Microsoft profits soared 21% in the second quarter of its 2022 thanks, once again, to the ongoing growth of its cloud business. Whilst not quite the 44% surge the company saw at the beginning of 2021, the global PC and cloud markets continued to feel the benefits of pandemic demand throughout the year. Total revenue… … Read more

IBM has posted its highest quarterly growth since 2011 for the final quarter of 2021, with hybrid cloud adoption driving sales. The positive turnaround for the company suggests that Arvind Krishna’s appointment as CEO in mid-2020 is starting to bear fruit. For the December quarter, IBM brought in revenue of £12.4 billion, up 6.5% from… … Read more

London Heathrow, the UK’s largest airport, has implemented a host of Oracle Cloud applications as it looks to return to its pre-pandemic height of 80 million passengers a year. Capgemini and Oracle Consulting carried out the implementation, which included Oracle’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Human Capital Management (HCM) applications. It also uses Oracle Integration… … Read more

For IT and security professionals, the job is getting more complex day by day. With widely dispersed teams fast becoming the norm, new technologies emerging and an ever-increasing level of threats, it’s a big job and a lot to keep on top of. There is no doubt that IT needs smarter security. Security management needs… … Read more

Oracle has opened a data centre in South Africa, joining the likes of Amazon and Microsoft in trying to tap into Africa’s growing demand for cloud services. The cloud infrastructure company will use the new facility to provide services across much of Africa, with the continent becoming Oracle’s 37th “cloud region”. According to Cherian Varghese,… … Read more

Alibaba’s cloud wing is being reviewed by the Biden administration to determine if it poses a risk to US national security, according to Reuters. The probe is investigating how the company stores US client data, including personal information and intellectual property, and whether the Chinese government could gain access to it. Concerns also centre around… … Read more

SAP, the multinational business software group, recorded a 28% revenue increase for its cloud computing operations in 2021’s fourth quarter. Cloud revenue reached €2.6 billion (£2.17bn) in this period, the company revealed in its preliminary financial results. SAP believes its main cloud offering, RISE with SAP, has been a large contributor to growth. Unveiled in… … Read more

The Co-op is a food retailers steeped in tradition. Founded in 1844, the now wide-reaching organisation has endured a reputation in Britain for being slow to change. However, after four years, the company has transitioned all 3,000 of its stores to SAP’s cloud platform, making it one of the biggest SAP deployments in Europe. ASDA,… … Read more

More than two-thirds of malware downloads came from cloud apps in 2021, according to a study by Netskope, a secure access service edge (SASE) specialist, titled Cloud and Threat Spotlight: January 2022.  The research highlights the continued growth of malware and other malicious payloads delivered by cloud applications. The year-over-year analysis identifies the top trends… … Read more

Cloud computing involves internet usage to offer services, tools, and applications, such as databases, networking, servers, and software. The cloud rose to popularity in the mid-2000s and was embraced by many businesses as it diminished traditional computer-related troubles, such as the need to buy expensive hardware or software resources. Almost two decades later, its popularity… … Read more