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2024-03-29T01:52:06.00Z
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233141
2024-03-29T01:52:06.00Z
2024-03-29T01:52:06.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Microsoft rolls out safety tools for Azure AI. Hint: More models
<h4>Defenses against prompt injection, hallucination arrive as Feds eye ML risks</h4> <p>Microsoft has introduced a set of tools allegedly to help make AI models safer to use in Azure.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233140
2024-03-28T21:25:31.00Z
2024-03-28T23:59:24.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
Cloud server host Vultr rips user data ownership clause from ToS after web outrage
<h4>We know the average customer doesn't have a law degree, CEO tells us</h4> <p>Cloud server provider Vultr has rapidly revised its terms-of-service after netizens raised the alarm over broad clauses that demanded the "perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free" rights to customer "content."…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233090
2024-03-27T07:02:15.00Z
2024-03-27T20:04:29.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
CEO of UK's National Grid warns of datacenters' thirst for power
<h4>Predicts 500 percent increase in consumption over a decade and suggests 800 kilovolt fix</h4> <p>John Pettigrew, the CEO of Britain's National Grid, warned on Tuesday that datacenter power consumption is on track to grow 500 percent over the next decade.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233092
2024-03-27T01:29:13.00Z
2024-03-27T09:15:58.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Alibaba bins listing for its Cainiao logistics limb
<h4>Already backed away from cloud spinout, now gradually breaking up with its own breakup plan</h4> <p>Chinese tech giant Alibaba has decided not to spin out its logistics limb, Cainiao, and will instead buy back shares in the outfit and integrate it more deeply with its e-commerce operations.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233030
2024-03-26T12:30:06.00Z
2024-03-26T12:30:06.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Scaleway shows off its new RISC-V devices at Kubecon
<h4>Looking for feedback before pressing the production button</h4> <p>European cloud provider Scaleway showed off its new RISC-V servers at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's (CNCF's) Kubecon Europe 2024 event.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233065
2024-03-26T07:26:07.00Z
2024-03-26T22:09:52.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Cloudflare says it has automated empathy to avoid fixing flaky hardware too often
<h4>'Error budget' and other server maintenance/site reliability secrets revealed</h4> <p>Cloudflare has revealed a little about how it maintains the millions of boxes it operates around the world – including the concept of an "error budget" that enacts "empathy embedded in automation."…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233040
2024-03-26T02:38:14.00Z
2024-03-26T02:38:14.00Z
Sam Ho, Senior Manager, Global Solutions Architect, Equinix and Truman Crotty, Data Center and Hybrid Cloud Lead SEA, Telstra International
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Sam%20Ho%2c%20Senior%20Manager%2c%20Global%20Solutions%20Architect%2c%20Equinix%20and%20Truman%20Crotty%2c%20Data%20Center%20and%20Hybrid%20Cloud%20Lead%20SEA%2c%20Telstra%20International
Hyperconnected businesses call for more agile cloud architecture
<h4></h4> <p><strong>Advertorial</strong> Businesses worldwide are reinventing themselves to become digital-first. But this is no longer enough in a hyperconnected landscape.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233007
2024-03-22T13:00:16.00Z
2024-03-23T01:04:16.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
EU antitrust cops probe Microsoft ties between Entra ID and 365 services
<h4>Google claims rival has made an 'art and science' out of licensing</h4> <p><strong>Exclusive</strong> Google says the European Union's antitrust authorities have asked if Microsoft unfairly ties authentication to Azure, in a further sign that officials are considering multiple aspects of Redmond's policies.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233002
2024-03-22T01:28:14.00Z
2024-03-22T01:28:14.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Japan's NTT and NEC reckon they can boost optical network capacities 12x
<h4>First tests of manycore fibres hailed as success over oceanic distances</h4> <p>Japanese tech titans NTT and NEC reckon they've proven the performance of a novel fiber optic technology that could increase capacity of submarine cables by a factor of 12.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232978
2024-03-21T02:02:12.00Z
2024-03-21T02:02:12.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
ServiceNow goes to Washington DC, with a suitcase full of AI
<h4>Claims the tech has brought 38 percent improvement to its own dev cycle time</h4> <p>ServiceNow has released its "Washington DC" platform update, and done the very 2024 thing of adding generative AI features. It's also done a slightly less 2024 thing by not just hyping the tech, but sharing the benefits it has enjoyed by actually using it.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232972
