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ENISA: Encryption Back-Doors ‘Not A Solution’
EU security body concludes government-mandated backdoors would make legitimate services less secure and harm law enforcement
Cross Channel: Strong IoT Sales And Bigger Cloud Focus Needed
All the latest news from the world of the channel, including a report revealing strong IoT sales in 2016
Tales In Tech History: The Mainframe
The ultimate tech survivor? Big iron computers began life back in the early 1950s and are still in use today
Quiz Of The Week: Christmas Tech
Time to put your tech and Christmas knowledge to the test
Microsoft And TomTom Add Mapping To Azure
Partnership allows location-based services integration into Microsoft Azure for location-aware apps
Digital Realty: Data Centre Renewables Are Up, But The Work’s Not Done
Rob Coupland, Digital Realty's MD of EMEA, explains the growing impact of renewables in the data centre industry
UK Police Urged To Take Crime Fighting To The Cloud
Digital technology should play an increasingly significant role to help British police tackle crime, says new report
Skype Empowers International Business With Microsoft Translator Update
Microsoft has taken a big step towards removing the language barrier for international businesses
IBM Opens Watson Experience Center In San Francisco
Five years after Watson made its international splash by unseating the "Jeopardy" television quiz show's human champion Ken Jennings, it's now hard at work in the field.
Microsoft Cloud UK Data Centres Get Private Connections & Security Updates
The Azure ExpressRoute and PSN/N3 Connectivity feature is just one of the new tools and services available to Azure customers in the UK.
AWS Opens UK Data Centres With New London Region
AWS long-awaited UK data centres go live with launch of London region for public cloud
Office 365 Leads G Suite In European Cloud Adoption Surge
Cloud adoption through the likes of Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite is on the rise in Europe, as digital transformation strategies continue to take hold
Kubernetes 1.5 Brings Container Management To Windows
New release of open-source Kubernetes container orchestration system adds initial support for Microsoft Windows Server and previews beta stateful application capabilities
AWS Moves Into Canada With New Central Region
Amazon Web Services ignores Canada no more with new region serving country and the northern parts of the US
Tech Quiz Of The Week: What Do You Know About IBM?
Do you know your cognitive computing from you cloud computing?
Red Hat Delivers OpenShift Dedicated On Google Cloud Platform
Enterprise managed service offering. OpenShift container platform to be combined with Google Cloud Platform
Qualcomm Targets Data Centres With 10nm 48-core Server CPU
Are you watching Intel? Qualcomm trumps rival with commercial sampling of 'world first' 10nm server chip
IBM Champions Hyperledger Project To Build Blockchain Ecosystem On Bluemix
Big Blue aims to support developers working on the tech that props up Bitcoin
New IBM Bluemix Services Boost Cloud App Development
IBM has launched new Bluemix services which speed up app development in the cloud by giving developers access to pre-configured toolchains.
Slack Deepens Google Cloud Integrations With New Partnership
Workplace communications app Slack will integrate more deeply with Google Cloud platform, coming in the first half of 2017.
Docker Boosts Container Storage With Infinit Acquisition
Docker to directly integrate storage capabilities into its container engine, while still leaving room for organizations to choose other storage technologies
Google To Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy Target In 2017
Solar and wind investment pays off as Google reveals it will reach 100 percent renewable energy target in 2017
Home Office Grants Another £26m For Police Cloud And Data Transformation
The funding is to support a cloud data-access programme, DNA database, data analytics lab and other schemes
Met Office Shift To The Cloud Fuelled By Demand For Weather Data
IN DEPTH: Met Office discusses how demand for data is fuelling a move to the cloud and new super computer will improve the weather forecast
Obama Urges Trump To Boost Cyber-Security
Federal study calls for efforts on government-sponsored hacking and insecure Internet-connected devices
EU Pressures Social Media Firms Over Hate Speech
Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and others not reaching self-imposed targets for reviewing reported content, European justice commission finds
Tech Quiz of The Week: IT Jargon
Can you makes sense of all the acronyms?
HPE Embraces Digital Transformation To Help Enterprises Cope With IT Disruption
ANALYSIS: No surprises as HPE joins the likes of Microsoft in towing the digital transformation line
AWS Shield To Safeguard Web Apps From DDoS Nastiness
Amazon introduces AWS Shield managed service to protect against crippling DDoS attacks