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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
IBM Signs Up Members For Quantum Computing Push
Twelve companies and universities now have cloud access to IBM's quantum computer
AWS To Launch Second China Region
AWS China (Ningxia) is cloud firm's second Chinese region
Why HBO Chose Kubernetes To Help Stream Game Of Thrones
Kubecon CloudNativeCon: HBO engineers explain the challenges and the process they went through to decide and use Kubernetes, to help stream Game of Thrones
Tech Quiz: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
What do you know about AWS, the public cloud leader?
OpenStack Launches Kata Containers Project To Improve Security
New effort brings Intel Clear Containers and the Hyper runV technologies together to provide a secure base for running containers in the cloud
BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal Uses Cloud Call Centre Tech To Raise Funds
Annual BBC Radio 4 Appeal hopes cloud call centre technology can handle more calls and raise more money to help tackle homelessness
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
AWS Bolsters Kubernetes Container Credentials
Amazon EKS delivers Kubernetes as a managed service, while AWS Fargate allows containers to be run without management
Tech Quiz: HP, HP Inc & HPE
What do you know about HP - the firm from the Silicon Valley garage that became HP Inc and HPE?
AWS PrivateLink Opens Up Platform To Third Party SaaS Apps
New additions to AWS sees threat detection, a new managed service, and a new bare metal instance
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
Amazon Sumerian Is A Web-Based VR Programming Tool For AWS
The cloud-based 'Sumerian' development tool automates the development of 3D experiences and their deployment across desktop and mobile devices
Munich Approves €49.3m Windows 10 Migration Plan
The city Linux desktop programme has come to an end with the vote to spend more than €50m euros to roll out Windows 10 desktops across the council
Online Giants, Small Businesses Criticise US Net Neutrality Repeal
The planned removal of a 2015 US law could mean more charges for large businesses and start-ups, not to mention price confusion for consumers
VMware Will Not Support Virtualisation On Azure
Oh no you don't. VMware says it will not support any of its virtualisation tech running on Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure Opens Up To VMware Workloads
Azure opens itself up to VMware workloads, matching rival AWS
Amazon Offers AI Consulting Service For AWS Users
Amazon ML Solutions Lab will offer AWS customers to develop machine-learning features and products
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
Microsoft Touts Azure Databricks And IoT & AI Developer Tools
Additions to Azure include a new cloud analytics platform based on Apache Spark, called Azure Databricks