March 26, 2024
Via: CIO DiveAWS loosened its cloud discount pricing restrictions, offering customers who purchase cloud discount Savings Plans a seven-day window to apply for credits and refunds, the company said Monday. The move will provide customers who previously had no way to back […]
March 21, 2024
Via: TechRadarAccording to an exclusive VentureBeat report, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Accenture, and AI startup Anthropic are forming a partnership aimed at facilitating the responsible integration of custom AI models. Together, the three companies hope to target some of the most […]
March 6, 2024
Via: Network WorldAmazon Web Services (AWS) has decided to waive data transfer fees for enterprise customers moving their business to another cloud provider. Google made a similar announcement in January. “Starting today, we’re waiving data transfer out to the internet (DTO) charges […]
February 29, 2024
Via: Network WorldMicrosoft, Google, AWS, and Meta will collectively account for over 60% of global demand for high-end AI servers in 2024, according to a report from Trendforce. Microsoft will account for 20.2% of the demand, followed by Google at 16.6%, AWS […]
February 21, 2024
Via: CIO DiveCloud’s power to digitally transform business comes with a major caveat: access to practically unlimited compute can be a budget buster. Despite a broad enterprise push to optimize spending and commitments from AWS and other major providers to help, cloud […]
February 16, 2024
Via: CIO DiveTech vendors have poured billions into their AI initiatives, prioritizing the technology across product roadmaps. But it’s a fruitless effort if enterprises won’t jump on board, which puts pressure on vendors to clear adoption roadblocks. As companies deployed new AI-powered […]
February 2, 2024
Via: CIO DiveAWS focused on helping customers optimize cloud spend last year to mitigate the impact of a slowing economy. Cloud revenue growth, which grew 29% year over year in 2022, experienced a corresponding drop. A more favorable macro outlook coupled with […]
January 23, 2024
Via: Network WorldAmazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its online marketplace to allow the sale of third-party professional services, making it a one-stop-shop for not only software and applications to run on its cloud but also managed services and other offerings to […]
January 23, 2024
Via: InfoWorldOracle’s recent updates to its OCI Generative AI Service, which competes with similar services from rivals AWS, Microsoft, and Google, makes it more attuned towards the future need of enterprises, analysts say. But Oracle may be far behind rivals in […]
January 19, 2024
Via: Network WorldAmazon Web Services (AWS) on Friday said it is committing about $15.24 billion to expand its cloud infrastructure in Japan by 2027 in order to meet growing customer demand for its cloud services, including generative AI. The company made its […]
January 12, 2024
Via: Computer WeeklyAmazon Web Services (AWS) looks set to make more money on three multi-million pound government contracts that went live on the same day in December 2023 than it has previously amassed through its decade-long involvement with the G-Cloud procurement framework. […]
January 4, 2024
Via: Network WorldHaving just returned from a hectic AWS re:Invent 2023, where generative AI was front and center of many company announcements, technical sessions, and continued hype, there were also more pragmatic questions that attendees were asking us during the event such […]
Deployment Models, Public Cloud
December 21, 2023
Via: CIOFor many organizations, regardless of size or industry, the public cloud has become an essential resource for critical operations. One reason is that public cloud has proven to be 40x more cost-effective. 1 Moreover, the public cloud is easy to […]
December 20, 2023
Via: Computer WeeklyThe past 12 months have proven to be a testing time for the hyperscale cloud giants, with many of them reporting uncharacteristically downbeat financial results, bucking the trend of year-on-year double-digit growth rates. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are […]
December 18, 2023
Via: Cloud TweaksThe big cloud service providers are moving into AI – and this has some folks sounding the alarm. The narrative is that when businesses embrace the AI capabilities of AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, they are handing over even […]
December 13, 2023
Via: TechRadarThe recent AWS re:Invent 2023 event was, unsurprisingly, dominated by AI and machine learning, with the company unveiling a host of new products and updated services aimed at helping customers get the most out of the nascent technology. Amazon Web […]
December 12, 2023
Via: CIOOracle on Wednesday said it is opening a second cloud region in Chile as part of ongoing efforts to expand its global cloud footprint to compete with the larger rivals including AWS, Microsoft, and Google. The second region will be […]
December 7, 2023
Via: Computer WeeklyThe Home Office’s mega £450m public cloud hosting contract with Amazon Web Services (AWS) is concerning public sector market watchers as more details emerge about the contract’s content and how it was arranged. The three-year contract commenced on Friday 1 […]
December 7, 2023
Via: InfoWorldOne big advantage of developing cloud native applications is that you can often leave all the tedious infrastructure work to someone else. Why build and manage a server when all you need is a simple function or a basic service? […]
November 30, 2023
Via: Network WorldCloud expertise continues to be in high demand and attract the highest compensation. Networking and security credentials are also financially fruitful, according to Skillsoft’s ranking of the 20 top-paying IT certifications going into 2024. At number one on this year’s […]