No more Big Blue? Founder of the IT industry reveals it will split into two separate entities after 109 years in operation

No more Big Blue? Founder of the IT industry reveals it will split into two separate entities after 109 years in operation
Bad news for Microsoft after US court grants Amazon request for halt on all work concerning the Pentagon’s JEDI cloud contract
US President Donald Trump has been named in official AWS complaint over Pentagon JEDI cloud contract award to Microsoft Azure
Political bias? AWS files intention to appeal DoD’s decision to give major cloud contract to Microsoft
Pentagon decides not to give lucrative contract to Jeff Bezos’ AWS, after much scrutinised bidding process
Aggressive rollout of cloud business to new global locations will entail the hiring of nearly 2,000 additional workers
Partnership expanded to cover VMware workloads on Oracle Cloud, and tech support for Oracle products on VMware
One time bitter rivals Microsoft and Oracle agree to make their cloud services work together
Two leading cloud providers shortlisted for Pentagon cloud computing contract after Google withdraws
Google announces ‘strategic partnerships’ with seven open source companies, as CEO questions rivals’ attitudes
Monthly prices for competitor to Office 365 to be raised for first time ever
Cloud meets connectivity as Vodafone and IBM partner to offer 5G-based cloud solutions for businesses
Big Blue’s biggest acquisition sees it acquire open source cloud giant to expand subscription-based software
Software giant blames currency fluctuations for weaker than expected financial results
Security vendor teams up with Microsoft to provide an extra layer of protection for Redmond cloud customers
Dell confirms it is evaluating its options in SEC filing
Mark Hurd said too much choice has produced complex and costly data centers that should be replaced by cloud systems
ANALYSIS: All the signs point to the US capital being the home of Amazon’s second headquarters
Met Police CIO Angus McCallum talks about the adoption of Box, how the force is nearing its Windows XP migration and his views on Amazon Echo
Box gives vote of confidence to London and Tech City by opening new office on Silicon Roundabout
Google AutoML tools will make it simple to train custom AI models that are ‘beyond the dreams’ of most engineers
Google makes investments in cloud infrastructure to boost GCP and other apps
AWS opens third zone in London as it expand global footprint and promises greater reliability
BT promises direct connection to IBM Cloud will improve security, reliability and performance for applications and data
Data privacy isn’t only a top concern for Microsoft. It will go before the U.S. Supreme Court to argue the issue involving the data stored abroad
Public cloud vendors work to protect users from industry-wide Meltdown and Spectre chip vulnerabilities
ANALYSIS: 2017 was a transformational year for the open-source Kubernetes container project which is now supported on all three major public cloud providers
AWS EU (Paris) will serve French organsiations as Amazon expands cloud presence
Machine Learning technology powering many of Google’s apps and services finds a new use helping astrophysicists find new planets orbiting distant stars
Its good to talk. Redmond to deliver conversational AI to more developers as its Azure Bot Service is opened up