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Multinational Clouds Present A Business Challenge
National borders could prove a barrier to clouds, Telstra's Martin Bishop told Cloud World Forum
Enterprises Shift To Private Clouds
Organisations' investment in the cloud has grown to an average of $1m, with private cloud deployments taking the lead
Intel Planning TV Service This Year
Intel has faced difficulties lining up programming for its television service, but now says it should be able to launch by the end of 2013
Government Promises Digital Courtrooms By 2016
Courtrooms will become 'fully digital' by 2016 as the government seeks to end 'outdated' reliance on paper
Startup PLUMgrid Launches Data Centre SDN Platform
A startup is offering an easy to use cloud software package that virtualises and automates data centre operations
Build 2013: Microsoft Updates Windows Azure Again
Microsoft continues to add new capabilities such as autoscaling to its Windows Azure cloud platform
IT Life: Marketing Tech For High-Tech Marketing
Jan Quant of ScreenDragon makes tech for marketing. To our surprise, he doesn't like Apple much
Government G-Cloud Gets A Boost With First Salesforce Deal
G-Cloud might be coming good as it surpasses the £25m mark and big names start doing deals
Government Super-Connected Cities Vision Reduced To Voucher Handout
The Chancellor's grand £150m scheme for superconnected cities has been watered down following ISP objections
Oracle Hooks Up With NetSuite For More Cloud Collaboration
Larry Ellison calls in Deloitte to help with services for the combined technologies
Cisco Data Centre Architecture Looks To The App
Cisco claims to have a better data centre approach than SDN, with its new application-focused architecture
Broadcom Targets Bandwidth With StrataXGS Chip
Broadcom's new BCM56450 chip will help mobile operators struggling with their bandwidth challenges
‘Capital On Stage’ Tries To Galvanise Venture Model In London
Investors pitching to start-ups - you certainly don’t see that every day
Citrix Takes Open Source Route With XenServer
Citrix has updated its XenServer solution and announced a free open source offering
Oracle And Salesforce End Feud With Cloud Convergence
Nine-year deal signed - some sceptical the Ellison and Benioff love affair won't last so long
Cisco Stresses Architecture For ‘Internet of Everything’
John Chambers continues to bang the 'Internet of Everything' drum and says Cisco is well placed to exploit it
Don’t Believe What Tech Firms Say About Surveillance
Tech firms can't tell you if they are snooping for the government. Wayne Rash asks what you can do about it
Green Mountain Puts Data Centre In NATO’s Norwegian Cave
Military-grade security, efficient energy - and very cheap electricity
Rackspace Opens Cloud Academy In The UK
Hoster Rackspace wants to train partners and third parties in how to put together hybrid clouds
Microsoft To Support Oracle On Azure Cloud
Oracle gets an entry in Microsoft's cloud, while Azure gets a boost thanks to the Oracle tech
Oracle And Microsoft Need Each Other To Take On Amazon
Oracle's database helps Azure cloud against Amazon, says Chris Preimesberger. But is it enough?
Microsoft Invests $700m In Massive Iowa Data Centre
A massive cloud computing facility under construction in West Des Moines, Iowa, has been revealed to be part of Microsoft's growing cloud services and applications portfolio
Citrix Co-Founder Ed Iacobucci Dies At 59
Entrepreneur and computing hero to be remembered in Florida today
Microsoft Expected To Offer Oracle 12c On Azure Cloud
Steve Ballmer has an announcement with Oracle today: will Oracle 12c go on Microsoft's Azure?
Fusion-io Boosts Virtual Machine Performance With Updated ioTurbine
New version of ioTurbine brings benefits of flash memory to virtualised datacentre
IT Life: Providing Payments On Point
Jon Marchant, CIO of PayPoint, tells TechWeekEurope even financial institutions are no longer afraid of the cloud
If FISA’s Google Gag Isn’t Unconstitutional, I Don’t Know What Is
Attempts to gag Google's publishing of FISA surveillance requests are out of order, says Wayne Rash
Fight Green Fatigue With Numbers
Cutting your energy use can give diminishing returns. The answer is to get actual numbers, says Peter Judge
Edinburgh Drops Fibre Broadband Plan And Opts For Wi-Fi
Edinburgh has had to kill its fibre plans for more remote parts of the city and has instead opted for more Wi-Fi hotspots