Cloud Computing
'Channel best placed to win cloud computing turf war'
One analyst has championed the channel cause by claiming it is tailor-made to dominate cloud computing in the future
Private vs public debate is over - Microsoft CEO
Satya Nadella claims hybrid infrastructure is the ultimate winner from private versus public debate as Microsoft releases details of Azure on-prem products
Microsoft Office 365 portal suffers another wobble
IT administrators express their frustration as they struggle to log in for a second business day running
Cloud migration specialist Inframon sells up
US-based Ensono, which acquired Attenda last September, steps into buy Reading-based Azure specialist
Hire as many women as possible, Jack Ma urges as Alibaba branded IaaS 'visionary'
Women will be 'very powerful' in 21st century, Alibaba founder says, after Chinese giant's cloud arm makes it into Gartner Magic Quadrant for first time
AWS says its channel motivations have been misconstrued
Cloud giant dismisses notion that it is using the channel as a vehicle to scale its business
AWS and Google view channel as key to capturing next phase of cloud adoption, says Canalys
Cloud giants have acknowledged that they must build up indirect sales routes to maintain their growth, according to analyst
UKCloud sets up division to crack cloud-hating healthcare sector
Adoption of cloud in healthcare sector stands at just two per cent, CEO Simon Hansford tells CRN as he talks through ambitions to replicate central government success
MSP Cloudreach snapped up by Blackstone
Investment will allow Cloudreach to expand geographically, according to co-founder Pontus Noren
Smaller public cloud providers losing share hand over fist, finds analyst
Gains made by Microsoft, Google and IBM leave 'others' category with 18 per cent markets share in Q4, according to analyst Synergy Research
Global cloud domination could mean UK is sleepwalking into oblivion
UKCloud CEO Simon Hansford assesses what he sees as the serious impact US cloud giants could have on the UK economy
Cloud now 'dominating' as major barriers subside - analyst
Synergy Research claims revenues across six key cloud segments grew by 25 per cent in the 12 months to September 2016
Cloud Distribution stages love-in with new vendor Praim
Italian vendor offers distie higher "level of love" and support than bigger rivals
Avanade to help F1 team pull off 'perfect pit stop'
Microsoft partner is aiming to improve the performance of Williams Martini Racing's pit crew using biometric technology
AWS launches dedicated VMware and public sector partner programmes
AWS launches dedicated public sector programmes as it prepares to open UK datacentres
A10 slams 'willy-nilly' partner relationships as it launches new cloud solution
Application services vendor is searching for two key partners for what it claims is the first cloud-native application delivery service
HyperGrid hunts cloud newcomers as it launches first cloud solution
Infrastructure vendor searching for partners who are new to cloud or lack infrastructure in recruitment push for new product
The secret cloud sceptics
Some suppliers are convinced the economics of moving to cloud no longer stack up and that vendors are force-feeding the fluffy form of IT to customers
Vendors will rely more on disties for cloud in 2017 - GTDC
Global Technology Distribution Council report claims distributors will play a more prominent role in cloud tech next year
You can't beat the shadow channel, so join it, says futurist
Traditional resellers urged to buy or partner with Salesforce, Workday, Marketo or Netsuite partners who make their living selling to Lines of Business (LoB) executives
Head in the public cloud
UK datacentres from AWS and Microsoft give public sector bodies the opportunity to use the public cloud, but just how secure could personal data be, asks Tom Wright?
UK SMBs still lagging over cloud uptake - research
Banking group claims 51 per cent of UK SMBs it spoke to are not adopting a dedicated cloud strategy and risk being left behind
Networking vendor Zyxel launches Nebula cloud platform
Cloud-based Nebula platform will manage Zyxel's wireless, switching and security devices
Report: Channel relies on new tech to stay competitive
Research commissioned by cloud provider Pulsant reveals that despite a challenging year, 97 per cent of resellers have seen growth
