian organisations are keeping pace with cyber security
By Pratima HarigunaniIndian organisations are shoring up their defences to improve their cyber resilience amid intensifying cyber threats targeted at key sectors such as healthcare and logistics
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27 Jul 2023
IBM debuts Cloud Carbon Calculator to help enterprises manage their GHG emissions
By Caroline DonnellyTech 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
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26 Jul 2023
AWS targets generative AI at NYC Summit
By Esther AjaoThe tech giant updated its Bedrock Platform with new foundation models and a new foundation model provider. It also introduced new services for developers and health professionals.
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26 Jul 2023
AWS unveils generative AI tools for QuickSight BI platform
By Eric AvidonThe tech giant introduced two natural language processing features aimed at making dashboard developers more efficient and enabling more business users to work with data.
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26 Jul 2023
Cyber attack on IT supplier hits two major ambulance trusts
By Alex ScroxtonAmbulance trusts serving millions across southern England have been hamstrung for the past week after a cyber attack took down their hosted patient records system
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26 Jul 2023
Inside Cloudera’s data platform strategy
By Aaron TanCloudera executives outline their business and technology strategy to help enterprises harness generative AI and other capabilities through its work in the open source community and other areas
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26 Jul 2023
Artificial intelligence puts Microsoft Azure in top gear
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft’s latest quarterly earnings results show the company’s public cloud business was the largest contributor to revenue
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25 Jul 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland uses Nutanix to gain breathing space in cloud modernisation
By Cliff SaranWith its datacentre contract coming to an end, the Forestry and Land Scotland agency, which has a cloud-first strategy, needed a way to manage cloud migration
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25 Jul 2023
Google reveals how AI and machine learning are shaping its sustainability strategy
By Caroline DonnellyGoogle'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
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24 Jul 2023
CIO interview: Sean Green, University of East Anglia
By Karl FlindersIn his role as director of digital and data at the University of East Anglia, Sean Green provides high-performance computing to researchers and manages the diverse needs of a campus with the characteristics of a small town, all while finding the time to study one of his passions
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24 Jul 2023
CunoFS brings Posix file access to S3 object storage capacity
By Yann SerraDeveloped out of data compression tools for genomics, PetaGene gateways allow application servers Posix-based file access to the deep data stores of S3 object capacity
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23 Jul 2023
SoftwareOne turns down Bain and starts strategic review
By Simon QuickeSecond bid rejected but offers have promoted board to seriously assess future of the business
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21 Jul 2023
How datacentres might avoid price hikes and keep more customers
By Fleur DoidgeThe most promising strategies for ensuring minimal price rises to customers require operators to start dissecting their approach to packaging and selling their wares
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21 Jul 2023
Bain makes second offer for SoftwareOne
By Simon QuickeCloud and software specialist will have to consider a higher bid for the business after turning down last month’s opening offer
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20 Jul 2023
More ASEAN IT pros staying in their jobs
By Aaron TanGlobal economic uncertainty and staff retention efforts by employers are keeping the region’s IT professionals longer in their jobs
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20 Jul 2023
Online Safety Bill screening measures amount to ‘prior restraint’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Open Rights Group is calling on Parliament to reform the Online Safety Bill, on the basis that its content-screening measures would amount to “prior restraint” on freedom of expression
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20 Jul 2023
BBC outsources IT to India’s Tata Consultancy Services
By Karl FlindersTCS continues to build its UK public sector business, with the BBC its latest customer
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19 Jul 2023
Australia’s IaaS market surges 37.1% in 2022
By Aaron TanIaaS remains the engine of growth in the Australian IT market and is showing no signs of slowing down, according to Gartner
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19 Jul 2023
Microsoft aims for Dynamics 365 cloud migrations
By Jim O'DonnellMicrosoft AIM is a new initiative to help on-premises Dynamics ERP customers move to the cloud, with guidance, tools and services from Microsoft and partners.
