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April 15, 2025
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Apr'25
Alibaba Cloud bolsters AI offerings
The Chinese hyperscaler has launched new models, tools and infrastructure upgrades for international customers following plans to advance its cloud computing and AI infrastructure
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April 10, 2025
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Apr'25
Mattel taps into Google Cloud to accelerate product innovation in response to customer feedback
Barbie doll manufacturer Mattel reveals how leaning on Google Cloud has enabled it to respond to customer feedback quicker and speed up its product development processes
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April 10, 2025
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Apr'25
NetSuite bets big on built-in AI
At its customer event in Sydney, Oracle NetSuite unveiled a suite of AI-powered features integrated directly into its platform at no extra cost in a bid to make AI more accessible to customers
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April 09, 2025
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Apr'25
EU sets out plans to ‘at least’ triple its AI datacentre capacity over the next seven years
The European Union wants to reduce its dependence on non-EU datacentres in support of its plan to become an artificial intelligence superpower
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April 08, 2025
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Apr'25
Global law firm Freshfields embarks on AI-led digital transformation with Google Cloud
Freshfields has enlisted the help of Google Cloud and its artificial intelligence portfolio to help streamline its processes, as its global chief innovation officer sets about empowering staff to confidently use AI in their everyday work
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March 31, 2025
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Mar'25
Microsoft restates commitment to OpenAI amid analyst note about datacentre expansion rollbacks
Microsoft pushes back on analyst claims its changing relationship with OpenAI is forcing it to scale back its datacentre expansion plans in the US and Europe
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March 27, 2025
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Mar'25
Microsoft’s ‘fraying relationship’ with OpenAI blamed for datacentre expansion plan rollback
US analyst TD Cowen publishes research note pointing to further rollbacks on Microsoft’s datacentre expansion plans
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March 26, 2025
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Mar'25
Oracle bets big on AI, drives Australian business transformation
At the Oracle CloudWorld Tour in Sydney, Oracle executives talked up the company’s strategy to integrate AI across its entire technology stack, empowering Australian businesses to move beyond experimentation and into practical AI-driven solutions
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March 23, 2025
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Mar'25
How Jetstar is tapping data analytics
Low-cost carrier Jetstar is using the Snowflake data platform to optimise the number of meals to carry onboard and to generate flight schedules, among other data analytics initiatives to improve its operations
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March 20, 2025
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Mar'25
Hyperscale datacentre capacities continue to rise off back of AI boom
Market data from Synergy Research Group confirms that artificial intelligence is fuelling growth of datacentres in both number and capacity terms
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March 18, 2025
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Mar'25
Largest ever cyber deal reflects Google’s CNAPP ambitions
In a signal of its future ambitions, Google lays down $32bn to acquire cloud-native application protection platform Wiz, reflecting the increasing need to secure multicloud environments
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March 17, 2025
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Mar'25
How Oracle is using AI to combat financial crime
The tech giant is leveraging artificial intelligence to surface fraudulent financial transactions and improve the efficiency of financial crime investigations, offering relief to banks battling high costs and alert fatigue
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March 06, 2025
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Mar'25
European cloud providers unite over data sovereignty-focused API
Three of the continent’s cloud providers have joined forces to create an API that will make it easier for users to move apps, data and workloads from one European provider’s platform to another
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March 03, 2025
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Mar'25
CMA urged to expedite proposed ‘targeted interventions’ against AWS and Microsoft
AWS has doubled-down on its claim that subjecting it to targeted curbs to bolster competition in the UK cloud market is an unwarranted step, while its rivals call on the CMA to speed up the process
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February 18, 2025
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Feb'25
South Korea plots to become home to world’s largest AI datacentre
Construction of a datacentre that is projected to be 3GW in size is set to start later this year in South Korea
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February 10, 2025
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Feb'25
UK government under fire over public sector guidance on using overseas clouds
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s recently published guidance on supporting public sector bodies with adopting a multi-region cloud strategy is facing criticism
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February 07, 2025
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Feb'25
AWS sees full-year profit and revenue growth as AI and public cloud demand soars
Amazon Web Services (AWS) reports full-year results and reveals capital expenditure toll the AI boom will take on its business in 2025
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February 05, 2025
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Feb'25
Google Cloud revenue soars as Alphabet continues to ride AI wave
