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Why Nutanix sees sovereign cloud changing

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

For years, sovereign cloud discussions have focused on geography. Data had to stay inside a country, infrastructure had to sit in defined borders, and control was assumed to follow location. But that model is starting to break down. AI workloads, distributed applications, and stricter oversight rules are pushing organisations to rethink what sovereignty actually means […]

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New Airbyte updates make data transfers faster and more reliable

David Thomas — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:48:39 +0000

Significant improvements to the Snowflake destination connector is one of Airbyte’s most popular and key connectors. The data integration platform and ELT tool has announced a range of robust updates that deliver faster data transfer, predictable pricing, and more accurate, secure data for AI and analytics. The Airbyte data movement platform’s new performance enhancements include […]

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AWS plans major AI and supercomputing expansion for US government

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:15:00 +0000

The US government is to gain access to new AI and high-performance computing tools as AWS prepares a major expansion of its secure cloud systems. The company plans to invest up to $50 billion starting in 2026 to build out AI and supercomputing capacity in its Top Secret, Secret, and GovCloud regions. The buildout will […]

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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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Apple scraps data protection tool for UK customers

Duncan MacRae — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:11:50 +0000

Apple has pulled the plug on its highest level data security tool in the UK, with it confirming that the encryption of UK customer data stored on its cloud storage service, iCloud, has come to an end. The move follows a row between the American tech firm and the UK Government, which has demanded to […]

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Bernard Montel, Tenable: Navigating the latest cybersecurity trends

Ryan Daws — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:34:03 +0000

As organisations worldwide continue to grapple with an ever-expanding threat landscape, understanding the latest cybersecurity trends has never been more crucial. Ahead of Cyber Security & Cloud Expo Europe, Bernard Montel, EMEA Technical Director and Security Strategist at Tenable, shed light on the shifts in cybersecurity over the past five years and offers valuable insights […]

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UK Government classifies data centres as critical as NHS and power grid

Muhammad Zulhusni — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:27:19 +0000

Data centres are going to be classified as critical national infrastructure by the UK Government, which means they will be in the same group as emergency services, finance, healthcare, energy and water. This classification will ensure that data centres receive more government protection than before in the event of a major incident, such as a […]

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Cloud governance: A strategic approach to managing costs and risks

CloudTech News — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:45:46 +0000

Cloud governance: Managing cloud costs and risks As organisations increasingly rely on public cloud infrastructure, a comprehensive cloud governance strategy and plan become necessary. Cloud governance practices not only help manage related costs but also decrease risks, increase efficiency, and ensure compliance. Building a strong cloud governance model Establishing a strong cloud governance model is […]

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Amazon steps into European 5G market through strategic cloud deal with O2 Telefónica

Muhammad Zulhusni — Wed, 15 May 2024 07:59:42 +0000

O2 Telefónica in Germany, in partnership with Nokia, has made a groundbreaking move by deploying 5G standalone core software on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This marks a significant milestone as it is the first instance of an existing mobile operator shifting its core network to a public cloud. Traditionally, telecom networks have migrated IT and other […]

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Global public cloud services revenues hit $315bn in first half of 2023

James Bourne — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:44:07 +0000

Global public cloud services revenues have been ticking over to the tune of 19.2% in the first half of 2023 with software as a service (SaaS) representing the lion’s share but platform as a service (PaaS) the biggest growth, according to IDC. The analyst firm released figures from its Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Tracker, […]

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99% of firms face challenges due to multiple cloud platforms

Duncan MacRae — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 10:46:42 +0000

Virtually all decision-makers (99%) at enterprise organisations in the UK & Ireland face various challenges arising from having data in multiple clouds. These include different answers to the same question depending on which cloud the data resides, high costs and slow speeds to obtain insights, and poor accuracy. These findings were revealed as part of […]

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Cloud Repatriation is picking up speed

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 09:16:30 +0000

Massive data growth, rising costs for cloud services, and the need for more flexibility have given hosting data and workloads on-premises new momentum, as Eric Bassier, senior director of products at Quantum, explains. The benefits of cloud computing, in general, are undisputed. Cloud usage has grown rapidly over the past decade and particularly in the […]

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