Amazon to cough $75B on capex in 2024, more next year Despite extending server lifespans, AI's power demands drive more datacenter builds PaaS + IaaS01 Nov 2024 | 1
Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money Azure's acceleration continues, but so do costs AI + ML31 Oct 2024 | 17
Cloud repatriation officially a trend... for specific workloads It's not a mass exodus, say analysts, but biz bods are bringing things down to earth PaaS + IaaS30 Oct 2024 | 22
Microsoft reshuffles execs in Europe, Middle East and Africa unit UK CEO becomes EMEA president after taking on role in Brit industrial strategy PaaS + IaaS28 Oct 2024 | 1
Telcos find cloud migrations, security, are a pain in the IaaS Carriers consume less than half the cloud they committed to use PaaS + IaaS22 Oct 2024 | 17
Microsoft's Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU now live and powering Azure VMs For general-purpose and memory-optimized workloads PaaS + IaaS21 Oct 2024 | 5
AWS boss: Don't want to come back to the office? Go work somewhere else It's our way or the highway PaaS + IaaS18 Oct 2024 | 110
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SAP promises developer 'fusion teams' in cloud low-code environment TechEd But projects must be completed in old desktop IDE PaaS + IaaS10 Oct 2024 | 4
Germany is monitoring Microsoft to thwart 'anti-competitive practices' Wants to peer into gaps in DMA to keep Redmond honest in cloud and AI PaaS + IaaS01 Oct 2024 | 6
Rackspace internal monitoring web servers hit by zero-day Exclusive Intruders accessed machines via tool bundled with ScienceLogic, 'limited' info taken, customers told not to worry Cybersecurity Month30 Sep 2024 | 10
Google files first ever complaint with European Commission against Microsoft Mountain View versus Redmond: Fight over cloud software licensing policies gets formal PaaS + IaaS25 Sep 2024 | 29
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ServiceNow root certificate blunder leaves users high and dry Updated More like ServiceNo, or maybe ServiceNotforawhile Software23 Sep 2024 | 13
Alibaba Cloud claims its modular datacenter architecture shrinks build times by 50 percent Also reveals boosted utilization rates, upgraded IaaS and more – all in the name of AI apps Off-Prem20 Sep 2024 | 4
Cloud giants point the finger at each other during regulator hearings Those are some mighty powerful underdogs you've got there PaaS + IaaS18 Sep 2024 | 4
AWS claims customers are packing bags and heading back on-prem See? We do have competition, cloud giant tells regulator PaaS + IaaS17 Sep 2024 | 73
Research suggests more than half of VMware customers are looking to move Price rises, uncertainty after Broadcom takeover forcing users to look elsewhere for virtualization needs PaaS + IaaS11 Sep 2024 | 66
Keen to bring it on home? Private cloud appliance pitched at compliance-conscious Service with endless scalability, at least that's the plan PaaS + IaaS11 Sep 2024 | 5
Alibaba Cloud struggles after blaze at Digital Realty Singapore datacenter Chinese giant claims lithium batteries exploded, now one server hall is waterlogged PaaS + IaaS10 Sep 2024 | 4
Combustion engines grind Linus Torvalds' gears Just like his once famous temper, Linux kernel creator also ditched classic engines ... in favor of EVs
Sketchy financials send Supermicro auditors running for the hills If SMCI is the AI Enron, Ernst & Young wants nothing to do with them
Windows Themes zero-day bug exposes users to NTLM credential theft Plus a free micropatch until Redmond fixes the flaw
US Army should ditch tanks for AI drones, says Eric Schmidt And what do you know, Google's former CEO just so happens to have a commercial solution
VMware by Broadcom lifts storage allowances and prices for vSphere Foundation This will both ease and exacerbate price concerns and competitive sniping
Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time
Windows 10 given an extra year of supported life, for $30 MIcrosoft extends its Extended Security Updates club to consumers, at last
Tower PC case used as 'creative cavity' by drug importer Motherboard missing, leaving space for a million hits of meth
Apple throws shade on pokey AI PCs, claims its maxed out M4 chips are 4x faster Busy week for Cupertino sees shrunken Mac minis, updated lappies, and new SoCs
LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer A scary few Halloween hours for team behind hugely popular web plugin
