Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have introduced managed private connectivity between their cloud platforms, allowing customers to establish dedicated network links between AWS and Microsoft Azure. AWS Interconnect – multicloud with Azure and Azure Multicloud Interconnect for AWS are now available in public preview. The two services work together to provide private cloud-to-cloud connectivity without […]
Tencent Cloud plans to establish its first cloud region in Malaysia, while Alibaba Cloud has launched a third data centre in South Korea, adding capacity in two Asian markets as global cloud infrastructure spending continues to rise. Both announcements were made on August 18. Tencent’s planned Malaysia region will comprise up to three availability zones […]
Large companies are rethinking how they run artificial intelligence workloads in the cloud. Uber is one of the latest examples, expanding its use of AWS chips to support its AI systems. At the centre of this change are AWS-designed chips like Graviton and Trainium. Reuters reports Uber is increasing its use of the hardware to […]
Cloud demand is starting to change in a way that reflects how companies are building and running AI systems. The change is about the type of workloads moving into cloud environments. Recent comments from Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, point to a much larger market than previously expected, driven by enterprise AI adoption. At a […]
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 […]
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 […]
AI is starting to change how large organisations use cloud data platforms. What began as a way to store information cheaply and scale analytics has become central to reporting, dashboards, and business intelligence. The shift now is not where data lives in the cloud, but who can work with it and how quickly insights can […]
Building autonomous vehicles is no longer just a question of sensors and software. It has become a test of how well companies can manage vast amounts of data, run large-scale simulations, and validate safety across millions of scenarios before a vehicle ever reaches the road. For automotive firms working on self-driving systems, the ability to […]
The cloud market has long been shaped by a familiar group of hyperscalers. What is changing now is not just who runs cloud platforms, but who is starting to build the infrastructure behind them. Recent reporting that Brookfield Asset Management is preparing to launch a cloud business points to a broader shift in how large […]
For Airbus, the cloud is no longer just an IT decision. It has become a question of control. Europe’s largest aerospace group is weighing a move away from two of its most important technology suppliers—Google and Microsoft—as it looks for a cloud environment governed entirely by European rules. According to reporting by The Register, Airbus […]