Cloud stories
Power shortages and grid delays are now threatening UK data centre expansion as AI workloads push electricity demand higher.
Boards face mounting pressure to prove AI and automation improve service, resilience and compliance as Manchester Tech Week opens in Manchester Central.
Concern over vendor lock-in is driving a global surge in open source adoption, with European organisations leading the shift to digital autonomy.
The software targets rising costs and complexity as organisations shift from training to always-on AI inference in production.
Most firms cannot tell AI agent activity from human use, leaving access controls strained as autonomous software spreads across production systems.
Tax teams using the platform can now get regulatory answers, error fixes and early risk alerts, with human approval still required.
Security teams are being given earlier warning of employee-built AI agents that could expose data, credentials and internal systems.
The acquisition gives customers a single platform for live transactions, analytics and vector search as database vendors chase AI workloads.
The funding will speed Rocketlane’s overseas push and deepen its AI tools as enterprise demand grows for services teams that can deliver AI rollouts.
Banks and fintechs are increasingly using payments data for fraud checks and rewards as Spade expands its merchant-matching platform with fresh funding.
Retailers could cut stock-receiving errors and save time as Lightspeed rolls out a beta AI tool that turns supplier slips into draft orders.
Businesses can now build governed AI assistants and use 12 pre-built planning apps across finance, supply chain and workforce management.
Expel unveils managed SIEM for Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk, embedding its engineers to tune detections and cut operational overheads.
DE-CIX has begun offering Google peering at its São Paulo and Rio exchanges, giving Brazilian ISPs direct local access to Google services.
Oracle unveils 22 agentic AI apps for Fusion Cloud, aiming to automate core business workflows and embed decision-making into enterprise systems.
Zoom says APAC small firms are moving AI from pilots to daily workflows, boosting productivity while trying to avoid new complexity.
Tata Communications has unveiled a self-healing global data centre connectivity platform, promising 99.99% uptime and up to 30% cost savings.
Google folds Wiz into its cloud security arm and launches AI-driven tools to counter rapidly evolving, automated cyber threats.
The deal should sharpen Avison Young's digital operations and give CGI a wider role across the adviser’s international workplace estate.
The 6.5 MW expansion will give Canadian customers more sovereign AI compute as demand for domestic data residency grows.
