How hybrid cloud will enable streams of data to flow freely

The world of business is changing. Disruptive shifts in power are forcing everyone to question the established status quo. In particular, savvy chief executives are tasking IT organizations to help…

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Workday signs up to IBM cloud in ‘multi-year strategic partnership’

\ IBM has announced that financial and HR cloud app provider Workday has signed up for its cloud services in what has been described as a “multi-year strategic partnership.” The…

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The Challenge of Visibility in Cloud Computing Environments

These days, more and more enterprises are opting to migrate their data into the cloud, what with the numerous advantages that it promises to provide. In a report by the…

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AWS and Microsoft get FedRAMP acclaim for touchy cloud statistics

Every other day, another piece of suitable information for both Microsoft Azure and Amazon web offerings (AWS); the providers are two of 3 companies which have been given authority by…

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European Union To Develop Own Cloud Computing Standards And Certifications

Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for Digital Affairs of the European Union, recently announced plans to create European certifications and standards in order to hasten the move for businesses to join other…

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Analysing security and regulatory concerns with cloud app migration

As businesses look to clouds for faster, more flexible growth, they confront significant challenges from a legacy application base that has varying levels of cloud suitability. It is therefore worth…

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Google cloud team launches damage control mission following outage

Google will offer all customers who were affected by the Google Compute Engine outage with service credits, in what would appear to be a damage control exercise as the company…

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Met Office launches weather app on hybrid cloud platform

The Met Office has launched its latest app on its new hybrid cloud platform, Weather Cloud, in an effort to increase the speed of delivery and accuracy of its weather…

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IBM and SAP update partnership for greater cloud and on-prem capabilities

IBM and SAP have announced their latest strategic partnership, building on a deal struck in 2014 between Big Blue and SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud. Described at the time as “SAP’s…

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Why the resiliency of the mainframe is not a surprise in the cloud computing age

Cynics have been foretelling the imminent demise of the mainframe since the early 1990s, but all the evidence continues to point to the contrary. Today, 96% of the world’s banks…

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