Containers & Kubernetes in the Cloud

Rubrik adds protection for AWS, Azure, Oracle databases

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:00:15 +0000

Rubrik is expanding its backup software to cover more cloud databases and Oracle Cloud services, according to TechTarget. The company shared these updates during its annual Rubrik Forward event, which was held online. In the coming months, Rubrik’s platform will support managed relational databases like AWS RDS and Microsoft Azure SQL. It also plans to […]

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From cloud to collaboration: Huawei maps out AI future in APAC

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 13 May 2025 11:16:41 +0000

More than 400 partners from in Asia Pacific gathered in Thailand on May 9 for Huawei Cloud’s annual partner conference. The event focused on how companies can use AI to build better services and meet rising demand in industries. This year’s theme was “Go Together, Grow Together.” Jacqueline Shi, who leads Huawei Cloud’s global marketing […]

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How AI software firm One Data protected its Kubernetes environment with Kasten K10

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:19:35 +0000

One Data GmbH is a German software company and a specialist in the use of applied artificial intelligence (AI). With over 200 employees in Passau, Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin, One Data offers an AI-powered Data Product Builder for innovative and collaborative data teams, which enables organisations to realise the full potential of their data. The […]

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Managing Kubernetes deployments with ArgoCD

Mariusz Michalowski — Thu, 09 May 2024 14:27:05 +0000

Efficient management of Kubernetes deployments is essential for organisations seeking to harness the power of cloud-native technologies. ArgoCD, a declarative GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, emerges as a robust solution. It facilitates the automation of deploying applications according to configurations stored in Git repositories, thereby aligning the state of applications in a Kubernetes cluster […]

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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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UK cloud consultancy Rebura acquired by global tech distributor Westcon-Comstor

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:47:30 +0000

Cloud consultancy Rebura, which specialises in supporting AWS cloud migrations and modernisations across the UK, Nordics and central Europe, has been acquired by global technology distributor Westcon-Comstor. Founded in 2017, London-based Rebura supports companies of all sizes as they build and optimise their apps and workloads on AWS, increasing productivity, scalability, cost efficiency and security. […]

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2023 State of Tech in Biopharma report reveals tech strategies in era of data and AI

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:05:29 +0000

Benchling has launched its inaugural 2023 State of Tech in Biopharma report, which has shed light on the obstacles that biopharma encounter when striving to fully implement and embrace these technologies. The report surveyed 300 R&D and IT experts from biopharma companies large and small to do a first-ever investigation into biopharma’s use of an […]

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Friction between finance and tech leaders prevents companies from controlling cloud spend

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:27:22 +0000

Vertice, an optimisation platform for SaaS and cloud spend, has unveiled the results of its global survey, ‘The State of Cloud Cost Optimisation’, which reveals that organisations are being held back from controlling their cloud spending and gaining ROI because of a lack of alignment between finance and tech leaders. Amidst cloud costs rising by […]

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Google Cloud unveils AI-optimised infrastructure enhancements

Ryan Daws — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:01:41 +0000

Google Cloud has announced significant advancements in its AI-optimised infrastructure, including fifth-generation TPUs and A3 VMs based on NVIDIA H100 GPUs. Traditional approaches to designing and constructing computing systems are proving inadequate for the surging demands of workloads like generative AI and large language models (LLMs). Over the last five years, the parameters in LLMs […]

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How containers can become a vital part of the architect’s toolkit

Anil Kumar — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 07:03:00 +0000

Much has been made of the quickening pace of digital transformation globally, as IT departments feel increasingly empowered to boost organisational agility, efficiency, and innovation. Yet less has been said of the role containerisation has played in supporting this acceleration. Containers enable greater flexibility and scalability where developer teams need it the most. However, many […]

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IBM finalises hybrid cloud consulting company takeover

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:50:00 +0000

IBM has confirmed it plans to acquire BoxBoat Technologies, a premier DevOps consultancy and enterprise Kubernetes certified service provider. BoxBoat will extend IBM’s container strategy and implementation services portfolio to further advance IBM’s hybrid cloud strategy and accelerate Red Hat OpenShift adoption globally. The heart of hybrid John Granger, senior VP, Hybrid Cloud Services at […]

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KubeCon Europe roundup: Key developments for Kubernetes on the edge

Sagar Nangare — Fri, 14 May 2021 09:55:38 +0000

Kubernetes (K8s) is the key component in the data centres modernising and adopting cloud-native development architecture to deliver applications using containers. Capabilities such as orchestrating VMs and containers together make Kubernetes the go-to platform for modern application infrastructure adopters. Telecom operators are also using Kubernetes to orchestrate their applications in a distributed environment involving many […]

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