Alphabet just banked $3B by stretching life of its servers Q4 results reveal AI is the answer to – or the reason for – everything: a cloud profit, wobbly ads, boosting subscriptions Off-Prem31 Jan 2024 | 14
Cory Doctorow has a plan to wipe away the enshittification of tech Opinion It's not just you – things really are getting worse Off-Prem30 Jan 2024 | 159
Microsoft signals expansion of APAC datacenter fleet with 'land acquisition' hire Hiring for regional and global execs to help it find new spots for bit barns, and make sure they get built right Off-Prem30 Jan 2024 | 4
Tencent explores a future where HPC, quantum, cloud and edge have converged And it will all come together in one big, happy, hybrid innovation engine Off-Prem29 Jan 2024 | 3
Snow day in corporate world thanks to another frustrating Microsoft Teams outage Network rollback fails to resolve issue in Americas as Redmond scrambles to optimize its way out of the problem SaaS27 Jan 2024 | 35
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
eBay tells 1,000 employees their days at company are numbered 9% of workforce getting boot after execs hired too many during pandemic Channel24 Jan 2024 | 20
AWS Marketplace adds sales of third-party services Cloud-ready software and implementation from your preferred consultants, on one bill Channel23 Jan 2024 | 1
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 |
Foxconn’s latest Indian foray is a chip packaging JV with HCL Group Updated Fending off ransomware at home in Taiwan as it continues diversification into semiconductors Channel19 Jan 2024 |
Google to bring India’s Unified Payments Interface to the world Including for cross-border remittances, which could shake things up nicely Off-Prem19 Jan 2024 | 6
Equinix bids for more of your multi-cloud network with homebrew hosted router VMs are slow. And who can arrange remote hands wherever your traffic needs to flow? Off-Prem19 Jan 2024 | 2
As Broadcom nukes VMware's channel, the big winner is set to be Nutanix A lot of IT depts can't wait to get past their ESX addiction Channel18 Jan 2024 | 27
Microsoft 365's add-on avalanche is putting the squeeze on customers Like buying a car where the seats are an optional extra SaaS18 Jan 2024 | 45
Alphabet CEO tells Googlers: More job cuts on the way It won't be anywhere near the 12,000 heads that rolled last year, though, says Pichai Off-Prem18 Jan 2024 | 14
India's big four services giants soar on demand for AI Pipelines are full, but hiring has slowed Channel18 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
Google rings in 2024 with sweeping layoffs Cuts are a continuation of late-2023 redundancies to help teams better 'align their resources' Off-Prem11 Jan 2024 | 6
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
Broadcom to end VMware’s channel program, move partners to its own invite-only offering Suppliers don’t know much about what’s going on. Which leaves users in limbo, too Channel28 Dec 2023 | 9
Infosys loses ten-year, $1.5 billion contract announced just three months ago Asia In Brief PLUS: Fujitsu Japan spins out servers, storage, and PCs; Japan’s moonshot on track; Samsung reportedly delays Arizona fab opening Channel27 Dec 2023 | 26
Singapore wants datacenters, clouds, regulated like critical infrastructure Even systems located outside city-state could be considered 'foundational' and face performance demands Off-Prem20 Dec 2023 | 3
Ubiquiti blunder let some folks view others' security cameras, accounts Cloud misconfig blamed and now fixed Off-Prem15 Dec 2023 | 15
China’s e-commerce players commit to broaden overseas If all goes to plan, more Chinese goods will flow into the global market Off-Prem15 Dec 2023 | 6
SAP admits attempt to adapt on-prem security for its cloud flopped Software giant learned the hard way that lift-and-shift isn’t easy Off-Prem14 Dec 2023 | 9
To be, or not to be, in the office. Has returning to work stalled? Kettle Register journos brew up on the future of hybrid in our latest Kettle Off-Prem09 Dec 2023 | 63
Google releases fix for missing Drive for desktop files Just install the latest client and follow the instructions, but don't ask questions PaaS + IaaS07 Dec 2023 | 11
AWS accuses Microsoft of clipping customers' cloud freedoms World's biggest off-prem service slinger submits comments to UK cloud inquiry, mostly has Redmond HQ's rival in its sights PaaS + IaaS07 Dec 2023 | 8
Europe signs off on up to €1.2B in state aid for homegrown cloud project Vendor to speak unto vendor with first results expected in 2027 PaaS + IaaS06 Dec 2023 | 43
Citrix pulls the plug on its User Group Community To be replaced by virtual community and ‘in-person event experience’ hosted by vendor Off-Prem05 Dec 2023 | 6