2024-03-20T22:14:09.00Z
2024-03-21T18:55:04.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
First the Super Bowl, now this: Kansas City getting a Google bit barn
<h4>Exact location, power source, and go-live date unknown. But don't worry, there'll be digital jobs</h4> <p>Google has announced plans to drop $1 billion on a new datacenter in Kansas City, Missouri – its first in the state – though when it'll come online is anyone's guess.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232959
2024-03-20T11:52:29.00Z
2024-03-20T12:09:15.00Z
Richard Currie
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Currie
Britain enters period of mourning as Greggs unable to process payments
<h4>First they came for McDonald's and I did not speak out because I have even worse taste in food</h4> <p>A princess is AWOL, the government refuses to admit defeat, and now pastry purveyor Greggs is unable to process card payments. How many more national crises can the Great British public weather before the streets burn?…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232948
2024-03-19T21:57:14.00Z
2024-03-19T21:57:14.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Microsoft hits Inflection point, peels off top personnel to form AI division
<h4>FYI, FTC: Karén Simonyan, DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman absorbed rather than acquired</h4> <p>Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the formation of a new AI division headed by Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan, two of the three founders of AI upstart Inflection.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232924
2024-03-18T21:29:13.00Z
2024-03-18T21:29:13.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Don't be like these 900+ websites and expose millions of passwords via Firebase
<h4>Warning: Poorly configured Google Cloud databases spill billing info, plaintext credentials</h4> <p>At least 900 websites built with Google's Firebase, a cloud database, have been misconfigured, leaving credentials, personal info, and other sensitive data inadvertently exposed to the public internet, according to security researchers.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232910
2024-03-18T12:59:09.00Z
2024-03-18T12:59:09.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Microsoft reseller Bytes says more than 100 undisclosed share trades linked to ex-CEO
<h4>Surprise resignation of chief exec happened after FCA probe began, claims filing</h4> <p>One of Micrsoft's largest cloud and tech licensing resellers, Bytes Technology Group (BTG), today gave the London Stock Exchange an update on the investigation surrounding the abrupt resignation of its CEO and an ongoing probe by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232883
2024-03-18T10:31:13.00Z
2024-03-18T10:31:13.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Microsoft promises Copilot will be a 'moneymaker' in the long term
<h4>Exec tells investors to 'temper' expectations as mission to convince customers of price tag continues</h4> <p>Microsoft is asking investors to "temper" expectations for quick financial returns from Copilot amid efforts to convince customers that paying "substantial" sums each month is actually worth it.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232892
2024-03-15T12:30:06.00Z
2024-03-15T12:32:05.00Z
Richard Currie
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Currie
McDonald's ordering system suffers McFlurry of tech troubles
<h4>Global meltdown turns fast food slow</h4> <p>Technology certainly helped McDonald's process orders faster, but as soon as a computer fault hit, the burger behemoth was shuttled right back to the 90s.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232887
2024-03-15T06:25:07.00Z
2024-03-15T06:25:07.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Claims emerge that Citrix has doubled price of month-to-month partner licenses
<h4>Reaction from channel was 'stunned silence followed by anger and disbelief'</h4> <p>Citrix has allegedly made major changes to its partner program, and one of the consultancies briefed on the new arrangements told <em>The Register</em> that the when the news was delivered to a gathering of the Citrix faithful the result was "stunned silence followed by anger and disbelief."…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232874
2024-03-14T22:32:13.00Z
2024-03-14T23:15:25.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
Here's another thing AI can do: Spark a boom in edge infrastructure spending
<h4>IDC forecasts spend to grow 15.4% in 2024 to $232B – then add another $100B in three years</h4> <p>Spending on edge computing is growing fast and because it's 2024, analyst firm IDC believes AI is a big reason for the boost.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232870
2024-03-14T17:29:08.00Z
2024-03-14T17:31:40.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Oracle adds GenAI to Fusion with a whopping 50 use cases
