Intuit selects AWS for machine learning and AI workloads
Business and financial software company Intuit has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its standard for machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.
Outsourcing
VMware and Amazon grow hybrid cloud tie-up
VMware and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are expanding their hybrid cloud partnership to run VMware workloads at “very large scale” on AWS, a VMware executive says. VMware is launching new tools for migrating and scaling production applications to AWS, as well as business continuity and disaster recovery services, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister […]
HPE: can new boss bring back the magic?
Meg Whitman was a wartime CEO for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Now, she says, the company needs new leadership – Antonio Neri, a technologist who came up through the company ranks, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). In a transition announced last week, Whitman is leaving the CEO position in February, replaced by […]
De Volksbank live with new core banking platform, Ohpen
De Volksbank, a retail and SME bank in the Netherlands, has migrated over 122,000 investment accounts to Ohpen’s core banking platform.
Forrester: don’t give up on private clouds, yet
For the past several years, private clouds have taken a backseat to the big public cloud providers, with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform sucking up all the oxygen around the conversation of how to manage enterprise infrastructure, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Now, however, private clouds are […]
HPE enterprise sales sluggish in Q4
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) saw revenue up 5% year-over-year to $7.8 billion, but it’s having trouble gaining traction with enterprise sales – and its CEO is leaving, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). For the fourth quarter ending 31 October, combined net revenue for HPE was $7.8 billion, including $174 million associated with […]
HPE adding AI to data centres with Nimble acquisition
Earlier this year, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) went on an acquisition spree meant to help the company improve its standing in the data centre market with products to address a range of issues customers faced as they moved to the cloud, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Now, one of those deals is […]
Interview: Nadish Lad, Volante – destiny and dreams
In an exclusive interview with payment specialist Volante Technologies, Nadish Lad, director – head of payments product, explains the firm’s foundation, vision and its key unique selling propositions (USPs).
Configo launches cloud environment
Digital sales and engagement firm Configo is taking its technology to the cloud. The company is making its Live Experience Platform – which gives FIs the ability to create customer-centric, personalised digital experiences – available as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, reports David Penn at Finovate (Banking Technology’s sister company). Until now, Configo’s platform was installed on-premise. The new cloud […]
Google eyes more data centre space in Denmark
Google is eyeing an expansion in Europe, buying land in Denmark where it plans to build a new data centre that could be used to expand the company’s cloud computing footprint, as well as meet new European Union standards related to data privacy, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Reuters reported that Google’s […]
AWS and VMware vs Cisco and Google: a cloud fight worth watching
At one time in the not-so-distant past, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, Google and VMware all competed against each other in the cloud market space. While AWS and Google succeeded with their cloud ambitions, Cisco, with its Intercloud platform, and VMware, with vCloud Air, failed to gain much traction Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister […]
Dell makes case for cloud “core”
Make another space on your buzzword bingo card, as Dell is talking about the cloud “core”, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). “We decided instead of the edge and the cloud we need one more point – the core,” Jason Shepherd, Dell director of IoT strategy and partnerships tells Enterprise Cloud News. The […]
Multicloud can lead to management nightmare – survey
As enterprises move to a multicloud universe that combines different public and private clouds, the question now becomes how to manage all these competing platforms as the complexity builds? Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication) reports that’s the question at the heart of a study released this week by research firm opinion.life and sponsored […]
Raiffeisen Switzerland sheds its stake in core banking tech vendor Avaloq
Raiffeisen, the third largest banking group in Switzerland, is selling its 10% stake in core banking tech vendor Avaloq to private equity firm Warburg Pincus.
Cisco’s Q1 beats Wall Street expectations
After several quarters of less-than-stellar results, Cisco managed to beat analysts’ expectations with a better-than-expected report for its first quarter of fiscal 2018, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). For the quarter ended 28 October 2017, Cisco reported GAAP revenue of $12.1 billion, a 2% year-over-year decline. However, GAAP net income increased 3% […]
Microsoft warns of multicloud risk
Some enterprises worry about giving all their public cloud business to one provider and getting locked in. But multicloud has its own risks, says Microsoft Azure chief technology officer Mark Russinovich. Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication) reports that enterprises pursue a multicloud strategy to help negotiate a better pricing, among other reasons. But […]
Amazon selling part of China cloud business for $300m
Amazon is selling off a portion of its cloud computing business in China to a local partner, but the company still plans to compete in what is a growing market for cloud-based services and infrastructure, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Beijing Sinnet Technology will buy a portion of Amazon’s cloud business for […]
Ex-Googlers have LightStep for hybrid app performance
LightStep, founded by ex-Googlers, has come out of stealth to introduce its first product, for application performance management in environments combining microservices with legacy apps, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Called LightStep [x]PM, it provides application performance management that operates across all application components, including web and mobile clients, monolithic applications and […]
China overtakes US in latest top 500 supercomputer list
The release of the semiannual Top 500 Supercomputer List is a chance to gauge the who’s who of countries that are pushing the boundaries of high performance computing (HPC). The most recent list shows that China is now in a class by itself, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). China now claims 202 […]
Dell makes machine learning road-ready
While Oracle, IBM and others are pushing machine learning in the cloud, many enterprises see advantages to keeping IT infrastructure in-house. Dell is looking to fill that desire with a line of hardware servers and services for machine learning for the enterprise, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Dell Machine and Deep Learning […]
Rackspace and HPE offering OpenStack as private cloud service
With most of the chatter in the cloud computing market focused on the big public cloud providers, it’s easy to forget that private cloud is a viable option for many larger enterprises. Now, Rackspace and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) are looking to change that, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). The two companies […]
Case study: Towergate Insurance – achieving “good enough” IT in the cloud
If you’ve worked in information technology long enough, you’ve fallen prey to the urge to pursue technology on the cutting edge or even the bleeding edge.
