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2024-03-28T21:39:33.00Z
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233140
2024-03-28T21:25:31.00Z
2024-03-28T21:39:33.00Z
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: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: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: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> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></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: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: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: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:story232254
2024-02-12T20:45:08.00Z
2024-02-12T20:45:08.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
Cloudflare defeats another patent troll with crowd-sourced prior-art army
<h4>The bounty payouts may be high, but Project Jengo doesn't miss</h4> <p>When it comes to defeating patent trolls with crowd-sourced prior art, Cloudflare is now two-for-two after winning its latest case against Sable Networks.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232102
2024-02-05T04:19:52.00Z
2024-02-06T18:30:54.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Two of India's most prominent startup tech giants are in deep trouble
<h4>Paytm's bank has been locked out, edtech darling Byju's faces bankruptcy</h4> <p>Two of India's tech leaders, both of which have been widely hailed as exemplars of local entrepreneurialism, are in deep trouble.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232082
2024-02-02T12:20:48.00Z
2024-02-02T12:20:48.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Restrictive licensing keeps businesses grounded in cloud vendor vortex
<h4>Microsoft named – again – by EU trade groups seeking to level the playing field</h4> <p>New research is highlighting the restrictive licensing practices deployed to prevent businesses from switching cloud providers.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231919
2024-01-25T06:44:11.00Z
2024-01-25T06:44:11.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
IBM Cloud is upgrading a datacenter and users will have to halt their Power VMs
<h4>Big Blue will move two VMs in each five-hour window offered to those willing to stay</h4> <p>IBM Cloud has advised customers who run Power Systems Virtual Servers in its Toronto Canada (TOR01) datacenter of an upgrade to the facility, and outlined a not-so-cloudy process for tenants who make the move.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231840
2024-01-22T12:30:12.00Z
2024-01-22T12:30:12.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Tesco techies and Azure jockeys hit the floor during weekend of outages
<h4>Every little helps. Especially testing and talking to customers</h4> <p>It was a tricky weekend for techies – not only did Microsoft's Azure Resource Manager fall over across the globe on January 21, 2024, local UK retailing giant Tesco also suffered an outage, cancelling multiple customer deliveries and orders due to "technical difficulties."…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231822
2024-01-21T20:46:05.00Z
2024-01-21T20:46:05.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
Amazon plots massive cloud expansion in Japan with $15B investment
<h4>Land of the rising profit?</h4> <p>Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest 2.3 trillion yen ($15.5 billion) to extend its cloud empire in Japan.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231722
2024-01-16T13:15:07.00Z
2024-01-16T13:15:07.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Vodafone signs a 10-year, $1.5B deal with Microsoft that sheds European DCs
<h4>AI for customers and staff, while Euro bitbarns shifted to Azure</h4> <p>Microsoft and Vodafone have inked a 10-year deal worth $1.5 billion, resulting in the telecommunication giant shuttering physical datacenters across Europe in favor of virtual ones using Azure.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231693
2024-01-15T13:29:13.00Z
2024-01-15T13:29:13.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
Big Cloud deploys thousands of GPUs for AI – yet most appear under-utilized
<h4>If AWS, Microsoft, Google were anywhere close to capacity, their revenues would be way higher</h4> <p>Cloud providers have deployed tens of thousands of GPUs and AI accelerators in their race to capitalize on the surge in demand for large language models.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231664
2024-01-11T21:08:35.00Z
2024-01-12T08:43:46.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
Why Google is waiving egress fees for disgruntled customers ditching GCP
<h4>Hint: US, UK, European antitrust police are on the hunt</h4> <p><strong>Analysis</strong> Data egress fees aren't going away, but if you really want to ditch Google Cloud and take your data somewhere else, the search giant is willing to cut you a break.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231475
2024-01-08T10:15:11.00Z
2024-01-08T10:15:11.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Gaia-X project doesn't have a future, claims Nextcloud boss
<h4>How the hyperscalers derailed Europe's cloud infrastructure train</h4> <p><strong>Interview</strong> Nextcloud CEO Frank Karlitschek is blunt about the future of Europe's Gaia-X project: it doesn't have one. At least, not in the way many of its founders hoped.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231206
2023-12-07T16:29:08.00Z
2023-12-07T16:29:08.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
Google releases fix for missing Drive for desktop files
