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.
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Bitkom: 73 percent of German companies use Cloud Computing
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.
Salesforce Targets SMB Market With Essentials Offering
Entry-level offering…simplified sales and customer service software that can scale as small businesses grow
AWS Diary: Amazon To Open Middle Eastern Region In Bahrain
AWS NEWS: Amazon adds per-second billing and will open new data centres in Bahrain to serve Middle East
Costs Of Cloud Computing At Odds With Growing Complexity
Cloud customers are dealing with confusion over cloud computing costs and the complexity of the services they are paying for
Four Cloud Computing Trends To Expect In 2017
IN DEPTH: The cloud industry grew significantly in 2016 and its showing no signs of slowing. Here is what we expect to see over the next 12 months
Are Military Veterans The Answer To The UK’s Tech Skills Gap?
IN DEPTH: The idea of tapping into the skills of military veterans has quickly spread through the technology industry
Oracle Buys Domain Names Service Provider Dyn
The database giant looks to extend its cloud footprint with Dyn acquisition
VMworld Europe 2016: VMware Offers Clouds, Clarity and Containers
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”
Clearing The Path To Cloud: Microsoft Azure CTO Targets Culture Shift
Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich discusses cloud adoption and how industry should break down the barriers that still exist
IP Expo 2016: Microsoft CTO, Google And IBM Debate The Future Of Cloud
IP EXPO 2016: Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich and others discuss the future of cloud and whether security is still an issue
Mirantis Now Supports Enterprise Linux With SUSE Partnership
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
IBM Wins FleetCor Cloud Bid To Power Two Billion Annual Transactions
FleetCor will shift to IBM’s cloud in mega financial win for Big Blue against cloud rivals
451 Research: Cloud Race To The Bottom Is ‘Red Herring’
Price doesn’t matter, claims 451 Research, as customer look for value-added services
Salesforce Strikes Cloud Services Deal With AWS
Salesforce moved software onto AWS cloud in the hope of expanding its international services with minimal infrastructure spend
SAP Counting On Customers To Go All-In On Cloud Migration With HANA
ANALYSIS: SAP is counting on its HANA in-memory database to help retain established customers
Datto Says Cheaper Sync And Share Makes It Rival To Dropbox And Box
Company giving away a free exabyte of storage to ‘first million’ companies that sign up to Datto Drive
Adobe Updates Document Cloud To Spur Digital Transformation
Adobe introduces Adobe Sign, and Adobe Document Cloud and Box team up to transform the digital document processes
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Is Now Using Red Hat’s OpenStack
Red Hat goes orbital with private OpenStack win, helping NASA’s JPL in planetary exploration, flight projects, and space research
Equinix Releases Data Hub For Enterprises Wanting Power On The Edge
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 Ships Public Cloud To Its Customers’ Own Data Centres
Oracle Cloud at Customer gives CIOs a potential workaround for regulatory and legislative barriers holding back public cloud adoption
Google Cloud Platform Launches Full On Assault At AWS
Google’s NEXT: Google launches plethora of cloud services to aid monitoring, machine learning and interoperability ahead of data centre expansion
Management Complexity In The Multi-cloud
How to simplify management and increase your businesses’ performance in the cloud
Cloud Security Firm CensorNet Acquires SMS PASSCODE
Basingstoke-based CensorNet eyes global expansion with a unified cloud security offering
Not Another Amazon Web Services Is Winning Public Cloud Article
RightScale’s State of the Cloud 2016 report lays bare AWS dominance but shows hope for Azure
Lanware And Trend Micro Deliver ‘Deep Security’ Cloud Tech
The firms have partnered to offer fully outsourced cloud-based solutions
Microsoft Trials Underwater Data Centre
Submarine servers sunk off Seattle, Project Natick could bring cloud closer to cities
Microsoft Pledges £700m Of Cloud For ‘Public Good’
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
Microsoft Slashes Azure Costs, Slams AWS Instances
Azure drops Dv2 VM costs by up to 17 percent
IT Life: NetSuite Asks ‘Why Not Cloud?’
Mark Woodhams, EMEA MD for NetSuite, talks us through cloud, Bill Gates, and Apple fandom