AWS attempts to spread a whole extra second across its servers over a period of 24 hours to minimise UTC disruption
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Google Cloud Continues Moore’s Law Price Cuts
VM prices cut by up to 30 percent, “it’s easy to see why we’re leading the industry in price/performance”, shouts Google Cloud
Mirantis Signs Up Citrix, VMware To OpenStack-Ready Partner Program
Mirantis now boasts 47 technology partners, all of them able to deliver OpenStack out-of-the-box
Two Arrested Over Naked Selfies App
Two men behind an app that trawls through private photo albums looking for naked selfies face prison sentences
Alibaba Eyes Global Expansion With E-Commerce And Cloud
Jack Ma wants to sell $1 trillion of marketplace goods by 2020, with new Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang aiming for absolute globalisation
AWS Educate Looks To Prepare The Next Generation Cloud Workforce
AWS educational program for teachers will inject cloud framework into the curriculum
Alibaba Stakes Middle East Cloud Claim
Aliyun, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba, has struck a deal in Dubai with Meraas to offer cloud services to private companies and government institutions
IBM Now Offers ‘Flexible’ Hybrid Cloud Software Licensing
IBM will now let its customers transfer their paid-for software between machines
Microsoft Not Interested In Salesforce Takeover
He is just not that into you! Microsoft and SAP deny interest in Salesforce.com acquisition
Cisco Partners With Airbus For Cybersecurity, IoT, Cloud
Cisco makes play in defence, security and satellite communication market with Airbus partnership
Google Reveals Cloud Bigtable Database
Google opens up its NoSQL database to large enterprises dealing with massive data workloads
EU Reveals Ambitious Plan For Digital Single Market
Europe unveils its plan to tackle American domination of the digital world, but will it work?
Is Microsoft About To Bid For Salesforce?
Microsoft joins hunt for Salesforce.com, in what would be a remarkable turnaround in their relationship
Intel Aims Latest Xeon E7 Chips At Analytics, Real-Time Processing
Intel officials say performance gains and features in the Xeon E7 v3 chips will challenge IBM Power and Oracle SPARC in the high-end server market
SuiteWorld 2015: Switching to NetSuite Was A “No-Brainer”,...
Case Study: We hear from a NetSuite customer who had the definition of a hairball and was the opposite of cloud
SuiteWorld 2015: NetSuite Ditches AWS For Microsoft Azure
SuiteWorld 2015: NetSuite announces tighter Office 365 integration for customers
‘Scarcity Of Skills’ Means OpenStack Is More Expensive Than...
451 Research finds OpenStack is pricier than VMware, Microsoft and Red Hat because of the cost of hiring skilled cloud engineers
Salesforce Receives Takeover Approach
Is Oracle the unnamed suitor that has reportedly made a takeover approach to Salesforce?
Cardiff Council Shifts Systems To The Cloud With SAP
The City of Cardiff Council is moving its IT systems to the cloud with help from SAP as demand on services increase in the Welsh capital
Oracle, Accenture Launch Cloud Business Group
Oracle cloud helper will initially focus on the public, financial and hospitality services sectors
Dispelling The Top 5 Hybrid Cloud Myths
David Robinson, senior director of marketing at EMC, clears up a few common hybrid cloud misconceptions
AWS: Bigger Than Google, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce Put Together
First quarter analysis shows AWS growth massive, but Microsoft leads in revenue boom
Microsoft Grows Thanks To Azure, Office 365
Satya Nadella's move towards subscription business model pays off, but profits still slide
Amazon Web Services Makes £1 Billion First Quarter Revenue
E-commerce giant finally reveals massive Amazon Web Services public cloud earnings for the first quarter of 2015
BT Bolsters Cloud Security With CA Technologies’ Identity...
BT’s managed identity service could help connect employees, customers and partners to corporate and cloud-based applications securely
EMC Blames Poor Quarter On Russia, China
Data storage giant EMC also forms partnership with Iron Mountain to provide backup services in the cloud
What To Expect From AWS’ First Ever Public Financial Results
First quarter results from Amazon will be the first to reveal specific revenues from its public cloud business AWS
SAP Profit Down 23 Percent But S4/HANA Bookings “More Than...
SAP total revenues were up 24 percent to €4.5 billion, with a 131 percent jump in cloud subscriptions as German company shifts into cloud overdrive
Microsoft Pulls Open-Source Unit Back Into The Fold
Microsoft announced it is dissolving its MS Open Tech open-source unit, claiming the company has met its goals and is on the right track
IBM Suffers Twelfth Consecutive Revenue Decline
IBM gets £13.2bn revenues in first quarter of 2015, down 12 percent - but System z sales up 118 percent