<h4>Just install the latest client and follow the instructions, but don't ask questions</h4> <p>Google has released an updated version of the Google Drive app for Windows and macOS that, along with some simple manual work, should resolve missing file issues.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231204
2023-12-07T13:35:06.00Z
2023-12-07T21:00:11.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
AWS accuses Microsoft of clipping customers' cloud freedoms
<h4>World's biggest off-prem service slinger submits comments to UK cloud inquiry, mostly has Redmond HQ's rival in its sights</h4> <p>AWS has publicly called out Microsoft's software licensing terms, claiming they "restrict choice" and make it "financially unviable" for customers to choose anyone other than Microsoft – something Google and other rivals have complained of.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231148
2023-12-06T10:15:14.00Z
2023-12-06T10:15:14.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Europe signs off on up to €1.2B in state aid for homegrown cloud project
<h4>Vendor to speak unto vendor with first results expected in 2027</h4> <p>The European Commission is to provide up to €1.2 billion in public funding for the IPCEI Cloud project and expects a further €1.4 billion from the private sector. Both pots of money are to be used to promote local interests in a regional computing sector controlled by US giants.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231098
2023-12-04T12:32:09.00Z
2023-12-15T09:14:34.00Z
Tim Anderson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tim%20Anderson
AWS exec: 'Our understanding of open source has started to change'
<h4>Apache Foundation president David Nalley on Amazon Linux 2023, Free software, and more</h4> <p><strong>Interview</strong> AWS is wary of vendor-driven open source projects, performs business health checks on all its open source dependencies, and suffered impact on the development of Amazon Linux when CentOS as we all knew it was discontinued, <em>The Register</em> was told at the internet giant's re:Invent conference.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231090
2023-12-01T16:34:09.00Z
2023-12-01T16:34:09.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Google submits complaints about Microsoft licensing to UK competition regulator
<h4>Now Microsoft has regulator breathing down its neck in three regions</h4> <p>Google is asking Britain's competition watchdog to make a ruling over its allegations Microsoft abused cloud software licensing in an anticompetitive way, months after taking claims of its rival's monopolistic behavior to the Federal Trade Commission.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231084
2023-12-01T13:01:07.00Z
2023-12-01T16:41:20.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
AWS rakes in half a billion pounds from UK Home Office
<h4>Someone has to top up the Bezos rocket fund, like British taxpayers</h4> <p>Amazon Web Services has scooped up almost half a billion pounds of UK taxpayer cash in return for public cloud Hosting Services.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230760
2023-11-17T09:30:13.00Z
2023-11-17T15:49:21.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Civo CEO on free credits, egress fees, and hauling it all back on-prem
<h4>And why the UK cloud industry can't ape the energy sector and make it easier to swap suppliers</h4> <p><strong>Interview</strong> As Britain's competition regulator probes the behavior of the cloud giants, local supplier Civo wants to see an overhaul along the lines of the energy market where consumers or businesses can swap suppliers easily.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230803
2023-11-16T18:00:07.00Z
2023-11-17T00:34:53.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
Alibaba cancels cloud spinoff, blames US chip sanctions
<h4>Export curbs strike again and stock prices come tumbling down</h4> <p>The US government's unrelenting efforts to prevent China from accessing advanced chips or chipmaking equipment has scored another victim after Alibaba said the scheduled IPO of its cloud division is off due to the impact of CPU export curbs.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230754
2023-11-14T15:30:08.00Z
2023-11-14T20:35:16.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Motives of multi-cloud users? Compliance and dodging vendor lock-in top the list
<h4>Reasons less technical than you'd think as research respondents cite EU's DORA rules</h4> <p>According to research released today, fears over vendor lock-in and the need to stay compliant with regulations are topping the reasons for multi-cloud adoption.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230522
2023-11-02T09:30:12.00Z
2023-11-02T16:43:10.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
European Commission loves Oracle enough to sign six-year cloud deal
<h4>Larry promised Brussels 'less risk and cost' and they believed it</h4> <p>Oracle has signed a deal with the European Commission to provide Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and its platform services across EU administrations.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230433
2023-10-27T14:11:08.00Z
2023-10-27T14:11:08.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
AWS CEO talks up AI to focus minds of Wall Street types
<h4>Q3 sales below forecasts, profits up, and conversation centers on LLMs and GenAI</h4> <p>Amazon's cloud biz disappointed analysts with lower-than-expected sales as customers generally continue to look for ways to cut costs rather than spin up new instances.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230374
