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First Verizon, Now Slough: Equinix Buys IO’s UK Data Centres
Equinix's Slough data centre campus expands with acquisition from data centre as a service provider IO
Microsoft Encrypts Cloud Data With Azure Storage Service
Azure users will be able to encrypt their cloud data by default as Microsoft previews Storage Service Encryption
Government Must Use AI To Cut 250,000 Jobs, Says Reform
Think tank Reform urges the use of artificial intelligence, chat bots and drones to automate everything from public-sector administration to policing
Microsoft Brings Azure Backup And Site Recovery To UK Data Centres
Microsoft gives UK Azure customers a reliable way to protect their most important files
Government Digital Service Saves £339m Of £3.3bn In 2015/16
GDS helped departments reduce costs by implementing spending controls and managing strategic ICT implementation, the government said
Cross Channel: New VMware UK Channel Chief, IT Pros Distracted By Support
All the news from the world of the IT channel, including VMware changes and the abosorption of EuroCloud UK by Cloud Industry Forum
Researchers Uncover Schneider Electric Data Centre System Flaw
Schneider Electric flaw could have allowed attackers to gain remote access to unencrypted passwords
Data Centre, IoT Helps Intel To Beat The Street
Chip giant adds to the tech good news after it beats Wall Street forecasts thanks to IoT and data centres
Digital Bridge ‘Plots’ £800m Vantage Data Centre Acquisition
Reports suggest the latest merger and acquisition in the data centre world is likely to be announced over the coming weeks
Advertising & Hardware Boost Google Alphabet As Cloud Benefits Microsoft Revenues
Strong results from two tech titans after both Alphabet and Microsoft recorded positive financials
Microsoft Promises Cloud & Digital Training For 30,000 UK Public Sector Workers
Microsoft promises more apprenticeships, digital skills for all and public sector cloud training in bid to improve UK government services
Brexit: Microsoft Could Cancel UK Data Centre Expansion
UPDATED: Microsoft's UK government affairs manage says the Brexit could affect the company's data centre expansion plans, but Redmond refutes any changes to its British commitments
GDS: Public Services Network On The Way Out As G-Cloud 9 Nears
Government cancels PSN's long-term future while announcing schedule for upcoming G-Cloud procurement framework
NetApp’s Backup As A Service Now Available In The UK
NetApp's growing focus on as-a-service platforms continues with BaaS UK rollout
Tech Quiz Of The Week: Trump And Technology
What do you know about the new US President Donald Trump and his relationship with technology?
Google Makes Audit Logging Technology Available Across Cloud Stack
Google's Cloud Audit Logging technology will enable customers to track administrator and data access activity across a majority of Google’s cloud services
IOC Signs Up Alibaba As Olympics Cloud, E-Commerce And Digital Partner
International Olympic Committee (IOC) selects Alibaba for cloud services and infrastructure and to build an e-commerce platform for Olympic Games to 2028
Facebook To Build Third Data Centre Outside The US In Denmark
Facebook Data Centre in Odense, Denmark will run on entirely on renewables
HPE Acquires Data Centre ‘Unicorn’ SimpliVity For £527m
HPE is to pay $650m in cash for the hyperconverged startup, which was once valued at more than $1bn
Oracle Builds UK Data Centres For New London Cloud Region
Multiple announcements emerge from CloudWorld in New York, including expansion into the UK's capital city
Digital Manchester Gets A Boost With £2.3million UKFast Data Centre Investment
UKFast hopes to put a dent in London's data centre dominance with new, highly secure facility
BT Secures Data Centre Platform With TrendMicro ‘Deep Security’
BT makes latest move to secure cloud of clouds
Cross Channel: Vodafone Gets 100 New Partners & Dell EMC Clarifies Partner Status
All the latest news from the world of the IT channel as 2016 comes to a close
Amazon Selects Montreal For Canadian Data Centre
Cheap hydro power convinces Amazon to open its Canadian data centre in Montreal
Labour Ridiculed For Wanting To Regulate Algorithms
Companies algorithms should be made transparent to government for industrial regulation to be effective, the party argues
EU Regulators Consider New Big Data Rules
A consultation asks whether the rapidly growing area is adequately covered by existing privacy, competition and consumer protection laws
ENISA: Encryption Back-Doors ‘Not A Solution’
EU security body concludes government-mandated backdoors would make legitimate services less secure and harm law enforcement
Tales In Tech History: The Mainframe
The ultimate tech survivor? Big iron computers began life back in the early 1950s and are still in use today
Quiz Of The Week: Christmas Tech
Time to put your tech and Christmas knowledge to the test