Computerworld UK Cloud Computing

Tech City start-ups offered 'wibre' to quickly connect to cloud

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:11:00 GMT

Tech City businesses in Shoreditch, east London are being offered combined data centre and new "wibre" connectivity services to help them quickly grow.

Telefónica deploys Office 365 across 130,000 strong cloud

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Telefónica, the owner of the O2 mobile brand in the UK, is deploying the cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite and Yammer social networking platform across its operating businesses worldwide, covering 130,000 staff in 24 countries.

Google triples free storage to 15GB

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Lucas Mearian) — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:21:00 GMT

Google said it is increasing the amount of free storage for users of its Google Drive cloud storage service to 15 GB.

Centrica Energy deploys mobile Salesforce cloud

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:33:00 GMT

Centrica Energy is deploying a mobile cloud-based Salesforce.com platform for its energy trading business.

EMC's Syncplicity to gain hybrid-cloud storage capability

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:23:00 GMT

Only a year after acquiring Syncplicity, EMC is getting ready to make the company's enterprise file management system work with hybrid clouds.

Salesforce customers will need a ‘serious reason’ to be in new UK data centre

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez) — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:42:00 GMT

European Salesforce customers will need a ‘serious reason’ to be hosted in the cloud giant’s new UK-based data centre, which is due to open by 2014.

Salesforce (finally) announces UK-based data centre for 2014

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez) — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:29:00 GMT

Cloud giant Salesforce.com has finally revealed plans to open a data centre in the UK, based in Slough, to serve its customer base in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Amazon Web Services launches new certification program

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Mikael Ricknäs) — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:15:00 GMT

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a Global Certification Program, which will allow solutions architects, systems operations administrators, and developers to get proof of their cloud know-how.

Telefónica and Push join forces to offer data distribution in the cloud

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:35:00 GMT

Telefónica Digital and Push Technology are to offer fast and scalable mobile and web data distribution from the cloud to any device through a strategic partnership.

Google drops Meebo 12 months after acquisition

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (John Ribeiro) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:02:00 GMT

Google plans to shut down in June the Meebo Bar for receiving and sharing personalized content from websites in favor of Google tools for interaction between websites and users.

Software AG buys LongJump for cloud PaaS

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Chris Kanaracus) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:45:00 GMT

Software AG has picked up cloud PaaS (platform-as-a-service) vendor LongJump in a bid to give small and medium-sized companies a way to rapidly develop applications with less involvement from IT. Terms of the deal, which was announced Thursday, were not disclosed.

LinkedIn revamps contacts feature to boost relationship management

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Juan Carlos Perez) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:27:00 GMT

LinkedIn has revamped the contacts management feature of its professional networking website and packaged the functionality into a new iOS application.

Analysts want more evidence for Microsoft Office 365 adoption claims

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Juan Carlos Perez) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:03:00 GMT

When Microsoft reported its third-quarter financial results last week, company officials trumpeted several metrics about sales and adoption of Office 365, the cloud subscription suite for email and collaboration.

Google outages blamed on sign-in system

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Juan Carlos Perez) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:29:00 GMT

A malfunctioning log-in system affected millions of people's ability to access a variety of Google applications on Wednesday, including Gmail and Drive.

Squeezing savings from the cloud

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Nancy Gohring) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:05:00 GMT

Calculating the real ROI of cloud apps requires the analysis of a lot of factors, and cutting corners on that process means you might not save money.

New CA CEO looks to transform the company to SaaS provider

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:04:00 GMT

CA Technologies’ recently appointed CEO, Michael Gregoire, has vowed to make the company an innovator in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market and has asked his customers to upgrade to the latest releases in order to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Citrix unveils subscription-based webcasting event platform

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:21:00 GMT

Citrix has unveiled GoToWebcast in North America and Europe, providing users with a "low-cost", self-service webcasting tool for up to 5,000 attendees.

Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven and others adopt cloud mobile payments

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:43:00 GMT

Wal-Mart Stores, 7-Eleven, Shell Oil US, Best Buy and other big brands are to be served by a new cloud-based mobile payments system.

Microsoft Azure enters price war with Amazon Web Services

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Tim Greene) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:52:00 GMT

Microsoft is dropping prices for Azure Cloud Services and for Azure virtual machines to match those of Amazon Web Services and implies that it will cut the prices of other Azure offerings as well to match those of AWS.

Citrix bequeaths Xen to the Linux Foundation

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Joab Jackson) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:40:00 GMT

In an effort to attract a more diverse set of contributors, enterprise software vendor Citrix has donated its open source Xen hypervisor to the Linux Foundation.

Rackspace announces plans to create global cloud network for service providers

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Matthew Finnegan) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:47:00 GMT

Rackspace has announced plans to open its cloud services up to third party service providers and telcos, aiming to create a global network of data centres powered by its OpenStack systems.

Researchers find vulnerabilities in online poker applications

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Jeremy Kirk) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:00:00 GMT

A review of poker applications shows that many suffer security flaws, putting players at risk of attack, according to a Malta-based security company.

Sky ‘cannot be specific’ about time frames to get Yahoo! email platform working

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:21:00 GMT

Sky has told its customers that are still experiencing problems with their email, seven days after the company went live with Yahoo! mail after migrating away from Gmail, that it ‘cannot be specific’ about when all services will be back up and running.

Google invites public to enhance its maps

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:51:00 GMT

Google has made available its Google Map Maker to the wider public, allowing anyone to provide detailed local information to Google Maps in the UK.

ABB consolidates collaboration with global Office 365 roll-out

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:52:00 GMT

Power and automation technology company ABB is migrating to Microsoft's Office 365 on demand cloud-based productivity suite and the Yammer enterprise social networking platform for its employees worldwide.