2023-10-25T11:44:40.00Z
2023-10-25T11:44:40.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
AWS says it wants in on the European sovereign cloud game
<h4>Appealing to growing crowd that wants data outside US jurisdiction</h4> <p>Amazon is planning to launch a dedicated sovereign cloud for customers in Europe with stringent data residency requirements, and claims this will be physically and logically separate from existing AWS Regions.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230324
2023-10-23T12:15:08.00Z
2023-10-24T15:21:39.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Microsoft admits 'power issue' downed Azure services in West Europe
<h4>Work ongoing to manually recover some storage nodes</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Microsoft techies are trying to recover storage nodes for a "small" number of customers following a "power issue" on October 20 that triggered Azure service disruptions and ruined breakfast for those wanting to use hosted virtual machines or SQL DB.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230027
2023-10-09T08:30:07.00Z
2023-10-09T08:30:07.00Z
Rupert Goodwins
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Rupert%20Goodwins
Obscured by clouds: Time for IaaS vendors to come clean and play fair
<h4>All that stuff about resilience, choice, and control? Yeah, we'll take them now please</h4> <p><strong>Opinion</strong> It had to happen. Amazon and Microsoft are under investigation for distorting the UK's public infrastructure cloud market following complaints to internet regulator Ofcom that have now been passed on to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230004
2023-10-05T12:28:34.00Z
2023-10-05T12:28:34.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Amazon, Microsoft under UK regulator's eye as cloud market probe confirmed
<h4>Egress fees, interoperability and licensing discounts all in the crosshairs</h4> <p>Watch out, Amazon and Microsoft – the UK’s competition watchdog this morning confirmed it will investigate the big cloud infrastructure services players.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229969
2023-10-04T15:15:14.00Z
2023-10-04T15:25:36.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Microsoft introduces AI meddling to your files with Copilot in OneDrive
<h4>We hope cloud storage service is ready for this web wingman</h4> <p>Microsoft is to overhaul OneDrive in a move that will bring Copilot to the cloud storage service and herd users towards the tool's web interface.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229966
2023-10-04T13:45:09.00Z
2023-10-04T13:45:09.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Microsoft attempts to woo governments with Cloud for Sovereignty preview
<h4>Sovereignty = you’ll run on Azure and you’ll be told when our engineers access your resources</h4> <p>Microsoft has taken another step to address regulatory worries regarding its cloud ecosystem with a public preview of the Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229913
2023-10-03T08:30:11.00Z
2023-10-04T20:39:40.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
UK IaaS market: Deeper probe by competition regulator lands soon
<h4>Ofcom to refer findings to CMA – which insiders say will home in on egress fees, interoperability and licensing</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> <em>The Reg</em> can reveal the UK's communications watchdog Ofcom is expected to refer the findings of its six-month inquiry into the health of Britain's cloud computing landscape to the nation's Competition Markets Authority later this week for a deeper probe.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229704
2023-09-20T07:29:15.00Z
2023-09-20T07:29:15.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
AWS spins up more cloudy Mac Minis, now with M2 Pro silicon
<h4>Andy Jassy's rent-a-Macs have no love for the vanilla M2, and the Max and Ultra aren't used in the Mini</h4> <p>Amazon Web Services has flipped the switch on a virtual Mac offering in its Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2), now renting Mac Minis powered by Apple's M2 Pro system-on-chip.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229660
2023-09-18T15:45:07.00Z
2023-09-18T15:45:07.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Azure SQL Database takes Saturday off on US east coast following network power failure
<h4>At least it was the weekend</h4> <p>Azure SQL Database caused some annoyance over the weekend with admins on the US east coast unable to connect to the service following a network infrastructure power failure.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229436
2023-09-05T04:33:06.00Z
2023-09-05T04:33:06.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
AWS shuts down its first-gen compute and network infrastructure
<h4>The legacy lives on even though EC2-Classic and its flat network are no more</h4> <p>Amazon Web Services has made good on its 2021 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/29/amazon_web_services_ec2_classic_networking/">promise</a> to retire EC2-Classic – the networking construct that underpinned its initial compute infrastructure-as-a-service offering.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229409
2023-09-04T08:30:09.00Z
2023-09-04T11:35:01.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Out with Tech Services 3 and in with Tech Services 4 – UK govt's £12B shopping spree
<h4>Could be among the first to come under new procurement rules next year</h4> <p>The UK government has begun laying the groundwork for new technology buying arrangements which could become the vehicle for up to £12 billion ($15.12 billion) in spending.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229407
