NetSuite dumps Amazon for Microsoft
Netsuite has signed a strategic cloud alliance with Microsoft that will see it move all of its cloud and on-premises deployments to Azure by the end of 2015. This is a...
Intel takes on IBM with Xeon E7 v3
Intel has announced the latest versions of its Xeon E7 4800/8800 v3 processor families. The processors are targeted at customers who are doing big data, real-time analytics and mission critical computing.
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SAP S/4HANA takes to HP Helion Cloud
At SAP SAPPHIRE NOW being held in Orlando, Florida, SAP and HP have announced that SAP S/4HANA will be deployed on the HP Helion Managed Cloud.
HP has also been awarded premier...
IBM gives SAP HANA a POWER8 boost
IBM has announced a series of Power Systems Solution Editions for the SAP HANA platform. This new announcement extends IBM support for SAP from x86 to its POWER8 processor. It also...
Equinix provides ExpressRoute for Office 365
Equinix has announced that it will be deploying Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute in Q3, 2015 via the Equinix Cloud Exchange. The offer is targeted specifically at users of Microsoft Office 365 and...
Deduplication upgrades to improve data protection
Dell has announced new software for its DR series of deduplication appliances. The release includes a raft of new features such as encryption and Network Data Management Protocol support. Dell also...
AWS reveals all…but what the heck is cloud anyway?
Last week Amazon published financials for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) business for the first time. These showed that the old man of public cloud computing is a $5bn business with...
Japanese elderly get connected with iPads
Japan Post Group, IBM and Apple have announced that they to deliver up to 5 million iPads by 2020 to Japan's rapidly growing elderly population. Each iPad will have a range...
Quantum computing gets a little closer
Quantum computing was first mooted by the Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman in 1981. IBM scientists now believe that they have solved some of the key challenges to bringing Feynman's...
Xero and Paymark eliminate paper receipts
Xero have teamed up with Paymark in New Zealand to offer New Zealand business the opportunity to eliminate paper receipts. The Paymark EFTPOS business processes more than 75% of the electronic...