It looks like IBM is cutting jobs again, with Classic Cloud hit hard We're told thousands may soon get a pink slip from Big Blue On-Prem20 Mar 2025 | 32
Time to ditch US tech for homegrown options, says Dutch parliament Trump administration 'has made the call for tech sovereignty an urgent geopolitical issue' PaaS + IaaS19 Mar 2025 | 136
Datacenter vacancies hit record low as power shortages stall projects Analysis Supply chain and tariffs issues could spell trouble across multiple markets, warns JLL Systems19 Mar 2025 | 2
Curious tale of two HR tech unicorns, alleged espionage, and claims of a spy hiding in a bathroom Updated There's nothing bog-standard about this bombshell loo-suit Bootnotes18 Mar 2025 | 25
Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam's digital death grip Nearly 100 orgs plead for homegrown lifeline amid geopolitical tensions Public Sector17 Mar 2025 | 107
Oracle yet to sign a Stargate contract or predict revenue from AI mega-build Guessed tax obligations wrong which helped to disappoint Wall Street even as sales boomed Off-Prem11 Mar 2025 | 4
CoreWeave rides AI wave with IPO filing – but its fate hinges on Microsoft GPU farm discloses 77% of revenue tied to just two customers, putting Redmond giant front and center AI + ML04 Mar 2025 |
Microsoft Exchange Admin Center takes extended siesta in the EU Updated Wasn't the cloud supposed to be the cheap, reliable option? SaaS04 Mar 2025 | 7
Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes Presumably hosted by AWS? Disaster Recovery Week04 Mar 2025 | 23
How the collapse of local cloud provider caused biz continuity issues in UK government And that was on top of a £17.5M underwriting bill for insolvent UKCloud Disaster Recovery Week03 Mar 2025 | 52
UK government's cloud strategy: Pay more, get less, blame vendor lock-in? Home Office's £450M deal with AWS raises questions over competition and aligning department requirements PaaS + IaaS28 Feb 2025 | 19
Under Trump 2.0, Europe's dependence on US clouds back under the spotlight Interview Technologist Bert Hubert tells The Reg Microsoft Outlook is a huge source of geopolitical risk Off-Prem26 Feb 2025 | 124
Why SAP may be mulling 2030 end of maintenance for legacy ERP Users' sluggish migration of critical apps mean current deadline not workable, says analyst Databases12 Feb 2025 | 21
Triplestrength hits victims with triple trouble: Ransomware, cloud hijacks, crypto-mining These crooks have no chill Ransomware in Focus11 Feb 2025 |
Microsoft joins CISPE, the Euro cloud crew that tried to curb its licensing Exclusive From fighters to friends in six months, despite AWS voting against it PaaS + IaaS21 Jan 2025 | 10
Brit government contractor CloudKubed enters administration Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions supplier in hands of FRP Advisory Public Sector17 Jan 2025 | 10
AWS adds 32-vCPU option and an easier on-ramp to its cloudy desktops Weirdly, this shows the weakness of hosted Windows with an admission about vidchats Virtualization17 Jan 2025 | 7
With AI boom in full force, 2024 datacenter deals reach $57B record Fewer giant contracts, but many more smaller ones, in bit barn feeding frenzy Systems14 Jan 2025 | 2
Cryptojacking, backdoors abound as fiends abuse Aviatrix Controller bug This is what happens when you publish PoCs immediately, hm? Patches13 Jan 2025 | 1
AI hype led to an enterprise datacenter spending binge in 2024 that won't last GPUs and generative AI systems so hot right now... yet 'long-term trend remains,' says analyst On-Prem08 Jan 2025 | 7
Even Netflix struggles to identify and understand the cost of its AWS estate If you have trouble keeping track of your various streaming subscriptions, you're gonna love the irony Off-Prem18 Dec 2024 | 70
AWS now renting monster HPE servers, even in clusters of 7,680-vCPUs and 128TB Heir to Superdome goes cloudy for those who run large in-memory databases and apps that need them Off-Prem17 Dec 2024 | 20
$800 'AI' robot for kids bites the dust along with its maker Comment - Updated Moxie maker Embodied is going under, teaching important lessons about cloud services AI + ML16 Dec 2024 | 103
AMD secure VM tech undone by DRAM meddling Boffins devise BadRAM attack to pilfer secrets from SEV-SNP encrypted memory Systems10 Dec 2024 | 10
Chinese clouds target small and medium enterprises in APAC in search of growth Canalys Forums APAC Smaller buyers see deep discounts and suddenly worry less about regulatory issues Off-Prem05 Dec 2024 |
£1B lawsuit targets Microsoft for allegedly overcharging Windows customers on other clouds Yes, we've been over this before - several times, in fact Legal04 Dec 2024 | 9
AWS says AI could disrupt everything – and hopes it will do just that to Windows re:Invent Cloud colossus reckons it can clarify hallucinations, get your apps off Microsoft's OS at pleasing speed AI + ML04 Dec 2024 | 36
UK government spends another £1B on cloud migration and services New framework set to help public sector orgs move on amid lock-in fears PaaS + IaaS03 Dec 2024 | 24
