The scheme has taken longer than expected to get up to speed as 'no-one's built anything like Gov.uk Verify before'
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Adobe Updates Document Cloud To Spur Digital Transformation
Adobe introduces Adobe Sign, and Adobe Document Cloud and Box team up to transform the digital document processes
Skeptics Cast Doubt On Australian Craig Wright’s Claim To Be Bitcoin Creator
There is nothing concrete to suggest Australian computer researcher Craig Wright created Bitcoin, say critics
Oracle Buys Cloud Services Provider Opower For Utilities Vertical Push
Opower's cloud customers include the National Grid, PG&E, and Exelon
EMC World – Tech Bundle Launched For Modern Data Centres
EMC unveils EMC Unity Family, Virtustream Storage Cloud, EMC MyService360 Service Dashboard, EMC Enterprise Copy Data Management and ViPR Controller 3.0
Amazon Profits As AWS Cloud Pays Off
Amazon smashes analyst expectations as revenues and profits soar due to strong cloud and retail performance
Symantec CEO Resigns After Shock Revenue Warning
Boss of troubled security firm steps down after earnings warning
Poll: Does It Matter To You If Your Data Is Stored In The EU?
Cloud vendors are bringing customer data closer, but does being covered by European data protection laws matter to you?
Mirantis Co-Founder Boris Renski Talks OpenStack And Vodka
Renski talks OpenStack ambitions, Mirantis strategy, and Gartner's OpenStack support
Microsoft Targets Hybrid Cloud With New Management Tools
New Microsoft tools arrive to tame management of hybrid clouds and data centre resources
Oracle Signals Payments Move With £445m Textura Purchase
Deal will allow engineering and construction businesses to continue digital transformation, says Oracle
Dropbox’s Ease Of Use Is ‘Essential’ To Attracting More UK Businesses
Dropbox pins hopes on usability to expand European business, arguing it will make companies more secure and productive if employees actually want to use it
OpenStack Is Ready For The ‘Explosion’ In Infrastructure Demand
OpenStack COO says OpenStack will be a major player in helping customers scale for IoT and the connected world, but only if it continues to collaborate
Dropbox Project Infinite Gives Terabytes Of Data With Gigabytes Of Storage
Project Infinite will give businesses control over files without the need to download them to desktop, Dropbox tells European customers
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Is Now Using Red Hat’s OpenStack
Red Hat goes orbital with private OpenStack win, helping NASA's JPL in planetary exploration, flight projects, and space research
In Austin, OpenStack Rediscovers Its Roots In Disruption
Jonathan Bryce claims telcos are coming to 'disruptive' OpenStack to find NFV success
OpenStack Summit Goes Big On NFV And Telcos
Blog: I’ve not seen one Stetson yet, but the Red Hat fedoras are aplenty
Google’s Data Centre Expansion Hurts Alphabet Profits
Moonshots and cloud expansion take their toll, but Google says it is now set up for long term growth
Microsoft Delivers Strong Azure Results, But Revenues Weak Overall As Growth Slows
Microsoft said its commercial cloud, which includes Azure, is now at a $10bn annualised run rate
Canonical Offers Up LTS Release With Ubuntu 16.04
Businesses running open source Ubuntu offered new long term support (LTS) release 16.04
Microsoft Offering Free Cloud Training Programs For IT Pros
The company announces two free programs to help IT professionals brush up on their cloud computing skills on Azure
Microsoft Azure Launches Face Tracking, Emotion Detection In Preview
Azure Media Analytics puts Azure Media Face Detector and emotion detection into preview, can recognise happiness, sadness, anger, fear
Red Hat Releases OpenStack Platform 8, Revamps Cloud Suite
Red Hat talks DevOps, goes after telcos in latest OpenStack attack
EMC Revenue Slides Ahead Of Dell Purchase
EMC CEO describes results as “solid” as revenues slip ahead of pricey acquisition by Dell
AWS Migration Tools Hope To Attract More On-Premise Workloads To The Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) ramps up efforts to entice businesses to its cloud with Application Discovery Service and bigger Snowballs
European Commission Will Build £5bn Cloud Platform For Scientists
European Open Science Cloud is part of Commission's Digital Single Market initiative
Microsoft Launches Azure Container Service Into General Availability
Azure Container Service gives choice between Mesophere’s DC/OS and Docker’s Swarm and Compose for container deployment
Cloud And Analytics Now More Than A Third Of IBM’s Total Revenue
But IBM reports a 21 percent fall in net profit to £1.61bn in the first quarter ending March 31
Will Apple’s Data Centre Really Increase Ireland’s Electricity Consumption By 8 Percent?
Documents sent to Galway County Council estimate Apple's Ireland data centre would dramatically increase Ireland's electricity consumption, but are the figures correct?
G-Cloud 8 Open For Applications Next Month As GDS Hints At G-Cloud 9 Shakeup
G-Cloud 6 suppliers will have to reapply, but G-Cloud 7 partners don't in most cases