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AMD Takes Aim At Intel In The Data Centre With Naples Chipset
The server chips offer a rack load of memory and PCIe lane support
Microsoft Outage Affects Skype, OneDrive, Office 365 And More
It's Microsoft's turn as yet another cloud outage spreads across the UK and US
Amazon Hands Over Contested Echo Data In Murder Trial
Amazon has provided prosecutors access to Echo recordings in the latest case to raise questions on the privacy implications of the 'Internet of Things'
Salesforce, IBM To Combine Einstein And Watson AI Tools
The deal means Salesforce users will become the latest to have IBM's Watson AI technology available in their workplace
Google Releases Cloud Container Builder On GCP
Cloud Container Builder comes with 120 free build-minutes per day, with anything extra priced at $0.0034/minute.
Microsoft Boosts Big Data Analytics Power In Azure For US Government
New Azure features will help US government customers to manage, analyse and visualise large quantities of data
HSBC Takes First Cloud Steps To Support Digital Banking Ambitions
INTERVIEW: HSBC's head of platform explains its cloud journey so far and why it's picked Amazon Web Services (AWS)
GDS Begins GOV.UK Verify Local Authority Tests, Notify Will Launch In 2017
The Government Digital Service said it would begin its first two alpha-testing programmes for local government use of Verify, following a discovery period
Typo Set In Motion Chain Of Events That Shut Down AWS S3 Cloud
ANALYSIS: The causes of the massive Amazon Web Services outages that knocked as many as 150,000 websites offline went way beyond a typo in a server command
IBM Opens Commercial Access To Quantum Computing
IBM has become the first company to begin building a commercial programme around early-stage general-purpose quantum computers
Docker Touts Enterprise Edition For Corporate Container Deployments
As Cisco forms strategic alliance with Docker to deliver container capabilities for the data centre and cloud infrastructure.
Microsoft Releases Azure Blueprint To Support UK Government Security Practices
Microsoft announces Azure Blueprint in line with government security practices and Yammer integration with Office 365 Groups
Amazon Reveals Human Error Was Behind S3 Service Outage
Human error revealed to be behind S3 outage as Amazon promises to make changes and learn from the event
Microsoft Azure Stack Offers Pay-As-You-Use Pricing Model
Delayed Azure Stack now enters third and final technical preview before official launch later this year
GoDaddy DNS Outage Knocks Customer Websites Offline
The Internet domain registrar and web hosting company appears to be fixing the issues
Microsoft Demand For HPE Data Centre Servers Wanes – Report
Bad news for HPE. Microsoft is reportedly choosing lower-cost commodity manufacturers for its cloud servers
Recent Cloud Issues Show Security Can Fail Dramatically
CloudBleed and TicketBleed showed how cloud services, while usually more secure, can fail significantly. Will they turn off companies to the cloud?
AWS Outage Demonstrates Need For Redundancy Even In The Cloud
ANALYSIS: AWS Outage demonstrates importance of building redundancy into your critical cloud apps even when your service provider is reliable
MoD Eases Data Management Headaches With Linkspace
Government G-cloud success as MoD utilises Linkspace to manage data mountains surrounding military deployments
Northern Powerhouse Gets aql Data Centre Boost To Power Digital Future
New data centre will play a key role in providing digital infrastructure to support Northern Powerhouse
Amazon S3 Cloud Outage Impacts High Profile Websites
A number of well known websites impacted after a partial failure of Amazon's cloud hosting platform
Smart Stuffed Toys Leak Data On 800,000 Users
The CloudPets user database was stored unprotected online, and weak passwords meant hackers could access stored children's messages
MWC 2017: SAP Builds-Out Cloud Platform To Embrace Bimodal IT
The database giant adds an iOS app and Internet of Things services into its expanded cloud platform
HSBC Customers Left Frustrated After Internet Banking Outage
Issues lasted for approximately 4-5 hours, with London Birmingham and Manchester being among the most heavily-affected areas
Cross Channel: Ingram Micro, Digital Transformation Demands And Dell EMC
All the news from the world of the IT channel, including Ingram Micro's move into cloud security and Dell EMC's changes to service provider support
Whitman Says HPE ‘On Right Track’ Despite Server, Network And Storage Revenue Slump
Declining sales in key business divisions don't bode well for HPE post-split
CloudFlare Server Bug Sees Sensitive Customer Data Exposed As Plain Text
Google's Project Zero alerts the content delivery network firm to the flaw
Microsoft Adds Azure Search Added For UK Cloud Customers
Developers can now build advanced search capabilities without search expertise, thanks to new Azure service
OpenStack Ocata Improves Cloud Usability And Federation
The new release comes with better container services integration, improved cloud federation and an enhanced dashboard