Favourite reason for cloud migration amongst UK businesses is cost reduction. Does the cloud have UK companies still running scared?
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HSBC Says Online Banking Glitch ‘Not A Cyber-Attack’
HSBC Chief Operating Officer John Hackett claims problems due to “complex technical issue”
AWS WorkMail Email And Calendar Service Moves Into General Availability
WorkMail email service goes public with future updates including a single Global Address Book and email journaling feature
Accenture Scoops Up Dutch Cloud Team CRMWaypoint
Acquisition will go to strengthen Accenture’s ‘Cloud First’ agenda and Salesforce powers
HSBC Frustrates Customers With Online Banking Outage
Thousands of customers report problems accessing HSBC online accounts
Microsoft To Warn Of State-Sponsored Hacks
Collision course? Redmond to warn its users when any government attempts to hack into its services
Oracle Quietly Buys Docker Container Startup StackEngine
StackEngine acquisition will give Oracle the ability to offer Docker services as the cloud-newbie plays to catch up with rivals such as AWS
Pivotal Buys London Cloud Foundry Startup CloudCredo
CloudCredo experts fold into Pivotal's long-term game plan of accelerating European Cloud Foundry influence
Box And Salesforce Release Native File Sharing Service
‘Salesforce File Connect for Box’ allows users to search and share Box files from within Salesforce
AWS Tiny T2.Nano Instances Go Live
Burstable AWS Nano instances join fleet of t2.micro, t2.small, and t2.medium instances
VMware Bails On Virtustream Cloud Venture
VMware has issued a regulatory filing to investors announcing it won't be going ahead with EMC's Virtustream cloud services 50/50 venture
Cloudyn Plans Expansion With £7.3m Series B Funding
Cloudyn's cloud monitoring and management platform funding shows value in the future of hybrid and public cloud
Microsoft Speeds Up Azure Backup Cloud Services
Microsoft's Azure cloud backup service gets faster and more efficient with lower cache demands
Google Kickstarts Its Own Content Delivery Network
Google's Cloud CDN goes into Alpha testing as web giant races to catch up with AWS, Microsoft data centre rollouts
Microsoft Announces Linux On Azure Certification
When it comes to the cloud, the software giant extends its embrace of Linux to include a new certification for budding cloud administrators
IBM Buys Cloud-Based Video Services Provider Clearleap
IBM's Clearleap acquisition will bolster IBM Cloud's video capabilities
IT Life: Always Delivering
Giri Fox tells us about his career in IT, spells at Apple, Cisco and IBM and his current role at Rackspace
Security Worries Hamper Adoption Of Cloud Technology
Companies migrating to the cloud plan to enforce internal security policies: 56 percent plan to improve identity and authentication management
‘Bulls**t’ – Steve Ballmer Slams Microsoft’s Cloud Reporting
Former Microsoft boss thinks Microsoft needs more transparency in disclosing Azure financial results
Big Data ‘Fails Businesses’ Due To Access, Skills Shortage
Skill shortage, red tape, and tardy access to information cited for Big Data failings among businesses
HPE Discover: Microsoft And HPE Partnership Creates 5,000 More Azure Cloud Architects
HPE officially confirms Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud computing partner
HPE Discover: HPE Launches Cloud Service Broker To Tackle Cloud Chaos
HPE Helion Managed Cloud Broker aims to bring better management and coordination to cloud computing
HPE Discover: Will HPE Synergy Make It Easier To Build Awesome IT Infrastructure?
HPE unveils new Synergy platform to provide flexibility and speed to deliver all kinds of services
Competition Watchdog To Investigate Cloud Storage Providers Following Breach Of Contracts
UK Gov's Competitions and Markets Authority to review consumer law compliance in cloud storage market
Telefonica And Huawei Want To Sell OpenStack Cloud Together
Two firms hold hands with global cloud agreement to speed up enterprise migration
HPE’s Cloud Alliance With Microsoft Azure Speaks Volumes About Future Direction
Azure reselling gives customers a reassuring tag team of HPE hardware and Microsoft software to take on AWS
Businesses Still Adjusting To Cloud Learning Curve
The majority of participants are already using at least one public cloud and 83 percent expect public cloud spend to increase in the next 12 months
5 Top Tips: How To Share Files Securely In The Cloud
Kris Lahiri, CSO at Egnyte, reveals his top tips for enterprises looking to harness the cloud for file sharing and increased collaboration with internal and external users, without sacrificing security
Anonymous Targets CloudFlare For Alleged Islamic State Links
Security firm accused of protecting Islamic State-affiliated websites from Anonymous hackers
IBM Expands Federal Cloud Ecosystem, Spurs First Responders
Big Blue welcomed five new partners to its federal cloud ecosystem and tapped developers to build cloud apps for first responders