Month: July 2021

Microsoft has reached an agreement to acquire RiskIQ, a specialist in global threat intelligence and attack surface management. It is hoped that the deal will help the companies’ customers build a more comprehensive view of the global threats to their businesses, better understand vulnerable internet-facing assets, and build world-class threat intelligence. As organisations pursue digital… … Read more

The Bank of England is calling for increased powers to oversee the banking and finance sector’s switch to cloud computing. Its concerns stem from cloud adoption making systems more secretive and concentrating sensitive data in the hands of a select few tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft. The central bank has said it will need… … Read more

IBM has confirmed it plans to acquire BoxBoat Technologies, a premier DevOps consultancy and enterprise Kubernetes certified service provider.  BoxBoat will extend IBM’s container strategy and implementation services portfolio to further advance IBM’s hybrid cloud strategy and accelerate Red Hat OpenShift adoption globally. The heart of hybrid John Granger, senior VP, Hybrid Cloud Services at… … Read more

The efficiency of a company’s supply chain is one of the most critical aspects in determining its ability to generate revenue, manage costs, and continuously meet customer expectations. According to one study, 79% of firms with high-performing supply chains achieve significantly faster revenue growth than their industry averages. However, many companies still struggle with supply… … Read more

Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), which unveiled the UK’s most advanced superconducting quantum computer in 2018, has launched the UK’s first Quantum Computing-as-a-Service (QCaaS) platform. In a boost for the UK’s ambitions to be a global quantum superpower, as well as for businesses looking to explore the increasing commercial and technical benefits of quantum computing,  today’s… … Read more

For years, data centres and managed service providers have provided customers with the most up-to-date capabilities and services. But the shift from Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings has put hyperscalers in the driver’s seat of the cloud computing market. They offer the managed services that are the building… … Read more

The US Department of Defence (DoD) has cancelled its $10 billion (£7.2bn) cloud computing contract with Microsoft, pitting it back against Amazon for a renewed bidding war over the rights to develop the Pentagon’s long awaited cloud system. The cancellation follows Amazon’s filing of a lawsuit against the decision to award the ‘Jedi’ contract to… … Read more

The average cost of cloud account compromises reached $6.2 million (£4.5m) over a 12-month period according to more than 600 IT and IT security professionals in the US. This finding is the most revealing of many from a new report on ‘The Cost of Cloud Compromise and Shadow IT’ released by Proofpoint, a cybersecurity and… … Read more

Multi-cloud strategies are emerging as a dominant part of organisations’ long-term IT roadmaps. This is according to a study by IT services firm Ensono in which 500 full-time professionals across the UK and US with cloud procurement decision-making power were surveyed. Bryan Doerr, executive VP of Product and Technology, said: “This report captures a clear… … Read more