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10 New Reasons to Move ERP Into the Cloud (Forbes)

Sasha Banks-Louie, Oracle: Companies rely on enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to help them automate nearly every aspect of their businesses—from supply chain operation... More

Oracle Unveils Cloud Converged Storage to Help Organizations Bridge On-Premises and Oracle Cloud Storage (HITS)

Oracle today unveiled the industry's first Cloud Converged Storage, representing the first time a public cloud provider at scale has integrated its cloud services with its on-premi... More

When You Move to the Cloud, Don’t Fall Asleep on Cybersecurity: A 6-Part Checklist from IBM (TechRepublic)

After years of enterprises fearing the cloud because of security, we're now at risk for the opposite problem—companies relying too heavily on their cloud providers to look after ... More

LinkedIn’s Influence on Microsoft Azure Cloud Hinges on Data (Fortune)

Last June, when Microsoft announced its $26.2 billion plan to buy social network provider LinkedIn, most attention focused on the rich purchase price and how Microsoft could take a... More

Amazon Opens its Contact Center Technology to any Business via AWS with Amazon Connect (VentureBeat)

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud services division of ecommerce titan Amazon, has today lifted the lid on a new offering that opens the technology behind the company’s own cu... More

Tata Communications Partners with Continuant to Enhance Digital Cloud Communication Platforms (HITS)

Continuant announced an extension of its strategic partnership with Tata Communications to provide dedicated hosted Cisco collaboration solutions to enterprise customers worldwide.... More

Microsoft Previews Azure VM Backup Pre-Checks Feature (SUK)

Microsoft Azure will now checks backups of virtual machines (VMs) to ensure they’ll work properly if called upon to do so, addressing an issue that’s increasingly problematic a... More

U.K. Universities Jump in the Box for Cloud Content Management (CBR)

Box has seen an increase in adoption to its content platform from the UK’s higher education sector with over 100,000 new staff and students using it. The company said that it has... More

Dell EMC, Intel Launch Cloud Service Provider Ecosystem (CW)

Dell EMC and Intel have teamed up to launch a cloud ecosystem hub to provide more support for service providers and users to help partners put themselves in the shop window and use... More

Salesforce Platform Delivered to Customers in Australia Using AWS Cloud (HITS)

Salesforce today announced it is continuing its international infrastructure expansion on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud to the AWS Sydney Region in order to support its growi... More

AWS Offers Cloud Credits to Alexa Skill Developers (Talkin’ Cloud)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is using its cloud dominance to encourage developers to build Alexa skills, launching a new program on Wednesday that offers cloud credits to developers w... More

SAS Charts its Own Road to AI and the Cloud (ZDNet)

For 40 years, SAS has been the exception to the rule that technology companies don't always make it past the stage of eating their young. As open source technology and cloud-based ... More

Avoid the Empty Cloud Trap (Capping IT Off)

The benefits of going cloud-first are clear, but there are pitfalls to be avoided on the way. One of these is embarking on the journey without fully understanding the destination. ... More

IBM Brings New Features to Enterprise Social Network (MESA)

IBM today announced it is bringing new capabilities to enterprise social networks for a simpler collaboration across the workforce and employee onboarding experience. The latest ve... More

Yesterday’s Apps Solve Yesterday’s Problems (Forbes)

Margaret Harrist, Oracle: Business will never move this slowly again. A sobering thought, but the speed of change in business—and the pressure to keep your organization from fall... More

The Evolving Role of a Cloud Architect (Capping IT Off)

There is growing appreciation for the role of cloud architect as more and more enterprises adopt a cloud-first strategy. Cloud-first has revolutionised the way IT teams are structu... More

Teradata Launches IntelliCloud (HITS)

Teradata has debuted Teradata IntelliCloud, its next generation secure managed cloud offering that provides data and analytic software as a service (SaaS). It is available with new... More

IBM Building First Universal Quantum Computers for Business, Science (HITS)

IBM announced today an industry-first initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computing systems. "IBM Q" quantum systems and services will be delivered via the... More

Latest Release of Oracle Database Now Available in the Cloud, with Oracle Cloud at Customer, On-Premises (HITS)

The new version of Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) is now available everywhere – in the cloud, with Oracle Cloud at Customer, and on-premises. Oracle Database 12.2 includes... More

SAS Sees the Next Tests for Data-Driven Problem-Solvers: Speed and Cloud (The VAR Guy)

Among the employees in highest demand are what Paul Kent calls “analytically creative problem-solvers.” Almost every company has mounds of data, but it’s these creative probl... More

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