VMware and industry leaders collaborate to accelerate adoption of confidential computing

VMware has joined forces with AMD, Samsung, and members of the RISC-V Keystone community to simplify the development and operations of confidential computing applications. These industry and community leaders will work together to ease the transition to practical confidential computing by collaborating on and contributing to the open source Certifier Framework for Confidential Computing project.  … … Read more

Rackspace Technology partners with Google Cloud to offer generative AI services

Rackspace Technology, and end-to-end, multicloud solutions company, has extended its partnership with Google Cloud. Foundry for Generative AI by Rackspace (FAIR) for Google Cloud is dedicated to accelerating the secure, responsible, and sustainable adoption of generative AI solutions in enterprises across all industries. “This partnership is a force multiplier to accelerate the pragmatic and secure… … Read more

Gcore launches UK-based AI cloud cluster

Gcore, an international cloud and edge solutions provider, has opened an AI Cloud cluster in Newport, Wales. Built with Graphcore’s innovative IPUs, it provides even the smallest companies with access to enterprise-scale IT resources, democratising opportunities for AI development across the UK and Europe. The opening of the new cluster in Newport marks the third… … Read more

Colt expands cloud voice services with Genesys, Twilio and Zoom

Colt Technology Services (Colt) the digital infrastructure company, has expanded its Colt Intelligent Communication services (CIC) portfolio to meet growing demand from customers requiring agile, cloud-based global voice solutions. New Colt Cloud SIP is a flexible service which seamlessly connects across the Colt IQ network to platforms from leading communication service providers (CSPs) including Genesys, Twilio and Zoom.… … Read more

Google Cloud launches AI-powered anti-money laundering product

Google Cloud has unveiled its Anti Money Laundering AI (AML AI), an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered product designed to help global financial institutions more effectively and efficiently detect money laundering.  Money laundering is a complex problem with a growing global impact. The amount of money laundered each year is estimated to be 2-5% of global GDP,… … Read more

Oracle partners with AMD to create faster, low-cost cloud compute

To make it easier for organisations to balance price and performance in their cloud environments and reduce costs, Oracle plans to make available new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute E5 instances with 4th generation AMD EPYC processors. Unlike other cloud providers’ rigid instance options that bind organisations to paying more for unused computing resources, flexible instances from OCI allow… … Read more

71% of employees want to work a hybrid or remote schedule of their choice

Ivanti, the provider of the Ivanti Neurons automation platform that discovers, manages, secures, and services IT assets from cloud to edge, has revealed the results of its 2023 Report: Elevating the Future of Everywhere Work. Ivanti collaborated with ‘Future of Work’ experts and surveyed 8,400 office workers, IT professionals and C-level executives across the globe… … Read more

HCLTech and Google Cloud expand partnership on generative AI

HCLTech, a specialist global technology company, and Google Cloud have expanded their strategic partnership to help enterprises leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) and develop joint solutions powered by Google Cloud’s generative AI technologies. HCLTech is actively using Google Cloud’s large language models (LLMs) to develop generative AI capabilities for its clients across three core domains:… … Read more

UK and Ireland CIOs prioritise cloud investment despite macro headwinds 

Cloud remains a long-term investment priority for 60% of major corporations in the UK and Ireland, despite current macro headwinds and the recent slowing of growth of global cloud providers. This is according to Tata Consultancy Services’ latest survey of senior business leaders worldwide, ‘Connected Future: How Cloud Drives Business Innovation’. The global survey of… … Read more