AWS exec: 'Our understanding of open source has started to change' Interview Apache Foundation president David Nalley on Amazon Linux 2023, Free software, and more PaaS + IaaS04 Dec 2023 | 23
China's first undersea datacenter sinks – as planned Asia In Brief PLUS: India's landmark digital law delayed; Singaporean banks de-digitize some accounts; AUKUS to unleash AI Off-Prem03 Dec 2023 | 3
Duke Uni libraries decamp from 37Signals' Basecamp over CTO's blogs We're canceling our subscriptions, say librarians citing co-founder's views SaaS01 Dec 2023 | 43
Google submits complaints about Microsoft licensing to UK competition regulator Now Microsoft has regulator breathing down its neck in three regions PaaS + IaaS01 Dec 2023 | 7
AWS rakes in half a billion pounds from UK Home Office Someone has to top up the Bezos rocket fund, like British taxpayers PaaS + IaaS01 Dec 2023 | 37
You're so worried about AWS reliability, the cloud giant now lets you simulate major outages re:Invent Fake it 'til you break it, for a whole availability zone or WAN FAIL Off-Prem01 Dec 2023 | 9
Two sats, one customer: Japan's NTT signs up for Amazon's space internet Take that, Elon Off-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 1
AWS plays with Fire TV Cube, turns it into a thin client for cloudy desktops re:Invent $195 a pop, delivered, pre-provisioned ready to stream desktops or apps Off-Prem27 Nov 2023 | 28
Black Friday? More like Blackout Friday for HSBC's online and mobile banking Updated Think of all the crap discounted things you won't need to buy now Off-Prem24 Nov 2023 | 40
Stop shaming service providers for outages, argues APNIC chief scientist Tech companies should behave like the aviation industry and detail failures to improve safety for all Off-Prem24 Nov 2023 | 28
India's $20B Smart Cities Mission isn't, and has hardly scratched the surface after eight years Many projects really about basic services, or don't integrate well. Charge ahead and extend it anyway, think tank recommends Off-Prem22 Nov 2023 | 3
Microsoft adds FPGA-powered network accelerator to Azure 'Azure Boost' vastly speeds cloudy server IOPS and is coming to all new instance types Off-Prem21 Nov 2023 | 6
Telco CEO quits after admitting she needs to carry rivals' SIM cards to stay in touch That, plus an outage, and cyber-mess, do for Optus boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin Off-Prem21 Nov 2023 | 48
Civo CEO on free credits, egress fees, and hauling it all back on-prem Interview And why the UK cloud industry can't ape the energy sector and make it easier to swap suppliers PaaS + IaaS17 Nov 2023 | 9
Microsoft's Swiss army knife app hopes to cut through cloud clutter Ignite A 'win' for Windows or just another pane in the glass? SaaS16 Nov 2023 | 6
Alibaba cancels cloud spinoff, blames US chip sanctions Export curbs strike again and stock prices come tumbling down PaaS + IaaS16 Nov 2023 | 2
Motives of multi-cloud users? Compliance and dodging vendor lock-in top the list Reasons less technical than you'd think as research respondents cite EU's DORA rules PaaS + IaaS14 Nov 2023 | 1
China’s annual e-tail frenzy broke records – trust us, say government, Alibaba and JD.com 5.26 billion packages shipped, 639 million on Saturday alone. But nobody's puffing up the cash pile Channel13 Nov 2023 | 6
Want a well-paid job in tech? You just need to become a cloud-native god Opinion At KubeCon, the need to bridge the skills gap was clearer than ever Off-Prem10 Nov 2023 | 60
Alibaba takes more of Salesforce behind the great firewall Asia in brief PLUS: China's taikonauts return from space, India approves PC licenses, and Foxconn founder presidential campaign investigated for bribes Off-Prem06 Nov 2023 | 2
Microsoft 365 Copilot 'generally available' – if you can afford 300 seats Updated Small businesses need not apply SaaS03 Nov 2023 | 15
Cloudflare dashboard, API service feeling poorly due to datacenter power snafu Right on time for results day Off-Prem02 Nov 2023 | 8
European Commission loves Oracle enough to sign six-year cloud deal Larry promised Brussels 'less risk and cost' and they believed it PaaS + IaaS02 Nov 2023 | 15
Fujitsu public cloud to be absorbed into main biz, then refreshed Asia In Brief PLUS: Hikvision accused of targeting minorities; Australia's 'cyber-shield'; Huawei's superchip source revealed? Off-Prem30 Oct 2023 | 5
AWS CEO talks up AI to focus minds of Wall Street types Q3 sales below forecasts, profits up, and conversation centers on LLMs and GenAI PaaS + IaaS27 Oct 2023 | 2
AWS says it wants in on the European sovereign cloud game Appealing to growing crowd that wants data outside US jurisdiction PaaS + IaaS25 Oct 2023 | 11
It's 2023, so Lenovo made a bendy smartphone concept all about hybrid cloud AI Had to kiss Nvidia's ring to make its vision real Off-Prem25 Oct 2023 | 16