Datacentre

Canonical Launches Ubuntu 19.04

New open source Linux distribution comes with a number of upgrades for open infrastructures

6 years ago

Google Transatlantic Cable Transmits 250TB/s Of Data

More speed vicar? Google Cloud customers in European to gain boost from undersea cable to US capable of carrying 250TB…

6 years ago

China Looks To Phase Out Bitcoin Mining

The biggest crypto-mining companies are based there, but China may now list the activity amongst the 'undesireable' economic sectors destined…

6 years ago

Okta Launches Hybrid Cloud Identity Management

At its Oktane19 conference, the cloud identity management firm also launches a new service for securing access to critical enterprise…

6 years ago

German States Approve Criminal Law Targeting Dark Web Infrastructure

The proposal would hand prison sentences to those whose dark web platforms are used for criminal purposes

6 years ago

IBM Brings Watson AI To Rival Clouds

Watson AI services are set to become available on almost any infrastructure, including private clouds and multiple clouds, as IBM…

6 years ago

Researchers Find ‘Doomsday’ Bug In Docker, Most Other Container Systems

The bug could allow a malicious container to attack a host system and the other containers found on it, qualifying…

6 years ago

IBM Brings Blockchain To Australia, Pilots Water Conservation Project

The company offers its blockchain via Melbourne data center and tests the use of blockchain and IoT sensors in groundwater…

6 years ago

Apple Admits To Storing Data In Russia – Report

Some data on Apple users is stored on Russian servers to comply with local laws, iPad maker admits

6 years ago

Alphabet Profits Surge, But Spending Worries Investors

Shares in Google parent slide after heavy Q4 spending, but healthy advertising revenues bolsters financials

6 years ago

Nvidia Issues Revenue Alert As Trade War Continues

Nvidia has joined Apple and Intel on the list of US companies hit by a slowdown in China amidst bitter…

6 years ago

Gartner: Cloud Fuels Enterprise Software Spending Surge

Brexit and US-China trade tensions pose less of a threat than skills shortages, as businesses buy into the cloud and…

6 years ago

UK Outsourcing Contracts Plunge By 27 Percent As Brexit Looms

Conventional outsourcing plummets as businesses exercise caution, while as-a-service outsourcing contracts rocket by 48 percent across EMEA

6 years ago

Ministry Of Justice Network Chaos ‘Not Caused By Cyber-Attack’

Justice minister blames unknown partner data centre issues for network disruption affecting courts and other MoJ services over the past…

6 years ago

IT Life: Justin Day, 6point6 Cloud Gateway

6point6 Cloud Gateway chief executive Justin Day talks about the shift from hardware to software, flying cars and the historic…

6 years ago

Enterprise Cloud Spending Boom Crowds Out Non-Cloud Tech Budgets

Research finds cloud spending surpassed £190bn last year, fuelled by cloud providers' heavy infrastructure investments

6 years ago

Amazon Web Services’ DocumentDB Takes Aims At MongoDB Workloads

Amazon's new managed non-relational database service raises questions about the future of open source in the cloud era

6 years ago

IT Life: Jamie Hutton, Quantexa

Quantexa chief technology officer Jamie Hutton talks about artificial intelligence, international money laundering, and his favourite DJ app

6 years ago

Cambridge Analytica Parent Fined £15,000 Over Data Refusal

SCL Elections had argued that a US citizen had no more right to request data held on him 'than a…

6 years ago

Samsung Issues Shock Profit Warning, Amid Slowing Chip Demand

Another sign of tech slowdown? Samsung warns weak chip demand will keep profits subdued

6 years ago

Huawei Launches Server Chipset To Lessen US Reliance

Chinese firm pledges to continue Intel partnership and insists chipset is complimentary, not competitive

6 years ago

IT Life: Hiren Parekh, OVH

OVH's director of cloud Hiren Parekh talks about the challenges of large-scale data processing, why he likes to keep different…

6 years ago

Regulators Release Guidelines On GDPR’s Geographic Scope

European Data Protection Board seeks comments on its guidance as firms expect the GDPR's impact to make itself felt in…

6 years ago

IT Life: Giorgio Regni, Scality

Scality chief technology officer Giorgio Regni talks about cloud apps, collaborative development and the surprising way he found to improve…

6 years ago

Google Shifts European Data Seat To Dublin

Google has officially designated its Irish subsidiary as being legally responsible for users' data under the GDPR, as impact of…

6 years ago

Apple To Build New $1bn Campus In Austin

The expansion is part of a £277bn plan to create more US jobs, amidst pressure from President Trump

6 years ago

RSA Conference Puts Politics, Data Protection In The Spotlight

RSA Conference 2019: Following a year of controversies around politics, misinformation, data leaks and massive security breaches, RSA Conference looks…

6 years ago

Biggest NHS GP IT Supplier To Shift 40m Patient Records To Amazon Cloud

Emis Group, used by six in 10 GPs, plans to shift the back-end of its dominant web software to UK-based…

6 years ago

Data Regulator Probes ‘Colossal’ Four-Year Marriott Breach

The hack exposed personal data and card information on up to 500m customers of Marriott's Starwood hotels dating back to…

6 years ago

ICO Fines Businesses Over Failure To Pay New Data Protection Fees

Organisations face fines of up to £4,350 for failure to pay the new fees, which came into force this year…

6 years ago