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Microsoft thinks it's doing pretty well in helping European firms manage their data
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (290+ words) Microsoft praises its recent work in Europe Amid ongoing accusations of anticompetitive behavior and antitrust investigations unravelling across at least six markets, Microsoft has given us an update on its European sovereignty work and the five core principles it set…...
Even Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is surprised at AWS cloud success
17+ hour, 5+ min ago (326+ words) AWS growth continues to impress even Amazon Amazon revenues are up 17% year-over-year to $181. 5 billion, largely driven by a 28% year-over-year growth in AWS revenue to $37. 6 billion, with the cloud business now accounting for around one-fifth of the company's entire income. In…...
Microsoft forced to up AI spending by $25 billion to cover hardware price rises
1+ day, 36+ min ago (315+ words) Microsoft capex is being hit by rising prices In its latest quarterly results, Microsoft has confirmed an 18% rise in revenue to $82. 9 billion for the most recent three months, with Microsoft Cloud revenue up around 29% year-over-year to $54. 5 billion and Azure growth…...
Why one outage can still take down half the internet
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1011+ words) The effects of outages For a few hours recently, global cloud platform Cloudflare went down " and a noticeable chunk of the internet went with it. Services stalled, platforms froze, and businesses were left dealing with failures they didn't trigger and…...
Why businesses are shifting from cloud to on-prem amid the agent boom
22+ hour, 27+ min ago (773+ words) As AI becomes more embedded, it may be a cost burden for businesses Offering speed, flexibility, and the ability to scale without heavy upfront investment, the public cloud has for years been the model of efficiency. But as AI becomes…...
'The era of the pilot is over, the era of the agent is here': Google Cloud wants you to unlock the power of your data
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (523+ words) Always-on agentic AI could unlock all your enterprise data "The era of the pilot is over," Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian declared at the company's annual Next conference earlier this mont, "The era of the agent is here." With more…...
AWS reveals its own desktop AI agent to help get all your work done
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (314+ words) Amazon Quick is the latest in a growing number of local AI agents Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched its own desktop AI assistant designed to act as a personal work companion that runs continuously and in the background to…...
Open AI and Microsoft make a huge change to their exclusive partnership
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (269+ words) Microsoft is no longer Open AI's exclusive cloud partner Open AI has declared an end to Microsoft's exclusive cloud rights, noting it plans to use other cloud providers like AWS and Google Cloud going forward. The Chat GPT maker noted…...
High electric bills are driving a silent exodus of AI workload from the UK
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (454+ words) AI firms are abandoning the UK for the US and beyond due to soaring power costs British businesses are paying more than four times as much for electricity as their American counterparts, and the AI industry is taking notice. According…...
Cx Os need to heed the lessons of cloud transformation when dealing with AI
1+ week, 2+ day ago (695+ words) Cx Os need to make smart choices about AI and M CIOs and other executives need to be ready for another major change imperative in the form of AI" but what can they glean from past events? Smart leaders will…...