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Covid-19 acceleration contributes to $1 trillion cloud ecosystem by 2024, says IDC
October 20, 2020
Covid-19 acceleration contributes to $1 trillion cloud ecosystem by 2024, says IDC
The Covid-19 pandemic will continue to drive a faster conversion to cloud-based IT – and according to a new analysis…
20,000 petabytes under the sea: Exploring the potential of underwater data centres
October 19, 2020
20,000 petabytes under the sea: Exploring the potential of underwater data centres
Humans have become very good at polluting vast areas of the planet by dumping waste in the sea, so perhaps…
Nokia signs up with Google Cloud to migrate on-prem data centres
October 15, 2020
Nokia signs up with Google Cloud to migrate on-prem data centres
Another day, another telecoms win for one of the major cloud providers. Google Cloud and Nokia have announced a five-year…
Analysing AWS’ 2020 product releases: CodeGuru, App2Container, Honeycode, and more
October 14, 2020
Analysing AWS’ 2020 product releases: CodeGuru, App2Container, Honeycode, and more
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is always busy introducing new services, enhancing existing ones, and, quite often, driving trends. However, the…
What makes the quintessential chief information security officer?
October 12, 2020
What makes the quintessential chief information security officer?
Given the strategic significance of digital transformation, IT security leadership is a really important role. And yet, only 12 percent…
How DevOps adoption – and its ecosystem – has increased during Covid: The VC perspective
October 9, 2020
How DevOps adoption – and its ecosystem – has increased during Covid: The VC perspective
A new report from venture capital and M&A data provider PitchBook has explored how DevOps tools will continue to blossom…
IBM spins off infrastructure unit to focus on hybrid cloud and AI strategy
October 8, 2020
IBM spins off infrastructure unit to focus on hybrid cloud and AI strategy
IBM has announced it is making the managed infrastructure services part of its global technology business (GTS) an independent company…
Palo Alto Networks warns of ‘critical’ IAM misconfigurations potentially worth millions
October 8, 2020
Palo Alto Networks warns of ‘critical’ IAM misconfigurations potentially worth millions
Cloud misconfigurations continue to cause major headaches for organisations – and a recent report from Palo Alto Networks has uncovered…
Will DevOps and APM get a lift from the ‘next normal’?
October 7, 2020
Will DevOps and APM get a lift from the ‘next normal’?
By now, many organisations have had time to experiment and have discovered DevOps disciplines can improve or even transform operations.…
Microsoft unveils Greece data centre initiative, continues European expansion
October 5, 2020
Microsoft unveils Greece data centre initiative, continues European expansion
Microsoft has announced it is building new data centres in Greece as part of a new digital transformation initiative –…
Public cloud services revenue reached $233.4bn, says IDC: Analysing the new enterprise cloud journey
October 5, 2020
Public cloud services revenue reached $233.4bn, says IDC: Analysing the new enterprise cloud journey
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation trends. Savvy CIOs and CTOs that were an early adopter of public cloud…
You can have the power: Analysing the SAP HANA on IBM Power offering
October 5, 2020
You can have the power: Analysing the SAP HANA on IBM Power offering
Reading all of the branded hype around unusual and unprecedented times, the new normal and having to adjust? Whatever your…
Forbes Cloud 100 2020: Snowflake pips Stripe to top spot in last hurrah before IPO
October 1, 2020
Forbes Cloud 100 2020: Snowflake pips Stripe to top spot in last hurrah before IPO
Stripe’s three-year stay at the top of the Forbes Cloud 100 is over: data warehouse provider Snowflake took the top…
IDC: Worldwide IT security spend will reach $174.7bn – with government and telecoms set to benefit
September 30, 2020
IDC: Worldwide IT security spend will reach $174.7bn – with government and telecoms set to benefit
A distributed workforce, and ongoing work-from-home mandates, have evolved the charter of corporate information technology (IT) organisations. CIOs are now…
Google Cloud opens up on its edge strategy – and how clouds, telcos and developers all need to work together
September 29, 2020
Google Cloud opens up on its edge strategy – and how clouds, telcos and developers all need to work together
Workloads, data and compute power are all moving closer to the edge. For the largest cloud players, who already hold…