Hackers are increasingly aiming cyber attacks at cloud infrastructure, using it as an entry point to drive other attacks and relying on employees and businesses to misconfigure their infrastructure, leaving it open to attack. That’s according to cyber security firm Symantec’s latest Internet Threat Security Report, which noted misconfigured servers and cloud infrastructure are providing tempting targets for […]

AWS has unveiled five new EC2 bare metal instances to run high-intensity workloads, such as performance analysis, specialised applications and legacy workloads not supported in virtual environments. The new instances – m5.metal, m5d.metal, r5.metal, r5d.metal, and z1d.metal – have all been designed to run virtualisation secured containers such as Clear Linux Containers. Each offers its […]

Slack is launching two new tools for developers to build apps within the business communication service without the need for in-depth coding knowledge. The first is called ‘Block Kit’, which is a user interface (UI) framework to help developers do more with the information inside Slack. Its aim is to provide more flexibility and control over […]

Lenovo has launched TruScale Infrastructure Services, a subscription service for businesses to use and pay for data centre infrastructure and associated hardware without paying upfront. It’s particularly well-suited to businesses that don’t have the capital to keep paying out for infrastructure as their needs scale up or don’t have the IT resources to procure and […]

IBM is opening up its Watson Assistant and Watson OpenScale to everyone for the first time, enabling businesses to take advantage of conversational AI and smart platform management, even if they’re not using IBM Cloud. Although the services have been available for IBM cloud customers to use in the past, the move means that enterprises […]

Q2 Results: Revenue: $12.4 billion Growth of 7% year over year (normalized to exclude the divested SPVSS business for Q2 FY 2018) Earnings per Share: GAAP: $0.63; Non-GAAP: $0.73 Non-GAAP EPS increased 16% year over year Q3 Guidance (normalized to exclude the divested SPVSS business for Q3 FY 2018): Revenue: 4% to 6% growth year […]

Google has finally unveiled its Google Suite-powered Hire recruitment platform in the UK, more than six months after it was launched in the US. The platform was first announced at Google I/O in June 2017 and was released a year later in its key markets (ie., the US). It’s an HR automation platform that allows […]

The healthcare sector is increasingly adopting hybrid cloud environments, although it’s been a slow process so far, with just 19% of healthcare providers currently taking advantage of mixed public and private cloud infrastructure. Nutanix’s healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index Report predicted that adoption would rise to 37% in the next two years as healthcare organisations realise […]

Mendix has optimised its platform for IBM Cloud, adding support for Kubernetes and single sign-on onboarding. Mendix now works with IBM’s Watson AI capabilities, allowing developers to take advantage of its low-code system to create AI-ready applications and services. Developers can integrate a range of services into their creations, including Weather Channel content, App ID, […]