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Why people are the key to successful cloud migration

Jarin McClinton — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:14:00 +0000

As European companies struggle to realise the full value of their cloud investments, we as technology leaders need to recognise that successful digital transformation rests on three fundamental pillars: people, processes, and tools. While the industry emphasises ‘people-first’ approaches for emerging technologies such as AI, we must apply this same principle to cloud migration, while […]

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UK government embarks on £366 million cloud migration for core systems

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:29:06 +0000

To modernise legacy software across multiple central government departments, the UK government has committed up to £366 million ($461 million) to upgrade key ERP, HR, and finance systems by transitioning them to the cloud. As reported by The Register, SAP has signed a £246 million ($310 million) agreement with His Majesty’s Customs & Revenue (HMRC) […]

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Getting digital transformation right: Lessons learned – from decisions to data

James Bourne — Wed, 08 May 2024 15:41:24 +0000

“Digital transformation becomes very ineffective if you don’t have any focus,” explains Kamala Manju Kesavan. “What are you trying to do? Are you clearing your tech stack? Are you trying to solve a customer problem? Clear strategy and goals are very important.” Of course, there might be the ideal use case where you can both […]

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IBM and SAP are expanding their cloud migration partnership

Fin Strathern — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:33:39 +0000

IBM and SAP, two veterans of the tech space, have expanded their partnership with one another in a bid to accelerate cloud adoption. As part of the agreement, IBM is now a premium supplier for the “Rise with SAP” collection of subscription-based software and services. The company has also revealed its “Breakthrough with IBM for […]

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AWS Skills Centre launches in Seattle as part of cloud training initiative

Fin Strathern — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:09:43 +0000

Amazon Web Services is opening its AWS Skills Centre in downtown Seattle to break down barriers to entry into the cloud computing industry. Described as an “in-person cloud learning space”, the AWS Skills Centre will provide free training, career networking, and job placement events for anyone curious about a future career in the cloud industry. […]

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Telenor partners with Google Cloud to digitise telecom offering

Fin Strathern — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:31:16 +0000

Telenor, a Norwegian multinational telco provider, has partnered with Google Cloud to digitise its services and explore further joint offering opportunities. The companies plan to not only use Google Cloud capabilities to improve Telenor’s current infrastructure, but also to collaborate on new improvements through Google’s knowledge of data management, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The […]

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Why ‘experience’ is at the top of the agenda for UK businesses moving to the cloud

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 08:15:00 +0000

In the grand scheme of history, the cloud is still novel – the term ‘cloud computing’ has only been included in the Oxford English dictionary since June 2012. In the world of technology, the cloud is considered ubiquitous! Yet, while Amazon’s release of Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) in 2006 marked the advent of the infrastructure-as-a-service […]

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IBM transformation report establishes the dominance of hybrid cloud

Fin Strathern — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:29:28 +0000

IBM has found that only 3 percent of businesses still use a single private or public cloud in 2021, a drastic decrease from 29 percent in 2019. Such a shift marks the emergence of hybrid cloud models as the dominant IT architecture in cloud transformation. The global study was undertaken by the IBM Institute for […]

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Atos and IBM partner to accelerate cloud migration in finance sector

Fin Strathern — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:40:00 +0000

Atos and IBM, two key players in digital transformation and professional services, have partnered to help boost cloud migration for banks and insurance companies. The partnership will focus around a new “Atos Cloud Centre of Excellence”. The centre’s goal will be to increase security and regulatory compliance for financial services companies that are moving their […]

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UK government advises firms to use cloud to reduce carbon emissions

Fin Strathern — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:10:14 +0000

UK businesses are being told to accelerate cloud adoption in an upscaled effort to tackle climate change, the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has advised. The recommendation is part of a series of steps that businesses are being told to consider to help curb their carbon emissions by making changes […]

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