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Microsoft Office For iPad Makes Long-Awaited Debut
Microsoft Office for iPad is available to Office 365 subscribers immediately
Kim Dotcom Launches Party For New Zealand Elections
“This is a movement for the freedom of the Internet and technology”, says the fugitive millionaire - who cannot stand for election in New Zealand himself
Amazon Cuts Cloud Platform Prices
Amazon responds to Google slashing prices on its services as cloud platform price war heats up
AWS Launches Cloud VDI Service
Amazon officially enters the desktop virtualisation market with the release of its new WorkSpaces
Microsoft Azure Enters Chinese Market
Microsoft becomes the first global public cloud provider to enter the potentially lucrative Chinese market
Intel Expands Chip Agreement With Altera
Intel widens its foundry partnership with Altera to develop cheaper and faster multi-die components
Google Slashes Cloud Storage Costs
Cheaper Cloud Platform offerings will help Google take on likes of Amazon Web Services and the newly-renamed Microsoft Azure
Windows Azure To Be Rebranded Microsoft Azure
Microsoft confirms the official rebranding of its Windows Azure platform for the cloud computing era
CloudStack 4.3 Released With Support For Hyper-V
Apache releases CloudStack 4.3, which now supports Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation hypervisor
HPC Market Slides In 2013 – IDC
After a record year in 2012, the high-performance computing (HPC) market experienced a tougher year in 2013
NoSQL Vendor MarkLogic Announces Record Year
Says the growth in NoSQL database market will only accelerate
Kim Dotcom’s Mega Valued At £108 Million Through A ‘Reverse Takeover’
The cloud storage service created by fugitive millionaire is set to go public on New Zealand stock exchange
Box Files For IPO, Hopes To Raise £181m
Box confirms its long-awaited IPO, but filing with US SEC shows it isn't profitable yet
AMD To Combine Data Centres In Massive Consolidation Scheme
AMD is to scrap all but two of its data centres, as it looks to showcase its own power-efficient technology
Report: Cisco To Invest $1bn In Enterprise Cloud
Cisco is to announce a broad push into cloud services, targeting enterprises and government agencies
Microsoft Criticised For Accessing Blogger’s Hotmail
Microsoft has drawn complaints for accessing the Hotmail account of a blogger during its investigation of leaked software
Bitrix24 Takes On Cloud Storage With Social Features
Bitrix24's service allows teams to work together smoothly by placing all data, metadata and internal communications in one place
Syrian Internet Restored After Nationwide Blackout
War-torn Syria suffers another nationwide online blackout, with fingers pointed firmly at the Government
Samsung Chromebook 2 Set For May UK Release
The 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch Samsung Chromebook 2 models will start arriving in the UK from 1 May, but we are still guessing the prices
Mike Lynch Attacks HP Management Ahead Of Shareholder Meeting
Former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch calls on shareholders to investigate 'misleading' HP statements
HP Readies ConvergedSystems For SAP HANA
HP to launch the first converged infrastructure system for SAP HANA, the database for analytics and big data
Cloudera Gains £97m With Fresh VC Funding
Venture capitalists continue to invest large amounts into the Hadoop-based Big Data start-up
Liquid Cooling Gets Inside Chips
Researchers at Lausanne's EPFL institute explain how chips can be made more efficient by running liquids through them in tiny channels
Oracle Increases Profit But Disappoints Wall Street
Oracle posts a modest profit rise, but displeases Wall Street after it misses revenue expectations
Lenovo Still Hungry For Acquisitions
Lenovo executives are still open to possible acquisitions following the Motorola and IBM server deals
Dropbox Buys Workplace Instant Messaging App Zulip
Dropbox looks to boost collaboration tools as part of enterprise push, by buying work chat app
Microsoft Office For iPad Set For 27 March Launch – Report
Invites are sent out for Microsoft cloud and mobile event with reports suggesting Microsoft Office for iPad will be announced
Everbridge Buys UK Comms Provider Vocal
Unified communications specialist Everbridge has added business continuity offerings to its lineup with the Vocal acquisition
Unify Sets October Launch For Project Ansible
Unify is finishing pre-beta testing of its upcoming Project Ansible unified communications platform