Army Wants a Vendor to Bring Parity to AWS and Azure Cloud Offerings

The AWS/government deal will see public sector organisations benefitting from economies o The UK government has signed a new deal with AWS to speed up the adoption of cloud technologies in public sector organisations. On Monday, the government’s procurement agency Crown Commercial Service (CCS) signed a three-year Memorandum of Understating (MoU) with AWS, which treats all participat

Canalys claims the top four providers collectively grew by 40 per cent during Q3 Spending on cloud infrastructure services grew by a third in Q3 as fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continued to benefit the market's largest providers. Analyst firm Canalys claims that cloud infrastructure services spending grew by 33 per cent in Q3 to $36.5bn - $2bn higher than the previous quarter a

The hyperscaler duo both smashed earnings forecasts indicating a healthy public cloud market, but market leader AWS says Q3 was still a ‘a mixed bag’ Two of the public cloud market's key giants both logged barn storming Q3s, despite pandemic pressures eating into revenues in other parts of their businesses. At first glance - How the two compare Google Cloud revenues shot up 44.5 per

Successful use of data is an progressively growing priority for businesses, with databases and documents of all types analysed for trends and information that may offer that vital edge in competition. Productively carrying out this type of analytics is occasionally easier said than done, though, not least because of the diversity of data sources out there. IT is too easy to think of granular level

The pace of digital transformation drastically increased in 2020 due to the onset of the pandemic. Remote working, social distancing, and the need for business continuity saw factories, offices, and even restaurants and coffee shops tapping into cloud computing. Taking our lives and our information even further online. With even more data being generated, processed, and stored, particularly by bus

‘Digital transformation’ is one of those phrases you may dismiss as business jargon, but it’s so much more than that. It can play a crucial role in evolving and growing your business. Most organisations will have gone through some sort of digital transformation in their lifetime. The right technology is often key to staying competitive, and during this challenging and uncertain year, adding digit

When Alibaba entered the cloud infrastructure market in earnest in 2015 it had ambitious goals, and it has been growing steadily. With that number, it has passed IBM’s $1.65 billion revenue result (according to Synergy Research market share numbers), a significant milestone. For example, Amazon announced $11.6 billion in cloud infrastructure revenue for its most recent quarter, while Microsoft’s

The Xbox Series S is, hands-down, the cutest console of the next generation. It’s also the least powerful. The Series S can hit resolutions above 1080p, but it doesn’t support 4K gaming and it has significantly less storage than the Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5. And, of course, it doesn’t have a disc drive.That said, the Series S is a formidable next-gen console that happens to be wrapped up in

Distie says programme is part of a “sustained investment” in public cloud Tech Data has launched a new programme to help partners get trained up as Microsoft Cloud Solution Providers (CSP). The distie said its Velocity programme is part of a “sustained investment” in the Microsoft ecosystem, and will give the channel access to the sales and technology training content needed to becom