Replacing a bank’s core system is one of the most complex technology projects a financial institution can undertake. More banks are now trying to reduce reliance on older systems and change more of their operations to cloud-based platforms. Reporting on the SBS Bank project points to a trend among smaller and mid-sized banks to modernise […]
AI is pushing technology companies to rethink the foundations of cloud computing. As more businesses adopt AI tools, the industry is spending heavily on the hardware and data centres needed to run them. Much of the current spending is focused on infrastructure rather than software. Chips, networking equipment, power systems, and large data centres are […]
Samsung moved artificial intelligence closer to live telecom infrastructure at MWC 2026, where it demonstrated AI running alongside radio functions inside a cloud-native network stack. At MWC in Barcelona, Samsung Electronics showcased an AI-native, software-driven network architecture built around its virtualised radio access network (vRAN) platform. Samsung integrated its vRAN software with accelerated computing from […]
New enterprise integrations linking AI assistants to workplace apps suggest that for many large companies, the cloud is becoming the layer that connects data and automated workflows in the business. Recent enterprise deployments highlight this. Financial information firm Thomson Reuters and RBC Wealth Management use new AI plug-ins that connect cloud-hosted models to workplace platforms […]
Mobile networks are starting to look more like software platforms than fixed telecom systems, and a recent change by Malaysia’s Tune Talk highlights how that change is unfolding in the region. Tune Talk said on recently that it has completed its move to a fully cloud-native mobile network operator architecture, built with telecom software provider […]
European data rules shape how cloud services are built and deployed, pushing software providers to offer options that keep data and control inside the region. A new move by customer experience software firm Genesys shows how vendors are preparing for that shift, as more organisations weigh compliance risks when choosing where to run cloud workloads. […]
Cloud capacity is becoming one of the main constraints on enterprise AI adoption, and Amazon’s latest spending plans show how providers are responding. The company is preparing to commit roughly $200 billion in capital expenditure, much of it aimed at expanding AWS data centres, custom chips, and related AI infrastructure, according to reporting by the […]
The way people shop online and in stores is changing. Large retailers are trying new ways to make search, product discovery and support feel more fluid and more personalised. The Australian retail group Wesfarmers unveiled a partnership with Google Cloud designed to do just that, using advanced AI tools to build a new customer experience […]
In a move that underscores the changing role of sovereign cloud and artificial intelligence beyond traditional markets, Abu Dhabi-based technology group G42 has signed an agreement with a Vietnamese consortium to build national-scale cloud and AI infrastructure in Vietnam. The pact, announced in Ho Chi Minh City this week, calls for up to $1 billion […]
As companies like Carousell push more reporting into cloud data platforms, a bottleneck is showing up inside business intelligence stacks. Dashboards that once worked fine at small scale begin to slow down, queries stretch into tens of seconds, and minor schema errors ripple in reports. In short, teams find themselves balancing two competing needs: stable […]