31st May 2012
Over 1 million SMEs are ‘unaware they can make savings on their IT energy footprint by moving their business to the cloud’, according to a new study by energy company, E.ON. However, while the research highlights the energy businesses can save by switching to cloud, it does little to highlight cloud’s overall green credentials, something that could yet re-open the ‘how clean is your cloud?’ debate publicised by Greenpeace, earlier in the year.
29th May 2012
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, will outline the next stage of its Helix Nebula European cloud computing project at the Cloud Computing World Forum next month, with the aim of increasing participation in the scheme.
28th May 2012
No small business wants its employees to be burdened with spam, and will do whatever it can to keep it from spreading malware through the organisation, phishing account credentials and affecting general productivity. GFI Software’s Jeff Orloff explains how new anti-spamming solutions in the cloud can help tighten up small businesses, even when building at scale and speed.
24th May 2012
With customers taking charge of their retail experience and seeking the convenience of channel-agnostic shopping, to build and sustain customer loyalty in a tough economic environment, retailers must transform their siloed operations into a multi-channel set-up, as Associate VP for Retail at Infosys, Ramanan Ramakrishna explains.
23rd May 2012
Berkshire-based cloud and managed hosting provider, Pulsant has joined the HP CloudAgile Partner Programme, placing it in a strong position to offer cloud technology directly from the global giants. As a result, Pulsant customers can now access the very latest HP server innovations, new business models and higher-margin services.
22nd May 2012
Uncertainty around the current economic climate is forcing organisations to look at alternatives to on-site IT infrastructures and resources, with one-in-three organisations citing managed services as a more affordable option, according to a survey conducted by hosted services provider Rise.
18th May 2012
Cloud computing has the power to reinvent healthcare systems across the globe, according to former Apple CEO, John Sculley. In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, the 73 year-old Silicon Valley legend said he expected cloud to accelerate an overhaul of the current approach to healthcare within the next 15 years, and for big data analytics to be at the heart of the shift.
16th May 2012
With the rise of the public cloud and m-commerce, one key challenge every business will have to address is how to handle the proliferation of channels and deliver instantaneous services, without over-complicating the purchasing process. CloudSense’s MD, Richard Britton explains more.
15th May 2012
Compuware, the technology performance company, today announced the industry’s first deep transaction management solution for dynamic cloud and big data applications. The Compuware APM Spring 2012 Platform Release introduces new innovation, dynaTrace Enterprise, that simplify performance optimisation, operation and management of modern, dynamic applications.
14th May 2012
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched support for dynamic content in CloudFront, the company’s content acceleration service. The technology giants are keen to increase the presence of the new capability, highlighting it as a cost-effective alternative to traditional CDNs for AWS customers looking to improve the performance, reliability and global reach of their websites.