IDC predicts huge cloud shift
Published in Cloud
Friday, 24 January 2025 09:04

IDC predicts huge cloud shift


More than half of APAC businesses to modernise cloud by 2027

Beancounters at IDC have added up some numbers, divided by their collective shoe size, and concluded that more than 50 per cent of Asia/Pacific businesses will modernise their cloud architectures by 2027.

Escaping VMware's clutches will cost you
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:32

Escaping VMware's clutches will cost you


Gartner warns

According to a new assessment by Gartner, enterprises considering moving away from VMware due to Broadcom's changes should brace themselves for a lengthy, costly, and complex project.

Microsoft suffers from a bad case of two factor ID
Published in Cloud


Office 365 shuttered

Software King of the Word, Microsoft has seen how bad two factor ID systems are in real life.

Microsoft plans to invest  $3 billion in India
Published in Cloud


Cloud and AI services

Software King of the World Microsoft plans to invest $3 billion to expand its artificial intelligence and cloud Azure services in India, turning to the world's most populous nation to fuel its revenue growth engine. 

Amazon claims developers only code for an hour a day
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But it is not really their fault

Amazon Web Services (AWS) claims the average developer spends a mere hour daily writing actual code—barely enough time to decide whether to indent with tabs or spaces.

Wasabi’s predictions for 2025
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Thursday, 12 December 2024 09:25

Wasabi’s predictions for 2025


Cost stability, digital sovereignty, and breaking vendor lock-Ins

Cloudy outfit Wasabi's EMEA Vice President and General Manager Kevin Dunn has been shuffling his Tarot cards and coming up with three predictions for 2025. The predictions focus on how businesses will adapt to economic, technological, and geopolitical challenges in the coming year. 

Vole faces £1 Billion Cloud overcharge case in UK
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Outlook is cloudy

Software King of the World, Microsoft is staring down the barrel of a potential £1 billion payout if a colossal class action lawsuit brought by UK businesses succeeds.

Amazon's Data Centres to become carbon capture machines
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Offsetting the CO2

Amazon’s Web Services are partnering with an AI company to build carbon capture machines, which could mitigate the harmful effects of the colossal energy required to operate them.

Another big customer escapes Broadcom’s clutches
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Cloudy Beeks Group jumps ship

In yet another blow to Broadcom, UK-based cloud operator Beeks Group has decided to defect to the open-source OpenNebula stack.

Microsoft's new mini-PC runs Windows from the cloud
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Thin clients are back

Software King of the World Microsoft is set to launch a purpose-built miniature PC next year that will act as a thin client for its Windows 365 cloud service.