Microsoft’s two German data centres will be opened on a rolling basis, with Office 365 coming in September, three months after the Azure launch
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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
Microsoft Supports EU-US Privacy Shield Framework
Microsoft thinks new Safe Harbour 2.0 framework is a "clear framework that ensures key protections of EU citizens"
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?
OpenStack Mitaka Release Aims For Ease Of Use
OpenStack's 13th release brings in new features designed to improve scalability and make deploying OpenStack easier for everyone
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
VCE Is Moving Into The Heart Of London’s Tech City
EMC subsidiary VCE is moving into offices in London's Old Street to play startup amid Shoreditch disruptors
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
IT Life: Unified Communicator
ShoreTel's EMEA head Adrian Hipkiss talks about is life in IT, the technology that inspires him and his vision for the future
Quiz Of The Week: 4G Networks
It's hard to imagine a time without 4G, but what do you know about its past, present and future? Find out with our quiz!
DocuSign Integrates eSignatures In IBM, Cisco Services
DocuSign reveals new partners, including deal with IBM for technology integration, collaboration and APIs via Bluemix cloud
Google And Rackspace To Develop OpenPower Server Design
Google and Rackspace co-develop open server architecture based on new IBM POWER9 hardware
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
Facebook Is Doubling The Size Of Its Irish Data Centre
Facebook's County Meath data centre gets extension approval as work starts on 621,000 sq ft site
LinkedIn Opens First International Data Centre In Singapore
LinkedIn said that growth in Asia Pacific has led to increased demand on its infrastructure
Mirantis Wins OpenStack Cloud Contract With Volkswagen
Pure play OpenStack vendor Mirantis to run cloud applications across every Volkswagen brand
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
Ericsson Acquires Data Centre Automation Startup NodePrime
Ericsson says all-cash purchase is 'strategic' to its cloud offering, integrates NodePrime's software into Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000
Microsoft Tests Ad-Free Outlook.com Premium At £2.81
Microsoft tests monthly free for Outlook.com premium, which will offer personalised email, better calendar sharing and remove adverts
Are The Government’s Satellite Broadband Plans Working?
The government believes satellite can deliver 2Mbps and beyond to properties beyond the reach of fibre, but suppliers and politicians have been critical
IBM’s Cognitive Storage Trains Computers To Act Like Brains
IBM researchers teach computers to decide how to store various types of data, just like our brain archives long-term memory but dumps irrelevant information
Salesforce Buys Deep Learning Startup MetaMind
MetaMind's services will shut down June 4 as Benioff gobbles up deep learning technology to boost Salesforce services with artificial intelligence
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Woos Business Leaders With PCs, Productivity And Cloud
Ubiquitous computing, business processes, and cloud. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sells his company's vision at its first ever business leader-only event
Brocade Acquires Ruckus Wireless In £1bn Networking Deal
Wireless infrastructure player scooped up by Brocade to strengthen 5G and Wi-Fi services amid growing demands for networking speed and capacity
Slack Secures £141m In Fresh Funding For Business Collaboration Push
Three year old Slack is now worth £2.7bn as it looks to continue rapid rise from startup to business tool
Google Offers Option For Cloud Disk Resizing Without Downtime
Online resizing of persistent disks will allow cloud customers to scale up or scale down disk volumes on the fly, the company says
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
HPE, Dell, Lenovo Refresh Servers With Intel’s New Xeon E5 Chips
HPE also is introducing its new Persistent Memory technology on two of its ProLiant systems that is designed to speed up database workloads
‘The Bunker’ Wins Britain’s Most Picturesque Data Centre Award
Beating hundreds of other competitors, Sandwich’s The Bunker deemed to have the ‘X’ Factor