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IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT leaders can balance innovation with sustainability

4 minutes of reading / AI, Cloud, cloud computing, containers, data analytics, edge computing, Google, machine learning, Tech / By

Cloud computing underpins countless applications, services, and company initiatives. However, the environmental footprint of these activities has started to come under scrutiny. Today’s IT leaders find themselves at a crossroads. On one hand they must embrace innovation – which includes using AI, machine learning, and big data analytics – to propel their organisations forward. And…

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Microsoft set to spend more than $13bn on AI and cloud datacentres

3 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, Cloud, cloud computing, Git, GitHub, Intel, Microsoft, Tech / By

Microsoft has reported revenue of $64.7bn for the quarter which ended June 30, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and the company’s platform strategy. Revenue for the full year was $241.bn, which is an increase of 16% compared to 2023. In his prepared remarks, CEO Satya Nadella said: “As a platform company, we are focused on…

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Cloud repatriation: What it is and when you can benefit

5 minutes of reading / AI, Cloud, cloud computing, compliance, Tech / By

The year-on-year (YoY) growth of cloud storage and computing suggests an unstoppable trend of customers that have moved away from owning and running their own datacentres, compute, storage and networking hardware. But although the cloud continues to grow – accounting for as much as 50% of the world’s IT infrastructure – the trend no longer…

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Microsoft and CISPE’s settlement in long-running cloud antitrust dispute proves controversial

7 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Azure, Broadcom, Cloud, cloud computing, compliance, Google, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Tech / By

The Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) trade body stands accused of selling its members down the river, after agreeing a $22m deal to withdraw its long-standing anti-trust complaint against Microsoft. The pair have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that commits Microsoft to making an enhanced version of its Azure Stack HCI offering…

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Microsoft and Google’s GHG emissions gains call viability of net-zero targets into question

9 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, automation, AWS, Azure, ChatGPT, Cloud, cloud computing, Computer, Google, HP, Microsoft, Tech / By

The financial results of the world’s biggest three hyperscale cloud companies have seen Amazon, Google and Microsoft all credit growing customer demand for artificial intelligence (AI) services for boosting their respective profit, revenue and market share totals. The downside to this growth, particularly where Google and Microsoft are concerned, is that it appears to be…

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Security in the public cloud explained: A guide for IT and security admins

6 minutes of reading / agile, AI, Amazon, API, automation, AWS, Azure, business continuity, Cloud, cloud computing, cloud-native, compliance, digital transformation, disaster recovery, Google, Google Cloud, machine learning, microservices, Tech, threat intelligence / By

Who is responsible for security in the public cloud? This is a question businesses need to consider as they increasingly deploy more workloads and use cloud-based IT infrastructure, platform services and applications. In Gartner’s How to make integrated IaaS and PaaS more secure than your own data center report, analysts discuss the benefits of adopting…

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Why on-device AI Is the future of consumer and enterprise applications

8 minutes of reading / AI, ChatGPT, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data privacy, internet of things, machine learning, Meta, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung, Snap, Tech / By

Unless you’re an accountant, the whole end-of-year tax filing can be a nightmare. While you might look forward to your return, you’re probably not too excited about coughing up money to a tax expert or spending a couple of hours filing yourself. But what if the entire process could be completed with a digital assistant…

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AI and outsourcing: What’s the future for relationships and contracts? (Part two)

7 minutes of reading / AI, cloud computing, compliance, digital transformation, GDPR, Intel, machine learning, Tech / By

What follows is based on our combined experience of around 52 years of legal advice to the IT and outsourcing industries, and how we’ve seen outsourcing relationships and agreements develop to accommodate waves of new IT infrastructure, technologies, systems, applications and business processes. We look broadly at the key areas of focus for customers within…

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Microsoft admits no guarantee of sovereignty for UK policing data

13 minutes of reading / Azure, Cloud, cloud computing, compliance, Computer, GDPR, Microsoft, Tech / By

Microsoft has admitted to Scottish policing bodies that it cannot guarantee the sovereignty of UK policing data hosted on its hyperscale public cloud infrastructure, despite its systems being deployed throughout the criminal justice sector.  According to correspondence released by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) under freedom of information (FOI) rules, Microsoft is unable to guarantee…

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Digital leaders spending more on tech for efficiency gains

3 minutes of reading / AI, cloud computing, machine learning, Square, Tech / By

In spite of slow economic growth, few tech leaders will be reducing their IT budgets over the next 12 months, the Nash Squared digital leadership report pulse survey has revealed. The report, which forms part of a larger annual survey of technology leaders, took in the views of 322 digital leaders, exploring factors that may…

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