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Is Cloud Computing the future or just a throwback to 'utility computing', 'computing-on-demand' or the humble mainframe? iTnews follows the opinion leaders as they refine the model.

Cisco says WebEx is totally fixed now (except for two problems)

Cisco says WebEx is totally fixed now (except for two problems)

Outage and subsequent wobbles lasted 20 days.
Simon Sharwood Oct 17 2018 6:52AM Cloud
Sensis ditches all on-prem infrastructure in three-year cloud push

Sensis ditches all on-prem infrastructure in three-year cloud push

Everything's in AWS and Salesforce now.
Ry Crozier Oct 16 2018 6:04AM Cloud
BI-trained execs dip into data lake at cargo company LINX

BI-trained execs dip into data lake at cargo company LINX

“Data insiders” program makes analytics self-service.
Simon Sharwood Oct 15 2018 8:46PM Cloud
IBM brings elastic licensing to mainframes

IBM brings elastic licensing to mainframes

Z gets a little bit cloudier.
Simon Sharwood Oct 14 2018 3:57PM Hardware
How Woolworths landed in 'really bad shape' with Salesforce

How Woolworths landed in 'really bad shape' with Salesforce

Governance centralised to tame seven parallel implementations.
Ry Crozier Oct 9 2018 6:43AM Cloud
Cisco automatically deleted VMs hosting WebEx Teams

Cisco automatically deleted VMs hosting WebEx Teams

Causing week-long service outage.
Simon Sharwood Oct 5 2018 11:36AM Cloud
Jetstar spins up new data lake and analytics in AWS

Jetstar spins up new data lake and analytics in AWS

Targets customer personalisation in first instance.
Ry Crozier Oct 4 2018 12:00PM Cloud
Ryobi gets to know its A/NZ customers

Ryobi gets to know its A/NZ customers

Power tools maker empowered by direct relationships.
Ry Crozier Oct 2 2018 12:36PM Cloud
Toll swaps stagnant Siebel for Salesforce

Toll swaps stagnant Siebel for Salesforce

CRM couldn't scale to handle Christmas.
Ry Crozier Sep 28 2018 9:12AM Cloud
Microsoft, IBM team to take on AWS with cheap data shifting

Microsoft, IBM team to take on AWS with cheap data shifting

'Bandwidth Alliance' promises free or discounted cloud-to-cloud transfers.
Stephen Nellis Sep 27 2018 11:14AM Financial Services
ANZ puts Google cloud to work on its institutional data

ANZ puts Google cloud to work on its institutional data

One data container down, 299 to go.
Ry Crozier Sep 26 2018 11:58AM Financial Services
APRA tells banks to boost IT maintenance budgets

APRA tells banks to boost IT maintenance budgets

To safeguard old and spend on new.
Justin Hendry Sep 25 2018 11:25AM Strategy
Microsoft punts passwords, LinksIn contacts to Outlook

Microsoft punts passwords, LinksIn contacts to Outlook

79 products revealed, inc. Clippy redux and cloud on-ramps galore.
Simon Sharwood Sep 24 2018 11:01PM Software
Adobe buys Marketo for $6.5 billion

Adobe buys Marketo for $6.5 billion

Bulks up cloud-based digital marketing business.
Vibhuti Sharma and Liana B. Baker Sep 21 2018 11:53AM Financial Services
Microsoft cuts deal to get more govt into protected Azure

Microsoft cuts deal to get more govt into protected Azure

'Modernisation factory' to be run by Canberra company.
Ry Crozier Sep 19 2018 9:52AM Cloud
Rio Tinto commits to deploy Azure Stack

Rio Tinto commits to deploy Azure Stack

Reveals it will employ 59 new IT staff in Australia.
Ry Crozier Sep 14 2018 6:52AM Strategy
Veolia to be 'data centre-less' within two years

Veolia to be 'data centre-less' within two years

Switches to cloud for worldwide IT ops.
Ry Crozier Sep 4 2018 12:35PM Cloud
MacTel profits climb on back of "megatrends"

MacTel profits climb on back of "megatrends"

Continues DC investment.
Matt Johnston Aug 30 2018 12:03PM Telco/ISP
DTA shows Microsoft cloud is ready for 'protected' govt data

DTA shows Microsoft cloud is ready for 'protected' govt data

The key security controls, and the effort to create them.
Ry Crozier Aug 30 2018 6:55AM Cloud
CBA goes infrastructure-as-code

CBA goes infrastructure-as-code

Private cloud cheaper than public cloud, dual use Azure and AWS for same workloads.
Simon Sharwood Aug 29 2018 12:00PM Cloud

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