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IBM Offers Secure Blockchain Testing Service
Secure business push as Big Blue offers businesses a cloud testing service for secure blockchain networks
Microsoft Blasted Over Severe Azure Stack Delay
Microsoft reveals big Azure Stack changes, will only sell platform through certified hardware partners such as HPE, Dell and Lenovo
Microsoft Launches Surface As A Service Options for Partners
Redmond also unveils Windows 10 Enterprise subscription packages as Windows Server 2016 gets launch date
Salesforce Enhances Shield Security With BYOK for Regulated Industries
The update to Salesforce Shield provides a set of integrated security services that lets companies use their own encryption keys with Shield.
Microsoft Scoops GE’s Predix IoT Platform Into Azure
Microsoft continues Azure IoT partnerships, muscles in on General Electric's industrial IoT platform
European Union Officially Adopts Privacy Shield Data Protection Framework
Safe Harbour 2.0 gets green light from member states, comes into force immediately
Report Highlights Failing Government IT Projects
Several major projects show signs of serious trouble, finds the Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Trust Cloud And Reap Profits, Finds Google-Backed Study
Google-sponsored Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research finds businesses with a higher trust in cloud computing find profit boost
Amazon Denies Server Hack As Kindle User Data Goes Up For Sale
A trove of data on 80,000 users did not come from Amazon's systems, the company said, and may have been automatically generated
Cross Channel: Dust Settles On Brexit As Cloud Spending Continues
Companies find positives in Brexit and AVG gets snapped up by Avast
Google Buys Anvato For Cloud Platform Video Services
Google ramps up OTT video efforts, picks up customers such as NBC, Fox sports and CBS
Gartner: Brexit Threatens Improved IT Spending Outlook
IT spending forecast to be flat this year according to Gartner, but that prediction assumes the UK will not exit the EU
British Software Vendors Could Lose AWS Business After Brexit
AWS Marketplace is now accepting software sellers based in the EU, but AWS doesn’t know how Brexit will affect UK companies
Brexit Won’t Stop Amazon Building Its AWS UK Data Centres
AWS still won't give official launch date, but it is understood UK data centres will open between November and February
Public Cloud Spending Almost Double That Of Private Cloud
IDC cloud tracker: Boost comes as IT infrastructure spending for non-cloud deployments falls again
E-Shelter Offers Up Managed Ubuntu OpenStack Through Canonical
Ubuntu funnels Hosted BootStack through e-shelter data centres for end to end private cloud management
IBM SoftLayer Now Ubuntu Certified Cloud Partner
SoftLayer customers can now use certified Ubuntu Linux images in latest move from ongoing IBM Canonical partnerships
Office 365 Outage Causes Email Backup
A Microsoft Office 365 outage caused undeliverable emails to pile up in outboxes for some customers in the U.S.
LizardStresser Webcam Botnet Strikes Brazil And US With IoT Attacks
Large financial institutions and gaming companies are amongst those hit by the latest IoT botnet attacks
Oracle Told To Pay HPE £2.3bn For Itanium Damages
Another legal setback for Oracle after Californian jury orders it to pay hefty damages for Itanium cancellation
Cisco, IBM To ‘Infuse’ Watson Into Cloud Collaboration Tools
Take a slice of cloud collaboration tools, add a dash of Watson, simmer gently for enhanced productivity
Rethink! Cloudonomic Minds Europe 2016
Box Shuttle Wants To Take The Pain Out Of Cloud Migration
Box wants more people on its cloud platform, so it's going to help them with Box Shuttle
Red Hat Doubles Down on Containers, Takes a Swipe at CloudFoundry
On the first day of the Red Hat Summit, Linux vendor Red Hat makes some incremental container announcements and belittles its competitors
Amazon Web Services Expands With First India Data Centres
Amazon Web Services has established two cloud data centres in Mumbai, expanding the total to 35 worldwide
BT Offers Direct Access To Oracle Cloud
BT Cloud Connect will link to Oracle data centres in London and Amsterdam
US To ‘Regain’ Supercomputer Crown In 2018
The Summit supercomputer will have roughly double the power of China's top system, according to the DOE
Western Digital Boosts VMware vSphere Performance
WD develops FlashSoft software and virtualisation system to speed up vSphere environments
SoftIron Launches CentOS Edition Overdrive 1000 Server
SoftIron’s new 64-bit ARM systems now comes ready to go for CentOS developers at less than £500