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Heat waste of Microsoft's submarine data centre not acceptable

Tue, 6th Nov 2018
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An expert has shared his findings into Microsoft's underwater data centre project, saying the waste heat is unacceptable for climate change.
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Why Cognizant is at the forefront of cloud migration

Mon, 5th Nov 2018
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Cognizant to migrate Orica's IT infrastructure to the cloud, enabling higher efficiency and cost optimization.
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Nadella confident future data centres will be underwater

Sat, 3rd Nov 2018
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In June this year Microsoft stretched the boundaries of data centres by dumping one in the sea and Nadella says there will be many more.
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Analysts say AWS dominance forced IBM's Red Hat acquisition

Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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IBM bets big with a USD $34 billion takeover of Red Hat, spurred by AWS's cloud dominance and aiming to become the top hybrid cloud provider.
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Tensions between China and US causing cloud war

Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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Ongoing trade tensions between China and the US  are having a significant impact on the cloud service providers market.
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IBM to spend $34b to acquire Red Hat

Mon, 29th Oct 2018
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IBM is set to acquire Red Hat for USD $34 billion, marking a transformative move in the cloud market, positioning IBM as the leading hybrid cloud provider.
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Big 5 cloud providers tighten stranglehold on market

Fri, 26th Oct 2018
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While the market is seeing strong growth, it's coming at the expense of small-to-medium sized cloud operators.
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Positive results for Microsoft, but Azure growth slows

Thu, 25th Oct 2018
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Microsoft has released its latest financial results, and albeit one disappointment it's good news for shareholders.
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Microsoft's new project to bring gaming to the data centre

Wed, 10th Oct 2018
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Data centres could soon be the crutch for the army of Xbox One gamers around the world with Microsoft's latest venture, Project xCloud.
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Alibaba Cloud to close gap with rivals in APAC - GlobalData

Mon, 8th Oct 2018
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Alibaba Cloud has almost 50% of the infrastructure-as-a-service market share in China and its annual revenue grew 101% in FY18.
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HPE simplifies hybrid cloud data protection with new solutions

Tue, 2nd Oct 2018
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HPE announced new hybrid cloud data protection and copy data management solutions for its intelligent storage portfolio.
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Overview of Microsoft's artificial intelligence strategy

Wed, 26th Sep 2018
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Microsoft's AI focus: strategy over product names, with a 8,000-strong engineering force shaping its core ethos.
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Why Microsoft is in the security business for all the right reasons

Wed, 26th Sep 2018
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Cloud security fears reverse as firms trust giants like Microsoft with data protection, leveraging AI & automation.
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How Microsoft aims to bring AI to the masses

Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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At Ignite 2018, Microsoft unveiled initiatives to enhance cybersecurity and democratise AI. New tools aim to cut breaches thirtyfold and ease secure logins.
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New open data initiative from Microsoft, Adobe & SAP

Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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The three tech titans have made a major announcement reflecting their view of data inter-operability in the future.
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Azure used to 'learn' when epilepsy patients will have a seizure

Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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A new project is using data analytics and machine learning to predict when a patient will have a seizure and warn them in advance.
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Microsoft makes security offerings available to nation states and law enforcement

Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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Microsoft aims to empower IT to unlock the security capabilities of the intelligent cloud to tip the scales in the cyber war.
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Orange reveals goal to become global player in multi-cloud services

Wed, 19th Sep 2018
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Fresh off its acquisition of Basefarm, the France-based integrated comms provider is looking to make waves around the world in multi-cloud services.
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Teraco: Digital transformation will be defined by the race to the edge

Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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Edge computing is undoubtedly one of the buzzwords of choice within data centre circles at the moment – up there with AI, IoT, and gender imbalances.
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Azure outage postmortem: Microsoft reveals what happened and why

Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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Headlines around the world have been shouting about Azure's outage - here's MIcrosoft's postmortem on the matter.