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HSBC Bank, British Airways and the Playstation Network are just a number of websites hit by a global outage last week.

EfficiencyIT, a specialist consultancy in data centre design and build, edge computing and IT services, has appointed Steve Henson as its new Senior Data Centre Architect.

Google Cloud and SAP SE have entered into an expanded strategic partnership to help customers execute business transformations, migrate critical business systems to the cloud, and augment existing business systems with Google Cloud capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

In an addition to its intelligent cloud services platform portfolio, Exertis has entered into a partnership with specialist cloud data management solutions company, Tiger Technology, allowing reseller partners to deliver a range of hybrid cloud solutions.

New Boundary Technologies, provider of innovative Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications, has launched RemoteVista, its new off-the-shelf Industrial IoT remote monitoring solution powered by RemoteAware.

Rackspace Technology, the end-to-end multi-cloud technology solutions company, has worked with iPromote, a turnkey online advertising solution, to migrate their infrastructure to Linux on AWS reducing the company’s operational costs by 30%.

Konica Minolta has announced the results from penetration testing on its bizhub i-Series multifunction printers, conducted to ensure the product line is compliant with the highest data privacy and endpoint security standards.

Datalogic has announced that Newbaze Ireland Nutrition is using Datalogic’s MX-E processor, E100 cameras and Matrix 300N barcode readers for machine vision at its new facility in Carrickmacross, County Monahan. This state-of-the-art facility is designed for dry blending of infant and follow-on milk formula.

Increasing the number of women in digital jobs is an urgent priority to ensure the diverse mix of skills the tech industry needs to benefit society and the economy - according to the latest book to be published by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.

Ultima Labs, the software development arm of cloud specialist and automation provider Ultima, has launched several new features for its cloud management platform, IA-Cloud, which is claimed to reduce cloud management costs by up to 46% and reduces consumption by 30% through automation.

Uvisan, the UV-C cabinet specialist, has created a new international network of distributors to supply its products across all continents in the fight against coronavirus and in the race to reopen education, leisure and retail venues globally.