Total cloud revenue was up 31 percent, but total on-premises software (down 7 percent) and hardware (down 16 percent) sales continue to be problematic
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IBM And Apple Launch 100th MobileFirst For iOS App
IBM and Apple's enterprise partnership continues, with Watson integration and iPad Pro apps in the pipeline
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
EU Agrees On New Data Protection Rules
The European Union has laid out its plan for the strict reform of personal data regulations across its 28 member states
How Can Retailers Deal With Peak Online Traffic At Christmas?
Deck the shelves and get the trolley!
IBM Opens Watson IoT Headquarters In Munich
IBM opened its new Watson Internet of Things headquarters in Germany, along with new Watson API services for IoT and eight new IoT centres worldwide
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
South China Morning Post Purchase Is Perfect For An Alibaba That Wants To Go Global
Alibaba can only benefit from a better portrayal of Chinese business in the West
Microsoft Makes OneDrive Free Storage U-Turn
Microsoft goes back on decision to dramatically reduce the amount of free storage available to OneDrive users following online backlash
Microsoft Speeds Up Azure Backup Cloud Services
Microsoft's Azure cloud backup service gets faster and more efficient with lower cache demands
HPE Launching Low-Cost, SMB-Friendly Hyperconverged System
HPE Hyper Converged 250 is factory built solution that comes pre-integrated with either the Microsoft or VMware software stack and HPE hardware
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
Majority Of Local Councils Now ‘Share Services’
Tight budgets sees almost all local councils in the UK sharing services including IT and other services
Yahoo Ditches Alibaba Spin Off, Creates New Company For Asset Transparency
After a week of deliberations, Yahoo's board of directors has shelved plans to spin off company's stake in Alibaba
IBM Buys Cloud-Based Video Services Provider Clearleap
IBM's Clearleap acquisition will bolster IBM Cloud's video capabilities
How To Bolster Data, Physical Security To Make Threats Go Elsewhere
NEWS ANALYSIS: There are events in today's society that you simply can't control or prevent, no matter how much you try. But it is possible to help convince the bad guys to go elsewhere
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
Huawei Wants To Be Top Three Global Storage Vendor By 2018
Huawei wants to take start competing with IBM and EMC with storage on a global scale
One Eighth Of All Mobile Connections Are Now 4G
GSA says 4G LTE is growing faster than any other type of mobile communication as operators step up investment
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
NetSuite Updates OneWorld, Spreads Dominion To More Than 100 Countries
NetSuite's OneWorld gets default support for 20 languages and configurable tax compliance for more than 100 countries
GSMA: Mobile Contributes £360bn To European Economy
GSMA says M2M and 4G is boosting economy, but warns more must be done to establish a European single market
Chakra Bleu! Microsoft Open Sources Core Edge Browser Component
By January 2016, Microsoft will have opened Edge’s ChakraCore repository onto GitHub
IoT Gains Traction With 80 Percent Of TechWeek Readers
Four-fifths are connected to the IoT or plan to be, but home adoption is greater than work according to our most recent poll
Kaspersky Ups Its Online Protection With Private Security Network
New cloud platform allows real-time data on the latest threats to be uploaded and distributed to Kaspersky products worldwide
Google Makes Massive Renewable Energy Purchase In US, Sweden And Chile
Google says its on track to make 2025 renewable energy targets with 842 MW mega-purchase
HPE, Dell Stay Atop Growing Global Server Market
Demand for rack systems and growth of hyperscale data centers help drive growth of x86-based systems, according to IDC and Gartner analysts