Latest UK

VMware looks to UK for launch of European public cloud

VMware has expanded its public cloud offering with the launch of its beta vCloud Hybrid Service in the UK, as it aims to challenge the dominant Infrastructure-as-a-Service players. read more »

Technical problems hit easyJet, downing website and check-in systems

Customers take to Twitter to vent their frustrations read more »

Local government chief execs not chasing SME business

This is in contrast to a series of initiatives taking place in central government read more »

University of Southampton flicks switch on top UK supercomputer

Idris4 is powered by IBM Intelligent Cluster systems read more »

Gartner makes its business IT predictions for 2014 and beyond

Leaders are significantly shifting their business models and processes read more »

Latest News

Federal IT spending decreasing by billions

Federal IT spending is declining dramatically, from a peak of $80 billion in 2010 to $70 billion in the 2014 fiscal year. read more »

Calif. governor vetoes email privacy legislation for third time

It would have required police to obtain a warrant for email searches read more »

European Space Agency to begin printing 3D parts for space flight

The parts can withstand temperatures of 1000 to 3000 degrees Celsius read more »

Amazon working with HTC on smartphones

A Kindle smartphone would follow the third-generation Kindle tablets out the door, though the timing is unclear read more »

Apple to uncover -- or cover -- new iPads, including Retina Mini on Oct. 22

Analyst cracks Apple's Enigma machine, sees 'cover' in the 7-word invite and speculates on keyboards read more »

Focus On

Apple iPhone 5s & iPhone 5c

Summary: Apple unveils iPhone 5s and 5c, announces ship date for iOS 7

Apple's new iPhone moves impact more than just consumer tech

Fingerprint sensor in iPhone 5S is no silver bullet, researchers say

Cook: More than 700 million iOS devices sold

In Depth

Westminster View: Celebrating Ada Lovelace day by looking forward

Today is Ada Lovelace day. This evening I’ll be celebrating the very first woman computer scientist, and all who have followed in her footsteps, in the Great Hall of my old university, Imperial College. read more »

Three lessons from Netflix on how to live in the cloud

The goal is to eliminate Netflix data centres completely read more »

Splunk helps Home.com deliver personalised recommendations to property buyers

It is also using the tool to burst to the cloud when necessary read more »

WorldPay drives Splunk out of IT and into customer facing business roles

It will be putting 1Tb of data a day through Splunk by the end of the year read more »

Red Bull: How 3D simulation and global network drive our F1 success

It uses a strategy team in Milton Keynes to make real-time decisions read more »

White Papers

How Integrated Systems Can Help European Companies Evolve Their Data Centre

Improve security and high-availability read more »

Security best practices for file-based data movement - an IT practitioner’s guide

Mitigating risk in a changing data security landscape read more »