All posts by Duncan MacRae

NTT DATA UK&I partners with Google Cloud

NTT DATA UK&I, a global innovator in business consulting and IT services, has extended its pan-EMEA partnership with Google Cloud to the UK & Ireland. As a Google Premier Partner – the highest status a Google Cloud Partner can achieve – the alliance further strengthens NTT DATA UK&I’s multi-cloud capabilities to drive even greater value… Read more »

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Business leaders feel employees are more or equally productive while working remotely

Recently published data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) claims that the UK is in a productivity crisis, lagging behind many other G7 nations in workforce output. But the majority (85%) of business leaders do not feel that remote and hybrid working is a cause for this, according to new research of more than… Read more »

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F5 launches distributed cloud app infrastructure protection

F5 has launched the F5 Distributed Cloud App Infrastructure Protection (AIP), a cloud workload protection solution that expands application observability and protection to cloud-native infrastructures. Powered by technology acquired with Threat Stack, AIP is the newest addition to the F5 Distributed Cloud Services portfolio of cloud-native SaaS-based application security and delivery services. Organisations of all… Read more »

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Public cloud revenues to jump by 26% YoY to $525B in 2023

The global demand for public cloud services continues surging as the world becomes increasingly digitized. Over the past years, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform have seen impressive growth in the adoption and usage of their services, which will undoubtedly continue in 2023 as the entire market is set to witness a… Read more »

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Belfast Harbour sets sail with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP

Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland’s principal maritime gateway and logistics hub, has selected Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) to streamline its financial operations, increase agility, improve insights, and enhance decision making across the organisation. Belfast Harbour is Northern Ireland’s primary maritime gateway for trade by operating a sustainable and world-leading regional… Read more »

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Malware-delivering cloud apps almost tripled in 2022

More than 400 distinct cloud applications delivered malware in 2022, nearly triple the amount seen in the prior year, according to research conducted by Netskope, a specialist in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). The company’s researchers also found that 30% of all cloud malware downloads in 2022 originated from Microsoft OneDrive. Cloud apps are widely… Read more »

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Confluent acquires Immerok to develop cloud native Apache Flink offering

Confluent, a data streaming specialist, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Immerok, a contributor to Apache Flink – a powerful technology for building stream processing applications and one of the most popular Apache open source projects. Immerok has developed a cloud-native, fully managed Flink service for customers looking to process data streams at a… Read more »

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Tech jobs of 2023 – Cloud computing a key enabler for digital transformation

In the age of digital, cloud computing is facilitating transformation. As a result of the cloud there are now virtually limitless possibilities for organisations to embrace digital with minimised risk; a rise in opportunity which is inevitably linked to a massive rise in demands for tech jobs and, as a result, the tech talent gap.… Read more »

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Kingfisher chooses Google Cloud as catalyst for growth and innovation

Kingfisher, an international home improvement company, has signed a five-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud to enhance Kingfisher’s digital capabilities as it helps usher in retail’s next digital age. With more than 1,500 stores internationally, 80,000 full-time colleagues, and a brand portfolio that includes B&Q, Castorama, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş, Kingfisher required a strong… Read more »

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InVision joins G-Cloud to bring workforce management to public sector contact centres

InVision Software’s cloud-based injixo workforce management (WFM) solution has been accepted onto the G-Cloud 13 framework. Accelerating its adoption by UK public sector organisations, such as local authorities, injixo is now available via the G-Cloud Digital Marketplace. To deliver effective, efficient service to customers and meet service level agreements public sector organisations need to have… Read more »

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