A new multicloud networking service built by Amazon and Google is now available, giving companies a faster way to link the two tech giants’ cloud platforms at a time when even short internet outages can disrupt major online services. The system lets customers set up private, high-speed connections between AWS and Google Cloud in minutes […]
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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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The growing use of AI is driving up cloud storage costs as enterprises struggle to track what data they’re storing, why it’s kept, and how to manage it efficiently. To help address this, Datadog has launched Storage Management, now generally available for Amazon S3 and in preview for Google Cloud Storage and Azure Blob Storage. […]
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Google Cloud has added new post-quantum encryption options to its Key Management Service (Cloud KMS). The update is currently in preview and introduces support for post-quantum Key Encapsulation Mechanisms (KEMs) – a form of encryption built to resist attacks from cryptographically relevant quantum computers. Cloud KMS is a managed service that lets users create, use, […]
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Google is investing another €5 billion in Belgium over the next two years to boost its cloud and AI infrastructure. That effort includes expanding its data centre locations in Saint-Ghislain and creating 300 new full-time jobs. At the same time, it’s inked deals with Eneco, Luminus, and Renner to help develop onshore wind farms and […]
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Google layoffs have hit more than 100 workers in its design teams, marking the latest round of job cuts tied to the company’s shift toward AI and tighter spending. Earlier this week, Google layoffs affected parts of the cloud division, including teams working on user experience research, and platform and service experience. Internal documents seen […]
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Oracle’s stock jumped in value more than 40% on Wednesday, lifting the company’s share price to a record high and placing the company in striking distance of a trillion-dollar market value. The surge also sent Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison’s wealth soaring, narrowing the gap between him and Elon Musk in the contest to be the […]
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Meta is betting big on AI, agreeing to spend more than $10 billion on Google’s cloud services over the next six years, according to people familiar with the deal. The arrangement, which includes servers, storage, networking, and other infrastructure, marks one of the largest agreements in Google Cloud’s 17-year history. Neither company would comment on […]
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A startup called FluidCloud wants to make it easier for companies to move their applications between cloud providers. Its new platform helps businesses copy and move their infrastructure from one cloud to another – a process that often takes months – with just a few clicks. The FluidCloud Platform works by scanning a company’s existing […]
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