Cloud Computing

Google Cloud’s cloud data centre region in Warsaw, Poland is now open for business – 18 months after it was first announced. The opening marks Google Cloud’s 25th location worldwide, and the first cloud region in central and eastern Europe. Partnership details were first unveiled in September 2019 as Google aligned with Poland’s national cloud… Read more » The post Google Cloud opens Warsaw region in first step to central… Read More »Google Cloud opens Warsaw region in first step to central and eastern Europe expansion

A new report has warned of a ‘dubious’ gap for permissions across enterprise hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The study from CloudKnox Security, which is described as an industry first, polled more than 150 global organisations on their usage of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and VMware vSphere. Overall, the standout finding saw… Read more » The post Report warns of ‘dubious’ permissions gap for enterprise hybrid and… Read More »Report warns of ‘dubious’ permissions gap for enterprise hybrid and multi-cloud

Cloud technology was a vital lifeline for organisations disrupted by Covid-19. For many it was all that kept the lights on, allowing them to quickly build and scale their remote services and operations. Accenture’s recent Technology Vision 2021 report found that 82% of organisations are ramping up their use of cloud in a direct response… Read more » The post Accenture: How to get cloud migration right in the rush… Read More »Accenture: How to get cloud migration right in the rush for digital transformation

Cloud adoption is now a key framework for the technology that upholds our everyday life, and has evolved into an essential feature for all businesses. Within the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, we saw a clear focus on crisis management – with organisations desperate to build on their cloud usage and adopt new tech… Read more » The post How cloud adoption has become essential to digital transformation appeared… Read More »How cloud adoption has become essential to digital transformation

The global COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated changes in many industries. One of the most impacted was the pharmaceutical sector that had to reimagine business processes and rapidly adopt new technologies. It’s yet another example where applying cloud computing had become a strategic imperative. Today, next-generation pharma concepts are fueling ongoing innovation. In particular, the industry’s… Read more » The post How cloud edge and IoT will improve pharma manufacturing appeared… Read More »How cloud edge and IoT will improve pharma manufacturing

Spotify is one of Google Cloud’s cornerstone customers, representing a step change towards Google’s enterprise ambitions. It is also a lucrative one. In its IPO filing in 2018, Spotify revealed it was paying Google €365 million across three years to do so – which equates to just over €10m (£8.78m) per month. But what is… Read more » The post Spotify opens up on choosing Google Cloud for its cloud… Read More »Spotify opens up on choosing Google Cloud for its cloud migration

IBM has announced the general availability of its finance industry cloud, bolstered with the support Red Hat OpenShift alongside other cloud-native services. The company’s IBM Cloud for Financial Services, which was designed in collaboration with Bank of America and debuted in 2019, allows clients and partners to build applications with OpenShift, migrate virtual machine workloads,… Read more » The post IBM opens up finance industry cloud with Red Hat OpenShift… Read More »IBM opens up finance industry cloud with Red Hat OpenShift support

The ITIL framework – the acronym being retained from its former description of Information Technology Infrastructure Library – is focused on aligning IT services with the needs of businesses, including activities such as IT service management (ITSM) and IT asset management (ITAM). Since 2013, it has been owned by AXELOS, a joint venture between Capita… Read more » The post AXELOS: How to get the most out of the ITIL… Read More »AXELOS: How to get the most out of the ITIL 4 framework