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Chinese cloud providers are progressively expanding their presence in the Middle East, challenging the dominance of established US tech companies by aligning more closely with local government priorities and regulations. While Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle have operated regional data centres for several years, companies like Huawei, Alibaba, and Tencent are gaining traction through targeted … Read more

Amazon’s first-quarter results showed a slower pace of growth in its AWS cloud computing business, compared to expectations and to recent gains reported by competitors. CNBC reported that AWS’s revenue increased 16.9% year over year to $29.27 billion, just under forecasts that predicted 17.4% growth and $30.9 billion in sales. The shortfall marked the slowest … Read more

Organisations in Singapore are reporting a sharp rise in cyberattacks and cybersecurity concerns, according to new research from Rubrik Zero Labs. In its latest report, The State of Data Security in 2025: A Distributed Crisis, Rubrik found that 91% of IT and security leaders experienced cyberattacks over the past year, highlighting growing concerns around hybrid … Read more

BNP Paribas is expanding its use of IBM Cloud, and has plans to dedicate a new section of its data centres to the platform by 2028. The move builds on a collaboration that began in 2019 when the bank began hosting IBM Cloud infrastructure on its facilities to support wider digital transformation efforts. The upcoming … Read more

Microsoft is preparing to run Elon Musk’s Grok AI model on its cloud platform Azure, according to a source familiar with the company’s internal discussions, as reported by The Verge. Engineers at Microsoft have been directed to ready the company’s infrastructure in case a deal with Musk’s xAI moves forward. The Grok model would likely … Read more

Independent analyst and consultancy firm Omdia has released its market radar paper, exploring the sovereign cloud market and how cloud service providers (CSPs) responded to the trend. The 2025 IT Enterprise Insights study analysed the top five Western public cloud providers – AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, and Oracle – and discovered they make up 86% … Read more

HYCU has announced Resiliency Shield (R-Shield), a cyber resilience feature of its Data Resiliency Cloud (R-Cloud™) data protection platform to improve anomaly and ransomware detection, and offer instant recovery. The company puts the figure of unmanaged data proportions in many companies as high as 60%, surmising that there are, by dint of being unmanaged assets, … Read more

There is a sense of urgency in Europe to re-imagine the status quo and reshape technology infrastructures. Timed to harness Europe’s innovative push comes GITEX EUROPE x Ai Everything (21-23 May, Messe Berlin). The world’s third largest economy and host nation for GITEX EUROPE x Ai Everything, Germany’s role as the European economic and technology … Read more

An OpenAI executive said the company would consider acquiring Google’s Chrome browser if regulators force Alphabet to sell it as part of efforts to boost competition in search, according to Reuters. Nick Turley, head of product for ChatGPT, made the comment during Google’s antitrust trial in Washington, where the US Department of Justice is pressing … Read more

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging organisations and individuals to take precautions amid concerns about a potential compromise involving a legacy Oracle cloud environment. In an alert issued Wednesday, CISA acknowledged ongoing reports of suspicious activity targeting Oracle customers. While the full scope of the threat remains unclear, the agency flagged … Read more