DBS launches new cloud-based data centre
DBS Bank has teamed with American multinational firm Equinix to make one of its traditional data centres in Singapore “cloud-optimised”.
Talend acquires API design and test specialist Restlet
Talend, which specialises in big data and cloud integration, is acquiring the outstanding shares of Restlet SAS, a France-based company that specialises in API design and testing, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). Although no financial details were released, all 16 members of the Restlet staff along with the company’s founder will join […]
Cheddar on mission to help software developers monetise faster
It’s a tale as old as tech start-ups – a software developer creates a new app and is convinced it will take the world by storm. The only problem? No idea how to monetise the brilliant creation. Xconomy (Banking Technology‘s sister publication) reports that a US fintech start-up based in Bloomington, Indiana, called Cheddar aims […]
A CIO ‘Renaissance’ needs the cloud
For several years, it appeared the role of the CIO had been eclipsed by others – CMO, CFO, chief digital officer – who looked to claim a greater role and say over what information technologies their enterprises would invest in, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). It’s not so much over what specific […]
Microsoft looks to secure clouds with Project Cerberus
Microsoft is looking to make cloud infrastructure safer at the hardware level with a new offering called “Project Cerberus,” which is the company’s latest contribution to the Open Compute Project (OCP), reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). Company engineers unveiled Cerberus at Zettastructure, the European digital infrastructure conference, which is taking place this […]
BNP Paribas to handle Janus Henderson’s back office
Janus Henderson Investors has chosen BNP Paribas Securities Services to assume responsibility for most of its back office; fund administration and fund accounting, middle office and custody functions in the US.
Google joins with Salesforce to mix online, offline customer analytics
Google’s enterprise momentum is building, as Google and Salesforce have combined online and offline analytics, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology‘s sister publication). Google also becomes a preferred Salesforce infrastructure partner – but not the preferred infrastructure partner, a Salesforce executive noted carefully. The analytics collaboration will allow enterprises to aggregate analytics for both online […]
Krungsri and IBM apply blockchain to related party transactions
Thailand-based Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya) and IBM have completed a blockchain pilot project to streamline the bank’s contract management process across its offerings.
Revolut to bring processing in-house
Revolut is building its own in-house processor, following a string of outages caused by its current third party provider.
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust in core banking tech overhaul with Jack Henry
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust has implemented new core banking software, Jack Henry & Associates’ Silverlake, provided on an outsourced basis.
Cisco: we’ll put IT back in charge
Cisco and its partners want to put IT back in charge of their enterprise technology infrastructure, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). Years of deploying technology in multiple locations have left enterprise IT with cloud sprawl, workloads spread over multiple public, private and hybrid clouds. By applying the right technology and business services, […]
Bank of Thailand selects SimCorp Dimension for investment management
Thailand’s central bank, Bank of Thailand, has selected SimCorp Dimension as its new investment management platform to support reserve management and monetary policy operations of its $226 billion reserves.
Facebook alumni-led database start-up YugaByte de-stealths
Start-up YugaByte, which is run by ex-Facebook engineers, thinks it’s got a database that can compete with Oracle and a crowded market of other established proprietary and open source incumbents, reports Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). YugaByte, which comes out of stealth with $8 million funding, says it stands out from the crowd […]
IBM Cloud Private extends Big Blue’s hybrid reach
IBM is looking to use its clout in the private cloud market to make it easier for more customers to create hybrid and multi-cloud cloud deployments with a new software platform called Cloud Private.
Iberiabank selects nCino for cloud-based lending
Iberiabank has selected nCino’s cloud-based Bank Operating System to process services across several lines of business, including commercial and SME lending and treasury management.
Microsoft growing explosively, but Amazon retains huge cloud lead
Microsoft is the fastest-growing of the four big US cloud service providers, with revenue up 90% year-over-year in the third quarter, writes Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology‘s sister publication).
Google teams with Cisco for hybrid cloud
Google wants to become an enterprise cloud provider, so why not team up with the company that rules enterprise-networking market share?
For Amazon and Microsoft, the cloud keeps giving
Someday, the consistent growth in sales for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure will have to stop, writes Enterprise Cloud News (Banking Technology’s sister publication). “Someday” isn’t today.
