Digitalisation World

Application economy puts pressure on brands

The results of a global study reveal that brands are failing to understand the real needs of European consumers in the application economy. “Software: the New Battleground for Brand Loyalty”, sponsored by CA Technologies and conducted by Zogby Analytics, show that 61% of European businesses believe their ability to provide application technology for services is “excellent” or “good”, while only 53% of European consumers feel the same way.

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Improving matchmaking performance

Published in Cloud + MS DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure Security Storage

Tinder, the popular matchmaking mobile app, is leveraging ObjectRocket by Rackspace to power its matching and moment rating capabilities.

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Huawei redefines Hybrid Clouds with FusionCloud Omni

Published in Cloud + MS Infrastructure Security Storage

Huawei has launched its hybrid cloud solution FusionCloud Omni for global telecom carriers. The FusionCloud Omni solution enables interconnection among heterogeneous public and private clouds on a single hybrid cloud. It also allows smooth deployment and migration of service applications on cloud platforms offered by different vendors, thereby freeing customers from vendor lock-in.

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Italtel and NTT Communications launch partnership

Published in Cloud + MS Infrastructure Security Storage

Italtel and NTT Communications have launched a Professional Services Partner Program in Europe.

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Europe bets on SLA standardisation to boost cloud adoption

Published in Cloud + MS Infrastructure Security Storage

With the launch of its latest initiative on Cloud computing SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and cloud computing contracts, the European Commission reaffirms its commitment to boosting cloud computing adoption throughout the continent. The SLALOM project will provide baseline text for SLA contractual terms and technical specifications which will help adopters feel secure that their rights are not diminished in the small print, and to compare like-for-like metrics.

Published in Cloud + MS Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Security Security + Compliance

saltDNA has launched a technology which it says is is set to revolutionise how global enterprises protect their communications. Designed to ensure maximum privacy, the system is the first software only solution which integrates encrypted communications with VPN and EMM technology.