Stories by Derek du Preez

Global manufacturer ditches underperforming IBM in favour of IaaS provider

Veyance Technologies, the exclusive manufacturer of Goodyear Engineered Products, has ditched its traditional outsourcing relationship with IBM after it failed to perform to acceptable service levels, and is in the process of moving its SAP applications to infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider Virtustream.

Huawei: We are in the UK for the long-term

China-based networking giant Huawei has declared that its presence in the UK will be long-term, despite ongoing international security concerns and a parliamentary investigation into its relationship with BT.

Scotland plans £325m public services network

Scottish ministers have revealed details of a plan to create a £325 million wide area network, dubbed SWAN, which will be available for use by all public service organisations within Scotland.

Cloud has no place in defence companies says Saab

Defence companies can effectively "put a red line through public cloud offerings" because of the security risks involved, according to a senior IT solutions manager at Swedish military equipment manufacturer Saab.

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