1. IoT – Cisco offloads set-top unit for £386m
Deal with Technicolor reverses decade old John Chambers’ purchase.
2. Big Data – Oracle continues Cloud march with retail analytics
Cloud analytics could be the solution for those worried by infrastructure costs.
3. Mobility – Microsoft posts record loss with $7.5bn Nokia write down
Results hit by charges related to the acquisition of Nokia’s handset unit.
4. Cloud – Google, IBM & Intel unite for Kubernetes
Container orchestration technology has been given heavyweight Cloud support.
5. Data Centres – Can Alibaba win over the international cloud market?
Alibaba announce second US data centre in quest to compete with established players like AWS and Google.
