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Amazon Web Services Announces Canadian Region
AWS will launch a cloud region in Canada in 2016, powered almost entirely by renewable hydro power
Data Centre Firm Interxion Leaks Customer Data
The security breach enabled unauthorised access to Interxion's customer and prospect contact details
Southend-on-Sea Council Plans £1.5m Data Centre
Local borough council scouts for provider to build hybrid cloud data centre to serve as Digital Strategy catalyst
Why Is Amazon Web Services Ignoring Canada?
As AWS continues its worldwide expansion, Canadians ask why their country being spurned by Amazon's cloud division
Citrix Sells CloudPlatform And CloudPortal To Accelerite
Sale of Citrix's CloudStack products to make more room for firm's core offerings
Tableau Opens First European Data Centre In Ireland
Dublin data centre "underscores" Tableau's European commitment to cloud analytics, says firm
Microsoft’s Azure Blockchain-As-A-Service Ecosystem Expands
The new year means new updates to Microsoft's blockchain effort, including a larger roster of Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service supporters
Google Hits Back At Amazon’s Cloud Price Cuts
AWS "can't match" Google on cloud costs, says search giant in blog post firing back at Amazon's 51st price reduction
Filthy Data Centres Are Becoming A Major Problem
Make sure you keep your bits clean, says data centre healthcare provider, or run the risk of power outages and data loss
Public Cloud Grew Faster Than Both Private And Hybrid Cloud In 2015
Total cloud revenues hit $110bn, growing 28 percent annually
AWS Powers Up Korean Data Centres As Fifth Asia Pacific Region Goes...
AWS extends cloud reach to Korea to serve customers with lower latency and infrastructure support with Seoul data centres
Security Not A Top Motivator In Moving To The Cloud
Favourite reason for cloud migration amongst UK businesses is cost reduction. Does the cloud have UK companies still running scared?
Verizon Has Started Selling Off Its 48 US Data Centres – Report
Verizon Communications Inc starts auction process for its North American data centres as it looks to focus on core business, sources say
HSBC Says Online Banking Glitch ‘Not A Cyber-Attack’
HSBC Chief Operating Officer John Hackett claims problems due to “complex technical issue”
HSBC Customers Angry At Ongoing Online Banking Problems
HSBC customers suffer from further online problems, with services running at a “reduced capacity”
AWS WorkMail Email And Calendar Service Moves Into General...
WorkMail email service goes public with future updates including a single Global Address Book and email journaling feature
Accenture Scoops Up Dutch Cloud Team CRMWaypoint
Acquisition will go to strengthen Accenture’s ‘Cloud First’ agenda and Salesforce powers
Christmas Floods Take Out Vodafone Data Centre In Leeds
Unprecedented flooding meant Vodafone engineers couldn’t access site following use of back-up batteries
HSBC Frustrates Customers With Online Banking Outage
Thousands of customers report problems accessing HSBC online accounts
Microsoft To Warn Of State-Sponsored Hacks
Collision course? Redmond to warn its users when any government attempts to hack into its services
Google Prepares To Build 15th Global Data Centre
Clarksville, Tennessee data centre will be Google’s eighth in the US, costing the search giant more than £400m
Oracle Quietly Buys Docker Container Startup StackEngine
StackEngine acquisition will give Oracle the ability to offer Docker services as the cloud-newbie plays to catch up with rivals such as AWS
Pivotal Buys London Cloud Foundry Startup CloudCredo
CloudCredo experts fold into Pivotal's long-term game plan of accelerating European Cloud Foundry influence
IT Life: Signature Approach
DocuSign's Jesper Frederiksen tells us about working with customers of all sizes across his 25-year career in IT
Box And Salesforce Release Native File Sharing Service
‘Salesforce File Connect for Box’ allows users to search and share Box files from within Salesforce
AWS Tiny T2.Nano Instances Go Live
Burstable AWS Nano instances join fleet of t2.micro, t2.small, and t2.medium instances
VMware Bails On Virtustream Cloud Venture
VMware has issued a regulatory filing to investors announcing it won't be going ahead with EMC's Virtustream cloud services 50/50 venture
Cloudyn Plans Expansion With £7.3m Series B Funding
Cloudyn's cloud monitoring and management platform funding shows value in the future of hybrid and public cloud
Microsoft Speeds Up Azure Backup Cloud Services
Microsoft's Azure cloud backup service gets faster and more efficient with lower cache demands