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19 Jul 2023
Microsoft increases channel exposure to AI
By Simon QuickeVendor rolls out fresh specialisation encouraging the channel to embrace the benefits artificial intelligence can deliver
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19 Jul 2023
Google Cloud chalked up higher growth rate in 2022 than AWS and Microsoft, Gartner data shows
By Caroline DonnellyThe 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
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19 Jul 2023
IT firms ramp up prices to drive post-pandemic revenue
By Cliff SaranThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development puts inflation at 6.5%. Some areas of IT spending have experienced double-digit growth
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18 Jul 2023
The FA draws on Google Cloud to support Women's World Cup training push for The Lionesses
By Caroline DonnellyThe 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
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18 Jul 2023
Critical Adobe ColdFusion flaws chained in ongoing cyber attacks
By Alex ScroxtonTwo vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion have been chained by threat actors to target victim systems, apparently after one of them was accidentally disclosed
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18 Jul 2023
Traditional IT outsourcing rockets as Europe’s businesses cut costs
By Karl FlindersOverall spending on IT services is up in European countries despite continued reduction in investments in cloud-based contracts
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17 Jul 2023
Police Scotland use cloud for biometric data despite clear risks
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPolice Scotland confirms it has stored significant volumes of biometric data on a cloud-based digital evidence sharing system despite major ongoing data protection concerns, bringing into question the effectiveness of the current regulatory approach and the overall legality of using hyperscale public cloud technologies in a policing context
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17 Jul 2023
Zoom doubles down on customer experience in UCaaS play
By Aaron TanZoom is going beyond its roots in employee experience as it looks to strengthen its position in the unified communications-as-a-service market
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14 Jul 2023
UK performs for Proact in Q2
By Simon QuickeChannel player shared its H1 update, indicating its performance on this side of the North Sea has been a good one
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13 Jul 2023
Synergy Research highlights how rise of the hyperscalers has hit on-premise datacentres
By Caroline DonnellyLatest market tracker data from Synergy Research Group highlights how shift in enterprise IT spending patterns has impacted on-premise datacentres
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13 Jul 2023
Nutanix eyes PaaS services with Project Beacon
By Aaron TanNutanix is extending its reach higher up the software stack with Project Beacon, a multi-year effort to deliver PaaS services across distributed environments
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13 Jul 2023
CaixaBank adds hundreds more IT professionals to support digital transformation
By Karl FlindersCaixaBank is recruiting 200 more IT professionals in Spain to support its ongoing digital transformation
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12 Jul 2023
Couchbase: Digital transformation needs have changed
By Simon QuickeCouchbase signals the need for a tailored pitch, with customer priorities shifting over the past couple of years
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12 Jul 2023
Hackers: We won’t let artificial intelligence get the better of us
By Alex ScroxtonAI is changing how ethical hackers go about their work, and will continue to do so, but the community is convinced the technology will never be able to replicate the creativity of a flesh-and-blood hacker
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11 Jul 2023
Legal & General signs seven-year datacentre migration deal with IBM spin-off Kyndryl
By Caroline DonnellyFinancial 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
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10 Jul 2023
Alibaba Cloud debuts AI image generator
By Aaron TanThe cloud supplier’s Tongyi Wanxiang generative AI model can respond to text prompts in Chinese and English to generate detailed images in an array of styles
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10 Jul 2023
How Confluent is maintaining its edge in event streaming
By Aaron TanConfluent co-founder Jun Rao talks up the company’s business and how it competes with hyperscalers and other suppliers of managed Kafka services
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07 Jul 2023
Microsoft and AWS caution Ofcom against referring UK cloud market over to CMA
By Caroline DonnellyAs 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
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07 Jul 2023
Prices for cloud infrastructure soar 30%
By Antone GonsalvesTough macroeconomic conditions as well as high average selling prices for cloud computing and storage servers have forced enterprises to spend less on private cloud infrastructure.
