Microsoft hopes to improve social skills with LinkedIn appointment
Microsoft has named Kevin Scott, LinkedIn’s Senior VP of Infrastructure, as CTO for the tech giant reporting directly into CEO Satya Nadella.
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SAP shows the world how digital transformation is done
While many of the tech giants of the by-gone era have been struggling to come to terms with the connected economy, SAP has shown the world how to adapt to the world of cloud computing.
Watson leads IBM charge as growth might be around the corner
IBM has reported another consecutive quarter of decline, but fortunes in the cloud hint it might not be long before Big Blue sorts itself out.
Oracle insists it’s serious about the cloud
Oracle has ramped up its cloud ambitions with the launch of three new regions over the next six months as well as a new developer event and enhancements to its Cloud Platform.
Sequential poaches AT&T exec for CEO, also grabs Synchronoss activation tech
Telecoms customer care outsourcer Sequential Technology International has appointed grizzled AT&T veteran Kent Mathy as its new CEO.
BT sort of addresses security concerns with Trend Micro tie-up
BT has announced the immediate availability of Trend Micro’s Deep Security data centre solution on its cloud compute platform, but does that actually answer the question of security?
Gartner highlights another sluggish year for smartphones
Research from Gartner has shown prospects for the worldwide smartphone market is not going to get much better over the next couple of years.
2017 Predictions: What the industry thinks
While 2016 proved to be a solid year for incremental advancements in 5G, IoT and cloud computing, 2017 is set to be a big year for a number of breakthrough technologies.
2016 in review: the players in the cloud
With 2016 coming to a close, Telecoms.com took the opportunity to see how the worlds’ leading cloud companies performed over the last 12 months, and what their prospects are in 2017.
Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia and Cisco promise to play nice over NFV
The cloud only works if its components are interoperable so the four biggest networking vendors have joined forces to try to make sure NFV finally does something.
Oracle makes suspect claim during earnings call
Oracle has reported revenues of $9 billion during its latest quarterly earnings call, but its assessment of the global SaaS market was wide of the mark.
Nokia and Vodafone take to the clouds in Italy
Vodafone has been having a look at Nokia’s Cloud RAN architecture, specifically in the context of switching between 4G, 5G and IoT.
Brexit gets real with 22% Azure price hike in UK
While most international vendors were keen to state Brexit would not impact the UK negatively in the aftermath of the referendum, it would appear Microsoft has given up treading lightly around the situation.
Everybody who’s anybody has a cloud in Germany
With Rackspace’s new data centre announcement this week, Germany is slowly positioning itself as the it-place for cloud companies worldwide.
Going private sets us free – Rackspace CTO
The world of cloud computing can be as cruel as it can be kind, offering opportunities for some and difficulties for others as Rackspace has found out in recent years.
Ericsson reflects on a tough year, resolves to do better
Ericsson held its 2016 investor day after an exceptionally difficult year for the company and did its best to remain optimistic.
Cisco pulls out crystal ball with cloud predications
Despite the telco industry being fascinated by 5G deployments in the build up to 2020, Cisco piped up to make sure we don’t forget about the cloud.
Telcos are not innovative, Openstack changes that – Red Hat
The 00’s were seemingly a slowly declining slide for the telcos, who slowly witnessed the more agile and innovative internet players erode profits.
Broadcom reportedly mulling over Brocade purchase
Brocade is reportedly on the verge of a sale with chipmaker Broadcom apparently one of the interested parties.
NFV market forecast to grow 33% per year until 2020, driven by IoT
A new report has had a look at the market for network function virtualization (NFV) and reckons it’s due for a growth spurt.
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