entrustIT certifies against the CIF Code of Practice

APM Group, the Cloud Industry Forum’s (CIF) independent certification partner has announced that entrustIT, a provider of hosted desktops & other cloud services, has certified against the CIF Code of Practice, demonstrating its commitment to transparency, accountability and capability in the provision of cloud services.

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Skilled Data Scientists in demand as job posts grow 1000%, says Rackspace

Rackspace, the managed cloud company, has thrown its weight behind the first ever Science to Data Science (S2DS) summer school. The summer school is aimed at PhD students from diverse science and mathematics backgrounds and will put their analytical skills through the paces with expert tuition from industry leaders, including Rackspace, and real-life big data projects.

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OpenStack Summit heads to Europe

For the first time, the OpenStack® Summit is coming to Europe. The 10th OpenStack Summit will be held November 3-7, 2014 at the Palais de Congrès and the Le Meridien in Paris. This week-long event brings together users, developers, telco leaders and enterprise CIOs from across the industry to collaborate on the future of cloud computing.

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The European General Data Protection Regulation – a major opportunity for cloud providers

New AIIM whitepaper highlights the potential to deliver EU-wide services under a single operations model, but also the risk if organisations do not comply. The forthcoming European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) offers a single law for organisations to follow, but increases fines up to 100 million Euros if found guilty of a ‘negligent breach’ of privacy or loss of data.

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Consumer confusion around Cloud technology

U.K. research released by Juniper Networks reveals that nearly one quarter of respondents (21.8 percent) said they don’t use cloud technology or don’t know what it is, yet the same respondents spend large amounts of time using digital, cloud-based applications such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Spotify. The findings highlight a large disparity between consumers’ digital behaviour and their understanding of the technology that powers it.

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What is the future of cloud computing for SMEs?

Cloud has often been considered the future of enterprise IT but what about the smaller business? Joseph Blass believes its time has come by allowing them to focus on their business and not IT infrastructure.

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New Q1 data from Synergy Research Group shows that in the public cloud services market,...
Survey finds international users are more likely to trust governments than the most popular digital...
As more and more enterprises embrace mobile platforms and the applications that this revolution in...
One in four organisations are hindered by unexpected complications with cloud migrations.
Many UK organisations have only just embarked on their journey to the cloud, according to research...
Focus includes on management, multi-Cloud and security.
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Security considerations for private Cloud

Cybersecurity today can feel complex, especially if you are moving to or managing cloud security. But it doesn’t have to be. Hear from Rackspace Principal Architect, Luke Huckaba, as he explains some of the major concerns around Private Cloud and Security, and how Rackspace is helping to solve these issues both internally and for customers.

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