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Equity Firm Is Frontrunner To Buy CenturyLink Data Centres
BC Partners is in the lead to buy CenturyLink's network of data centres, according to reports
Microsoft Dynamics 365 to Launch Nov. 1
Imbued with intelligence, the integrated business application platform will be generally available early next month
Facebook Targets Enterprises With ‘Workplace’ Social Network
Facebook's first business product aims to take its popular features into the enterprise collaboration market
Turkey Bans Cloud Storage Sites Amidst Email Furore
Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and GitHub were all reportedly made inaccessible over the weekend
Clearing The Path To Cloud: Microsoft Azure CTO Targets Culture Shift
Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich discusses cloud adoption and how industry should break down the barriers that still exist
Microsoft Goes Green With Agder Energi Smart Grid Project
Its cold in the Nordics, so Microsoft teams up with the locals to help electricity grid cope with demand
Tech Quiz Of The Week: The BBC’s Technology Journey
The BBC has pioneered television, radio and online - but what do you know about Auntie's technology triumphs and its bloomers?
Cross Channel: Work In IT? Maybe It’s Time To Move North
All the latest from the world of the IT channel. This week: The north-south wage gap in IT is spending and Pulsant goes charitable
IP Expo 2016: Microsoft CTO, Google And IBM Debate The Future Of Cloud
IP EXPO 2016: Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich and others discuss the future of cloud and whether security is still an issue
OpenStack Newton Debuts With Improved Container Features
The latest release of widely deployed OpenStack open-source cloud platform improves security, virtualization and networking
AWS And VMware To Announce Surprise Partnership
Amazon Web Services is no longer the mortal enemy in VMware’s eyes
Microsoft Donates Cloud Credit To Alan Turing Institute
Researchers at London's Alan Turing Institute to utilise Azure cloud after Microsoft donation of £3.9 million
BT Revamps Randstad Networks And IT Infrastructure In £88m Deal
BT to deploy VPN, VoIP and standardise office networks across 37 countries for Randstad
LuxConnect And Volta Data Centre Alliance Links London And Luxembourg
Data centre partnership aims to simplify client expansion across two European markets
Benioff Says Salesforce Betting Big On The Success Of Einstein AI
Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff calls the company's artificial intelligence push a game changer, but is the hype at Dreamforce conference justified?
Signal Disclosed User Data To US Government
Signal's parent company provided data on a user to US authorities - but there wasn't much to hand over
Salesforce Buys Marketing Data Management Start-Up Krux
The company's latest acquisition is aimed at improving customer targeting capabilities
Startup Showcase: Streetlife
Streetlife CEO Limvirak Chea talks about they local social network taking on Facebook, its use of AWS and why it's based in London
Microsoft Hopes France Data Centres Will Boost Azure Spread In Europe
Expanding Azure will help Microsoft chase down digital transformation customers
Facebook ‘Plans’ Denmark Data Centre
The social media giant is planning to build its third European data centre in Odense, Denmark, reports say
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: AI Is As Core To Digital Transformation As Cloud
Microsoft is creating an AI supercomputer through the Azure cloud platform
Salesforce Launches Latest Incubator for Cloud-Oriented Startups
The first 14 tenants of the Salesforce's latest incubator range from early stage startups to some who already have enterprise customers
Microsoft Merges Research, Cortana And Bing Divisions To Create AI Arm
Redmond is looking to push AI technology into more of its services and has created a fourth group at the company
Rebranded Google Cloud Takes On AWS, Azure With New Features And UK Data Centres
Google brings all its cloud services under the Google Cloud brand as it targets businesses - and AWS and Azure
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
Salesforce And Slack Integrate Messaging And Cloud CRM
Salesforce has teamed up with Slack with the aim of integrating features from each other’s services over the coming months.
SAP Commits £1.7bn To Five-Year IoT Drive
The German software giant will look to build out its IoT offerings, partners and sales push.
Dropbox Receives Privacy Shield Certification For EU-US Data Transfers
Dropbox says it is protecting the privacy of its customers but is Privacy Shield better than Binding Corporate Rules?
SAP Buys Altiscale To Drive Big Data Push
SAP will integrate Altiscale's big data-as-a-service platform into its own software and platform portfolio