Hybrid Cloud

European Bioinformatics Institute taps the cloud to accelerate life sciences research

Charged with storing and analysing hundreds of petabytes of life sciences research data, the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has a…

Amidst private cloud rumours, Cisco is betting big on a hybrid future

Cisco has denied reports that it is planning a private cloud subscription service for businesses having second thoughts about their…

Avoiding DR and High Availability Pitfalls in the Hybrid Cloud

The private cloud remains the best choice for many applications for a variety of reasons, while the public cloud has…

The Benefits of Hybrid Cloud: Fence-Sitting, or Best of Both Worlds?

What are the benefits of hybrid cloud? To its advocates, it's the best of both worlds: the flexibility, future-proofing and…

Cloudy, with a Chance of Overspend

Some 35 percent of public cloud service users are overspending their budgets, with a mere six percent of users coming…

IBM’s Red Hat Acquisition: The Big Questions

IBM and Red Hat's announcement refers to the the proprietary nature of today’s cloud market, with implications for things such…

IBM Swoops on Red Hat in $34 Billion “Game Changing” Deal

In a week of quarterly earnings reports dominated among the cloud providers by talk of the importance of hybrid cloud,…

Alphabet: We’re Developing More than 20 Global Data Centres

Google owner Alphabet is "thoughtfully looking at" the potential for on-premises cloud solutions, the company's CEO Sundar Pichai said on…

CloudKnox Closes Venture Round, Launches Hybrid Cloud Security Platform, Backed by Dell Technologies Capital

Fresh from what looks likely to be a highly profitable exit from RedLock, sold today (subject to normal terms and…

Red Hat Sees Subscriptions Surge, Announces $1B Stock Repurchase Plan

Strong growth in subscriptions, including to the company's OpenShift – a container application platform built on Docker –  drove positive results for…