Oracle partners with Telecom Italia to bring cloud services to Italy

Oracle has signed a collaborative agreement with Telecom Italia (TIM) and its cloud division Noovle to bring multi-cloud services to enterprises and public sector organisations in Italy. The new partnership plans to “utilise advanced cloud infrastructure technologies to support [the] goal of advancing Italy’s digital modernisation”, a press release said. Within the alliance, Noovle will… … Read more

5 ways cloud-based technology is changing the game for enterprise security

Today’s enterprise organisations are having to play by a new set of cyber and physical security rules. Hackers are getting more advanced, and finding new and faster ways to breach security protocols. The traditional models, in which cybersecurity and physical security teams operate as separate entities, can no longer ensure companies stay protected from the… … Read more

Thales and Google to create joint French sovereign cloud company

Thales, the French aerospace and defence company, is joining forces with Google to offer state-approved cloud services to French enterprises and the country’s public sector. The sovereign cloud offering will be operated by a joint company that Thales will be the majority shareholder in. Despite this majority, the partnership between Thales, Europe’s largest defence electronics… … Read more

US Supreme Court throws out Oracle’s JEDI contract challenge

The US Supreme Court has dismissed Oracle’s challenge to how the Pentagon awarded its now-cancelled $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) cloud contract. A lower court ruling found that the enterprise software company could not have been harmed by any Pentagon errors in awarding the contract as Oracle did not qualify for it… … Read more

Zoom and Five9 back out of $14.7bn acquisition deal

Video conferencing giant Zoom has abandoned its bid to buy cloud software provider Five9 as part of a $14.7 billion (£10.8bn) deal announced in July. The collapse of the deal comes just weeks after the US Department of Justice dialled up its investigation of the acquisition due to national security concerns. Following a shareholder meeting… … Read more