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06 Jul 2023
VMware ramps up on sovereign cloud in APAC
By Aaron TanVMware 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
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06 Jul 2023
Logicalis arms customers with environmental insights
By Simon QuickeLogicalis platform offering will provide users with a chance to identify where they can take steps to reduce carbon emissions
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06 Jul 2023
Biometrics watchdog calls for public space surveillance review
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner is calling for a review of public space surveillance to gain a clearer picture about the proliferation of Chinese surveillance technology across the public sector, but warns against applying double standards on companies just because they are from China
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06 Jul 2023
Privacy campaigners call for UK data adequacy to be revoked
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe European Commission should revoke the UK’s data adequacy if its Data Protection and Digital Information Bill passes, which campaigners argue ‘flies in the face’ of the decision
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05 Jul 2023
NFON rings the changes to support growth ambitions
By Simon QuickeFirm bids farewell to its CTO and removes the CMO position as it looks to change its executive structure
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05 Jul 2023
Google research highlights UK economic benefits of widespread AI adoption
By Caroline DonnellyGoogle's Economic Impact Report highlights the positive benefits the wider use of AI technologies throughout society could have on the UK economy
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05 Jul 2023
UK public increasingly concerned over NHS data sovereignty
By Alex ScroxtonAmid security concerns and AI advances, a majority of the British public still trusts the NHS to store and analyse their health data, but would prefer it remains domiciled in the UK
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05 Jul 2023
Allo Bank taps Tencent Cloud in digital banking
By Aaron TanIndonesia’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
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04 Jul 2023
How Maxeon is forging the path to SASE
By Aaron TanMaxeon Solar Technologies is building out its security service edge capabilities with an eye on a SASE implementation that combines best of breed offerings from different suppliers
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03 Jul 2023
Over half of ANZ organisations hit by ransomware
By Aaron TanAmid the rising ransomware threat, almost four in five organisations in ANZ expect to pay a ransom if they could recover data and business processes
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03 Jul 2023
Gass announces TD Synnex retirement plans
By Simon QuickeLong-serving senior staffer will leave the business next year, and bring the curtain down on a three-decade-long association with the channel player
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03 Jul 2023
Driving synergies in digital healthcare
By Pratima HarigunaniAs group CIO of API Holdings, Chandresh Dedhia has been driving synergies across a spectrum of digital healthcare businesses to create operational efficiency and other business outcomes
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30 Jun 2023
Prosimo offers free multi-cloud connectivity
By Antone GonsalvesThe new MCN Foundation can find and connect to public clouds and provide visibility. The company's full-stack product powers the limited free version.
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30 Jun 2023
How STT GDC is cracking the Philippines datacentre market
By Aaron TanThe joint venture formed by ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, Globe and Ayala Corporation is building its largest datacentre in the Philippines among other efforts to meet the needs of an underserved market
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29 Jun 2023
NHS England signs five-year Microsoft 365 contract
By Caroline DonnellyHot 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
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29 Jun 2023
CloudCoCo delivers growth in H1
By Simon QuickeManaged service provider CloudCoCo has seen revenues rise and its customer base expand in its fiscal first half
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28 Jun 2023
Refining HPE GreenLake as it sets its sights on everything
By Adam ArmstrongHPE's Bryan Thompson talks about how HPE GreenLake has become synonymous with the brand, and looks to its future and how the platform will meet customers' specific needs.
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27 Jun 2023
New AWS service targets data security, genAI feature to come
By Esther AjaoThe cloud provider's new service helps employees within organizations be more productive while securing their work. The vendor will add a generative AI feature in the future.
