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← View all opinionsSince the mid-nineties what we now know as ‘cloud’ technology has been talked about in various different terms –as hosted software, Software as a Service (SaaS) and even as managed services. Now the t...
It is well known that cloud is increasingly becoming the default IT option for businesses with many looking to cloud for some, if not all of their infrastructure needs. This interest primarily stems f...
The biggest news to hit the data centre universe lately is surely that Netflix, after seven long years, is finally shutting down the last of its data centres in a bid to host nearly its entire offerin...
The cloud is more than a technical innovation. It’s a movement. A democratisation of IT networking that is helping SMEs and start-ups save time, cut costs and improve their flexibility. But it’s not a...
The prpl Foundation, an open-source, community-driven, collaborative, non-profit foundation for driving the next gen of datacentre to device solutions, has announced availability of a new document ent...
Technology has become such an integral part of the way that we live our lives, it is understandable that cities all over the world are striving to become headquarters for technological innovation. Lon...
Last month, Lincolnshire County Council’s computer systems were shut down following a malicious ransomware attack. This naturally caused a great deal of public concern, and certainly demonstrated the...
The ride-share economy is booming, and one of the pioneers of the industry has just announced a partnership wtih MariaDB. BlaBlaCar is using an open source database cluster to meet its scalability and...
Cloud Financial Services Asia is the thought-leading forum on cloud and financial services in Asia. Taking place on the 23-24th February in Hong Kong, this event aims to bring together cloud infrastru...
Hosting a website on a cloud-based server is a smart decision. It typically makes your website faster, more secure and agile. Cloud hosting is also helpful in letting you manage the scalability of you...
Last week I attended the IoT Tech Expo at Olympia in London, and can I just say that the future is looking pretty cute! Innovation abounding, the expo was full of attention grabbing displays, but the...
It is clear to see that cloud has lived up to the hype. It is now firmly in a high growth phase and only shows signs of accelerated growth over the next few years. In my view, there are three key reas...