IT & infrastructure

1&1 Ionos HiDrive Business Pro review: Simple but unsophisticated

Reviews
13 Mar, 2020
Dave Mitchell

Good, simple cloud file sharing – but administrative controls are minimal and it’s comparatively pricey

Bottlerocket is Amazon's new purpose-built OS for running containers

News
11 Mar, 2020
Dale Walker

The open source system features a single step process to support automated updates

HPE

HPE adds ‘5G as a service’ suite to GreenLake portfolio

News
10 Mar, 2020
Keumars Afifi-Sabet

Telcos given tools to complement and replace giants like Huawei to accelerate 5G deployment

Lloyds Banks Sign

Google Cloud joins Lloyd's digital transformation project

News
10 Mar, 2020
Bobby Hellard

The deal is part of the UK bank's £3 billion internal investment to upgrade its IT systems

Panda Security to be acquired by WatchGuard

News
9 Mar, 2020
Keumars Afifi-Sabet

The deal will see technology from both companies merge into a single brand platform

Western Digital hires Cisco’s David Goeckeler as its new CEO

News
6 Mar, 2020
Keumars Afifi-Sabet

Replacing Steve Milligan, Goeckeler hints that Western Digital’s future lies in the cloud

Getting started with Docker

In-depth
6 Mar, 2020
Danny Bradbury

How to install Docker and start working with containerised applications

Google Sign

Google to invest $10bn in US offices & data centres

News
27 Feb, 2020
Bobby Hellard

The tech giant aims to create thousands of jobs and provide opportunities for local businesses

Firefox activates DNS over HTTPS for US users by default

News
26 Feb, 2020
Keumars Afifi-Sabet

The privacy push, which encrypts all web traffic, has angered ISPs and regulators

UK among countries most likely to encounter cloud attacks

News
21 Feb, 2020
Sabina Weston

Ireland is found to be the most cyber-secure country in Europe

Your data backup could be a disaster waiting to happen

In-depth
20 Feb, 2020
Zach Cooper Nik Rawlinson

You may think your files are protected - but could you be in for a nasty surprise when disaster strikes?

Mastercard bolsters fraud fighting with Europe Cyber Resilience Centre

News
18 Feb, 2020
Bobby Hellard

US payments giant looks to shore up European banks and fintech with Belgium-based security hub

Thales strikes key cloud partnership to support Fujitsu services

News
12 Feb, 2020
Keumars Afifi-Sabet

The security firm’s tech will help Fujitsu launch a new PKI management platform

National Portrait Gallery hit by 350,000 email attacks in three months

News
10 Feb, 2020
Bobby Hellard

Majority of attacks said to be targeting employee accounts and associates of the gallery

Best open source cloud-storage services

Best
6 Feb, 2020
Steve Clark

Worried about storing your private files with data-hungry tech giants such as Google and Microsoft? Here are three open source alternatives

Oracle broadens geographic reach with five new cloud data centres

News
4 Feb, 2020
Sabina Weston

The company aims to add 36 locations by the end of 2020

IT Pro 20/20: What the year ahead holds for technology

In-depth
31 Jan, 2020
Cloud Pro

In our first issue, we look at the stories that are helping to shape 2020's business trends

Dropbox on multiple devices

Dropbox finally fills vacant COO role amid company transformation

News
31 Jan, 2020
Roland Moore-Colyer

Former Google Cloud exec Olivia Nottebohm replaces Dennis Woodside, who left the company 16 months ago

Cloud security

Check Point spots two flaws in Microsoft Azure

News
30 Jan, 2020
Nicole Kobie

However, the vulnerabilities in Azure Stack and App Service were patched last year

Avast expands opt-out after data-sharing investigation

News
28 Jan, 2020
Nicole Kobie

Security company will ask all users of its free antivirus if they are willing to let their browsing data be shared with third parties