<h4>But is there one that can sort out failing ERP projects? Well Larry, is there?</h4> <p>Oracle has unleashed 50 use cases for gen AI on its Fusion Applications suite, letting vector-based statistical models provide financial report "narratives," help filter job candidates, and provide product descriptions.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232848
2024-03-14T09:30:07.00Z
2024-03-15T00:00:21.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
SAP accused of age discrimination, retaliation by US whistleblower
<h4>Complainant moved to 'retire in place' role after Sarbanes Oxley Act report, filing alleges</h4> <p>SAP is being sued for age discrimination and retaliation by an employee who alleges he was moved to a meaningless role after he asked for an investigation of potentially anti-competitive practices.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232856
2024-03-14T03:15:11.00Z
2024-03-14T03:15:11.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
South Korea goes out on a limb to manage forests with AI, satellites
<h4>Plans to digitally transform trees</h4> <p>South Korea's Forest Service announced on Wednesday it plans to establish a real-time forest resource management system and an AI-based forest fire monitoring platform.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232855
2024-03-13T23:34:26.00Z
2024-03-14T01:17:29.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Microsoft decides it's done with Azure egress ransoms
<h4>Cloud exit toll booth bypass built by EU regulators</h4> <p>Microsoft on Wednesday said it will no longer charge customers an egress fee to remove their data from its Azure cloud, following similar declarations earlier this year from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232853
2024-03-13T22:29:14.00Z
2024-03-13T22:29:14.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
Leaked docs hint Google may use SiFive RISC-V cores in next-gen TPUs
<h4>Would put those AI accelerators out of Arm's reach, at least</h4> <p><strong>Opinion</strong> After a difficult 2023, things may be looking up for RISC-V chip designer SiFive, which expects AI to drive strong revenue growth in 2024.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232808
2024-03-13T10:15:09.00Z
2024-03-13T10:15:09.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Sunak's defunct SaaS scheme spent seven percent of budget designed to help 100,000 SMEs
<h4>Unicorn Kingdom prime minister fails to provide £300 million of magic software beans promised</h4> <p>A local software subsidy scheme launched by UK PM Rishi Sunak, designed to help struggling small businesses following the pandemic, has spent less than seven percent of its £300 million budget.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232829
2024-03-13T02:30:47.00Z
2024-03-13T03:58:55.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
GitHub fixes pull request delay that derailed developers
<h4>Went down yesterday, too, longer and harder. Maybe we should call it GitFlub?</h4> <p>GitHub is experiencing a second day of degraded performance, following a bad update that threw the code locker into chaos.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232822
2024-03-12T22:39:12.00Z
2024-03-12T22:39:12.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints
<h4>Exec accused of using own work PC to swipe confidential AI and staffing docs for stealth cloud startup</h4> <p>An ex-Meta veep has been sued by his former bosses for "brazenly disloyal and dishonest conduct" – and by that, they mean he allegedly stole confidential documents to help him build and recruit colleagues for an AI cloud startup. …</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232785
2024-03-11T13:00:07.00Z
2024-03-13T16:17:54.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
European Commission broke its own data privacy law with Microsoft 365 use
<h4>Euro folk have until December to put house in order</h4> <p>The European Commission has been reprimanded for infringing its own data protection regulations when using Microsoft 365.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232779
2024-03-11T07:32:15.00Z
2024-03-11T07:32:15.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
VMware by Broadcom promises more, cheaper, training, starting around May
<h4>But for now, smaller customers have been cut off from on-demand training content</h4> <p><strong>Exclusive</strong> VMware by Broadcom will soon launch a new training experience that will offer “more training at a fraction of the cost they used to pay.”…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232757
2024-03-09T06:00:10.00Z
2024-03-11T15:06:20.00Z
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Steven%20J.%20Vaughan-Nichols
The S in IoT stands for security. You'll never secure all the Things
<h4>All too many 'smart' devices are security stupid</h4> <p><strong>Opinion</strong> I was one of the first people to use an Internet of Things (IoT) device. It was Carnegie-Mellon’s Computer Science Department's Coke machine*. True, I didn't need to check on it since my school, West Virginia University, was 77 miles from CMU, but I thought it was really cool back in the day is that I could see what was what with the coke machine over the Internet*. That was then. This is now. Today. I'm less than thrilled by the IoT.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232754
