All articles by Tom Ball

Tom Ball

IBM takes control of EU data with cloud data centre upgrades

GDPR is less than 200 days away from going live, IBM is preparing for its arrival, and your organisation should be too.

IT spend to smash $1 trillion in 2018 – Gartner

Devices, data centres and enterprise IT are among the areas set to send the 2018 IT spend soaring, according to Gartner.

UK challenger Revolut files for European banking license

Gaining a European banking license would allow it to take steps toward providing its customers with credit and deposit services.

IBM has high hopes for blockchain and marijuana

Blockchain could help cannabis ‘from seed to sale’, according to IBM proposal.

Allianz gets the blockchain ball rolling for insurance

Blockchain plans are emerging at a increasingly rapid rate, but Allianz has taken the next step by successfully running a prototype for insurance.

Darktrace drafts in machine learning for infrastructure cybersecurity

Darktrace is intending to use its new unit to defend industrial network systems that are still reliant on legacy systems.

Monzo banks £71m as it marches on toward current accounts

Monzo gained funding support from old faithful investors from previous rounds, and also new support from the likes of Stripe.

Red Hat OpenStack platform makes the move to containers

Robust security is a focus for Red Hat in designing its new platform, leveraging automation for certificate management.

France expects to reap Brexit business benefits

One average, 70 per cent of European IT decision-makers foresee business oppourtinities coming out of Brexit, and 63 per cent believe Brexit will lead to the collapse of the EU.

HPE to Flex in-memory computing muscles with Superdome platform

Will the HPE set a new precedent for in-memory computing with the new Superdome Flex platform?