Universities are the most forward-thinking public sector organisations when it comes to cloud usage, a report by Eduserv and Socitm has revealed, with more than a third storing data in the cloud. Public bodies and authorities are also embracing the flexibility that the cloud provides, although the emergency services still lag behind, with only 13% […]

Silver Peak has made a strong stand in the SD-WAN world, announcing a partnership with Google Cloud to become one of the only companies of its kind to have ties with the four leading public cloud businesses in the world. Before this announcement, Silver Peak had already partnered with Amazon, Microsoft and Oracle, but this […]

2018 was an incredible time for cloud. Its impact on customer experiences, business processes and models, and workforce innovations was undeniable. We saw more and more use cases where customers started leveraging multiple clouds to enable innovation than ever before. But the landscape continues to change. Here are my thoughts about what’s ahead for cloud […]

European citizens have complained en masse that companies such as Amazon, Apple, YouTube, and Spotify are misusing their data. The claims were brought to light by Austrian privacy group noyb, led by activist Max Schrems, which say that the companies highlighted are not adhering to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Schrems said in the […]

AWS has unveiled a managed backup service that will help customers backup their data, whether it resides on-premise or in the cloud. AWS Backup makes it easier for companies to manage their data by offering a single place for data in storage volumes, databases, and file systems to be managed and audited. Users can schedule […]

Unit 42, the global cyber threat intelligence arm of Palo Alto Networks, has discovered new forms of a Linux coin mining malware originally used by the Rocke group which attacks Linux servers, aka a large portion of all servers in the world. The malware which is believed to be related to the Xbash malware detected […]

Security researchers who discover flaws in Microsoft’s Azure DevOps platform could earn themselves up to $20,000, after the company announced its latest bug bounty programme. The Microsoft Azure DevOps Services Bounty is the company’s tenth concurrent bug bounty programme and covers Redmond’s suite of cloud-based DevOps tools. Previously known as Visual Studio Team Services, these […]

Vodafone and IBM have announced a partnership that will see the pair delivering new opportunities to businesses looking for ways to harness the power of 5G in their cloud computing services. The collaboration aims to provide companies with the technology to integrate multiple cloud environments and prepare for the next wave of digital transformation, with […]

A server that made its way into the public domain has revealed information about a whole host of FBI investigations from the last ten years. The server, which once belonged to the State of Oklahoma, was storing 3TB worth of data about investigations it was working on with the FBI. The entire device was unsecured, […]

IBM is killing off its AI-powered collaboration tool Watson Workspace after it failed to “resonate” with clients, according to a leaked memo. Watson Workspace is IBM’s answer to Slack or Microsoft Teams, but with AI capabilities. It provided a platform for shared workspaces, collaborations and even hosted third-party apps. But, despite having only been released […]