Cloud Webinar: Navigating Cloud Adoption In A Post-pandemic Era – Disruptive Change In The Time Of Covid

Powered by CloudTech News, in partnership with Couchbase, don't miss this live panel webinar on 5 August, 11am PDT with industry-leading speakers from Allianz, GitHub, Walmart, RBC and TechForge Media.

About the webinar: Navigating Cloud Adoption In A Post-pandemic Era – Disruptive Change In The Time Of Covid

Retailers have become ecommerce first; banks are now mobile first. Doctors are conducting appointments via video link, even events are taking place virtually. Now,...

28 July 2021 | Storage

Williams selects Pax8 cloud distributor as Acronis #CyberFit partner

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Williams Racing has welcomed Pax8, a platform on which IT professionals can buy cloud products, as the Acronis #CyberFit Partner.

This is in line with the Cyber Protection Partnership between Williams and Acronis that was renewed earlier in 2021.

Software firm Acronis has supported Williams since the 2018 Formula One season, providing cyber protection technology to manage growing volumes of data without compromising the security and flexibility mandated by the...

28 June 2021 | Security

Learn key cloud transformation insights, trends, challenges & opportunities at the free Cloud Transformation Congress, 13 July 2021

Cloud Transformation Congress is a free virtual cloud transformation event taking place on 13 July 2021 (MDT), consisting of top-level content and thought leadership discussions exploring the cloud transformation ecosystem. Join 500+ senior technology professionals for a variety of solo presentations and expert panel discussions from speakers sharing their unparalleled cloud transformation industry knowledge.

In a rapidly evolving market, identifying and...

24 June 2021 | Storage

Cloud and the new ‘Generation 3’ of business intelligence

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In the ever-changing economic landscape, business intelligence is an integral part of an organisation's ‘scalable success’. When employees make critical decisions for a company, it must be backed by real-time data to reduce missteps and increase the probability of future success.

To clearly define business outcomes, organisations are increasingly looking at integrating business intelligence (BI) and data analytics in their workflows. In the recent IDC data strategy survey, 52%...

21 June 2021 | Storage

Italy unveils plans for cybersecurity agency to aid its cloud strategy

Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy.

Italy plans to set up a national agency tasked with combating cyber attacks as it continues work on its unified cloud infrastructure.

The country is one of many European nations attempting to enhance their cybersecurity capabilities.

Many aspects of Italy’s digital security, which are dispersed among various Ministers and state bodies, are to be brought together under the authority of the Prime Minister.

The general director and his deputy will be appointed...

15 June 2021 | Storage

41% of risk and compliance pros adopting cloud tech in pandemic recovery

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There has been a strong post-pandemic push toward the adoption of cloud-based technology, according to a study by Galvanize, an SaaS governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software provider.

The survey of GRC professionals revealed the critical value they bring to the C-suite, as well as the top concerns from, and the evolving role of, GRC professionals. 

The report, which assessed the views of GRC professionals and non-GRC professionals in related fields, found...

7 June 2021 | Adoption

Israel opts for Amazon and Google cloud services

Jerusalem skyline.

The Israeli Government has penned a $1 billion+ deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google for public sector and military cloud services.

The tech giants are thought to have beaten Microsoft, Oracle and IBM to a tender in April 2021 for the four phase project, dubbed Nimbus.

It will not be a centralised system due to there being two providers and, although not all data will be stored on it, Israeli finance ministers expect to start moving data to the cloud this...

26 May 2021 | AWS

Oxford University partners with Oracle to ID COVID-19 variants

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Oxford University has selected Oracle to help speed up the identification of COVID-19 variants.

A specialist platform developed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will help with global genomic sequencing and examination, thereby mitigating the impact of potentially dangerous strains.

The emergence of more infectious variants of the COVID-19 virus is threatening to slow the global recovery and potentially thwart current vaccine immunity, according to Oxford University. To...

19 May 2021 | Infrastructure

NHS Scotland’s track and trace system utilises Microsoft Azure

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NHS Scotland has teamed up with Microsoft to develop a new COVID-19 track and trace system as coronavirus-related restrictions begin to ease.

The solution uses QR codes that, when scanned with a device, take the user to a secure Government website where they can submit their name and contact details. An app has also been created that enables people to save their details for ease of use in future.

Restrictions put in place to combat the spread of coronavirus are beginning...

18 May 2021 | Data Centres

Digital Transformation Week Starts Tomorrow! What To Expect From the Free Virtual Event 20-22 April 2021

Digital Transformation Week Europe, is a free virtual event and conference starting tomorrow, 20th April - 22nd April 2021 and consists of top-level content and thought leadership discussions exploring the world of digital transformation. Join 1500+ senior technology professionals and explore solo presentations and expert panel discussions from over 40 experts who will share their unparalleled industry knowledge and real-life experiences.

WHY ATTEND?

The Digital...

16 April 2021 | Storage