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European Union Officially Adopts Privacy Shield Data Protection Framework

Safe Harbour 2.0 gets green light from member states, comes into force immediately

Google-sponsored Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research finds businesses with a higher trust in cloud computing find profit boost

Google ramps up OTT video efforts, picks up customers such as NBC, Fox sports and CBS

AWS Marketplace is now accepting software sellers based in the EU, but AWS doesn’t know how Brexit will affect UK companies

AWS still won't give official launch date, but it is understood UK data centres will open between November and February

IDC cloud tracker: Boost comes as IT infrastructure spending for non-cloud deployments falls again

Ubuntu funnels Hosted BootStack through e-shelter data centres for end to end private cloud management

SoftLayer customers can now use certified Ubuntu Linux images in latest move from ongoing IBM Canonical partnerships

A Microsoft Office 365 outage caused undeliverable emails to pile up in outboxes for some customers in the U.S.

Take a slice of cloud collaboration tools, add a dash of Watson, simmer gently for enhanced productivity

Dropbox says new features will make businesses more secure, productive and collaborative as it continues push to get more customers

Microsoft teams with Kind Financial to help government agencies track the legalized cannabis industry in their jurisdictions.

Project Bletchley to extend use of Blockchains using middleware and cryptlets for open cloud platforms

Early G-Cloud adopter claims framework is dying, and slams “pitiful returns”, buyer attitudes and broken app store

Samsung enters cloud market to give gravity to its expanding cloud software and services platforms

Fancy a DDoS attack? Cybercrime marketplace offers access to compromised third party servers for just £4.23

Survey finds majority of UK small business don't have a clue about the implications GDPR could have for them

Minecraft beta opens up so the game can help teachers and students explore ways to build and design a world

Infosec 2016: Information Commissioner’s Office could be happy with data regulations like Australia or New Zealand enforce if Britain leaves the EU

While there are already multiple distributed storage systems, Torus aims to be cloud-native and integrate closely with Kubernetes.

Several major cloud providers accused of breaking consumer law by altering contract terms without notice

FleetCor will shift to IBM's cloud in mega financial win for Big Blue against cloud rivals

Price doesn’t matter, claims 451 Research, as customer look for value-added services

Salesforce moved software onto AWS cloud in the hope of expanding its international services with minimal infrastructure spend