2024-03-08T08:27:08.00Z
2024-03-08T08:27:08.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Job interview descended into sweary shouting match, candidate got the gig anyway
<h4>And soon learned he had won the argument</h4> <p><strong>On Call</strong> Welcome once more, dear reader, to On Call – <em>The Register</em>'s Friday trawl through a mailbag containing stories of your tech support tales.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232687
2024-03-05T18:56:14.00Z
2024-03-06T02:34:05.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
Amazon bends to Euro watchdogs, waives egress fees for folks ditching AWS
<h4>Now the pressure is on for Microsoft to stop holding user data hostage</h4> <p>Amazon Web Services has joined Google in waiving egress fees for customers looking to ditch its platform for a rival cloud provider or on-prem datacenter.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232659
2024-03-04T23:36:09.00Z
2024-03-05T20:41:57.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
Amazon goes nuclear, acquires Cumulus Data's atomic datacenters for $650M
<h4>E-commerce giant on the hook for 480MW of power from Susquehanna plant</h4> <p>Amazon Web Services on Monday added a nuclear-powered datacenter campus to its public cloud empire as part of a $650 million deal with Talen Energy – an owner and operator of electricity generation and transmission facilities in the US.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232595
2024-03-01T09:30:09.00Z
2024-03-01T09:30:09.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Companies flush money down the drain with overfed Kubernetes cloud clusters
<h4>Just 13% of provisioned CPUs, 20% of memory utilized, study finds</h4> <p>Cloud optimization biz CAST AI says that companies are still overprovisioning resources and paying too much as a consequence. It claims that in Kubernetes clusters of 50 or more CPUs, only 13 percent of provisioned CPUs and 20 percent of memory is typically utilized.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232584
2024-02-29T06:16:13.00Z
2024-02-29T06:16:13.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Alibaba Cloud cuts prices – hard – for multi-year commitments in mainland China
<h4>This might solve its twin problems of low growth and short-term customers</h4> <p>Alibaba Cloud has made significant price cuts for those willing to use its datacenters in mainland China and commit to multi-year deals.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232583
2024-02-29T05:31:11.00Z
2024-02-29T05:31:11.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Baidu admits it may never get leading-edge GPUs again
<h4>Execs swear Chinese cloud will beat local rivals with a superior software stack that makes AI sing</h4> <p>Chinese web giant Baidu has told investors its long-term planning assumes it won't be able to access leading-edge GPUs, but that it can beat local rivals with its superior software stack.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232559
2024-02-28T05:31:12.00Z
2024-02-28T19:26:48.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Husqvarna ports Doom to a robot lawnmower – not, thankfully, its chainsaws
<h4>Seminal game runs on everything, so why not pay €2,199 to run it on a tiny screen?</h4> <p>Swedish garden appliance maker Husqvarna has ported Doom to one of its robotic lawn mowers.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232512
2024-02-27T13:15:07.00Z
2024-02-27T13:15:07.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
40k servers, 400k CPUs and 40 PB of storage later... welcome to Google Cloud
<h4>Sabre Technology shutters 17 datacenters, says 90% of workloads transferred</h4> <p>Airline reservation technology biz Sabre Corporation has almost completed a mammoth migration to Google Cloud - one that would have tested the nerves of the most steely-eyed IT director.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232518
2024-02-27T02:55:06.00Z
2024-03-05T21:38:25.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
Underwater cables in Red Sea damaged months after Houthis 'threatened' to do just that
<h4>Yemeni rebels thought to lack the ability to damage submarine cables, but here we are</h4> <p>Undersea data cables in the Red Sea have reportedly been damaged, months after Yemeni Houthi rebels apparently threatened to do so.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232498
2024-02-26T11:00:10.00Z
2024-02-26T11:00:10.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Multiple billions up for grabs as UK government launches cloud services tenders
<h4>Two major procurement initiatives aim to beef up public sector tech</h4> <p>UK government has launched two tenders for cloud services that could jointly see up to £7.5 billion ($9.5 billion) spent under framework agreements.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232494
2024-02-26T05:47:31.00Z
2024-02-26T09:40:56.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Gen AI and cloud optimization help Asian SuperApp Grab turn a profit
