Cloud Forecasts & Emerging Trends

The hyperscalers’ building programmes: How enterprises are affected

Joe Green — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:40:30 +0000

Hyperscale providers are at the centre of global digital infrastructure. DC Byte’s 2025 Global Data Centre Index [email wall] estimates that public cloud, social media, and AI workloads account for nearly 70% of global data centre demand. Their build and leasing decisions shape where power networks are reinforced or need alteration/expansion, where national, state or […]

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Oracle bets big on cloud as it targets $225b in sales by 2030

Muhammad Zulhusni — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Oracle expects its cloud infrastructure business to create $166 billion in revenue by fiscal year 2030, accounting for nearly three-quarters of its total sales, the company says. Reuters reported that the forecast was shared by Chief Executive Officer Clay Magouyrk during a meeting with analysts on Thursday, when he said new cloud bookings are coming […]

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FS rolls out advanced 200G networking switch

David Thomas — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:12:44 +0000

Boosting AI efficiency: FS rolls out advanced 200G networking switch The solutions provider FS has launched the N8550-24CD8D, a next-generation 200G switch for use in AI-focused storage systems and data centres. The high performance switch has been designed to support growing AI workloads and the complex demands of hybrid infrastructure upgrades. It provides fast data […]

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Cloud jobs cut as AI bites

David Thomas — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:30:29 +0000

Reuters is one of the many news outlets reporting on Amazon’s announcements it’s cutting hundreds of jobs, specifically in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing unit. The layoffs come following CEO Andy Jassy’s recent warning that the adoption of generative AI tools would result in job losses. It’s well known that AI adoption in […]

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Supermicro’s redemption play: Can new leadership save the AI server specialist?

Dashveenjit Kaur — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:19:08 +0000

After months of governance scandals that saw its auditor resign and major clients flee to competitors, Supermicro is betting everything on a redemption play centred around new leadership appointments and cutting-edge technology. The AI server specialist has installed a new CFO, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer and launched an ambitious product line – […]

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Half of EMEA cloud costs going to fees, but most plan to increase capacity

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:20:00 +0000

European organisations are still beleaguered by storage bills as 50% of all cloud storage costs in EMEA go to data access and usage fees rather than capacity, according to the 2024 Global Cloud Storage Index from Wasabi Technologies. Still, EMEA companies see the value of cloud storage services and plan to increase their spend in […]

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Malware-delivering cloud apps almost tripled in 2022

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:32:19 +0000

More than 400 distinct cloud applications delivered malware in 2022, nearly triple the amount seen in the prior year, according to research conducted by Netskope, a specialist in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). The company’s researchers also found that 30% of all cloud malware downloads in 2022 originated from Microsoft OneDrive. Cloud apps are widely […]

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Acxiom joins Salesforce AppExchange to transform personalised experiences

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:33:25 +0000

Customer intelligence company Acxiom has joined the Salesforce AppExchange Genie Collection, empowering brands to better understand their customers, drive personalisation at scale and unlock new opportunities that accelerate business growth. Brands today are expected to know their customers, anticipate their needs, and engage in ways that are personalised, relevant, and contextual. A data-first approach is […]

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Next generation of phishing attacks uses unexpected delivery methods to steal data

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:40:59 +0000

Netskope, a specialist in secure access service edge (SASE), has unveiled new research that shows how the prevalence of cloud applications is changing the way threat actors are using phishing attack delivery methods to steal data. The Netskope Cloud and Threat Report: Phishing details trends in phishing delivery methods such as fake login pages and […]

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Data sprawl creates risk as personal app use in business continues to rise

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:02:18 +0000

Cloud app use within organisations has continued to rise, already increasing 35% since the beginning of 2022, with an average company of 500-2,000 users uploading, creating, sharing or storing data in 138 different apps, and using an average of 1,558 distinct cloud apps each month. This is according to Netskope, a specialist in Security Service […]

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