Open Cloud Platforms & Collaboration

Onsite virtualisation with Nexsan Unity and Vates VMS

Joe Green — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:57:02 +0000

For enterprises seeking sovereign control over their data, the combination of Nexsan Unity enterprise storage and Vates Virtualization Management Stack (VMS) might present an alternative to proprietary virtualisation and storage solutions. The new joint platform is designed for deploying virtualised workloads on-premise or in wholly-owned data centres. Why consider onsite hosting? Since the change in […]

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Google’s €5.5B Germany investment reshapes enterprise cloud and AI

Muhammad Zulhusni — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000

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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AWS rolls out new tool to simplify regional cloud planning

Muhammad Zulhusni — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Planning where to deploy workloads in the cloud can be tricky, especially for large companies that rely on consistent infrastructure across multiple regions. AWS is looking to take the guesswork out of that process with a new tool called Capabilities by Region. The tool gives users a clear view of which AWS services, tools, and […]

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New data centre partnership gives Microsoft access to Nvidia chips

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Microsoft has reached a $9.7 billion agreement with data-centre operator IREN, gaining access to advanced Nvidia chips that could ease the strain on the company’s infrastructure and support AI services such as ChatGPT. Limited access to computing power has slowed growth across the sector, and large tech firms have pointed to capacity shortages during recent […]

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Google expands in Belgium and faces US AI antitrust scrutiny

Muhammad Zulhusni — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

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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Huawei Ascends to SuperPods and SuperClusters

Joe Green — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:30:25 +0000

At the Huawei Connect 2025 event in Shanghai last week, Chinese technology Huawei explained its plans for the next generations of its Ascend chip line, and released details on its deployment in pods, and world-leading compute clusters. Speaking at the Huawei Connect conference, deputy chair of Huawei board, Eric Xu, said 2025 had been a […]

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Alibaba brings Nvidia’s AI robotics tools to its cloud

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Alibaba and Nvidia have teamed up again, expanding their collaboration in AI and robotics. The two companies announced at the Apsara Conference in Hangzhou that Nvidia’s embodied AI tools will be integrated into Alibaba Cloud’s machine learning platform. The move gives developers access to Nvidia’s toolkit for building AI systems that interact with the physical […]

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Reigniting the European digital economy’s €200bn AI ambitions

GITEX Europe — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:15:37 +0000

There is a sense of urgency in Europe to re-imagine the status quo and reshape technology infrastructures. Timed to harness Europe’s innovative push comes GITEX EUROPE x Ai Everything (21-23 May, Messe Berlin). The world’s third largest economy and host nation for GITEX EUROPE x Ai Everything, Germany’s role as the European economic and technology […]

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Ververica expands advanced stream processing tech with ‘Powered By Ververica’ program

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:03:31 +0000

Ververica, the creator of Apache Flink, has launched its ‘Powered By Ververica’ program, aimed at expanding the reach of advanced stream processing technology by providing access to the cutting-edge VERA engine to leading partners. StreamNative, the cloud-native data streaming company founded by the original creators of Apache Pulsar, joins as the first partner in this […]

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Adam Bateson, Umbraco: Open source as a secret weapon

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:29 +0000

TechForge recently spoke with VP of sales at Umbraco, Adam Bateson, as he explained the benefits of hyper-automation and digital workforces, and the importance of sustainability. Could you tell us a little bit about the company you work for? Umbraco is the largest Microsoft.net open source CMS. We are a Danish software company that’s been […]

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Anaconda and Teradata partner to enhance open-source support for AI innovation

Duncan MacRae — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 07:04:00 +0000

Anaconda and Teradata have unveiled a new integration to bring the most popular and widely used Python and R packages to Teradata VantageCloud through the Anaconda Repository. The integration with ClearScape Analytics, a powerful engine for deploying end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), is designed to provide enterprises with the ability to deploy […]

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Ermetic releases CNAPPgoat open source project for assessing multi cloud security

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 07:12:18 +0000

Ermetic, a cloud infrastructure security company, has launched CNAPPgoat, an open source project that allows organisations to safely test their cloud security skills, processes, tools and posture in interactive sandbox environments that are easy to deploy and destroy. CNAPPgoat supports AWS, Azure and GCP platforms for assessing the security capabilities included in Cloud Native Application […]

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