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Benioff Says Web Giants Must Consider Tech’s Affects For Good Or Ill
ANALYSIS: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says tech giants, particularly Facebook & Twitter need to take full responsibility for ensuring they are used properly
HPE Targets AI And HPC With New Apollo Platforms
New HPC and storage solutions includes HPE’s first ARM-based HPC system and enhanced tape storage system
AWS Sells Chinese Cloud Assets Amid Tightening Regulations
Amazon admits sale will help AWS comply with local regulations introduced earlier this year
How AMD Wants To Provide ‘Supercomputing For All’
AMD and partners announce availability of new systems powered by high-end CPUs and GPUs to accelerate the use of supercomputing in smaller data centers
IBM To Place 20 Qubit Quantum Computer In The Cloud
Quantum leap forward as IBM offers 20 qubit computer for clients, and develops first working 50 qubit processor
HPE & Rackspace Tout ‘First Ever’ Pay As You Go OpenStack Private Cloud
Pay for use. First ever 'pay-as-you-go' model for OpenStack Private Cloud offered by HPE and Rackspace
AWS Beefs Up Security Features After S3 Misconfigurations
No more leaky S3 buckets? Amazon adds encryption and admin dashboard for better security control
Microsoft Azure Project Olympus Completed As It Looks To Platform Security
Redmond's hyperscale cloud hardware design completed, as it now seeks security standard with Project Cerberus
OpenStack Continues To Grow Both Public And Private Cloud Deployments
OpenStack is now powering more than 60 public cloud data centers around the world, with both private and public cloud revenues growing
Dreamforce 2017: Salesforce Names Google As ‘Preferred’ Cloud Partner
Salesforce will use Google cloud infrastructure for overseas expansion and will link its tools to Google's cloud apps, a year after its AWS cloud deal
OpenStack Aims To Improve Integration With Cloud Native Technologies
At OpenStack Summit in Australia, open-source cloud effort announces series of initiatives to help improve integration
Dreamforce 2017: Salesforce Adds Predictions & Chatbots To Einstein AI
The Einstein artificial intelligence platform gets predictive models and automated chatbots, which can be set up in a few clicks
Irish PM Backs £760m Apple Athenry Data Centre As Cook Declines To Commit
Irish Prime Minister says Apple has not given firm commitment to new data centre but Dublin will do everything it can following local objections
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Microsoft’s Digital Transformation Missive Is A Slow-Burn Evolutionary Strategy
OPINION: Microsoft's keeps providing the tools for genuinely useful digital transformation rather than touting tired disruption rhetoric.
IBM Reveals Cloud Private To Help Enterprises Adopt Hybrid Cloud
Big Blue wants to make it easier for companies to shift legacy apps to cloud environments
Google Docs Problem Raises Privacy Concerns, Again
Problems with locked Google Docs files raises privacy concerns due to its monitoring of private files
NHS Launches API Lab To Promote Health Sector Data Exchange
NHS Digital is to collaborate with the supplier-led INTEROPen group on the development of APIs for exchanging health data
Worcestershire Trials Cross-Public Sector Data Sharing Agency
The operation, set up to promote data collaboration by any public sector organisation in the county, is thought to be the first of its kind
Massive Data Breach Of Personal Information Reported In Malaysia
The trove of stolen data included ID card numbers and details on 46 million mobile phones, in a country of only 31.2 million
Samsung Electronics Chip Unit Set To Dethrone Intel Amidst Record Growth
Profits were led by strong demand for smartphone and server memory, while Samsung's flagship Galaxy Note 8 boosted handset growth
Government Launches Beta Of Design System For Digital Service Teams
GOV.UK Design System aims to make it easier for teams to build complex service by bringing common elements and styles into one place
Microsoft Is Not Taking On New Subscribers For Outlook.com Premium
It could be the beginning of the end for Outlook.com Premium
NHS’ Health And Social Care Network Goes Live With First Customer Crescendo Systems
Crescendo Systems, a digital dictation and clinical records management firm, has become the first customer on the new networking framework
AWS Deploys New EC2 Instances For Machine Learning, AI Customers
Next-gen EC2 instances designed for compute-intensive applications that require massive parallel floating point performance
Microsoft’s Life Sciences Push Continues With Parexel Partnership
Parexel International will use Microsoft Azure to accelerate clinical trials and enhance patient engagement
Cisco, Google Buddy Up For Hybrid Cloud Push
Taking the cloud fight to Amazon, Google and Cisco partner for new hybrid cloud solution
Microsoft Ends ‘Gag Order’ Lawsuit Against US Government
Microsoft said the US Department of Justice has changed its policy in the use of data search warrants accompanied gag orders, ending the need for the case
Legal Changes Could Mean More Privacy Restrictions For Facebook, Skype
A legal opinion and a vote by MEPs could signal more restrictions on what social media and digital communications firms can do with users' data