Cloud-based security storms ahead as physical kit plays catch-up
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AI threats and zero-trust mandates are driving a $26bn boom

Beancounters working for the Dell’Oro Group have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that while everyone is banking on about hardware cybersecurity, particularly of the cloudy sort, is where the cash is.

Microsoft woos AI heavyweights with big promises and partners
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Elon, Altman and Huang trot out for Redmond’s power play

Software King of the World, Microsoft flexed its cloud muscle this week, wheeling out its AI mates and fresh software toys in a pitch to dominate the artificial intelligence land grab.

Microsoft flogs AI to the cloud
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Friday, 02 May 2025 09:29

Microsoft flogs AI to the cloud


Azure finally stops underachieving

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street gave the software king of the world Microsoft a standing ovation on 1 May after the company finally managed to deliver what it had been teasing for months—decent cloud growth with an AI cherry on top.

Cloud LAN vendors cash in
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Wednesday, 30 April 2025 11:26

Cloud LAN vendors cash in


Dell’Oro pegs $12bn market by 2029

Dell’Oro Group analysts have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and come up with a bullish picture for the Public Cloud-Managed LAN and Campus Network-as-a-Service (CNaaS) sectors.

Amazon quietly cools off global data centre ambitions
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Joining rival Microsoft in a conservative approach

Amazon Web Services has started dragging its heels on some data centre leases, particularly internationally, signalling that even the cloud titans are feeling the pinch as economic headwinds and tariff chatter rattles the tech sector.

Oracle fumbles denial as 6 million user records leak
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SSO breach pretty obvious

Oracle is in full-blown damage control mode after hacker “rose87168” claimed to breach its Oracle Cloud login servers.

Cloud engineers are top AI users
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Wednesday, 26 March 2025 10:38

Cloud engineers are top AI users


Cybersecurity plays catch-up

Cloud Engineers are the new AI overlords, leaving everyone else to squabble over second place, according to a new report.

Dutch want to purge US software from government servers
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Don't trust Musk and Trump 

The Dutch want to reduce their dependence on Big US tech companies.

UK Firms embrace application containerisation
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Skills shortage solution

According to Nutanix's latest Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey, more than 90 per cent of UK organisations are diving headfirst into application containerisation, with 91 per cent already harnessing the power of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI).

UK firms look to hybrid storage
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Wednesday, 26 February 2025 09:35

UK firms look to hybrid storage


Wasabi notes cloud is getting too spicy

UK businesses are rethinking their cloud strategies as unpredictable fees push budgets to the brink, with 44 per cent now opting for a hybrid approach that combines on-premises and cloud solutions.