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Amazon Touts New AWS Appliance

Amazon has revealed a pretty substantial piece of hardware for transferring large amounts of data to the cloud. Step forward 'Amazon Snowball.'

Box And Jisc Partner Up To Bring Cloud Storage To Further Education

Box has announced a partnership with Jisc, the charity which promotes the use of digital tech in UK higher education.

Box Launches Free Cloud Storage For Non-Profits

Box.org gives small sized non-profits 10 free licenses and larger-sized non-profits will get 50 per cent discount on every other license purchased over the free 10.

Box Offers New Open Source Initiative Ahead Of $250m IPO

Box Open Source will allow the company to give back to the wider community through a suite of tools that have already spawned 20 projects created by its team of engineers.

BT And Microsoft Buddy Up In "Seamless" Azure Connections Deal

BT and Microsoft have come together to offer consumers a secure bypass through the public Internet to Microsoft's Azure cloud service - offering increased stability and security.

Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) With Acer In Japan

Acer is looking to move away from the PC business, which is in the doldrums, and explore new revenue streams in the cloud arena.

Data Storage Pioneer Bags Prestigious €1m Millennium Technology Prize

Stuart Parkin is credited with creating the technology that allows most of us to use social networks, stream films and search for information online, following Tim Berners-Lee in winning the award.

Dropbox Raises $500m In Finance Ahead Of Big Productivity Announcement

The firm’s new finance will reportedly be made up of debt financing and comes ahead of an announcement on Wednesday that is expected to see the launch of a range of new products.

EMC And Dell In Possible £32Bn Merger

Largest tech acquisition ever may be on the cards - with storage giant EMC as the willing bride.

Employees Are Putting Businesses At Risk With Poor Cloud Security Practices

Many staff members simply don’t understand the risks of using consumer-level cloud services in a workplace environment.

How A Scale-Out Storage Approach Can Give SMEs The Edge

On the whole, SMEs have been keen to move their business operations to the cloud, while larger enterprises are strongly committed to their existing - possibly outdated - infrastructure.

How to back up a hard drive

It is no secret that a loss of data resulting from a hard drive crash can be frustrating and costly. For that reason, it is always wise to copy and store vital information whenever possible.

Investors Impatient After Box Delays IPO

Recent market volatility has been blamed for the decision to delay the company’s long-awaited IPO until early 2015 after its Labor Day deadline passed with no movement.

Lenovo Makes Hightail Cloud Offering Available On Smart Devices

Customers that own a PC or tablet in the Lenovo range will get a preloaded Hightail for Lenovo app that allows files to be sent, shared, signed and stored securely.

Microsoft Releases Azure For Government And Public Sector

Microsoft has announced that its cloud infrastructure is ready to accept government clients, particularly US public sector customers in federal, state and local organisations.

New Office 365 Plans For SMEs Launched

Replacing the SMB packages currently available, UK businesses will now be able to choose from three plans: Office 365 Business Essentials, Business and Business Premium.

Oracle Eyes Easier Cloud Management With New Database Services

Oracle has released two new cloud services to help businesses in the management and migration of data between in-house infrastructure and the public cloud.