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Microsoft Launches UK Cloud Data Centres
The Ministry of Defence and the NHS are amongst those signed up to use Microsoft's UK-based cloud infrastructure
Pokemon Themed ‘Umbreon’ Rootkit Hides In Linux Systems
Rootkit is the latest malicious code to use a Pokemon theme
Box And IBM Simplify Cloud Workflows With Box Relay
Boxworks 2016: Box and IBM continue partnership and promise Box Relay will reduce dependency on IT without sacrificing securirty
IT Life: Anand Krishnan, Canonical Cloud
Canonical's head of cloud Anand Krishnan talks about his career, his favourite apps and the changing landscape of IT
Run Apps In Docker If You Want Application Security
Often, new technologies raise security concerns. However, two reports claim it's safer to run applications inside containers than outside of them.
Rackspace Goes Private In £3.25bn Takeover
So the rumours were true. Cloud hosting firm Rackspace is taken over by private equity firm Apollo Global Management
Cross Channel: IBM Seeks EMC Customers And G-Cloud Concerns For SMBs
The latest news from the world of the IT channel. This week sees IBM making a flash storage push, a G-Cloud supplier express concerns and NHS contract win
Why WD Is Moving from Hard Driver To DC Equipment Maker
ANALYSIS: The AI/machine learning era is the next arms race for companies looking to compete in the global market and exist in the next 25 years
Parisian Nuclear Shelter Converted Into Data Centre
Nuclear fallout shelter 26 metres underground is now an archiving and long-term storage hub for Online.net
Report: ARM Targets Supercomputers With New Chip Design
New chip design to extend ARM's ambitions from the data centre and into supercomputer territory
Cisco Confirms Major Jobs Cull, Despite Profit Growth
Bad news for tech workers as networking giant confirms restructuring reports, despite £8.1 billion profit
Report: Cisco ‘Set For Biggest-Ever Round Of Job Cuts’
The company may lay off up to 20 percent of staff as it shifts toward software and the cloud
Former Steel Town Redcar Gets £100m Data Centre
Hundreds recently lost their jobs in Redcar, and the new data centre will be built on the former ICI Wilton site
EU ‘Seeks To Limit Digital Comms Encryption’
The EU wants to force WhatsApp, iMessage and other Internet-based tools to abide by tougher data-protection rules, leaked documents say
Sage Confirms Customer Data Breach
The company said personal data on employees at hundreds of UK customer businesses was accessed
Nvidia Prospers As Games, Data Centre Drives Growth
Strong demand for GPUs in gaming PCs and the data centre has driven hugely impressive growth
HPE Boosts HPC With £212m SGI Acquisition
Big data analytics and high performance computing purchase looks to strengthen HPE's market position
Box Targets International Expansion With AWS Data Centres In Australia And Canada
Box continues international expansion by adding new Box Zone regions and speeding up data transfers between different countries
EkkoSense Launches IoT Data Centre Cooling Manager
EkkoAir is attached to a cooling unit allows operators to monitor thermal instabilities in the data centre environment
Spy Attacks ‘Went Unnoticed For Five Years’
'Project Sauron' has been stealing data from groups in 30 countries since at least 2011, experts say
Google Buys Cloud Services Startup Orbitera
Google said it plans to continue supporting Orbitera's existing customers across multiple clouds
Delta Resumes Flights Following Computer Glitch
The airline had grounded all flights around the world following a computer system outage
Google Works With Facebook To Release First OCP Designs
Google shares plans for its data centre space-saving 48V rack Open Rack 2.0 Standard
GhostMail Ends Services ‘To Prevent Misuse’
GhostMail said it doesn't want its encrypted email service used by 'the wrong people'
LinkedIn Open Sources Mobile Data Framework
The mobile framework for iOS scales better than Apple's Core Data and speeds up data-intensive apps, LinkedIn says
Blockchain Moving Beyond Finance; Still in Early Stages
Blockchain is attracting huge interest from financial sector - but it's not the only area that can benefit
Intel Posts Reduced Profit Amid Data Centre Slowdown
Intel reports a better than expected profit, but hefty cost cutting impacts chipmaker's bottom line
Google Uses DeepMind AI To Slash Data Centre Energy Use
Artificial intelligence platforms predicts power needed for cooling, resulting in 40 percent energy saving
Equinix Admits To Power Failure That Knocked Out BT Internet
Equinix’s Telecity LD8 data centre in London’s Docklands suffers brief outage, in turn affecting BT’s services from LINX