The cloud has transformed retail businesses. Enterprises are now leveraging the hybrid cloud to transform their internal data processes and also deliver the next-generation services that the omnichannel now demands.

The cloud has transformed retail businesses. Enterprises are now leveraging the hybrid cloud to transform their internal data processes and also deliver the next-generation services that the omnichannel now demands.
The proportion of companies using cloud computing has risen by 7 percent compared to the previous year, while 54 percent of companies surveyed by Bitkom and KPMG confirm an increase in data security.
Entry-level offering…simplified sales and customer service software that can scale as small businesses grow
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Cloud customers are dealing with confusion over cloud computing costs and the complexity of the services they are paying for
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The database giant looks to extend its cloud footprint with Dyn acquisition
VMWORLD 2016: VMware offered greater assurances to customers this year, showcasing its showcased its strategy for digital transformation, offering “any app, any device, any cloud”
Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich discusses cloud adoption and how industry should break down the barriers that still exist
IP EXPO 2016: Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich and others discuss the future of cloud and whether security is still an issue
OpenStacker Mirantis is now able to offer up support for SUSE’s enterprise Linux following a partnership that also brings support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS
FleetCor will shift to IBM’s cloud in mega financial win for Big Blue against cloud rivals
Price doesn’t matter, claims 451 Research, as customer look for value-added services
Salesforce moved software onto AWS cloud in the hope of expanding its international services with minimal infrastructure spend
ANALYSIS: SAP is counting on its HANA in-memory database to help retain established customers
Company giving away a free exabyte of storage to ‘first million’ companies that sign up to Datto Drive
Adobe introduces Adobe Sign, and Adobe Document Cloud and Box team up to transform the digital document processes
Red Hat goes orbital with private OpenStack win, helping NASA’s JPL in planetary exploration, flight projects, and space research
Equinix claims it can solve data demands brought on by real-time analytics, IoT, and data protection by moving storage and power closer to source and users
Oracle Cloud at Customer gives CIOs a potential workaround for regulatory and legislative barriers holding back public cloud adoption
Google’s NEXT: Google launches plethora of cloud services to aid monitoring, machine learning and interoperability ahead of data centre expansion
How to simplify management and increase your businesses’ performance in the cloud
Basingstoke-based CensorNet eyes global expansion with a unified cloud security offering
RightScale’s State of the Cloud 2016 report lays bare AWS dominance but shows hope for Azure
The firms have partnered to offer fully outsourced cloud-based solutions
Submarine servers sunk off Seattle, Project Natick could bring cloud closer to cities
Microsoft will aid up to 70,000 non-profit organisations and researchers with three-year Azure public cloud effort as part of Nadella’s Microsoft Philanthropies strategy
Azure drops Dv2 VM costs by up to 17 percent
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