
Atos buys Syntel
Cloudy future
French technology services company Atos is to acquire Syntel in an all-cash transaction valued at about $3.57 billion, including net debt, the companies said.

Microsoft doing well thanks to cloud
The future is cloudy
Microsoft posted quarterly profit and revenue that beat analysts’ estimates, as more businesses signed up for its Azure cloud computing services and Office 365 productivity suite.

Alphabet brings balloon internet to Kenya
Loony Tunes? We don't think so
A division of Alphabet – Google's parent company – has struck a deal with Telkom Kenya to bring the internet to people of the country.

Google missed blockchain
We really didn't see that one coming
Google founder Sergey Brin has admitted that his outfit missed out on being at the front of blockchain technology.

Self-sabotage on the cloud
Any thoughts that Google Cloud might be taken seriously by business have been seriously damaged after a developer complained about how the outfit shut down a wind turbine project automatically twice due to retarded customer service.