Cloud Services

Akash Systems wins $27 mn contract from NxtGen to provide cooling servers

Deal will help NxtGen in providing energy-efficient AI computing solutions

Microsoft faces legal action in Britain over cloud computing licences

Microsoft in 2020 introduced new licence fees for running its software on major cloud providers

RBI to launch cloud services in 2025 to challenge global firm dominance

The burgeoning cloud services market in Asia's third largest economy was estimated at $8.3 billion in 2023 and is expected to grow to $24.2 billion by 2028

India's significance for SAP's business is massive: Muhammad Alam

He talks about engineering, artificial intelligence (AI) and Indian talent

Amazon to invest $1.3 bn in Italy data centre biz to boost cloud services

The investment would support up to 5,500 jobs through 2029 across the AWS data centre supply chain, the company said in a statement

Google Cloud, Wipro partner to use Gemini Code Assist to boost productivity

Google Cloud on Thursday said it has partnered with IT firm Wipro to integrate Gemini Code Assist into the latter's development workflows. Gemini Code Assist is an AI-powered collaborator that helps developers write, review, and debug code more efficiently. This collaboration will enhance developer productivity, improve code quality, and encourage innovation, a company statement said. "At Wipro we are using conversational AI/Gen AI technology to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of the work done by associates on an individual basis. Tools like Google Cloud's Gemini Code Assist will significantly enhance first party productivity among our developers enabling them to deliver higher quality solutions more efficiently," Wipro Limited Chief Information Officer Anup Purohit said. Integrating Gemini Code Assist will accelerate development cycles, reduce errors, and enable developers to focus on higher-level problem-solving, the statement said.

KPMG India ties up with Zscaler to help organisations deal with cyber risks

KPMG India-Zscaler alliance will offer broad security services to help organisations understand and effectively manage cyber threats, unique to their businesses

Subdued discretionary spending to hit India's IT services growth: Report

The latest Fitch Ratings report says that the long-term growth of India's IT services sector will be supported by client spending on digital transformation, cloud migration, and AI

Microsoft reports outage of some office applications, cloud services

Users may be either unable to access the apps, or experience worsened connection or performance, the company said in a message to customers

Google deal for cyber firm Wiz would bolster cloud security offerings

Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire Wiz, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday, in an up to $23 bn deal that would be Google's most expensive acquisition

Soon, you can transfer photos directly from Google to Apple's cloud storage

While the option to transfer images from Apple's iCloud to Google Photos has been available for some time, Google and Apple have collaborated to offer the service other way round

Eton Solutions launches ERP platform for family office wealth mgmt in India

Onboards the Infosys family office - Catamaran as its first customer in India

AI in India gets a boost as Microsoft, Amazon invest billions in data infra

Microsoft has pledged $3.7 bn to build data centres in Telangana, while Amazon plans to invest $12.7 bn in Cloud infrastructure in India

NIC hires Yotta Infrastructure to manage its data centre in Delhi

Yotta is building a data centre at the NIC's site in the city. This is expected to be completed in three to four months, said a source privy to the development

AI, cloud, and super app: Adani group looks to bet big on technology

At present, the Adani Group operates across multiple sectors such as energy and utilities, transportation, and logistics, among others

India's Cloud expenditure lags behind global average despite AI push

The data says India's revenues from cloud should hit $9.9 billion in 2024, accounting for 1.4 per cent of the global

China's Baidu tops quarterly revenue estimates on ad recovery, cloud demand

Baidu has recently intensified its efforts to boost sales from its AI-related products and services

Amazon breaks Europe's 5G telecoms market through Telefonica cloud deal

The move by the subsidiary of Spanish group Telefonica is a global first where an existing mobile operator is switching its core network to a public cloud

Amazon Web Services owes $525 mn in cloud-storage patent fight: US jury

Chicago-based Kove sued Amazon in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2018

2024 a pivotal yr for trust in AI's positive potential: IBM's Rishi Aurora

AURORA talks about the growth drivers, the relevance of partnerships, and the potential of artificial intelligence