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Security Concerns ‘Prevent’ Mainstream Container Adoption
Cloud experts believe security concerns will stop containers superseding VMs for now but, in 18 months, it could be a different story
Box Zones Lets Customers Store Data In Europe In AWS, IBM Data Centres
Box Zones will launch in May, finally letting users store data in Ireland, Germany, Japan and Singapore, boosting privacy and performance
IBM And SAP To Build On Cloud, Big Data Partnership With Cognitive Capabilities
IBM and SAP will work together on creating new services and boosting HANA with IBM cognitive capabilities
DocuSign Integrates eSignatures In IBM, Cisco Services
DocuSign reveals new partners, including deal with IBM for technology integration, collaboration and APIs via Bluemix cloud
Social Coding: The Origins Of IBM’s Bluemix
IBM's Bluemix cloud application development platform came out of an IBM experiment known as social coding and is now the Bluemix Garage Method
Jive Updates Intranet And Customer Collaboration Platforms
Jive World 2016: Jive adds new content creation options for internal and external collaboration software, teases Jive 9
Half Of PaaS Applications Will Be For IoT By 2020
Gartner says PaaS will grow to help manage growth in IoT
Dropbox Reaches Half A Billion Users, 8m Businesses
Dropbox founders are delighted with milestone, claiming there are now 3.3 billion connections between users
MWC 2016: Mirantis Rolls Out Public Cloud For Largest Middle Eastern Telco
Saudi Telecom will use OpenStack public cloud from Mirantis to support customers in nine countries across the Middle East and Africa
Unicef UK Is Latest Charity To Sign Up For Box
Unicef will use Box for collaboration, content management and file sharing
Box KeySafe Lets Users Manage Encryption Keys Without Dedicated Hardware
Box hopes KeySafe will encourage regulated firms of all sizes to adopt the cloud
Microsoft Offers Cloud Storage Partners New Office Collaboration, iOS Integrations
Microsoft's cloud storage partners such as Box and Dropbox can now take advantage of real-time collaboration, easy attachments and iOS integration
Dropbox Releases Universal Windows 10 App
Native Windows 10 app for Dropbox will be released in coming days with phone app coming soon
Dell OS10 Promises Open Network Freedom For Data Centre, Cloud Providers
'Disaggregated' Dell OS10 promises greater choice of equipment and application modules and development freedom
Google Hires VMware Co Founder Diane Greene As New Cloud Head
Diane Greene will head up Google's cloud efforts as it seeks to make greater impact on business market
Fujitsu MetaArc Platform To Help Businesses Embrace Cloud, Big Data, IoT
Fujitsu Forum 2015: New enablement platform will help customers ‘digitise with confidence’ and take advantage of the latest technologies
How Oracle Helps DVLA Speeds Through To The Cloud
DVLA CTO explains how its work with Oracle is helping it keep ahead of the curve
Oracle: It’s Time For A ‘Digital Transformation’ In Cloud Computing
Oracle OpenWorld – Larry Ellison and Mark Hurd highlight the need for change
Oracle: We Don’t Pay Attention To IBM And SAP Anymore
Oracle OpenWorld: Former main rivals are ‘nowhere’ in the cloud, Larry Ellison says, with Microsoft taking their place
TechWeekEurope Readers Prefer Private And Hybrid To Public Cloud
Our poll shows private cloud is the preferred choice among readers, but hybrid isn't too far behind
HP Helion 9.0 Cloud Promises Better Integration, Development Options
New version of enterprise-ready cloud service arrives, coupled with optimised hardware platform
IBM Adds Analytics, Data Warehousing To Bluemix
IBM announced a set of new and enhanced services for its Bluemix Pass, including the addition of analytics capabilities and enhancements to dashDB.
GE Predix Cloud To Satisfy Industrial Data Needs
GE enters cloud market with tailored Predix solution designed specifically for industrial data and analytics
IBM Opens Developer Community For IoT
IBM developerWorks Recipe IoT developer hangout created to share learning experiences and offer tips and advice
OpenStack Debuts App Catalogue, Doubles Down on Containers
OpenStack's catalogue provides apps in multiple formats, including Murano packages, Glance images and Heat templates. Now firms can find apps in one place.
Microsoft Releases ‘Fabric’ That Powers Cortana
Microsoft's version of 'microservices' app development PaaS offering goes public
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure Lead IaaS Market
While AWS is used by the majority of enterprise IaaS customers, Microsoft Azure is the next most likely IaaS vendor to be evaluated
IBM, NASA Challenge Developers To Build Apps On IBM Cloud
IBM and NASA are teaming up to sponsor the NASA Space App Challenge, a hackathon for developers to build space-related apps on IBM's Bluemix PaaS
Mirantis Joins Cloud Foundry To Hook Up PaaS And OpenStack
OpenStack company Mirantis looks to appease customers with PaaS framework