Alphabet’s fourth-quarter results revealed a 30% increase in revenue for the company’s cloud arm, fuelled by demand for its artificial intelligence offerings
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February 05, 2025
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Feb'25
Digging into the CMA’s provisional take on AWS and Microsoft’s hold on UK cloud market
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have not taken kindly to the Competition and Markets Authority’s suggestion that their dominant hold on the UK cloud market requires a targeted intervention
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February 04, 2025
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Feb'25
DSIT issues guidance to support public sector hosting of cloud workloads in overseas datacentres
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has issued guidance to support public sector organisations that want to host workloads and applications in overseas datacentres for cost and resilience reasons
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February 03, 2025
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Feb'25
Google AI paves the way for ‘self-healing’ potholes
Google’s artificial intelligence technology is being used to support the work of university researchers who are developing a ‘hands-off’ approach to maintaining and fixing the UK’s pothole-riddled roads
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January 28, 2025
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Jan'25
AWS and Microsoft could face ‘targeted intervention’ from CMA over UK cloud competition concerns
The CMA has published provisional findings from its investigation into the UK cloud infrastructure market and is considering action against AWS and Microsoft over the competitive impact from their hold on the sector
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January 23, 2025
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Jan'25
NAO flags shortcomings in government preferential pricing deals with big tech suppliers
Shortcomings in the UK government’s tech buying power have been highlighted in separate reports in recent days by the National Audit Office and The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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January 22, 2025
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Jan'25
CMA adds ex-Amazon UK boss to board as provisional judgement in cloud probe nears
The former UK boss of Amazon UK has joined the CMA as its interim chair
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January 21, 2025
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Jan'25
Weak supplier management hinders digital government
Procurement, legacy systems, data fragmentation and the changing IT market are among the issues highlighted in a review of digital services
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January 16, 2025
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Jan'25
NAO calls for ‘cross-government’ revamp of IT procurement to improve ‘big tech’ project outcomes
The National Audit Office has highlighted a series of shortcomings in the government’s approach to digital procurement
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January 15, 2025
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Jan'25
Cohesity CEO on Veritas integration and IPO plans
Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen shares his vision for integrating Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, uniting 12,000 customers, driving AI-powered innovation and building a public-ready company
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January 07, 2025
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Jan'25
How StarHub is tapping OpenShift in its cloud strategy
StarHub is harnessing Red Hat OpenShift to power its hybrid multi-cloud platform, balancing control over critical infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility of public cloud
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December 20, 2024
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Dec'24
Government review of denied datacentre builds sees Iver project get green light
The government has granted the developers of a proposed datacentre in Iver, Buckinghamshire, permission to press ahead with the project after the local council blocked the plans on Green Belt protection grounds
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December 19, 2024
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Dec'24
AWS offers Hackney Council ‘minimum 22%’ discount on cloud services through OGVA 2.0
Amazon Web Services has renewed its cloud deal with Hackney Council, with the local authority receiving a minimum discount of 22% in exchange for agreeing to grow its AWS cloud footprint by 8% each year
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December 19, 2024
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Dec'24
CCS cloud hosting deal with AWS under scrutiny as contract value soars by 89% after 15 months
Questions are being asked about whether CCS has breached procurement regulations by failing to re-tender a contract with AWS that has increased in value by 89% midway through
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December 17, 2024
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Dec'24
Top 10 cloud stories of 2024
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2024
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December 13, 2024
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Dec'24
How AWS is protecting customers from cyber threats
Amazon Web Services reveals how its threat intelligence capabilities work under the hood to thwart cyber attacks and keep its customers’ data safe
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December 11, 2024
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Dec'24
Microsoft shares details of plans to reduce water usage of AI datacentres
Microsoft has released details of the latest initiative to minimise the environmental footprint of its datacentres
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December 11, 2024
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Dec'24
Freshworks rides Asia’s digital wave
The enterprise software firm’s exponential growth in the region is driven by demand for streamlined customer and employee experiences by its mid-market customers
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December 06, 2024
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Dec'24
What do the home secretary’s policing reforms mean for the future of the Police Digital Service?
