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Oracle To Hire 2,000 For Cloud Business Expansion
Aggressive rollout of cloud business to new global locations will entail the hiring of nearly 2,000 additional workers
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd Takes Medical Leave Of Absence
Former CEO of HP is to take leave of absence for unexplained medical treatment, as Oracle financials miss expectations
Microsoft, Oracle Partner For Cloud Push At AWS
One time bitter rivals Microsoft and Oracle agree to make their cloud services work together
Vodafone, IBM Partner To Offer Businesses New Cloud Solutions
Cloud meets connectivity as Vodafone and IBM partner to offer 5G-based cloud solutions for businesses
Dell Confirms It Could Pursue IPO Or VMware ‘Combination’
Dell confirms it is evaluating its options in SEC filing
Oracle CEO Urges Enterprises To Ditch Data Centers And Move To Cloud
Mark Hurd said too much choice has produced complex and costly data centers that should be replaced by cloud systems
Amazon’s List of 20 Potential HQ2 Sites Shows Focus On Washington DC
ANALYSIS: All the signs point to the US capital being the home of Amazon’s second headquarters
Digital Transformation At The Met: Box, Windows XP Migration & Amazon Echo
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 Chooses London’s Tech City For New European HQ
Box gives vote of confidence to London and Tech City by opening new office on Silicon Roundabout
Google AutoML Will ‘Democratise’ AI By Minimising Skill Needed To Train Custom Models
Google AutoML tools will make it simple to train custom AI models that are ‘beyond the dreams’ of most engineers
Google Plots 5 New Regions And 3 New Subsea Cables To Boost GCP
Google makes investments in cloud infrastructure to boost GCP and other apps
AWS Reaches 50 Availability Zones With London Launch
AWS opens third zone in London as it expand global footprint and promises greater reliability
BT Offers Business Customers Direct Access To IBM Cloud
BT promises direct connection to IBM Cloud will improve security, reliability and performance for applications and data
Data Privacy, Security Top Microsoft’s Hot Button Tech Issues In 2018
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
Meltdown & Spectre: AWS, Azure & GCP Take Measures To Protect Cloud Customers
Public cloud vendors work to protect users from industry-wide Meltdown and Spectre chip vulnerabilities
2017 Year In Review: Kubernetes Enables A Multi-Cloud World
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 Opens Fourth EU Cloud Region In France
AWS EU (Paris) will serve French organsiations as Amazon expands cloud presence
Google Machine Learning Technology Helps NASA Discover New Exoplanet
Machine Learning technology powering many of Google’s apps and services finds a new use helping astrophysicists find new planets orbiting distant stars
Microsoft Azure Bot Service Opens To Developers
Its good to talk. Redmond to deliver conversational AI to more developers as its Azure Bot Service is opened up
AWS To Launch Second China Region
AWS China (Ningxia) is cloud firm’s second Chinese region
Tech Quiz: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
What do you know about AWS, the public cloud leader?
How HP Has Fared In Six-Plus Years Under CEO Meg Whitman
ANALYSIS: If one goes strictly by the numbers, Whitman has had a successful reign. The stock of both HP Enterprise and HP Inc. have improved on her watch
AWS CTO Defines Well-Architected Cloud Security Best Practices
At the AWS re:Invent conference, CTO Werner Vogels emphasizes the critical importance of security in all cloud development
VMware & AWS Add Cloud Migration And Disaster Recovery Tools
VMware and AWS look to push hybrid cloud even further with new tools and services
HPE CEO Meg Whitman To Step Down In 2018
Meg Whitman will be replaced after six years by current HPE President Antonio Neri
Google Cloud Spanner Database Now Supports Multiple Regions
Google Cloud Spanner promises no more database compromises and 99.999 percent availability with no downtime
Benioff Says Web Giants Must Consider Tech’s Affects For Good Or Ill
ANALYSIS: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says tech giants, particularly Facebook & Twitter need to take full responsibility for ensuring they are used properly
AWS Sells Chinese Cloud Assets Amid Tightening Regulations
Amazon admits sale will help AWS comply with local regulations introduced earlier this year
OpenStack Continues To Grow Both Public And Private Cloud Deployments
OpenStack is now powering more than 60 public cloud data centers around the world, with both private and public cloud revenues growing