<h4>Headcount down 18 percent as content creation time shrinks from 99 hours to 90 minutes</h4> <p>Singapore-based superapp Grab logged its first ever positive net profit late last week, and revealed it was helped by cutting cloud costs and adopting generative AI.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232464
2024-02-23T00:05:13.00Z
2024-02-27T19:51:34.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Google sends Gemini AI back to engineering to adjust its White balance
<h4>Big Tech keeps poisoning the well without facing any consequences for its folly</h4> <p><strong>Comment</strong> Google has suspended availability of text-to-image capabilities in its recently released Gemini multimodal foundational AI model, after it failed to accurately represent White Europeans and Americans in specific historical contexts.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232439
2024-02-22T15:01:13.00Z
2024-02-22T18:51:35.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Amazon hopes to avoid labor regulation by simply abolishing national watchdogs
<h4>Our right to exploit workers trumps your right to probe</h4> <p>Amazon, currently locked in a legal battle with the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over the mega-souk's treatment of workers, is arguing the watchdog is unconstitutional. And it's not the only corporation testing that line of reasoning.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232449
2024-02-22T12:20:45.00Z
2024-02-22T13:06:18.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Boss at one of Microsoft's largest resellers quits, admits secret share deals
<h4>London Stock Exchange listed Bytes Technology Group 'working to clarify details' after Neil Murphy resigns</h4> <p>Neil Murphy, the boss of Bytes Technology Group – one of Microsoft’s largest cloud and software licensing resellers – has quit with immediate effect, at the same time admitting to making secret stock trades in the company.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232438
2024-02-22T01:32:41.00Z
2024-02-22T06:48:46.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Nvidia revenue grows 265 percent with more to come as new GPUs and Ethernet near
<h4>Jensen Huang defends colossal GPU purchases made by hyperscalers, claims they're 'fairly allocated'</h4> <p>Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has claimed responsibility for hyperscalers' decisions to extend the operating life of their server fleets, and suggested they've done so because they can't improve performance by persisting with general-purpose computing and must instead adopt accelerated machines.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232414
2024-02-21T06:34:52.00Z
2024-02-21T06:34:52.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
China Unicom becomes Middle Kingdom's second carrier with a billion subscribers
<h4>Rivals aren't far behind and 5G numbers are huge, but growth is slowing</h4> <p>Chinese mega-carrier China Unicom has claimed it's signed up the billionth subscriber for its "Big Connectivity" service, making it the second Middle Kingdom carrier to operate at that scale.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232346
2024-02-16T06:27:06.00Z
2024-02-16T06:27:06.00Z
Katyanna Quach
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Katyanna%20Quach
Microsoft says it'll throw €3.2B at AI ops in Germany
<h4>What's the wurst that could happen?</h4> <p>Microsoft has promised to splash €3.2 billion (£2.7 billion, $3.4 billion) on AI infrastructure and datacenters in Germany over the next two years.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232330
2024-02-15T14:47:08.00Z
2024-02-16T02:20:18.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Microsoft 'retires' Azure IoT Central in platform rethink
<h4>After March, devs won’t be able to create new application resources, in 2027 the system will be shut down</h4> <p><strong>Exclusive</strong> Out of the blue Microsoft has decided to retire a key plank of its Azure IoT platform, leaving developers currently building systems high and dry.…</p>
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2024-02-15T11:09:13.00Z
2024-02-15T11:09:13.00Z
Lindsay Clark
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UK Cabinet Office hits pause on £9M Microsoft deal
<h4>Google Workspace hangout extended indefinitely</h4> <p>The UK's Cabinet Office has paused its migration away from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365, after ditching the current contract it signed with the Redmond headquartered biz last spring.…</p>
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2024-02-13T09:30:09.00Z
2024-02-13T09:30:09.00Z
Lindsay Clark
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NHS in Wales bets big on Microsoft with deal worth nearly half a billion
<h4>Forget historic cloud downtime, latest contract with reseller to offer 'agile and flexible' approach</h4> <p>The NHS in Wales has decided to send up to £450 million ($568 million) of taxpayers' hard-earned cash into the bank account of Microsoft via one of its resellers, the public sector organization has confirmed.…</p>