NTT DATA expands Google Cloud work on Gemini Enterprise

NTT DATA has expanded its work with Google Cloud on enterprise AI deployments using Gemini Enterprise. The companies said the work will focus on helping organisations move AI projects beyond pilot stages and into production environments. The collaboration combines Google Cloud’s AI, data, and cloud platform capabilities with NTT DATA’s consulting and implementation services. It […]

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Streamline your document workflow: Merging PDFs in SMB teams

For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), managing documents efficiently is a constant challenge. Reports, contracts, invoices, proposals each team handles dozens of PDFs every week. When files stack up, workflows slow down, errors creep in, and collaboration becomes messy. One of the easiest ways to create clarity is to merge PDFs so teams can work […]

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Pinterest signs US$4bn AWS cloud deal for AI workloads

Pinterest has signed a US$4 billion cloud deal with AWS, extending its cloud services agreement with Amazon Web Services through 2031. The agreement is Pinterest’s largest infrastructure commitment to date. It builds on a cloud relationship that began in 2010, when Pinterest started using AWS to support the reliability and performance of its core services. […]

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Google begins work on new data centre in Sweden

Google has broken ground on a new data centre in Horndal, Sweden. The facility will support Google services including Search, Cloud, Workspace, and YouTube. The company said the site will help meet demand for cloud services in Sweden and other markets. The International Energy Agency said electricity demand from data centres rose 17% in 2025 […]

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SaaS and software infra companies’ stocks bounce back

Last month’s drop in the share prices of many cloud-based software companies has been partially reversed after several software companies reported good figures. The big dip in SaaS providers’ share prices was caused by claims that companies would soon be able to develop their own applications using large language model-aided development tools. Many in the […]

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Snowflake signs US$6bn AWS deal for enterprise AI workloads

Snowflake has raised its product revenue forecast for fiscal 2027 after reporting stronger-than-expected quarterly revenue, with the Snowflake AWS deal adding a US$6 billion infrastructure commitment for enterprise AI workloads on Amazon Web Services. The company now expects fiscal 2027 product revenue of US$5.84 billion, up from its earlier forecast of US$5.66 billion. It also […]

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How to scale pentesting across cloud environments

Over 40% of security leaders say their pentest results are invalid by the time reports arrive, according to Horizon3.ai research based on 50,000 penetration tests in 2024. Meanwhile, 89% of enterprises now run multi-cloud strategies in an average of 3.4 providers, per Flexera’s 2025 reporting. The testing is happening, but the infrastructure has already moved […]

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Anthropic explores Microsoft Maia chips for cloud compute

Anthropic is reportedly in early discussions to rent server capacity powered by Microsoft’s Maia chips, according to The Information and CNBC. The talks come shortly after Anthropic agreed to use Google’s cloud infrastructure and Tensor Processing Units under a large multi-year agreement. They also follow a separate Microsoft agreement announced in November. Under that deal, […]

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Google and Blackstone plan US$5 billion AI cloud venture

Google and Blackstone plan to create a US-based AI cloud venture that will provide access to data centre capacity and Google’s custom AI chips. Blackstone will make an initial equity investment of US$5 billion to support the venture. The firm will be the majority owner of the new business. The companies said the investment will […]

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SambaNova and Intel’s heterogeneous x86 AI architecture

SambaNova and Intel have extended their collaboration with a heterogeneous hardware solution that “combines GPUs for prefill, Intel Xeon 6 processors as host and ‘action’ CPUs, and SambaNova RDUs (reconfigurable dataflow units) for decode,” according to a press release. By assigning each step to hardware suited to each, the companies claim higher quality, faster AI […]

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