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Canonical Offers Up LTS Release With Ubuntu 16.04

Businesses running open source Ubuntu offered new long term support (LTS) release 16.04

Microsoft Offering Free Cloud Training Programs For IT Pros

The company announces two free programs to help IT professionals brush up on their cloud computing skills on Azure

Red Hat Releases OpenStack Platform 8, Revamps Cloud Suite

Red Hat talks DevOps, goes after telcos in latest OpenStack attack

EMC Revenue Slides Ahead Of Dell Purchase

EMC CEO describes results as “solid” as revenues slip ahead of pricey acquisition by Dell

European Commission Will Build £5bn Cloud Platform For Scientists

European Open Science Cloud is part of Commission's Digital Single Market initiative

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G-Cloud 8 Open For Applications Next Month As GDS Hints At G-Cloud 9 Shakeup

G-Cloud 6 suppliers will have to reapply, but G-Cloud 7 partners don't in most cases

Microsoft Is ‘Rapidly Growing’ Its Enterprise SaaS Revenue

Still a long way behind market leader Salesforce, but Microsoft is playing hard to catch up

Microsoft Knows It Needs To Be ‘Explicit And Transparent’ With Customer Data

As Microsoft sues US gov for the right to alert customers when their data is snooped upon, its cloud director tells TechWeekEurope 'trust' is at heart of Azure strategy

UK Cloud Adoption Slower Than US, Brazil, and Australia

UK organisations use less cloud services than international counterparts, while IT budgets slower to shift towards cloud, claims Intel Security

NetSuite’s Euro Invasion In Full Swing With Benelux Expansion

NetSuite opens headquarters in Amsterdam, gears up OneWorld for customers in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg

Box: It Makes No Sense For Us To Build Data Centres When IBM Can Do It At Scale

IBM says only a few major players can deliver cloud scale and help other tech firms focus on their product, not hardware

Security Concerns ‘Prevent’ Mainstream Container Adoption

Cloud experts believe security concerns will stop containers superseding VMs for now but, in 18 months, it could be a different story

Box Zones Lets Customers Store Data In Europe In AWS, IBM Data Centres

Box Zones will launch in May, finally letting users store data in Ireland, Germany, Japan and Singapore, boosting privacy and performance

Can Public Cloud Truly Meet The Data Demands Of Enterprises?

Vendors such as Google, Microsoft and Oracle are increasingly bending to give customers public cloud in their own data centres, but will it ever be suitable for everyone?

Safe Harbour 2.0 Not Adequate, Says WP29 Data Watchdog

The new data sharing agreement between Europe and the US may not be adequate, leak suggests

IBM And SAP To Build On Cloud, Big Data Partnership With Cognitive Capabilities

IBM and SAP will work together on creating new services and boosting HANA with IBM cognitive capabilities

Amazon Promotes Andy Jassy To CEO Of Amazon Web Services

'Recognition' of performance sees CEO title given to head of Amazon Web Servives Andy Jassy as cloud division reaps revenue

DocuSign Integrates eSignatures In IBM, Cisco Services

DocuSign reveals new partners, including deal with IBM for technology integration, collaboration and APIs via Bluemix cloud

Global IT Spending Set To Decline To £2.5 Trillion

Belt tightening? Data centre spending remains stable, but overall IT spending forecast to drop 0.5 percent according to Gartner

Equinix Releases Data Hub For Enterprises Wanting Power On The Edge

Equinix claims it can solve data demands brought on by real-time analytics, IoT, and data protection by moving storage and power closer to source and users

Microsoft ‘Poaches’ Top Linux Executive From Oracle

Oracle loses Linux VP Wim Coekaerts to Redmond as Nadella prioritises open source

Intel Tightens Cloud Focus With New Xeon Chips, SSDs And Partnerships

Chip giant expands Xeon line with new processor models and partnerships to aid cloud workload migrations