VMware Workspace ONE integrates unified endpoint management, application management and access control into a single platform. And, with integrated intelligence, it enables IT to deliver a digital workspace without sacrificing security and control. If you’re new to VMware Workspace ONE, this article will get you up to speed on the top five things you should… … Read more

Singapore’s Home Team Science and Technology agency (HTX) has called on Microsoft to develop its sovereign cloud. The agency promotes technological adoption across Singapore’s Home Team departments, which are responsible for national security, policing, civil defence, and immigration. HTX said the project will accelerate digital transformation and allow domestic services such as the police to… … Read more

In the past decade, IT professionals have divided between advocates of control and customisation in private clouds versus developers looking for the standardisation and flexibility of public clouds. A common perception was that the hyperscalers would host all the applications, and the local data centres and private clouds were going to have a residual role.… … Read more

IBM and SAP, two veterans of the tech space, have expanded their partnership with one another in a bid to accelerate cloud adoption. As part of the agreement, IBM is now a premium supplier for the “Rise with SAP” collection of subscription-based software and services. The company has also revealed its “Breakthrough with IBM for… … Read more

Cloud software specialist Salesforce is working on an non-fungible token (NFT) cloud service, according to a CNBC report. The plans were revealed by Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor during an online sales call, with references made to companies like Pepsi which are making similar NFT plays. Salesforce, which mostly provides cloud-based software for… … Read more

The Defence Innovation Unit (DIU), a part of the Department of Defence (DoD) focused on scaling commercial technology across the US military, has contracted Google Cloud for its secure cloud management (SCM) solution. With plans to be implemented across the DIU’s systems, Google anticipates the possibility of further adoption amongst defence agencies worldwide. SCM is… … Read more

The cloud infrastructure market grew by 37% from £95 billion in 2020 to £131 billion in 2021, according to Synergy Research data. Focusing in on the final quarter, enterprise spending clocked out at £37 billion, marking a similar 36% increase over the previous year. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google continued to grow at astonishing rates considering… … Read more

US cloud services provider Citrix has been acquired for $16.5 billion (£12.1bn) and will be privatised and merged with data analysis software developer Tibco Software. The buyout comes from Elliot Investment Management and Vista Equity Partners, the latter of which has owned Tibco since 2014. Following weeks of reports of negotiations, the acquisition deal has… … Read more

Carbon emissions data will be a major factor in cloud purchasing decisions by 2025, according to technology research and consultancy firm Gartner. With sustainability concerns becoming increasingly important to consumers, the market researcher suspects carbon emissions will be a top-three criterion in the next three years. If so, this puts the hyperscaling cloud services giants… … Read more

Imperial College London is partnering with the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi to develop a new operating system (OS) designed with cloud security in mind. According to Professor Peter Pietzuch of the Imperial College Department of Computing, the devices and OS typically used to host cloud services in data centres today have outdated… … Read more