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Amazon Posts Annual Loss Amid Restructuring
Worse than anticipated earnings for Amazon on Thursday, amid difficulties after pandemic boom and 18,000 job losses
UK Watchdog Opens Investigation Of $61bn Broadcom-VMware Buy
After initial review of Broadcom’s $61 billion (£51bn) acquisition of VMware, UK regulator confirms phase 1 investigation
LastPass Owner GoTo Confirms Hackers Stole Customers’ Backups
It gets worse. Confirmation from LastPass owner GoTo that hackers stole encrypted backups and encryption key for portion of them
Microsoft Investigates Outage With Teams, Outlook
Thousands of users are reporting problems accessing Microsoft services on Wednesday, as firm says it is investigating
Microsoft To Cut Thousands Of Jobs – Report
Software giant Microsoft said to be finalising plans to axe 11,000 positions, in latest job cull in tech industry
Microsoft To Acquire 4 Percent Of London Stock Exchange In Cloud Deal
Ten year cloud data deal between LSE and American software giant, sees Microsoft acquire 4 percent of equity stake in UK bourse
Amazon Pauses Corporate Workforce Hiring
Weeks after it paused hiring for corporate retail jobs, Amazon extends hiring freeze for roles across its corporate workforce
Microsoft Extends Free Tech Support For Ukraine
Software giant Microsoft confirms it will extend its technology support for Ukraine free of charge throughout 2023, amid the Russian invasion
UKCloud Placed Into ‘Compulsory Liquidation’
Public-sector cloud provider UKCloud and parent Virtual Infrastructure Group has been forced into compulsory liquidation
Microsoft Shares Sink After Weak Forecast
Enterprise software giant Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations, but shares fell as it issued weak guidance for the coming quarter
Amazon, Microsoft, Google Face UK Cloud Services Probe
Ofcom confirms it will examine the role of Amazon, Microsoft and Google, which dominate the cloud services market
Rivals Slam Microsoft Over Licence Change
Cloud rivals AWS and Google hit out at Microsoft's changes to its licence agreements, calling them anti competitive and not fair to customers
Druva Touts $10m SaaS Data Protection Guarantee
With cloud adoption increasing amid ongoing risks of cyberattacks on customer data, Druva offers a $10m protection guarantee
Microsoft Q4 Profits From Cloud Growth, But Misses Forecasts
Windows and Xbox declines for Microsoft, which blames economic turmoil as its strong furth quarter earnings misses some analyst forecasts
Google Data Centre In London Outage Blamed On Cooling Failure
As the UK temperature soared to a record high on Tuesday, a cooling failure resulted in an outage at a Google data centre in London
Google Cloud Adopts ARM-based Chips
Bad news for Intel, AMD? Google Cloud unit has begun offering virtual machines (VMs) based on chip designs from the UK's ARM Holdings
Netflix Partners Microsoft For Cheaper Subscription Plan…With Adverts
Streaming giant Netflix has partnered up with Microsoft for a cheaper consumer subscription plan, that will feature adverts
Nearly All UK Businesses Experience Security Incident – Barracuda
In the past year, 98 percent of UK business experienced a security incident, new report from Barracuda Networks has discovered
Microsoft Slashes Russia Operations, Axes 400 Staff
Software giant Microsoft is “significantly” scaling down its operations in Russia, but will continue to fulfil contractual obligations
Broadcom Confirms VMware Acquisition For $61 Billion
Entry into cloud infrastructure software for US chip firm Broadcom after it confirms reports it will acquire VMware for $61 billion
BT Opts For AWS As Cloud Provider To Assist In IT Transformation
BT’s digital unit signs five-year deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS), as it transitions its legacy infrastructure and apps to cloud-first architecture
Amazon Posts First Net Loss Since 2015, Amid Challenging Market
Disappointing results from Amazon with first loss since 2015, as inflation, fuel and warehouse costs and supply chain turmoil take their toll
SAP Confirms Complete Withdrawal From Russia
German software giant SAP officially confirms it will exit the Russian market, because of its illegal and brutal invasion of Ukraine
SAP Mulling Total Russian Withdrawal – Report
Co-founder of German software giant cites actions of not just Vladimir Putin, but also supporters among Russian population, amid withdrawal consideration
Microsoft Faces EU Antitrust Questions Over Cloud Business – Report
European Commission reportedly begins questioning Microsoft customers and rivals about Azure business and licensing deals
Pentagon’s JEDI Contract Successor, JWCC, Delayed Until December
Yet another cloud contract delay. US DoD delays its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract from April until December
Nebulon Touts Rapid Ransomware Recovery Solution
Combined server and storage system from Nebulon is claimed to deliver a four minute ransomware recovery solution for businesses
Most IT Bosses View Skills Gap As ‘Urgent Concern’
Research from Cloudreach shows clear majority of IT managers are very worried about the ongoing digital skills gap, which is hampering cloud transformations
ExtraHop Adds AI To Bolster Threat Detection For AWS
ExtraHop's Reveal(x) 360 product now utilises AI for network telemetry analysis, to better defend and secure Amazon Web Services (AWS)