IBM today launched the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge(www.ibmwatson.com),a first of its kind,global competition to encourage developers to create mobile consumer and business apps powered by Watson.IBM announced the challenge at ...
Politico reports that federal officials made the emergency payment to Verizon Terremark after discovering the federal website was unable to handle sufficient traffic. Also in the news, the Maryland House is scheduled to vote on legislation ...
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The PRISM revelations and the National Security Agency's programme of obtaining data from web firms could cost the American cloud computing industry $35bn (£23bn) over the next three years, as wary customers switch to providers that ...
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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is to issue tenders for several IT services, at a combined estimated cost of £782m. In a prior information notice on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) website, the MoJ explains that it ...
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Microsoft is expanding its enterprise services in China with a new Global Service Delivery Center in the country, the second of its kind in the world, the company said Wednesday. The company is building the center in Chongqing, where it ...
Amazon has received security clearance from the United States government, a move which will make it easier for federal agencies to use cloud computing services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is certified to provide cloud services for branches ...
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The U.S. government's effort to close 1,253 of its data centers is falling short of its goal, and agencies haven't been able to track projected cost savings for the initiative, a government auditor told lawmakers. The White House Office ...
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GOOGLE suffered disruptions on several of its cloud-based services including Gmail for about two hours last night for reasons that were not disclosed. The apps status dashboard of the world's most popular search engine indicated "service ...
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Three London boroughs are planning a £1.1bn four-year framework to unify the provision of IT services in an initiative that may see 28 other London boroughs join in, as well as the Corporation of London. Westminster City Council, ...
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Brother International Corporation today released results from the fourth annual "Brother Small Business Survey," which examined the role of technology in small business. This year's survey most notably found that a surprising 75 percent of ...
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The global public cloud computing market will grow 18.5% in 2013 to $131 billion, up from $111 billion last year, research firm Gartner predicts. Through the next three years, cloud spending is predicted to total $677 billion, with almost ...
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Oxford University has revealed it suspended use of Google Docs on 14 February following a sustained influx of phishing attacks on the network. The attacks, designed to acquire login details for university systems in order to send spam ...
The launch of its Research, Innovation and Development Centre (RIDC) in its Belfast Centre, UK, enables Polaris to strengthen its leadership position by establishing a dedicated near-shore RIDC. CHENNAI, INDIA, February 19, 2013 ...
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The growth in cloud computing is a double-edged sword, Europe’s top cyber security agency warned on Thursday. The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) published a new report on the cloud from the perspective of ...
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Taiwan-based green energy firm Delta Electronics noted that sales growth in 2013 will come from passive components, industrial automation processes and cloud computing services. The firm optimistically predicts annual sales growth to exceed ...
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