Month: June 2014

Amazon Web Services reaches its 8th birthday

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On March 14 2006, Amazon expanded from its retail heritage and launched its IT services business with the birth of Amazon Web Services (AWS). This move was inspired by the company’s own need for computing resources that can scale rapidly at inexpensive. AWS, that is section of Amazon.com, provides multi-tenanted pay-as-you-use cloud-based services and raw ….  Read More

Government failing to control contractors, say MPs

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Government is failing to regulate private companies that offer outsourced services and these contractors must be more ethical when going through government, consistent with a highly critical Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report. The report follows hearings with major suppliers Atos, Capita, G4S and Serco, and later with the Cabinet Office, Department of Health, Ministry of ….  Read More

Hammersmith and Fulham Council updates desktops to support flexible working

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Hammersmith & Fulham Council is using Colt’s Workspace as a Service to support greater than 2,000 virtual desktop users in line with VMware’s Horizon Suite. As portion of a protracted-standing requirement to cut back physical estate, Hammersmith & Fulham Council has adopted a wise working strategy supported by technology from Colt. Desktop virtualisation is getting ….  Read More