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 […]
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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 […]
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Large financial institutions rarely overhaul their technology in one dramatic move. Change tends to happen in stages, with systems gradually shifted, consolidated, and refined over time. Nationwide Building Society’s expanded cloud services partnership with AWS fits squarely into that pattern. Rather than signalling a new direction, the agreement reflects a decision to go further down […]
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For many large organisations, cloud computing still sits in the background. It runs internal systems, supports analytics teams, and scales storage when needed. What is changing is where cloud shows up in the work itself — including in performance-critical environments like Formula 1 or F1, where Mercedes is using cloud systems to support real-time decisions […]
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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 […]
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Live video changes the pressure on a streaming business. Unlike on-demand shows, live events do not allow for retries, quiet fixes, or delayed updates. If something fails, viewers notice immediately. Over the past year, Netflix has been reworking how it handles that risk by building live streaming directly into its core cloud systems, rather than […]
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Google Cloud has agreed to a multiyear security services partnership with Palo Alto Networks as enterprise use of AI in cloud environments grows. A source told Reuters the deal is worth close to $10 billion over its lifetime. The agreement marks Google Cloud’s largest security services deal to date. While financial terms were not disclosed […]
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IBM plans to buy Confluent in an $11 billion deal, a move that expands its data and cloud portfolio as demand for AI systems grows. The company has been building up its cloud and software units under CEO Arvind Krishna, who has focused on acquisitions to meet interest from clients upgrading their systems for more […]
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Google Cloud has picked up another major contract to deliver secure, sovereign cloud services to a military agency, only a few months after it signed a similar deal with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The agreement will see the Nato Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) use Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), an air-gapped system built […]
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Google’s €5.5 billion plan to expand its presence in Germany is about more than new buildings and servers. Running from 2026 to 2029, the investment shows how global cloud and AI providers are starting to link technology growth with sustainability, workforce skills, and energy efficiency — priorities now central to how European enterprises plan and […]
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