Global data centre rollout continues with new facility in the Nordics to cater for local access to IBM cloud
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Tech Quiz Of The Week: Oracle
What do you know about Oracle's history, its software, its founders and its controversies?
Box: EU Cloud Regulations Have Hindered Our European Growth
INTERVIEW: Box COO says abolition of Safe Harbour and the EU's failure to create a single digital market has made been an impediment to European expansion
Microsoft Opens Azure Cloud Data Centres In Germany
Microsoft has announced the general availability its Cloud in Germany, bringing a dedicated Azure cloud platform to the nation
Google Drive Adds Natural Language Search And Typo Correction
Google Drive will let users 'search like they talk' with the addition of Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Oracle Touts Cloud-Based Developer Tools As Java 9 Is Delayed
ORACLE OPENWORLD: Oracle promises easier cloud based development with API, database, container and language support but Java 9 is set to be delayed until July
IBM Cloud And Z Systems Promises Easier Path To Hybrid IT
IBM targets hybrid clouds with new services, systems and software to help with tackle 'dynamic environments'
Oracle’s Deluge Of Cloud Services And Updates Chase PaaS and IaaS Markets
ORACLE OPENWORLD: Oracle is looking at taking on AWS on the infrastructure front while bolstering its database cloud platform
Box Looks Beyond Privacy Shield With EU Binding Corporate Rule Approval
Box gets EU binding corporate rules approval to safeguard European customer privacy following 'extraordinary' reversal of Safe Harbour last year
Cross Channel: Public Cloud Growth And Extreme Networks Purchase
All the latest news from the world of the channel, including a major revamp of HPE's UK channel programme
Public Cloud Market Will Hit $208 Billion In 2016 Says Gartner
Security concerns remain but they cannot stifle cloud adoption
Dell, HPE CEOs Debate the Merits of Their Strategies
Michael Dell says scale is necessary in a fast-changing IT world, while Meg Whitman says being smaller and more nimble will win out
Amazon CTO: We Were A Technology Company Long Before AWS
Boxworks 2016: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels says Amazon has always been a technology company, just one that happens to do retail really well
Cross Channel: Skills Gap, Zyxel Moves Into Services And Printer Sales
All the latest news from the IT channel in one handy round-up
Box Overhauls Platform With Better Sync, File Streaming And Offline Box Notes
Boxworks 2016: 'All new Box' promises to be faster, more open and easier to use thanks to major refresh
Box And IBM Simplify Cloud Workflows With Box Relay
Boxworks 2016: Box and IBM continue partnership and promise Box Relay will reduce dependency on IT without sacrificing securirty
IT Life: Anand Krishnan, Canonical Cloud
Canonical's head of cloud Anand Krishnan talks about his career, his favourite apps and the changing landscape of IT
Run Apps In Docker If You Want Application Security
Often, new technologies raise security concerns. However, two reports claim it's safer to run applications inside containers than outside of them.
Rackspace Goes Private In £3.25bn Takeover
So the rumours were true. Cloud hosting firm Rackspace is taken over by private equity firm Apollo Global Management
Cross Channel: IBM Seeks EMC Customers And G-Cloud Concerns For SMBs
The latest news from the world of the IT channel. This week sees IBM making a flash storage push, a G-Cloud supplier express concerns and NHS contract win
IBM Offers Secure Blockchain Testing Service
Secure business push as Big Blue offers businesses a cloud testing service for secure blockchain networks
Salesforce Enhances Shield Security With BYOK for Regulated Industries
The update to Salesforce Shield provides a set of integrated security services that lets companies use their own encryption keys with Shield.
British Software Vendors Could Lose AWS Business After Brexit
AWS Marketplace is now accepting software sellers based in the EU, but AWS doesn’t know how Brexit will affect UK companies
Brexit Won’t Stop Amazon Building Its AWS UK Data Centres
AWS still won't give official launch date, but it is understood UK data centres will open between November and February
Microsoft’s Project Bletchley Adds Middleware To Azure Blockchain
Project Bletchley to extend use of Blockchains using middleware and cryptlets for open cloud platforms
G-Cloud Dream Is ‘Dying’, Claims Founding Adopter
Early G-Cloud adopter claims framework is dying, and slams “pitiful returns”, buyer attitudes and broken app store
IBM Signs 10-Year IT Deal With Emirates Airline
£200 million IT services deal for app building, passenger management and encryption. IBM also pushes out Apache Spark data science application
CoreOS Launches Torus Project for Cloud-Native Storage
While there are already multiple distributed storage systems, Torus aims to be cloud-native and integrate closely with Kubernetes.
Office 365 Security Risks Rise As Corporate Adoption Increases
Nearly three quarters of enterprise Microsoft Office 365 users have a compromised account each month and more than 200 files called 'password'
Why VCs Have Invested More Than $200M in Container Tech
ANALYSIS: Last week alone, investors—aiming to profit from the new approach to building, deploying and managing apps—poured $63M into container vendors.