Cloudy with a chance of GPU bills: AI's energy appetite has CIOs sweating Canalys Forums EMEA Public cloud expenses have businesses scrambling for alternatives that won't melt the budget AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 11
Cloudflare broke its logging-as-a-service service, causing customer data loss Software snafu took five minutes to roll back. The mess it made took hours to clean up Off-Prem27 Nov 2024 | 5
Alibaba Cloud brings chatty SaaS products out of China and into more markets Teams-like DingTalk gets an enterprise edition, and virtual Androids unleashed SaaS25 Nov 2024 |
Kyndryl insiders say there's little new business Special report IT giant aims to end revenue slide by March, former employees have doubts On-Prem20 Nov 2024 | 19
Equinix to close its 'Metal' IaaS offering in 2026 Joins the likes of HPE, Cisco, and VMware in failing to challenge dominant hyperscalers Off-Prem18 Nov 2024 | 3
CISPE framework aids EU Data Act compliance, cloud switching 'It helps Euro organizations to avoid lock-in and design the cloud strategy they want' PaaS + IaaS08 Nov 2024 |
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 | 9
Dropbox to shed another 500 staff, CEO takes 'full responsibility' Cloudy concern has also spent over $500M buying back its own shares amid multiple rounds of layoffs SaaS31 Oct 2024 | 65
Microsoft accused of 'greenwashing' as AI used in fossil fuel exploration Activists press Redmond to come clean on ‘material reputational, legal, and operational risks’ AI + ML31 Oct 2024 | 42
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 | 24
Just how private is Apple's Private Cloud Compute? You can test it to find out Also updates bug bounty program with $1M payout Security25 Oct 2024 | 14
Google Cloud burst by 12-hour power outage in German region Loose juice led to cooling issue in one zone, but the pain was widespread Off-Prem25 Oct 2024 | 26
Huawei releases data detailing serverless secrets Reveals why your functions start slowly on its cloud and maybe others too Systems24 Oct 2024 | 3
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
Developer pockets $2M in savings from going cloud-free 37signals CTO claims cost of new hardware was 'entirely recouped' as contracts expired after AWS exit On-Prem21 Oct 2024 | 58
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
Microsoft sprinkles AI 'magic' and additional storage tiers on OneDrive Big emphasis on photos in mobile app Storage09 Oct 2024 | 15
Kyndryl follows in IBM's footsteps with rolling layoffs likely affecting thousands Special report Underutilized staff get sent to the 'bench' – and seldom return On-Prem01 Oct 2024 | 39
Cloud threats have execs the most freaked out because they're not prepared Ransomware? More like 'we don't care' for everyone but CISOs Research30 Sep 2024 | 3
Hyperscalers are carving up the ocean floor into private internet highways Think tank warns of sovereignty risks from subsea cable consolidation Networks25 Sep 2024 | 6
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
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 boosts failure prediction with logfile timestamps Machine learning helps, but more data catches more faults - so Chinese champ has shared its data Devops03 Sep 2024 | 2
Broadcom has brought VMware down to earth and that’s welcome VMware Explore But users aren’t optimistic it will land softly VMware Explore29 Aug 2024 | 32
The elusive dream of cloud portability: Why migrating workloads isn't so simple Analysis Despite early promises, moving between providers remains a complex and costly endeavor Cloud Infrastructure Month27 Aug 2024 | 18
China AI devs use cloud services to game US chip sanctions Orgs are accessing restricted tech, raising concerns about more potential loopholes AI + ML23 Aug 2024 | 6
HPE nabs long-time ally Morpheus Data The CMP boasts to be the orchestration platform behind GreenLake since 2022 Software15 Aug 2024 |
If the world had a hyperscale datacenter capital, it would be... Northern Virginia If you guessed Beijing, sorry – but it is number 2, according to Synergy Research figures Cloud Infrastructure Month15 Aug 2024 | 10
Cloud growth puts hyperscalers on track to take up 60% of datacenter capacity by 2029 Enterprises used to spend more on own kit than cloud infra services... now it's the other way around Cloud Infrastructure Month08 Aug 2024 |
Huawei Cloud built a network monitor so sensitive it spotted the impact of a single faulty chip Sigcomm 2024 Focus on physical ports helped spot issues across 100,000 switches and a million servers Networks07 Aug 2024 | 5
Japan's Fugaku supercomputer released in virtual version that runs in AWS Graviton processors get the job of helping RIKEN achieve HPC world domination HPC07 Aug 2024 | 6
Need to move 1.2 exabytes across the world every day? Just Effingo Sigcomm 2024 That’s what Google calls its massively parallel data copy service operating on dozens of clusters Cloud Infrastructure Month06 Aug 2024 | 25
Enterprise spend on cloud up sharply as world biz splashes $80B in Q2 Plus: Oracle nudges to top of second tier providers Cloud Infrastructure Month05 Aug 2024 |