The Cloud Circle's second survey backed report reveals that although saving money is one of the leading objectives in adopting cloud computing, many businesses are unsure over the specific economies involved. The report also features an interview with Paul Coby, director of IT at John Lewis, and case studies on Royal Mail and Yo! Sushi.

David Wilde, Essex County Council and Mark Evans, Rider Levett Bucknall

Annoucements this week suggest that cloud and big data are set for a big year across Europe.

Confirmed dates for The Cloud Circle Forums in 2012

Plans are afoot from Google to create a personalised search engine.

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Thirty years in the making, homomorphic encryption could be the thing that allows the mass adoption of cloud from a data privacy context. Mark Young attempts to explain it...

New Cloud Circle report, released today, reveals that although saving money is one of the leading objectives in adopting cloud computing, many businesses are unsure over the specific economies involved. The report also features an interview with Paul Coby, director of IT at John Lewis, and case studies on Royal Mail and Yo! Sushi.

The email addresses and passwords of over 100 United Nations members have been compromised in a hacking incident.

One of the leading draws of cloud computing is that companies can ostensibly refocus their efforts on the primary business, rather than IT admin tasks. But will they be able to resist the draw to reduce the wage bill? Mark Young explores.

Protiviti finds only 11 per cent are currently using cloud.

As population nears seven billion, new dashboards from German analytics giant SAP allows governing bodies to utilise United Nations data on growth.