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European Union Officially Adopts Privacy Shield Data Protection Framework
Safe Harbour 2.0 gets green light from member states, comes into force immediately
Trust Cloud And Reap Profits, Finds Google-Backed Study
Google-sponsored Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research finds businesses with a higher trust in cloud computing find profit boost
HPE Mulling Over Autonomy Sale
HPE considering sale of software assets including Autonomy and and Vertica Systems
Oracle And Fujitsu Strike Japanese Cloud Deal
Oracle to dish out cloud services from Fujitsu's Japanese data centres
Cross Channel: Dust Settles On Brexit As Cloud Spending Continues
Companies find positives in Brexit and AVG gets snapped up by Avast
Google Buys Anvato For Cloud Platform Video Services
Google ramps up OTT video efforts, picks up customers such as NBC, Fox sports and CBS
Quiz Of The Week: Skype
What do you know about the most famous VoIP application in the world?
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
Public Cloud Spending Almost Double That Of Private Cloud
IDC cloud tracker: Boost comes as IT infrastructure spending for non-cloud deployments falls again
E-Shelter Offers Up Managed Ubuntu OpenStack Through Canonical
Ubuntu funnels Hosted BootStack through e-shelter data centres for end to end private cloud management
IBM SoftLayer Now Ubuntu Certified Cloud Partner
SoftLayer customers can now use certified Ubuntu Linux images in latest move from ongoing IBM Canonical partnerships
Microsoft Revamps Enterprise Software Licensing
Microsoft Enterprise Advantage makes an appearance in 2017 with other changes also coming to make software purchases more flexible and cost effective
Office 365 Outage Causes Email Backup
A Microsoft Office 365 outage caused undeliverable emails to pile up in outboxes for some customers in the U.S.
Will Differential Privacy Give Data-Focused Firms Both Security and Privacy?
Apple will use differential privacy to collect data on groups while keeping individuals anonymous. This emphasises privacy, while giving access to data
Cross Channel: How Brexit Will Impact The Channel
A week is a long time in politics, and a long time in the channel too. Find out how Brexit has been impacting the industry in our roundup from ChannelBiz
Quiz Of The Week: Mobile Apps
What do you know about the mobile app revolution, the platforms that power it and the way it has changed business forever?
Google Buys 236MW Of Wind Energy From Sweden and Norway
Google wants more of its European operations to be powered by clean energy
Box Shuttle Wants To Take The Pain Out Of Cloud Migration
Box wants more people on its cloud platform, so it's going to help them with Box Shuttle
Office 365 Users Hit By ‘Widespread’ Ransomware Attack
But Microsoft insists that only a small number of Office 365 were targetted and the attack was blocked within hours
Red Hat Doubles Down on Containers, Takes a Swipe at CloudFoundry
On the first day of the Red Hat Summit, Linux vendor Red Hat makes some incremental container announcements and belittles its competitors
Board Room Data Centre Efficiency Discussions Are ‘Not Happening’
The Green Grid says that important conversations about keeping data centres green are still not hitting the top brass
Security Experts Urge Caution As Microsoft Office 365 Turns Five
As Office 365 use expands, security risks are becoming harder to spot, researchers warn
Cisco Buys Cloud Security Vendor CloudLock
CloudLock's technology protects content based on remote services such as Office365, Google Drive and Salesforce
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
BT Offers Direct Access To Oracle Cloud
BT Cloud Connect will link to Oracle data centres in London and Amsterdam
Touchscreen HP Chromebook 11 G5 Is ‘Android-Ready’
HP Chromebook 11 G5 is company's first 11.6 inch ChromeOS laptop with a touchscreen - ready for Android apps later this year
US To ‘Regain’ Supercomputer Crown In 2018
The Summit supercomputer will have roughly double the power of China's top system, according to the DOE