The government is to create a new central body for policing with IT strategy in its proposed purview, but what does this mean for the Home Office-backed Police Digital Service?
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December 04, 2024
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Dec'24
AWS on using GenAI to speed up legacy VMware and Microsoft datacentre migrations
At AWS Re:Invent 2024, CEO Matt Garman shared details of how its GenAI technologies are helping enterprises accelerate the pace of Microsoft and VMware datacentre migrations
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December 03, 2024
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Dec'24
Microsoft hit with £1bn UK legal claim over ‘anti-competitive’ cloud licensing tactics
A legal claim, valued at more than £1bn, has been filed with the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal regarding Microsoft’s controversial cloud licensing tactics
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November 27, 2024
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Nov'24
Eurocontrol works with Atos to support public cloud move
Air traffic management organisation Eurocontrol has deployed a multi-region public cloud environment as part of a wider digital transformation of its operations, which is being undertaken with support from Atos
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November 27, 2024
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Nov'24
Dutch politicians raise concerns over Big Tech reliance
Dutch political parties have warned about the Netherlands’ growing reliance on US tech giants
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November 26, 2024
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Nov'24
Google Cloud research highlights potential for GenAI to transform public sector service delivery
Research commissioned by Google Cloud suggests encouraging the public sector to step up its adoption of generative artificial intelligence technologies could have a transformative impact on the public purse
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November 21, 2024
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Nov'24
RWE bets on HPE Private Cloud AI for green energy push
Energy firm RWE has selected the HPE Private Cloud AI setup to help it model and glean insights from weather data with greater ease
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November 19, 2024
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Nov'24
Nationwide Building Society backs HPE GreenLake for hybrid cloud push
Nationwide Building Society's digital transformation efforts are continuing apace, with the company enlisting the help of HPE GreenLake to meet its hybrid cloud goals
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November 18, 2024
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Nov'24
AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success
AWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring 2025
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November 15, 2024
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Nov'24
IT leaders raise concerns over IT security overspend
How many IT security products does it take to secure a business? Too many, according to some IT decision-makers
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November 14, 2024
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Nov'24
Apple hit by Which? with £3bn legal claim that iCloud service charges are ‘anti-competitive’
UK consumer rights advocate Which? has appointed legal representation, as it sets about challenging Apple on anti-competitive grounds over its treatment of UK iCloud users
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November 07, 2024
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Nov'24
Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval
Latest Google Cloud policy to enforce multifactor authentication across its user base is welcomed by security professionals
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November 07, 2024
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Nov'24
Research: UK residents demonstrate ‘low-level’ understanding of what datacentres do
Research commissioned by colocation giant CyrusOne reveals there is work to be done by operators when it comes to educating UK residents on the benefits that datacentres being built in their local communities can bring
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November 04, 2024
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Nov'24
TechUK calls for government support to help UK datacentre market reach growth potential
UK tech trade body TechUK claims the UK’s datacentre sector could become one of the country’s fastest-growing sectors with more government support
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November 04, 2024
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Nov'24
Microsoft trials building ‘wooden’ datacentres in pursuit of 2030 carbon-negative goal
Microsoft has gone public with its plans to build two datacentres in Northern Virginia made partly from wood, in the interests of cutting the amount of carbon generated by its server farm builds