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AWS re:Invent: Amazon Q Touted As New Business Chatbot
Amazon answer to ChatGPT? Amazon Web Services confirms launch of business focused AI chatbot called Amazon Q
AWS re:Invent: Amazon Announces Two New AI Chips
Amazon Web Services announces the next generation of two AWS-designed chip families, namely the AWS Graviton4 and AWS Trainium2
AWS re:Invent: Amazon Nvidia Expand Collaboration
Amazon Web Services and Nvidia expand partnership with new supercomputing infrastructure, software and services for generative AI
European IT Spending To Grow 9 Percent In 2024, Says Gartner
Gartner forecasts European IT spending to rise next year, with software and IT services segments to see the most growth
Ofcom Refers Cloud Investigation Of Amazon, Microsoft To CMA
AWS tells Silicon UK it disagrees with Ofcom findings, as AWS and Microsoft is referred to CMA watchdog for further investigation
Ofcom To Investigate Amazon, Microsoft Over Cloud Domination – Report
UK regulator is reportedly pushing for an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Microsoft's cloud dominance
Cisco Bolsters Cybersecurity Credentials With Splunk Buy For $28bn
Cisco makes one of its largest ever purchases, acquiring software and cybersecurity firm Splunk for $28 billion
Microsoft Role To Be Investigated After US Government Breach
Investigation into serious breach by China-based hackers of US Government emails, will examine Microsoft's role
Cisco AppDynamics Study Highlights Hybrid Workplace Complexities
Alphabet CFO Steps Aside, As Q2 Profit Beats Expectations
CFO Ruth Porat to take charge of Google's 'Other Bets' portfolio, as second quarter profit beat expectations
Microsoft Signals Heavy AI Spending, Amid Healthy FY23 Results
Software giant beats Wall Street Q4 expectations, as firm details heavy spending to meet demand for AI services
IBM Mulls Use Of AI Chip To Lower Watsonx Cloud Service Cost
In an effort to lower cost of Big Blue's new cloud AI and data platform watson.x, IBM considers use of in-house AI chip
IBM Pays $4.6bn For Apptio To Bolster SaaS Insights
Big Blue opens its wallet to acquire financial and IT management software provider Apptio from venture capital owner
Google Files FTC Cloud Protest Against Microsoft
Cloud battle. Submission made by Google to US antitrust regulator, alleging anti competitive practices by Microsoft Azure
Amazon Web Services Restored After Widespread Outage In US
Outage on Tuesday evening for Amazon Web Services that took down some major websites in the US, has been resolved
Broadcom Offers Remedies To Ease EU Worries Over VMware Deal
US chipmaker Broadcom offers interoperability remedies to address European antitrust concerns over $61bn VMware deal
Microsoft Freezes Salaries, Amid Economic Uncertainty
CEO Satya Nadella informs Microsoft workforce there will be no salary increases in 2023, and executive bonuses will be 'down considerably'
UK’s CMA Blocks Microsoft’s $69bn Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard
Final decision by UK regulator to block Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition, but Microsoft says it will appeal
Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Services Face UK Antitrust Probe
Ofcom proposing to refer UK cloud market and two of its leading service providers to British antitrust watchdog
Amazon Staff Push Back At Return-To-Office Order
Unhappy Amazon staff reportedly taking to internal websites and comms channels to complain about return-to-office order
US DoJ Speeds Up Apple Antitrust Investigation – Report
Department of Justice again reportedly speeds up probe into Apple practices over third party apps and if it favours its own products
Avaya Files For Chapter 11 Protection, Again
Filing for bankruptcy protection will allow cloud comms provider Avaya to reduce its total debt burden to manageable levels
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