Oracle chief criticises Amazon’s cloud security amid row over defence contract
Amazon Web Services is one of the most popular cloud platforms, but Larry Ellison, Oracle’s executive chairman, has spoken out, criticising Amazon’s security. Speaking at Oracle’s annual user conference in San Francisco earlier this month, Ellison was scathing about Amazon’s security measures as well as taking a swipe at Google and Facebook over their recent […]
Read MoreBritish SMBs increase cloud adoption rates
Small and medium sized businesses based in the UK are increasingly likely to use some form of cloud computing, according to a study carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce. CBR Online reports that 69 per cent of SMBs currently harness some form of cloud computing service, with the intention often being to facilitate […]
Read MoreEU ruling alters stance on trans-Atlantic data transfers
Although the cloud is often described in terms that make it sound transient and ethereal, the reality is that it still relies on physical hardware to host the apps and data that third parties can then access remotely. This means that information may not only be stored overseas, but must also travel across national boundaries […]
Read MoreStudy pinpoints main motivations for managed services adoption
The latest survey from JDL Technologies has looked at the key reasons that businesses choose to embrace managed services, with some benefits being seen as more important than others. Eighty per cent of the respondents to the study said that their organisations were already taking advantage of managed services in some form, with the remainder […]
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