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 […]
Cisco Reports Second Quarter Earnings FY19
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 releases Hire recruitment automation service in UK
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 […]
Healthcare providers slowly embrace benefits of hybrid cloud
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 natively integrates with IBM Cloud to open Watson AI access
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, […]
Managing Enterprise Security After the Data Supernova
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Mumsnet reports data breach to ICO after problematic cloud move
Mumsnet has reported itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a botched upgrade resulted in users accidentally logging into the accounts of others. The parental forum believes that the breach was caused when moving its services to the cloud on Tuesday afternoon. The problem ran from 2pm Tuesday to 9am Thursday when the changes […]
IBM scores a major cloud win with multi-million dollar deal
IBM and Smart Energy Water have signed an agreement to boost the global energy and water provider’s cloud platform with the addition of IBM’s cloud infrastructure to host its mobile and web apps. US-based Smart Energy Water will host various workloads on IBM’s cloud platform, including its customer and mobile workforce apps, online billing, energy […]
Lack of collaboration between IT and business hindering digital transformation
A report by BMC Software has revealed that business success is being impacted by a lack of collaboration between IT departments and business decision makers. More than four in ten of businesses hold the IT department accountable if something goes wrong during the digital transformation process, despite two-thirds of businesses claiming they don’t ask for […]
Exclusive: European Microsoft 365 outage sent Department for Education’s IT into “meltdown”
The Department for Education (DfE) endured a 12-hour IT nightmare as a result of last month’s European-wide Microsoft 365 outage. The government department’s IT systems were paralysed on 24 January, with more than 6,000 of its employees locked out of their cloud-based Microsoft and email accounts, according to a DfE source, Cloud Pro has learnt. Crisis meetings […]