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Transportation, Sales & Retail Jobs ‘To Disappear’ As Robots Take Over
Automation and e-commerce are set to phase out 80 percent of transportation and warehousing jobs and 63 percent of sales employment, says Oxford University
CloudBees Updates Jenkins Enterprise Edition To Boost Productivity
The latest release of CloudBees Jenkins improves the continuous software delivery platform by making it easier for DevOps teams to integrate a wide variety of software tools
VMware Launches AppDefense To Secure Virtual Machines And The Cloud
After two years of effort, VMware's Project Goldilocks reaches generally availability, providing a new way to secure virtual applications
VMware Cloud On Amazon Web Services Is Now Live
VMWORLD 2017: Surprise bedfellows make good of promise to deliver VMware cloud services across AWS infrastructure
US Hosting Firm Hails ‘Win’ On Protest Site User Data
Dreamhost said it plans to hand over data on users of a protest organisation website to the US government, after a court imposed restrictions on its use
US Arrests Chinese Man For Multiple Cyber-Attacks
The 36-year-old was arrested in Los Angeles on hacking charges linked to the high-profile hacks of the US Office of Personnel Management and insurer Anthem
Power Up: How Data Centres Support The Growth Of Online Gaming
IN DEPTH: The world of online gaming is a complex and extensive one and cloud infrastructure has a bigger role to play than ever before
Apple To Build £1bn Data Centre In Iowa
Apple will build new data centre in Iowa to power its services, and gets a nice little bonus from state authorities
New Canonical Services Aim To Simplify Cloud & Bare Metal Kubernetes Containers
Canonical's new consulting services offer reference architectures and support for Kubernetes Canonical deployments
Microsoft Takes On AI Challenge With Project Brainwave
Redmond's deep learning acceleration board is said to deliver real-time artificial intelligence
Google Titan Security Chip Looks To Protect GCP Data Centre Hardware
Titan Security chip is size of stud earring and is already installed on thousands of servers within Google data centres
Microsoft & Red Hat Broaden Hybrid Container Support
A new deal sees the two companies making it easier to deploy Red Hat and Microsoft technologies in hybrid application containers
IBM Cloud-Based Blockchain System Targets Food Safety
IBM has rolled out an enterprise-ready blockchain offering, as well as collaborations aimed at developing blockchain for food safety and automated billing
Cisco Buys Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software Firm Springpath For £250m
Cisco continues expansion into software with acquisition, becoming latest tech giant to invest in HCI
Box’s First AI Feature Is Cloud Image Recognition
Box will automatically detect images for objects and information to add contextual data and start workflows automatically
Tech Quiz: Data Centres
What do you know about the data centres that power the web and our applications?
Microsoft Boosts Azure HPC With Cycle Computing Acquisition
Microsoft hopes Cycle Computing deal will make it easier for any company to take advantage of cloud-based HPC on Azure
‘World’s Largest’ Data Centre Set To Be Built In Norway
The Kolos facility inside the Arctic Circle would scale up to a massive 6.46 million square feet and draw more than 1,000 MW of power
Amazon Hopes AWS Macie Machine Learning Tool Will Stem Cloud Data Loss
AWS SUMMIT: Amazon has released Macie, an AI-powered tool aimed at securing data held in the cloud, following a string of inadvertent data leaks
Microsoft Azure Targets Australian Government With Two New Regions Down Under
Two new Azure regions will open in in Australia in 2018, promising the highest level of security for government data
Tech Quiz: Week In Review (11 August)
What do you remember about the last 7 days in tech?
Amazon Web Services Joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation
ANALYSIS: AWS is now a member of the open-source effort that is building Kubernetes, but that doesn't mean it will launch its own Kubernetes service
Dropbox Allows Two Factor Authentication Via Mobile
Don't have a mobile signal? You can now still access your Dropbox securely
Fired Google Engineer Clearly Knows Little About Women in Technology
ANALYSIS: A Google engineer’s assertion that women aren’t suited for tech jobs because of biological differences isn't just offensive, it's incorrect
Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (4 August)
What do you know about the past seven days in tech?
Microsoft Brings Power Of Virtual Machines To UK Data Centres
Three new VMs give UK Azure users the power to process more data than ever
Cloud Provider OVH Opens Shop In London With New Data Centre
The company is expanding rapidly to meet the global demand for cloud services
Amazon Profits Slide As Expansion Costs Bite
Sales at Amazon skyrocket, but its expansion into new sectors takes a serious toll on its profitability
Alphabet & Google Profits Fall As Billion Dollar EU Penalty Bites
Google's parent sees lower profit after being slapped with record Europe Union fine