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Honeywell Plans To Launch Powerful Quantum Computer
High performance computing. Quantum computer to be build by Honeywell this year, and it claims it will be more powerful than IBM and Google’s offering
Microsoft Asks Staff To Work From Home To Combat Coronavirus
Staff in Seattle and Silicon Valley to work from home, as Microsoft joins other companies trying to limit spread of coronavirus
Google To Spend Billions On US Data Centres
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai confirms plan to spend $10 billion in 2020 on Google data centres and offices across the United States
AI and Public Standards
As the Committee on Standards in Public Life release their awaited report considering AI and its impact on the delivery of services, can government services leverage the power of AI safely and securely?
Google Disappoints After Revealing YouTube’s $15 Billion Revenue
Strong financials from Google’s parent, as it reveals for the first time the turnover of YouTube and Google Cloud business
Microsoft Pledges To Be Carbon Negative By 2030
No more carbon footprint. Ever. Redmond pledges to remove all the carbon it has created since it was founded back in the 1970s
TSB Owner Sabadell Signs IBM Deal After Botched Migration
Spain’s Banco Sabadell sign $1 billion deal with IBM for it to manage the bank’s IT and cloud systems for the next ten years
Intel Pays $2 Billion For AI Firm Habana Labs
Chipmaker continues to open the cheque book to fund growth of its AI expertise and portfolio, with $2 billion Habana Labs purchase
AWS Developing Powerful Data Centre Chip – Report
Second generation data centre chip is being designed by Amazon Web Services, based on ARM technology
Data Centre Test Omission Blamed For TSB IT Fiasco
Report alleges former TSB CIO was aware of lack of testing at TSB data centres, as it and Spanish owner criticised
Regulators Investigate Google Over Ascension Health Data Deal
Probe begins of Google, after deal that gives it access to healthcare data about millions of Americans
Gartner Sees Rise In IT Spending Next Year
IT spending in Europe and worldwide seen coming out of slump in 2020 as currency pressure eases – and firms rush to buy into the cloud
OpenText Acquires Carbonite For £1.1bn
Cash deal sees OpenText expand its cloud business while adding Carbonite’s data protection and end-point offerings to its own security range
Digital Realty To Acquire Interxion For $8.4bn
Data centre consolidation sees US real estate giant acquire Europe’s largest colocation provider, Interxion
EU Data Regulator Finds ‘Serious Concerns’ Over Microsoft Contracts
Microsoft’s contracts with EU agencies found to have ‘significant scope for improvement’ where it comes to protecting citizens’ data
‘Less Than One-Third’ Of Companies Fully GDPR-Compliant
Capgemini finds firms struggle with legacy IT systems, complex requirements and mounting costs to bring themselves into line with strict data protection rules
Google To Spend Billions On European Data Centres
CEO Sundar Pichai says Google is to spend an additional 3 billion euros (£2.6bn) on European data centres
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Pledges To Be Carbon Neutral By 2040
Environmental pledge from CEO, as staff stage walkout at Seattle HQ in protest at Amazon’s green record
Oracle, VMware Reach Agreement For Hybrid Cloud, Tech Support
Partnership expanded to cover VMware workloads on Oracle Cloud, and tech support for Oracle products on VMware
Google Broadens Scope Of Anthos Hybrid Cloud Management Platform
New features include Services Mesh microservices management and Cloud Run for running fully managed applications in serverless environments
RBS Natwest Websites Suffer Outage
Websites for RBS and Natwest suffer outage from 9am on Tuesday and problems are ongoing
Microsoft Buys jClarity To Boost Java Performance On Azure
Acquisition is part of Microsoft’s growing support for open source technologies on Azure, including Linux and Java
British Airways IT Failure Results In Travel Chaos
Passengers face flight delays and long queues after IT failure during peak summer holiday period
Far-Right Website 8chan Offline After Cloudflare Withdraws Services
Site goes offline following involvement in shootings in Texas, with Cloudflare accusing it of ‘directly inspiring tragic events’
Destructive Cyber-Attacks Double In First Half Of 2019
Attacks seeking to wreak havoc on targets’ systems have risen sharply, with the manufacturing sector accounting for half of all incidents, finds IBM X-Force
BT Opts For Canonical For 5G Core Build
Open source move for telco as it opts for Canonical as key partner for 5G services delivery
Adobe, Microsoft, SAP Demonstrate First Open Data System
The Open Data Initiative, announced last autumn to create a common data model for customer data, could pose a competitive threat to Salesforce
Western Digital Expands NVMe Range For Accessibility, Higher Density
Company aims to make speedy NVMe data centre storage more accessible, while new tech doubles density through support for 15TB SSDs
Cloudera Moves To All-Open Source Model In Major Shift
Amidst financial troubles and departure of chief executive Tom Reilly, company says it wants to emulate success of pure open source pioneer Red Hat