Nvidia and chums inject $160M into Applied Digital to keep GPU sales rolling Datacenters are the lifeline for its $30B ML-fueled boom PaaS + IaaS06 Sep 2024 | 5
Admins wonder if the cloud was such a good idea after all As AWS, Microsoft, and Google hike some prices, it's time to open up the ROI calculator PaaS + IaaS04 Sep 2024 | 142
Cloud computing hits the nuclear button amid energy crisis Analysis Other options considered too as the power draw on electricity grids continues unabated Cloud Infrastructure Month03 Sep 2024 | 13
DataVita declares sovereignty with 'National Cloud' for UK Scottish provider promises no hidden fees, full control, and safe haven for data PaaS + IaaS29 Aug 2024 | 11
Microsoft's results are in, but the E7 subscription remains mythical. For now Comment Does the Windows giant's love of 365 add-ons spell doom for a super premium tier? PaaS + IaaS02 Aug 2024 | 13
OpenAI might be a partner, but it's also a competitor, says Microsoft Opinion Either Sam and Satya are on the rocks, or this is just more maneuvering to avoid regulatory scrutiny AI + ML01 Aug 2024 | 4
Microsoft services partly down Down Under for Kiwi users Updated Maybe time to play the cloud hokey pokey? You put your workload in. You take your workload out... PaaS + IaaS01 Aug 2024 | 5
Superclusters too big, but single servers too small? Oracle offers AI Goldilocks zone Adds L40 bare metal option to the O-Cloud, plus A100 and H100 VMs. And teases a GH200 beast PaaS + IaaS01 Aug 2024 | 1
Two senior board execs leave SAP as restructuring hits the fan German vendor maintains departures follow increase in job cuts PaaS + IaaS31 Jul 2024 | 2
Can't get Minecraft, MongoDB Cloud, others to work today? Blame that Azure outage Shut the Front Door! PaaS + IaaS30 Jul 2024 | 15
Microsoft: Our licensing terms do not meaningfully raise cloud rivals' costs Updated Redmond comes out swinging as it files response to Competition and Markets Authority PaaS + IaaS24 Jul 2024 | 16
Azure VMs ruined by CrowdStrike patchpocalypse? Microsoft has recovery tips Updated Have you tried turning it off and on again, like, a bunch? PaaS + IaaS19 Jul 2024 | 65
What exactly did Microsoft promise CISPE in its settlement? Analysis Analysts: 'At the end of the day, the settlement is nothing' PaaS + IaaS17 Jul 2024 | 3
Google: We're still working to defeat Microsoft's 'anticompetitive' cloud policy Yesterday's settlement between MS and Euro cloud providers shouldn't 'fool' you, says Alphabet arm's cloud boss PaaS + IaaS11 Jul 2024 | 16
Microsoft avoids formal antitrust EC probe over abusive licensing claims by settling case with CISPE Pays 'lump sum,' setting up new Azure Stack for hosters and more but some concerned about the private deal PaaS + IaaS10 Jul 2024 | 5
Row erupts over data sharing function in UK doctor software Union advises members to turn off features government introduced to allow third parties to update records Public Sector04 Jul 2024 | 38
Lambda on the hunt for 'another $800M' to fuel its GPU cloud Why sell shovels when you can rent them PaaS + IaaS01 Jul 2024 | 3
Asda kisses Walmart goodbye with half a billion dollar tech breakup bill Project including SAP upgrade beset by cost increases and delays Systems01 Jul 2024 | 31
Oracle fears US TikTok ban will dent its cloud profits Dance! Dance for me! PaaS + IaaS25 Jun 2024 | 5
HPE GreenLake sales on the rise as branding tweaks include more lines The strategy has changed so much that previously poor channel numbers don't count, we're told PaaS + IaaS24 Jun 2024 | 3
UK CMA says public sector will be in cloud services probe after all Nothing is as juicy as a nice fat tender, amirite tech giants? PaaS + IaaS12 Jun 2024 | 1
Advania acquires Servium as part of IT services outfit expansion plans Exclusive CEO tells The Reg about plumping the portfolio and AI PaaS + IaaS12 Jun 2024 |
Broadcom ends easy elasticity for VMware Cloud on AWS Amazon is not taking this lying down, as shown by aggressive migration promotions PaaS + IaaS10 Jun 2024 | 11
UK CMA early findings indicate Microsoft restricts cloud choice Pricing, licensing, ease of switching and more under the microscope PaaS + IaaS07 Jun 2024 | 6
Microsoft could be about to write a fat check to stave off cloud antitrust complaint 'No agreement has been reached,' Euro cloud lobby insists PaaS + IaaS03 Jun 2024 | 20
AWS leads UK cloud market while Microsoft dominates growth and new customers And guess who has highest margins? Some interesting findings from fresh market watchdog report PaaS + IaaS28 May 2024 | 4
Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really sucks Kettle Our vultures weigh in on the week that was more 'what we Built' than 'what you can Build' OSes25 May 2024 | 75
Alibaba is taking its cloud to Mexico, likely following Chinese manufacturers More AZs in its Asian backyard also planned Off-Prem24 May 2024 | 3
Microsoft invites punters to test drive custom Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU VMs in Azure Build Subscribers in US, Europe, SEA can take silicon out for a spin for free PaaS + IaaS22 May 2024 | 2
IBM packages its Power cloud into 'pods' that run on-prem Zero bucks to start but then the meter runs on everything – for years On-Prem22 May 2024 | 4
CIO who dropped VMware 18 months ago now feeling thoroughly chuffed Next Predicts worse to come for customers as he builds AR for slot machines around Nutanix Virtualization21 May 2024 | 43
Google's €1B Finnish datacenter expansion to heat the local community AI might take your job, but you'll be toasty warm while you starve On-Prem21 May 2024 | 19
AWS to pump billions into sovereign cloud for Germany It'll own the datacenters, but keep data and employees local PaaS + IaaS17 May 2024 | 20
Amazon's latest 'flex' VMs promise savings for your burstiest apps Updated Sustained workloads need not apply PaaS + IaaS16 May 2024 | 3
Ellison's exemplar SAP-to-Oracle region rules out ditching Oracle Largest local authority in Europe expects to go live with re-implementation PaaS + IaaS14 May 2024 | 23
Once Alibaba’s main investor, SoftBank sheds remaining stake SoftBank to focus on AI, but might pick up LINE, Yahoo! holding company PaaS + IaaS14 May 2024 | 1
UniSuper Google Cloud outage caused by an unfortunate series of events Duplication across geographies no defense against the 'one-of-a-kind' accidental deletion PaaS + IaaS09 May 2024 | 17
From chips to cloud, tech titans continue to splash cash across APAC Intel and pals automate manufacturing in Japan while AWS pledges billions to Singapore PaaS + IaaS09 May 2024 | 1
Google Cloud blunder sinks Australian fund for a week That pesky 'previously unknown software bug' strikes again PaaS + IaaS08 May 2024 | 11
VMware waves goodbye to AWS middleman as Broadcom takes the reins Updated Customers brace for bumpy ride PaaS + IaaS07 May 2024 | 2
Spanish startups say 'no más' to Microsoft cloud dominance Updated Group alleges anticompetitive behavior PaaS + IaaS07 May 2024 | 4
AWS promotes itself as alternative to its own VMware service Why? Maybe because it looks likely VMw Cloud on Amazon is changing PaaS + IaaS03 May 2024 | 6
Cloud Big Three take lion's share as market expands 21% Q1 2024 sees strongest growth since Q3 2022 PaaS + IaaS03 May 2024 |
Alibaba Cloud details storage tech that's doubled its VMs per host Exclusive Using one disk as a write cache eases stresses created by manycore CPUs Off-Prem02 May 2024 | 3
Google Search results polluted by buggy AI-written code frustrate coders Analysis Pulumi claims it has culled bad infrastructure-as-code samples AI + ML01 May 2024 | 42
Amazon to blow $11B on cluster of Indiana bit barns Talk about going round the (South) Bend PaaS + IaaS25 Apr 2024 | 4
Oracle changes its tune with HQ move to Music City Nashville 'ticked all the boxes' for Big Red's employees, says founder Ellison PaaS + IaaS24 Apr 2024 | 17
Oracle scores big win with Fujitsu Japan for its Alloy partner cloud But Big Red's $8 billion investment plan may not be all it seems Channel19 Apr 2024 | 1
Snowmobile, Amazon's truck-powered migration service, reaches the end of the road Demand for bulk storage on wheels turned out to be wan Storage17 Apr 2024 | 13
Tencent Cloud to revisit design after circular dependencies slowed emergency API fix Almost 2,000 customers experienced outages Off-Prem17 Apr 2024 | 2
UK county council misses deadline for £7.3M RISE with SAP system launch Gloucestershire reluctant to set new date in S/4HANA migration saga PaaS + IaaS12 Apr 2024 | 15
GenAI will be bigger than the cloud or the internet, Amazon CEO hopes And Andy Jassy will happily take your money along the way Off-Prem11 Apr 2024 | 15
Fancy building a replacement for Post Office's disastrous Horizon system? £75 million in the offing in government tender PaaS + IaaS11 Apr 2024 | 109
US-EAST-1 region is not the cloudy crock it's made out to be, claims AWS EC2 boss It's the region where stuff gets stressed at scale first, says Dave Brown, as he plots variants of Amazon's Outposts PaaS + IaaS10 Apr 2024 | 4