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27 Jun 2023
Alkira introduces extranet as a service
By Joe O’HalloranProvider of cloud networking as a service unveils infrastructure designed to enable third parties to securely connect to critical business applications
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27 Jun 2023
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Virtuozzo and CommScope bolster MSP offerings
By Simon QuickeFirms each announce launches that will provide managed service providers with more as-a-service options
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27 Jun 2023
Johnson Controls opts for container-based app delivery with Portworx
By Antony AdsheadBuildings management giant built a suite of customer-facing products using containers and opted for Pure Storage Portworx for hybrid cloud container management and data protection
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26 Jun 2023
How Ikea is driving digital customer experience
By Aaron TanIkea franchisee in four Southeast Asian markets and Mexico taps chatbots, conversational commerce and remote planning, among other capabilities, to drive digital customer experience
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26 Jun 2023
IBM aims to reduce cloud costs with $4.6B Apptio acquisition
By Antone GonsalvesApptio fills FinOps holes in IBM Turbonomic, providing a tool to help organizations make IT budgeting decisions based on their business objectives.
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26 Jun 2023
HPE customers move to embrace hybrid cloud by design
By Adam ArmstrongHybrid clouds are often a reaction to problems. The Dallas Cowboys, Texas Children's Hospital and Experian turned to HPE GreenLake ahead of -- rather than in response to -- issues.
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23 Jun 2023
CloudSmiths sealing partnerships to gain UK foothold
By Simon QuickeSouth African firm looks to expand its reach through a series of partnerships with UK partners
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23 Jun 2023
Microsoft slammed for hitting European cloud users with ‘unfair, additional’ charges
By Caroline DonnellyResearch from non-profit Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe organisation suggests cost of digital transformation is going up for ‘unfair’ reasons
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23 Jun 2023
Phishing and ransomware dominate Singapore’s cyber threat landscape
By Aaron TanPhishing and ransomware attacks continued apace in Singapore last year amid signs of improving cyber hygiene
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22 Jun 2023
AWS invests $100 million in new generative AI program
By Esther AjaoThe Generative AI Innovation Center will connect AWS machine learning experts and data scientists with enterprises. Enterprises can also use AWS services to train and scale models.
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22 Jun 2023
Lloyds Bank to open tech centre in India
By Karl FlindersUK bank taps into Hyderabad tech ecosystem by opening a tech centre focused on improving digital experiences for customers
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22 Jun 2023
Cabinet Office updates decade-old public cloud-first mandate for central government
By Caroline DonnellyA 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
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21 Jun 2023
HPE adds AI cloud option to GreenLake portfolio
By Simon QuickeVendor launches first of a number of planned AI offerings as it looks to get more deeply involved with an expanding market opportunity
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21 Jun 2023
Software spending grows fastest as finance firms spend $652bn on tech in 2023
By Karl FlindersBanks and investment firms are increasing their spending on IT despite gloomy economic outlook, but priorities have changed
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20 Jun 2023
Data sovereignty and security driving hybrid IT adoption in Australia
By Aaron TanOver half of Australian organisations plan to repatriate some applications from public cloud to on-premise datacentres due to data sovereignty concerns, Nutanix study finds
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20 Jun 2023
HPE GreenLake expands further into AWS, VMware clouds
By Tim McCarthyUpdates to GreenLake services and new partnerships allow customers to integrate more AWS and VMware public cloud workloads into HPE's private cloud.
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20 Jun 2023
HPE GreenLake private cloud gets self-managed, pre-deployed
By Adam ArmstrongAt HPE Discover 2023, the vendor introduced new container support, a lower-tier private cloud and easier deployment at colocation data centers.
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20 Jun 2023
Avaya deals Aces to boost customer experiences
By Joe O’HalloranCommunications and collaboration tech provider unveils what it calls reimagined professional services, prioritising AI, cloud and digital transformation through its core customer experience services platform
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20 Jun 2023
ServiceNow’s Bill McDermott: a ‘work in progress’
By Brian McKennaBill McDermott, president and CEO of ServiceNow, speaks to Computer Weekly about his vision for the company and the technology industry, which he believes to be in the throes of exponential change
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20 Jun 2023
University of York shifts HPC workloads to Swedish EcoDataCenter colocation site in green IT push
By Caroline DonnellyWith 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