Peter SayerSenior Editor, IDG News Service
Peter Sayer covers enterprise applications for CIO.com.
HPE sees Synergy in hybrid cloud infrastructure
HPE originally pitched its Synergy line of "composable" IT infrastructure as a way to bring the flexibility of cloud services to on-premises systems. Now it's putting those same Synergy components -- and some new ones -- into the public cloud with the goal of simplifying hybrid IT management.
One million broadband offline in Germany; 'external influence' blamed
Almost one million Deutsche Telekom customers have been struggling to get online since Sunday afternoon.
Japanese government denies report that its defense forces were hacked
Japanese government officials have denied reports that a secure network used by the country's defense forces was attacked earlier this year.
Japan plans superefficient supercomputer by 2017
Japan plans to build a super-efficient computer that could vault it to the top of the world's supercomputer rankings by the end of next year.
Britain's wartime codebreaking base could host a national cyber security college
Plans are afoot to build the U.K.'s first National College of Cyber Security at Bletchley Park, the birthplace of the country's wartime codebreaking efforts.
Make companies pay full cost of breaches to restore trust in the internet, says ISOC
Fake news, online banking thefts and data breaches: It's no wonder that trust in the internet is at an all-time low. But don't worry: The Internet Society has a five-step plan for restoring faith in the network of networks.
IBM will open the first of four new UK data centers next month
IBM is opening four new data centers in the U.K., despite some of the gloomy forecasts for the country's economy following its vote to leave the European Union.
UK mobile operator loses phones following data breach
In a twist, thieves in the U.K. hacked personal data to steal high-end smartphones, rather than hacking phones to steal personal data.
SAP offers cash for referrals in new cloud channel program
To sell its cloud services, ERP vendor SAP is crowdsourcing its sales team.
LinkedIn blocked by Russian government
LinkedIn's network just got a little smaller: Russia's communications regulator ordered ISPs to block access to the business networking company on Thursday.
Five things AI does better than humans, from the mundane to the magnificent
For millennia, we surpassed the other intelligent species with which we share our planet in almost all skills bar swimming and tree-climbing. Now we're creating new forms of intelligence, and they're learning to outsmart us in other fields too.
Samsung boosts audio, connected car businesses with $8B Harman buy
Samsung Electronics wants to buy its way into the connected car market, with a plan to acquire Harman for $8 billion.
European Parliament clears drone regulations for takeoff
Regulations to protect people from falling drones moved a little closer to takeoff at the European Parliament on Thursday.
French plan for biometric database of 60 million people sparks outcry
When the French government quietly announced, in the middle of a holiday weekend, the merging of two files to create a megadatabase holding the biometrics of almost 60 million French citizens, it was clearly hoping to avoid an outcry.
SAP aims to simplify innovation with update to HANA in-memory database
SAP wants businesses struggling to keep up with the pace of innovation in its HANA in-memory database to relax as it readies a new version, to be known as HANA 2.