2023-09-01T18:03:07.00Z
2023-09-05T15:43:43.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Gartner says hold onto your wallets as SAP's cloud pitch trades control for convenience
<h4>Analyst firm warns that users need to understand what it is they're buying</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> One of SAP's preferred methods for migrating systems to the cloud risks IT departments losing control of operational running costs, Gartner has warned.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229386
2023-08-31T15:30:13.00Z
2023-08-31T15:30:13.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Price rises yet to hit customers, says Salesforce as it raises forecasts
<h4>CRM vendor might find itself pushed to the margins to keep investors happy</h4> <p>Salesforce has posted upbeat results and raised its forecasts for revenue, operating margin, and operating cash flow for next year. But price rises announced earlier this year are yet to affect customers, the CRM giant said.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229375
2023-08-30T23:31:07.00Z
2023-08-31T02:05:26.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Oracle Cloud, Netsuite, and Azure go down, hard, Down Under
<h4>Storm that passed through Sydney saw clouds sleep early and struggle to wake up</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Oracle, Netsuite, and Microsoft's clouds have gone down, hard, in the Sydney, Australia, region likely due to an issue at a datacenter provider in which both are tenants.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229308
2023-08-29T09:30:09.00Z
2023-08-29T18:29:00.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Southern Water to drink up tech deals worth up to £358M
<h4>Wide-ranging procurements hint at prospect of SAP ERP system replacement</h4> <p>Southern Water — the £792 million ($996 million) UK utility business — is on the hunt for technology suppliers to take part in a £358 million ($450 million) framework deal which includes help selecting and implementing a replacement for its current SAP ERP system.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229312
2023-08-25T20:46:08.00Z
2023-08-25T20:46:08.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Amazon Linux 2023 virtual machine images still MIA
<h4>Enterprise Linux users question web giant's commitment to hybrid cloud</h4> <p>When Amazon Linux 2023 was released on March 15, it was supposed to be offered as a virtual machine image that organizations could run on their own servers.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229307
2023-08-25T16:30:10.00Z
2023-08-25T16:30:10.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
US Republican party's spam filter lawsuit against Google dimissed
<h4>Argument that Mountain View is politically biased against RNC 'pure speculation,' says judge</h4> <p>The Republican National Committee's attempt to hold Google accountable for sending its emails to Gmail's spam folder have failed, with a federal judge in California dismissing the conservative political group's lawsuit yesterday. …</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229288
2023-08-25T11:02:13.00Z
2023-08-25T11:02:13.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Microsoft still prohibits Google or Alibaba from running O365 Windows Apps
<h4>Almost a month after AWS concession, Redmond keeping mum on reason for locking rivals out</h4> <p>Customers and sellers of virtual desktop infrastructure remain frustrated that Microsoft continues to lock out Google and Alibaba from running Office 365 Windows Apps on their cloud platforms, weeks after Redmond made concessions for AWS.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story228988
2023-08-08T09:33:05.00Z
2023-08-08T09:33:05.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
S/4HANA was once the future for SAP – but now it's in the clouds
<h4>Midway through upgrade projects, users are struggling to understand the change of heart</h4> <p>In 2020, global ERP giant SAP <a target="_blank" href="https://news.sap.com/2020/02/sap-s4hana-maintenance-2040-clarity-choice-sap-business-suite-7/">offered</a> to provide "clarity and choice" on the future of its core platform, vital to the operations of a huge number of large organizations when it extended support for flagship product S/4HANA until 2040.…</p>
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2023-08-03T04:35:33.00Z
2023-08-07T20:18:21.00Z
Simon Sharwood
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AWS is running a 96-core, 192-thread, custom Xeon server
<h4>Amid all the Graviton chat, cloud colossus still has a soft spot for Chipzilla</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Amazon Web Services has started offering a cloudy server packing a custom fourth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor and boasting 96 cores or 192 vCPUs.…</p>
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2023-08-02T14:51:18.00Z
2023-08-02T14:51:18.00Z
Paul Kunert
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Microsoft concession: You can run our wares in AWS virtual desktop under 'revised policy'
<h4>Interest from antitrust regulators spurred action? Still a pricey option, says analyst, and change doesn't help Google or Alibaba customers</h4> <p>Microsoft is making a minor concession that allows customers with specific licenses to run Office wares in an AWS cloud – a week after Europe's competition regulators decided to officially probe its biz policies and practices.…</p>