Salesforce says its Health Cloud is about building relationships, not records

Salesforce has unveiled a new cloud based system aimed at helping clinicians to build stronger relationships with patients. The launch comes in the same week that UK health secretary Jeremy…

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Alibaba to set up cloud datacentre, HQ in Singapore

Alibaba’s cloud computing division Aliyun revealed plans to set up a datacentre in Singapore, where it also plans to base its overseas business headquarters. The Singapore datacentre, its seventh globally,…

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ClearScale, Onstream partner on IoT intelligence cloud service

Device intelligence automation specialist Onstream is partnering with ClearScale to develop a cloud-based IoT service for smart devices. Onstream offers a connected device framework that aims to bring data processing…

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Seagate buys Dot Hill to bolster cloud cred

Seagate announced plans to acquire storage software and hardware vendor Dot Hill Systems for $694m, which the company said would help bolster its cloud portfolio of products. Dot Hill specialises…

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Basho, Cisco integrate Riak KV and Apache Mesos to strengthen IoT automation

Cisco and Basho have successfully demoed the Riak key value store running on Apache Mesos, an open source technology that makes running diverse, complex distributed applications and workloads easier. Basho…

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Thames Tideway Tunnel taps Accenture in NetSuite deal

Thames Tideway Tunnel, the project company set up to manage London’s “super-sewer” overflow reduction project, has deployed NetSuite’s cloud-based ERP platform in a bid to reduce costs and drive flexibility…

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Intel partners with OHSU in using cloud, big data to cure cancer

Intel is testing a cloud-based platform as a service in conjunction with the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) that can help diagnose and treat individuals for cancer based on…

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AWS goes hipster, plans pop-up shop in London

Amazon Web Services has announced plans to take its AWS Pop-up Loft programme to London in early September in a bid to reach out to local UK startups. The temporary…

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HP suffers across the board as Enterprise Group flatlines

HP reported heavy losses when it revealed its third quarter 2015 financial results this week, with the enterprise IT giant raking in net revenues of $25.3bn, down 8 per cent…

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Intel, Ericsson bet $100m on Mirantis and OpenStack

Pure play OpenStack vendor Mirantis has secured $100m in new funding this week in a round led by Intel Capital, with the companies also announcing deepened collaboration in the cloud…

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