Oracle is launching a rewards programme that promises to help customers speed up their migrations plans, while also reducing their software licensing costs.  The programme is aimed at existing customers, who might be enticed into adding to their Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) plans with rewards that reduce or even “eliminate” on-premise tech licensing support bills.  […]

HPE has announced GreenLake Lighthouse, a new element of its GreenLake portfolio that aims to reduce complexity when provisioning cloud services. Launched during HPE’s virtual Discover conference, Lighthouse is described by the company as a “secure, cloud-native platform” that will allow customers to provision new cloud services easily in just a few clicks, reducing the time they wait between […]

IBM has expanded its agreement with the New South Wales (NSW) government which will see the company continue offering services to its departments and agencies for another three years. The vendor has revised the whole-of-government agreement, which was originally signed in 2019, claiming it would deliver cost savings to the NSW government over the next three […]

Intel’s executive vice president of the Data Platforms Group, Navin Shenoy, is to resign his role next month, after over a quarter of a century in the company. The move is part of a wider restructure at Intel, which involves the creation of two new business units focused on software and high-performance computing (HPC) and graphics. The […]

Extending the reach of its GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform, HPE added support for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI and Microsoft SQL Server to attract those users looking to implement a cloud-native architecture on-premises. In concert with the Microsoft partnership, HPE also debuted a handful of cloud services targeting enterprise applications for several industries including 5G, financial services, […]

Azure Blob Storage, our object storage platform for storing large-scale data helps customers run their applications using a wide range of protocols. With multi-protocol support, customers can run their applications on a single storage platform with no application rewrites necessary, therefore eliminating data silos. Today, we are announcing that Network File System (NFS) 3.0 protocol […]

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has acquired open source artificial intelligence (AI) startup Determined AI. The four-year-old company, which only brought its product to market in 2020, specialises in machine learning (ML), with the aim of training artificial intelligence (AI) models quickly and at any scale. While it hasn’t been around long, the startup has managed to secure […]

The five largest cities in the UK could lose as much as £322 million a month if offices move to hybrid working long-term, according to new research.  The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has estimated that London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and Cardiff could all see revenue from shops, pubs and office-adjacent eateries fall significantly.  A total […]

HPE GreenLake now supports Microsoft Azure Stack HCI and SQL Server. The announcement of the new integration came just ahead of the company’s annual HPE Discover conference, held virtually for the second time in a row, where GreenLake is expected to take centre stage. According to the company, the expansion of GreenLake to include support for Azure […]

Networking is a critical component of any cloud infrastructure. IT teams need to connect resources and optimize application performance — all of which depend on solid network architecture. Microsoft Azure networking services offer various capabilities to connect and manage cloud resources. Beyond virtual networks and a number of connectivity options, Azure offers tools to monitor […]