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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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Sovereign Cloud redefining the cloud market: Omdia market radar

Staff Writer — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:26:08 +0000

Independent analyst and consultancy firm Omdia has released its market radar paper, exploring the sovereign cloud market and how cloud service providers (CSPs) responded to the trend. The 2025 IT Enterprise Insights study analysed the top five Western public cloud providers – AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, and Oracle – and discovered they make up 86% […]

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Mastering SaaS contract management: 5 key strategies for IT leaders

Giulio D’Ali — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:08:00 +0000

In today’s fast-paced business world, organisations rely heavily on SaaS (Software as a Service) applications to drive efficiency, reduce costs and foster innovation. However, with this growing dependence on software comes the complex task of effectively managing SaaS contracts. Without robust contract management practices, organisations risk inefficiencies, hidden costs, non-compliance and missed opportunities to optimise […]

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Rob Vann, Cyberfort: Why AI-powered threats are forcing a rethink of cloud security strategies

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:58:00 +0000

Rob Vann, chief solutions officer at Cyberfort, explains how AI is fundamentally changing the threat landscape for cloud environments. How is AI fundamentally changing the threat landscape for cloud environments? This is an interesting question as, of course, AI is a tool that is useful to both good and bad actors. For now, let’s assume […]

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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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Europe unites to launch its first sovereign edge cloud

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:06:51 +0000

Eight European IT organisations, comprising Arsys, BIT, Gdańsk University of Technology, Infobip, IONOS, Kontron, MONDRAGON Corporation, and Oktawave, have launched virt8ra, a multi-provider edge cloud designed for Europe. Led by OpenNebula Systems, a Spanish open-source company, the initiative intends to create a flexible infrastructure that connects many cloud providers. The initial rollout covers six EU […]

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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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AWS to establish European ‘sovereign cloud’ in Germany by 2025 with €7.8bn investment

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 16 May 2024 14:41:49 +0000

AWS has revealed its first ‘sovereign cloud’ region, which will be based in Brandenburg, Germany, is due to be operational by the end of 2025. It is hoped the development will strengthen data residency across Europe, with the cloud provider investing more than €7.8bn (£6.7bn) through 2040. Timed perfectly with the AWS Summit Berlin, which is […]

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64% of organisations see their use of multi-cloud increasing in the next two years

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 08:04:00 +0000

62% of organisations are currently using a multi-cloud environment, with a further 18% actively in the process of transitioning to a multi-cloud environment. This is according to OVHcloud’s recent executive report on the state of multi-cloud, which examined the views of more than 500 IT decision makers of large organisations in the UK. Matt Tebay, […]

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VMware launches developer, data and security services for sovereign clouds

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 09:04:08 +0000

VMware has unveiled innovations and technology partnerships that it says help accelerate sovereign digital innovation and enhance security for customers around the world. Today, more than 50 VMware Sovereign Cloud providers in 33 countries are part of a powerful, interconnected, and diverse ecosystem that supports customers’ sovereign cloud requirements. Together, VMware and VMware Sovereign Cloud […]

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Singapore’s HTX taps Microsoft for city-state’s first sovereign cloud

Fin Strathern — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:12:11 +0000

Singapore’s Home Team Science and Technology agency (HTX) has called on Microsoft to develop its sovereign cloud. The agency promotes technological adoption across Singapore’s Home Team departments, which are responsible for national security, policing, civil defence, and immigration. HTX said the project will accelerate digital transformation and allow domestic services such as the police to […]

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3 ways to get the most out of a multi-cloud

Mark Snyder — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:11:30 +0000

As people continue to rely on online platforms to stay connected, businesses are digitally offloading the bulk of their operations onto cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and VMware. And this investment in cloud solutions is growing. Nearly 70% of organisations using cloud services plan to increase their cloud spending in the […]

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