Cloud Security, Privacy & Trust

Airbus prepares tender to move mission-critical systems to European sovereign cloud

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

For Airbus, the cloud is no longer just an IT decision. It has become a question of control. Europe’s largest aerospace group is weighing a move away from two of its most important technology suppliers—Google and Microsoft—as it looks for a cloud environment governed entirely by European rules. According to reporting by The Register, Airbus […]

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Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks sign deal worth nearly $10 billion

Muhammad Zulhusni — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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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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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IBM moves to buy Confluent in an $11 billion cloud and AI deal

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000

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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Cyber Security & Cloud Expo Global 2026 Announces Key Speakers and Technical Themes

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:43:09 +0000

London, UK – [03.12.26] – TechEx Events has announced its speaker lineup and technical themes for Cyber Security & Cloud Expo Global 2026, taking place 4–5 February 2026 at Olympia London. The event will convene senior IT, engineering, data, security, and transformation leaders across seven co-located conferences, providing practical insights into enterprise-scale technology deployment and […]

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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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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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Google Cloud wins new NATO contract for sovereign cloud services

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000

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 €5.5B 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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Combating online meeting fraud and deception

David Thomas — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:43:13 +0000

In many organisations, online meetings have taken the place of many gatherings that previously would have taken place in-person. The enforced home-working of the COVID epidemic kick-started the trend, and many now turn to an online platform to collaborate, interview, exchange ideas, and even socialise with colleagues in professional contexts. A new collaboration between cybersecurity […]

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New Google Cloud tool fights future quantum attacks

Muhammad Zulhusni — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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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Atos pushes data sovereignty for the enterprise

CloudTech News — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:34:35 +0000

The UK and European governments are in the process of tightening data regulations, plus, geopolitical tensions from Russia and the US mean enterprises are rethinking where and how their data and AI systems operate. Atos’s new sovereign and agentic AI framework aims to address the demand for sovereign data facilities directly. It has announced three […]

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