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Analysis: Industry reaction to the CloudStore

How will the new supplier list help in the procurement of IT services?
22 Feb 2012

Interview: Phil Pavitt, CIO, HMRC

HMRC’s CIO plans to consolidate the department’s vast and disparate IT arsenal on to a mere 13 machines over the next five years
22 Feb 2012

Government launches CloudStore

Publishes the list of suppliers for its G-Cloud
20 Feb 2012

Barclays develops internal app store

Retail bank aims to increase productivity by enabling staff to work and communicate via apps
17 Feb 2012

Oracle to acquire SaaS vendor Taleo for £1.2bn

Deal mirrors recent acquisitions in the cloud space by rivals SAP and Salesforce
10 Feb 2012

Analysis: How the government plans to silence its ICT critics

UK digital government director Chris Chant is adamant that the G-Cloud will address criticism of Whitehall IT by the civil service watchdog
03 Feb 2012

CA ERwin - Getting reacquainted with an old friend


03 Feb 2012

The changing face of the datacentre


31 Jan 2012

BlackBerry Cloud Services launched on Microsoft Office 365

The service will allow BlackBerry users to manage deployments in the cloud
31 Jan 2012

Data protection changes will improve cloud uptake, says Kroes

Neelie Kroes says the unification of EU data protection rules will make compliance simpler for cloud providers
31 Jan 2012

Amazon becomes enterprise cloud backup provider

Cloud firm unveils new storage gateway
26 Jan 2012

Government issues electronic storage tender worth up to £200m

Contract includes off- and on-site document storage, and scanning and retrieval
26 Jan 2012

Recruitment firm moves to Databarracks private cloud to boost performance and cut costs

The firm has moved its systems from on-premise Dell servers to a VMware and HP Blade infrastructure
26 Jan 2012

Opinion: How to embed trust in the cloud

There are a number of relatively simple steps that IT chiefs can take to safeguard data in the cloud
24 Jan 2012

Accenture: Context-based services set to emerge in 2012

Report highlights that availability of contextual data from smartphone, cloud and social media usage will create revenue opportunities
24 Jan 2012

Microsoft System Centre 2012 closes in on VMware vCentre

The release aims to help organisations manage their cloud portfolio
18 Jan 2012

Amazon opens up Free Usage Tier to Windows Server developers

Free cloud service now available for testing Windows apps
17 Jan 2012

Lotusphere 2012: IBM launches social analytics for business

New software and services aimed at boosting workforce networking
17 Jan 2012

Amazon AWS Direct Connect hits the UK


16 Jan 2012

Bank embarks on biggest Google Apps for Business rollout to date

The deal marks a watershed in public cloud deals according to industry analysts
11 Jan 2012

Law firm adopts cloud-based disaster recovery solution

Leeds-based Clarion implements Vision Solutions' Double Take Availability
09 Jan 2012

Crash Podcast: IT trends for 2012 and a big data breach

In this week's podcast we discuss the hottest IT trends for 2012, and the first big breach of the Data Protection Act of the year
09 Jan 2012

IBM buys software testing specialist Green Hat

Acquisition will bolster IBM's Rational Software business
05 Jan 2012

CIOs rail against vendor lock-in

A recent Computing survey reveals that many enterprise IT leaders feel hamstrung by the deals they have struck with vendors
04 Jan 2012