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AWS Opens Fourth EU Cloud Region In France
AWS EU (Paris) will serve French organsiations as Amazon expands cloud presence
Equinix Buys Australia’s Metronode for AU$1bn
The deal gives Equinix a total of more than 200 data centres worldwide and will see it providing services to some of Australia's largest organisations
Google Machine Learning Technology Helps NASA Discover New Exoplanet
Machine Learning technology powering many of Google's apps and services finds a new use helping astrophysicists find new planets orbiting distant stars
Microsoft Azure Bot Service Opens To Developers
Its good to talk. Redmond to deliver conversational AI to more developers as its Azure Bot Service is opened up
Trump Wants US Government To Adopt Cloud Services
Action plan published for US Government departments to improve cyber security and adopt cloud platforms
AWS To Launch Second China Region
AWS China (Ningxia) is cloud firm's second Chinese region
Tech Quiz: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
What do you know about AWS, the public cloud leader?
How HP Has Fared In Six-Plus Years Under CEO Meg Whitman
ANALYSIS: If one goes strictly by the numbers, Whitman has had a successful reign. The stock of both HP Enterprise and HP Inc. have improved on her watch
AWS CTO Defines Well-Architected Cloud Security Best Practices
At the AWS re:Invent conference, CTO Werner Vogels emphasizes the critical importance of security in all cloud development
VMware & AWS Add Cloud Migration And Disaster Recovery Tools
VMware and AWS look to push hybrid cloud even further with new tools and services
HPE Expands Private Cloud With ‘GreenLake’ Workload Packages
The deals, covering areas such as database and big data analysis, give customers access to cloud-style pricing for remotely managed, on-premises hardware
Google Plans Hong Kong GCP Region For 2018
Google to open sixth data centre in Asia Pacific, this time in Hong Kong
HPE CEO Meg Whitman To Step Down In 2018
Meg Whitman will be replaced after six years by current HPE President Antonio Neri
Google Cloud Diary: GCP Slashes Price Of Nvidia Tesla GPUs By 36 Percent
GCP NEWS: Google makes it cheaper for customers needing to complete high computational tasks
HPE InfoSight AI Is ‘First Step’ To Fully Autonomous Data Centre
HPE InfoSight can predict issues and take automatic responses
Google Cloud Spanner Database Now Supports Multiple Regions
Google Cloud Spanner promises no more database compromises and 99.999 percent availability with no downtime
Benioff Says Web Giants Must Consider Tech’s Affects For Good Or Ill
ANALYSIS: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says tech giants, particularly Facebook & Twitter need to take full responsibility for ensuring they are used properly
HPE Targets AI And HPC With New Apollo Platforms
New HPC and storage solutions includes HPE’s first ARM-based HPC system and enhanced tape storage system
AWS Sells Chinese Cloud Assets Amid Tightening Regulations
Amazon admits sale will help AWS comply with local regulations introduced earlier this year
How AMD Wants To Provide ‘Supercomputing For All’
AMD and partners announce availability of new systems powered by high-end CPUs and GPUs to accelerate the use of supercomputing in smaller data centers
Microsoft Azure Project Olympus Completed As It Looks To Platform Security
Redmond's hyperscale cloud hardware design completed, as it now seeks security standard with Project Cerberus
OpenStack Continues To Grow Both Public And Private Cloud Deployments
OpenStack is now powering more than 60 public cloud data centers around the world, with both private and public cloud revenues growing
Dreamforce 2017: Salesforce Names Google As ‘Preferred’ Cloud Partner
Salesforce will use Google cloud infrastructure for overseas expansion and will link its tools to Google's cloud apps, a year after its AWS cloud deal
OpenStack Aims To Improve Integration With Cloud Native Technologies
At OpenStack Summit in Australia, open-source cloud effort announces series of initiatives to help improve integration
Irish PM Backs £760m Apple Athenry Data Centre As Cook Declines To Commit
Irish Prime Minister says Apple has not given firm commitment to new data centre but Dublin will do everything it can following local objections
IBM Reveals Cloud Private To Help Enterprises Adopt Hybrid Cloud
Big Blue wants to make it easier for companies to shift legacy apps to cloud environments
Samsung Electronics Chip Unit Set To Dethrone Intel Amidst Record Growth
Profits were led by strong demand for smartphone and server memory, while Samsung's flagship Galaxy Note 8 boosted handset growth
Microsoft Ends ‘Gag Order’ Lawsuit Against US Government
Microsoft said the US Department of Justice has changed its policy in the use of data search warrants accompanied gag orders, ending the need for the case
Legal Changes Could Mean More Privacy Restrictions For Facebook, Skype
A legal opinion and a vote by MEPs could signal more restrictions on what social media and digital communications firms can do with users' data