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AWS To Open Data Centres In France In 2017
Amazon prepares to open its fourth European region as French customers get the chance to store their cloud data in the country
Dropbox Lets Customers Use European AWS Data Centres
Dropbox Business is seeking to build out its European presence
Box: EU Cloud Regulations Have Hindered Our European Growth
INTERVIEW: Box COO says abolition of Safe Harbour and the EU's failure to create a single digital market has made been an impediment to European expansion
Microsoft Opens Azure Cloud Data Centres In Germany
Microsoft has announced the general availability its Cloud in Germany, bringing a dedicated Azure cloud platform to the nation
Oracle’s Deluge Of Cloud Services And Updates Chase PaaS and IaaS Markets
ORACLE OPENWORLD: Oracle is looking at taking on AWS on the infrastructure front while bolstering its database cloud platform
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison: ‘Amazon’s Cloud Lead Is Over’
ORACLE OPENWORLD: Larry Ellison makes huge claims as Oracle takes aim at AWS with a cloud drive including faster, cheaper infrastructure
Amazon CTO: We Were A Technology Company Long Before AWS
Boxworks 2016: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels says Amazon has always been a technology company, just one that happens to do retail really well
Tech Quiz Of The Week: Amazon Web Services
Find out how much you know about AWS in our weekly tech quiz
Report: Google Could Win PayPal Cloud Business
Sources claim Google is fending off AWS and Azure to sign up PayPal as cloud customer
Rackspace Hits One Billion OpenStack Server Hours
Also extends Managed Security support to Microsoft Azure
AWS Pushes ‘Serverless’ App Development At Its New York Summit
ANALYSIS: Amazon Web Services wants enterprises to get ready to migrate to a world of micro services running in a "serverless" cloud universe
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
Google Buys Cloud Services Startup Orbitera
Google said it plans to continue supporting Orbitera's existing customers across multiple clouds
Amazon, Microsoft, IBM And Google Growing 30 Percent Faster Than Next 20 Cloud Providers
ANALYSIS: Amazon Web Services still remains "in a league of its own" though, according to latest Synergy Research Group statistics
Salesforce Buys Cloud Infrastructure Startup Coolan
Salesforce sips the Open Compute Project Coolan, picks up startup making software for server optimisation
Microsoft Azure Cloud Revenue Grows 102 Percent
Azure growth offsets poor performance in PC and phone market as Microsoft ups pressure on AWS
IBM Reports Cloud Growth But Profits Fall 30 Percent Overall
Yet another quarterly decline as IBM closes 11 acquisitions in first six months of 2016
AWS Buys Cloud9 To Boost Developer Services
Startup Cloud9 specialises in developer tools delivered through cloud
British Software Vendors Could Lose AWS Business After Brexit
AWS Marketplace is now accepting software sellers based in the EU, but AWS doesn’t know how Brexit will affect UK companies
Brexit Won’t Stop Amazon Building Its AWS UK Data Centres
AWS still won't give official launch date, but it is understood UK data centres will open between November and February
Amazon Web Services Expands With First India Data Centres
Amazon Web Services has established two cloud data centres in Mumbai, expanding the total to 35 worldwide
MongoDB Launches Atlas Cloud Database As A Service
Atlas provides complete pay-per-hour infrastructure and management cloud tools over AWS, Azure and Google
KCOM Builds Cloud Ticketing And Revenue Systems For UK Railways
KCOM will build common IT systems based on AWS for train operators to manage reservations, tickets and revenue sharing
451 Research: Cloud Race To The Bottom Is ‘Red Herring’
Price doesn’t matter, claims 451 Research, as customer look for value-added services
OakNorth Becomes First UK Bank To Move Core Systems Onto AWS
Entrepreneur bank OakNorth, launched eight months ago, moves entire core systems into the public cloud
Salesforce Strikes Cloud Services Deal With AWS
Salesforce moved software onto AWS cloud in the hope of expanding its international services with minimal infrastructure spend
Alibaba’s AliCloud Reports 175 Percent Growth
Aliyun cloud lands revenues of $165 million (£114m) on 500,000 paying customers
AWS Partners With Digital Currency Group For Blockchain Cloud Testing
DCG companies will get to use AWS cloud environments for blockchain testing and developing
Amazon Profits As AWS Cloud Pays Off
Amazon smashes analyst expectations as revenues and profits soar due to strong cloud and retail performance