Cloud adoption grows while enterprise datacentres investment remains flat

While global adoption of public cloud computing seems to be picking up pace in 2013, investment in enterprise datacentre growth has largely remained flat, according to a report published Thursday…

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Verizon, Qualcomm among Mcity partners testing IoT, automated cars

Verizon and Qualcomm are among 15 partners launching Mcity at the University of Michigan this week, a controlled testing environment for connected and automated vehicles that the project participants claim…

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Google buys Pixate to strengthen mrototyping, designrototyping, designprototyping, design

Google quietly acquired Pixate for an undisclosed sum this week. The company, which offers a platform that helps developers and design and prototype mobile apps, may help Google bolster the…

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Vodafone Italy launches NFV, cloud-based VoLTE

Vodafone is the latest carrier to push ahead with rolling out a voice over LTE (VoLTE) service, with its Italian subsidiary launching the service, reports Telecoms.com. Setting this VoLTE project…

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HP inks deal with SunEdison to power its cloud with clean energy

HP signed a 12-year power purchasing agreement with SunEdison this week that will see it power its cloud datacentres with renewable energy. The deal will see SunEdison begin construction on…

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Will datacentre economics paralyse the Internet of Things?

The statistics predicting what the Internet of Things (IoT) will look like and when it will take shape vary widely. Whether you believe there will be 25 billion or 50…

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IBM, Microsoft struggle while SAP largely bucks the trend

IBM and Microsoft revealed steep losses this week as the two companies released their Q2 financial results, but SAP seems to have bucked the trend with close to 130 per…

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IBM doubles down on developers and open source

IBM launched developerWorks Open this week, a platform being aimed at developers looking to develop open source solutions in collaboration with IBM using the company’s technology as a foundation. The…

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Lufthansa enlists SAP to help crunch IoT data

Lufthansa Systems is using SAP HANA to bridge the gap between GIS systems and Internet of Things sensors to optimise flight operations. The IT solutions-focused subsidiary of the German airline,…

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Rackspace, Intel to coordinate ‘world’s largest OpenStack dev team’

Rackspace and Intel are teaming up to launch an OpenStack Innovation Centre aimed at bolstering upstream development of the cloud platform. The centre, housed at Rackspace’s corporate HQ in San…

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