Facing rising client expectations and growing price pressure, managed service providers (MSPs) are turning to automation not just to save money but to stay competitive. At NerdioCon 2025 in La Quinta, California, we caught up with Jeremy Wallace, principal cloud architect at IT services company Safari Micro, to chat about how the MSP landscape is […]
Microsoft has paused or delayed several data centre projects around the world, reflecting a recalibration of how and where it builds the infrastructure to support artificial intelligence and cloud services, according to Bloomberg. Development activity has been scaled back or put on hold in countries including Indonesia, the UK, and Australia, as well as in […]
Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, has unveiled updates to Red Hat AI, its portfolio of products and services designed to help accelerate the development and deployment of AI solutions across the hybrid cloud. Red Hat AI provides an enterprise AI platform for model training and inference that delivers increased efficiency, a simplified […]
Rob Vann, chief solutions officer at Cyberfort, explains how AI is fundamentally changing the threat landscape for cloud environments. How is AI fundamentally changing the threat landscape for cloud environments? This is an interesting question as, of course, AI is a tool that is useful to both good and bad actors. For now, let’s assume […]
Amazon Echo devices will stop supporting local processing of voice requests starting March 28, 2025. In a few days, all requests made to Alexa will be processed through Amazon’s cloud rather than locally on the device. Amazon has notified Echo users about the change via email. “We are reaching out to let you know that […]
As European companies struggle to realise the full value of their cloud investments, we as technology leaders need to recognise that successful digital transformation rests on three fundamental pillars: people, processes, and tools. While the industry emphasises ‘people-first’ approaches for emerging technologies such as AI, we must apply this same principle to cloud migration, while […]
Oracle UK cloud has announced plans to invest US$5 billion to expand its cloud infrastructure in Britain over the next five years. The March 17 announcement aims to support the UK Government’s priorities for what it terms on AI-driven future, and meet global demand for Oracle’s cloud computing services. The investment will expand Oracle Cloud […]
Google has agreed to buy cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion, making it the organisation’s largest acquisition to date. The deal, which is expected to happen in 2026 pending regulatory approval, would integrate Wiz into Google Cloud, strengthening its security capabilities in cloud computing and AI. Expanding Google’s cloud security strategy The acquisition follows Google’s […]
In an age where data is being generated at unprecedented rates, organisations face an uphill battle in managing, retaining, and safeguarding critical information. The challenge lies in navigating vast volumes of data while ensuring compliance with regulatory mandates and maintaining operational efficiency. Fortunately, artificial intelligence (AI) offers transformative solutions to simplify and optimise data retention […]
CoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed artificial intelligence startup, has struck a five-year agreement worth $11.9 billion with OpenAI. The agreement means CoreWeave is to provide AI infrastructure for OpenAI as it prepares for its initial public offering (IPO). Under the agreement, OpenAI will receive $350 million of CoreWeave shares through a private placement when the company floats […]