Google Cloud chief is really psyched about this AI thing Cloud Next We're on a highway to ML PaaS + IaaS09 Apr 2024 | 6
Google joins the custom server CPU crowd with Arm-based Axion chips Cloud Next Neoverse V2 cores available in GCP later this year Systems09 Apr 2024 | 1
What happened to agility and new business models? Cloud benefits have all gone to IT Orgs are missing a trick when it comes to the white fluffy stuff, survey says PaaS + IaaS08 Apr 2024 | 30
Lambda borrows half a billion bucks to grow its GPU cloud Will buy tens of thousands of Nvidia's prized accelerators, which will be collateral for the loan PaaS + IaaS05 Apr 2024 | 8
UK govt office admits ability to negotiate billions in cloud spending curbed by vendor lock-in Exclusive After slew of AWS deals signed under MoUs, CDDO says current approach might weaken its position Public Sector04 Apr 2024 | 99
OpenStack pushes its first easy-to-upgrade release out the door 'Caracal' improves AI capabilities and is pitched as an alternative to VMware Software04 Apr 2024 | 3
AWS severs connection with several hundred staff 'Necessary,' 'focusing our efforts,' 'deliver maximum impact' ... sounds just like all the other tech layoffs lately PaaS + IaaS03 Apr 2024 | 13
French lawmakers take a swing at cloud monopolies Action gathers steam in the EU, US and UK as anti-trust teams collate market feedback PaaS + IaaS02 Apr 2024 | 6
Cloud server host Vultr rips user data licensing clause from ToS amid web 'confusion' Updated We know the average customer doesn't have a law degree, CEO tells us PaaS + IaaS28 Mar 2024 | 27
Scaleway shows off its new RISC-V devices at Kubecon Looking for feedback before pressing the production button PaaS + IaaS26 Mar 2024 | 4
Leaked docs hint Google may use SiFive RISC-V cores in next-gen TPUs Opinion Would put those AI accelerators out of Arm's reach, at least AI + ML13 Mar 2024 | 8
Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints Exec accused of using own work PC to swipe confidential AI and staffing docs for stealth cloud startup PaaS + IaaS12 Mar 2024 | 4
Amazon bends to Euro watchdogs, waives egress fees for folks ditching AWS Now the pressure is on for Microsoft to stop holding user data hostage PaaS + IaaS05 Mar 2024 | 3
Companies flush money down the drain with overfed Kubernetes cloud clusters Just 13% of provisioned CPUs, 20% of memory utilized, study finds PaaS + IaaS01 Mar 2024 | 13
40k servers, 400k CPUs and 40 PB of storage later... welcome to Google Cloud Sabre Technology shutters 17 datacenters, says 90% of workloads transferred PaaS + IaaS27 Feb 2024 | 13
Multiple billions up for grabs as UK government launches cloud services tenders Two major procurement initiatives aim to beef up public sector tech PaaS + IaaS26 Feb 2024 | 41
Cloudflare defeats another patent troll with crowd-sourced prior-art army The bounty payouts may be high, but Project Jengo doesn't miss Networks12 Feb 2024 | 23
Two of India's most prominent startup tech giants are in deep trouble Paytm's bank has been locked out, edtech darling Byju's faces bankruptcy PaaS + IaaS05 Feb 2024 | 18
Restrictive licensing keeps businesses grounded in cloud vendor vortex Microsoft named – again – by EU trade groups seeking to level the playing field PaaS + IaaS02 Feb 2024 | 11
IBM Cloud is upgrading a datacenter and users will have to halt their Power VMs Big Blue will move two VMs in each five-hour window offered to those willing to stay PaaS + IaaS25 Jan 2024 | 8
Tesco techies and Azure jockeys hit the floor during weekend of outages Every little helps. Especially testing and talking to customers PaaS + IaaS22 Jan 2024 | 3
Amazon plots massive cloud expansion in Japan with $15B investment Land of the rising profit? PaaS + IaaS21 Jan 2024 |
Vodafone signs a 10-year, $1.5B deal with Microsoft that sheds European DCs AI for customers and staff, while Euro bitbarns shifted to Azure PaaS + IaaS16 Jan 2024 | 17
Big Cloud deploys thousands of GPUs for AI – yet most appear under-utilized If AWS, Microsoft, Google were anywhere close to capacity, their revenues would be way higher PaaS + IaaS15 Jan 2024 | 7
Why Google is waiving egress fees for disgruntled customers ditching GCP Analysis Hint: US, UK, European antitrust police are on the hunt PaaS + IaaS11 Jan 2024 | 16
Gaia-X project doesn't have a future, claims Nextcloud boss Interview How the hyperscalers derailed Europe's cloud infrastructure train PaaS + IaaS08 Jan 2024 | 11