CeBIT fails at international press engagement
As CeBIT 2016 gets underway it has been interesting to see just how hard it is to run a conference that claims to be fully international. While other European technology conferences...
I Robot, you shop
The future shopping experience is almost here. Microsoft and SoftBank Robotics have announced a strategic collaboration in the field of cloud robotics. This will see the “Pepper”, SoftBank Robotics' humanoid robot...
SUSE targets private cloud with OpenStack 6
Linux vendor SUSE has announced the availability of SUSE OpenStack 6 based on the OpenStack Liberty release. The announcement comes just days after Mirantis released their latest version of OpenStack based...
CenturyLink opens dev center under the arch
CenturyLink has announced the opening of its third development centre in the US located in St Louis. This joins the Seattle centre, opened in October 2014 and the Los Angeles based technology...
JDA closes 2015 in buoyant mood
JDA has announced strong growth in 2015 in several sectors and sees revenues from its cloud business top $100 million. While privately owned JDA has chosen to announced some of its...
Platform Equinix gets another $4.5 billion
Data centre company Equinix has announced a further investment of $4.5 billion in Platform Equinix as it looks to build itself into the largest player in the market. Among 2015's highlights...
NetSuite swallows IQity
NetSuite has announced the acquisition of IQity Solutions cloud business for an undisclosed amount. For NetSuite this delivers IQ-Fusion for NetSuite enabling it to deliver ERP applications to both batch and...
Microsoft steps up threat detection
Last week Bret Arsenault, Chief information Security Officer, Microsoft gave an update on Microsoft's security work. This week it is the turn of Terry Myerson, Executive VP, Windows and Devices Group to...
IFS splashes more than €7 million in Finland
As suspected IFS has started on the acquisition trail in 2016 following the private equity investment in 2015. It has acquired MainIoT Oy from Solteq Oy in a debt free purchase of...
Workday accelerates to next growth phase
Workday has announced strong growth in its final quarter of the year with more than 100 customer wins, the largest of any in its short history. According to Aneel Bhusri CEO,...