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Microsoft Canadian Azure Data Centres Go Live, South Korea Region Planned
Microsoft Azure data centres open in Toronto and Quebec, offering Canadian customers additional data protection
IBM’s Quantum Computing Is For ‘Anyone’, But Is It For Everyone?
ANALYSIS: IBM goes public with its quantum computing experiment to enlist the help of scientists and researchers around the world, but how does it work?
Poll: Does It Matter To You If Your Data Is Stored In The EU?
Cloud vendors are bringing customer data closer, but does being covered by European data protection laws matter to you?
Dropbox’s Ease Of Use Is ‘Essential’ To Attracting More UK Businesses
Dropbox pins hopes on usability to expand European business, arguing it will make companies more secure and productive if employees actually want to use it
Dropbox Project Infinite Gives Terabytes Of Data With Gigabytes Of Storage
Project Infinite will give businesses control over files without the need to download them to desktop, Dropbox tells European customers
G-Cloud 8 Open For Applications Next Month As GDS Hints At G-Cloud 9 Shakeup
G-Cloud 6 suppliers will have to reapply, but G-Cloud 7 partners don't in most cases
Microsoft Is ‘Rapidly Growing’ Its Enterprise SaaS Revenue
Still a long way behind market leader Salesforce, but Microsoft is playing hard to catch up
Box: It Makes No Sense For Us To Build Data Centres When IBM Can Do It At Scale
IBM says only a few major players can deliver cloud scale and help other tech firms focus on their product, not hardware
Security Concerns ‘Prevent’ Mainstream Container Adoption
Cloud experts believe security concerns will stop containers superseding VMs for now but, in 18 months, it could be a different story
Box Zones Lets Customers Store Data In Europe In AWS, IBM Data Centres
Box Zones will launch in May, finally letting users store data in Ireland, Germany, Japan and Singapore, boosting privacy and performance
IBM And SAP To Build On Cloud, Big Data Partnership With Cognitive Capabilities
IBM and SAP will work together on creating new services and boosting HANA with IBM cognitive capabilities
DocuSign Integrates eSignatures In IBM, Cisco Services
DocuSign reveals new partners, including deal with IBM for technology integration, collaboration and APIs via Bluemix cloud
Jive Updates Intranet And Customer Collaboration Platforms
Jive World 2016: Jive adds new content creation options for internal and external collaboration software, teases Jive 9
Dropbox Reaches Half A Billion Users, 8m Businesses
Dropbox founders are delighted with milestone, claiming there are now 3.3 billion connections between users
MWC 2016: Mirantis Rolls Out Public Cloud For Largest Middle Eastern Telco
Saudi Telecom will use OpenStack public cloud from Mirantis to support customers in nine countries across the Middle East and Africa
Unicef UK Is Latest Charity To Sign Up For Box
Unicef will use Box for collaboration, content management and file sharing
Box KeySafe Lets Users Manage Encryption Keys Without Dedicated Hardware
Box hopes KeySafe will encourage regulated firms of all sizes to adopt the cloud
Microsoft Offers Cloud Storage Partners New Office Collaboration, iOS Integrations
Microsoft's cloud storage partners such as Box and Dropbox can now take advantage of real-time collaboration, easy attachments and iOS integration
Public Cloud Market To Hit £140bn In 2016
Gartner backs other research showing explosive growth of public cloud sales
Dropbox Releases Universal Windows 10 App
Native Windows 10 app for Dropbox will be released in coming days with phone app coming soon
Dell OS10 Promises Open Network Freedom For Data Centre, Cloud Providers
'Disaggregated' Dell OS10 promises greater choice of equipment and application modules and development freedom
DataCentred Broadens Customer Base With Versutus OpenStack IaaS Deal
UK OpenStack provider dishes out IaaS to disaster recovery firm with partnership that sees DataCentred get a little data virtualisation love in return
Google Hires VMware Co Founder Diane Greene As New Cloud Head
Diane Greene will head up Google's cloud efforts as it seeks to make greater impact on business market
Fujitsu MetaArc Platform To Help Businesses Embrace Cloud, Big Data, IoT
Fujitsu Forum 2015: New enablement platform will help customers ‘digitise with confidence’ and take advantage of the latest technologies
Oracle: It’s Time For A ‘Digital Transformation’ In Cloud Computing
Oracle OpenWorld – Larry Ellison and Mark Hurd highlight the need for change
IBM Reveals Blue Box On-Premise OpenStack Cloud
OpenStack-powered IaaS service provides companies with an on-premises private cloud environment that is operated by IBM within their data centre of choice
Oracle: We Don’t Pay Attention To IBM And SAP Anymore
Oracle OpenWorld: Former main rivals are ‘nowhere’ in the cloud, Larry Ellison says, with Microsoft taking their place
TechWeekEurope Readers Prefer Private And Hybrid To Public Cloud
Our poll shows private cloud is the preferred choice among readers, but hybrid isn't too far behind
Microsoft Says It ‘Tries Harder’ Than AWS
After a flurry of Azure updates, Microsoft's cloud division claims it will simply have to put more effort in than its competitors