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Services and outsourcing

Big Data Summit - Insight from the experts

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Speakers and other experts from Computing's recent Big Data Summit 2013 provide their insights into big data
05 Apr 2013

Is innovation still in HP’s DNA?

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Sooraj Shah asks whether the Silicon Valley veteran has any idea how to save itself from oblivion
21 Mar 2013

‘Give us £1m or your data gets it!’: lessons of the 2e2 collapse

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Would your outsourced data survive a 2e2-style collapse? Stuart Sumner talks to experts about what CIOs need to do to ensure business continuity
19 Mar 2013

Government CIO role abolished as era of big outsourcing deals draws to a close

'If we are here in three years' time and government is still spending £6bn on technology... shoot us'
14 Mar 2013

Auto Trader’s potential shift to digital-only helped by datacentre switchover

Telecity Group's peering gives Auto Trader edge in SEO and user experiences, says CIO
13 Mar 2013

Birds Eye CIO: Choosing a cloud provider that won't go bust

Sarah Leslie, CIO of Iglo Foods Group - which operates the Birds Eye Brand in the UK - tells Computing how her organisation selects cloud and outsourcing providers which are unlikely to go out of business and lose her data
08 Mar 2013

Tesco gears up for an all-out assault on Amazon

Former Facebook and Warner Music execs to run new e-books and music sites
04 Mar 2013

Logicalis acquires 2e2’s European operations for £20.7m

Logicalis takes on board 480 of 2e2's European employees and takes 70 former 2e2 staff on in the UK
04 Mar 2013

Arvato selected as government’s first outsourced shared service centre operator

Deal part of government's plan to save up to £600m a year on back office costs
01 Mar 2013

Bankrupt 2e2 stored user data in third-party datacentres

Customers 'ought to have known', says Onyx CEO Neil Stephenson
01 Mar 2013

Rackspace acquires MongoDB service provider ObjectRocket

Rise of MongoDB reason for the purchase, says Rackspace VP
27 Feb 2013

Central and North West London NHS Trust issues tender worth up to £80m

ICT services to support 5,200 end users and 5,500 staff over five year period
25 Feb 2013

In two years' time we won't be talking about the cloud

Cloud computing will become so common that it will just be known as "computing"
20 Feb 2013

Down and out: lessons of the 2e2 saga

When a company like 2e2 goes into administration, datacentre users can find just how few rights they have. Graeme Burton examines the options
19 Feb 2013

Special report: Cloud 2.0 begins to take shape

In part two of our special report, John Leonard looks at moves to make cloud more attractive for serious enterprise computing by mitigating risk, enhancing transparency and even handing more control to users
19 Feb 2013

2e2 datacentres saved in takeover by Oakley Capital

Peter Dubens' Oakley Capital appoints Daisy Group to manage the Reading and Gateshead datacentres
15 Feb 2013

2e2: pay up £1m now or we close the datacentre

Migrating data and software from Gateshead and Reading datacentres could take 16 weeks, claims bust company's administrator
08 Feb 2013

Special report: Seeking clarity in a cloudier future

In the first of a two-part report, John Leonard tiptoes through the minefield of cloud service terms and SLAs and asks whether customers – especially SMEs – can expect a better deal in the future
07 Feb 2013

Customers rush for the exit as 2e2 nears collapse

Potential bidders could be put off by customer exodus
04 Feb 2013

Oracle Java security chief: 'We’ll fix Java'

Milton Smith also promises better communication with IT professionals and businesses
28 Jan 2013

RIM could license out BlackBerry 10, says CEO

Thorsten Heins wants Canadian firm's new OS to show its potential first
21 Jan 2013

Dotcom launches new file-sharing service

Kim Dotcom, the man behind the now closed Megaupload site, has launched Mega, a similar service that he hopes will steer clear of legal troubles
21 Jan 2013

Facebook search tool popular with analysts, but not with investors

Share prices of social firm fall as monetisation strategy is not mentioned
16 Jan 2013

Government touts 'bigger and better' G-Cloud iii

Deadline for submission of tenders is 21 February
14 Jan 2013