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Oracle Database@Azure Adds New Regions
Oracle Database@Azure is now generally available in South America for the first time with the Brazil South region and continues to expand in Europe with Italy North. Oracle Database@Azure is now generally available in nine regions across the world with an additional 24 more regions planned by the end of 2025. With the addition of Brazil South and Italy North, Oracle Database@Azure is now available...
Nokia Signs Multi-Billion USD Extension Deal With Bharti Airtel
Nokia has been awarded a multi-year, multi-billion USD extension deal by Bharti Airtel to deploy 4G and 5G equipment across key Indian cities and states. As per the contract, Nokia will deploy equipment from its cutting-edge 5G AirScale portfolio including base stations, baseband units and the latest generation of Massive MIMO radios, all powered by its energy-efficient ReefShark System-on-Chip te...
Gcore And Ezditek Launch Joint Venture For AI In KSA
Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, and Ezditek, an innovator in data center and digital infrastructure services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), have launched a joint venture focused on providing high-performance AI infrastructure in the KSA. The joint venture will develop an ‘AI factory’, which can be used for building, training, and deplo...
Rubrik Unveils New Cyber Resilience Solution For Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
Rubrik has announced a new cyber resilience solution for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage. As organisations become increasingly dependent on the cloud, there is an inherent risk of security blind spots and vulnerable sensitive data. Rubrik brings cyber posture and cyber recovery to provide Microsoft Azure Blob Storage customers further visibility into their cloud data, enabling business agility and re...
Pure Storage Launches GenAI Pod
Pure Storage has announced the expansion of its AI solutions with the new Pure Storage GenAI Pod, a full-stack solution providing turnkey designs built on the Pure Storage platform. Organizations can use the Pure Storage GenAI Pod to accelerate AI-powered innovation and reduce the time, cost, and specialty technical skills required to deploy generative AI (GenAI) projects. As part of today’s news,...
Global Cloud Spending Grew 21% In Q3 2024
In Q3 2024, global spending on cloud infrastructure services increased by 21% year on year, reaching US$82.0 billion. Customer investment in the hyperscalers’ AI offerings fueled growth, prompting leading cloud vendors to escalate their investments in AI. The rankings of the top three cloud vendors – AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – remained stable from the previous quarter, with these prov...
UAE Data Centre Market To Be Worth $2.64bln
The UAE’s data centre market is projected to grow significantly, reaching AED 9.7 billion ($2.64bln) by 2029, according to Blackridge, a global market research and consulting organisation.
Gartner Announces Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2025
Gartner has announced its list of 10 top strategic technology trends that organizations need to explore in 2025. “This year’s top strategic technology trends span AI imperatives and risks, new frontiers of computing and human-machine synergy,” said Gene Alvarez, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner. “Tracking these trends will help IT leaders shape the future of their organizations with responsible...
Global Public Cloud End-User Spending to Total $723 Billion in 2025: Gartner
Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to total $723.4 billion in 2025, up from $595.7 billion in 2024, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. “The use of AI technologies in IT and business operations is unabatedly accelerating the role of cloud computing in supporting business operations and outcomes,” said Sid Nag, Vice President Analyst at Gartner. “Cloud ...
Endava Launches Dedicated Google Cloud Practice
Following a year of impressive growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Endava has announced the establishment of a dedicated Google Cloud practice in the region. As a fully certified Google Cloud Partner, Endava is now strongly positioned to enable MENA enterprises
Cloudera Launches New AI Assistant
Cloudera has announced Cloudera Copilot for Cloudera AI, introducing secure and intelligent assistant capabilities that help to supercharge productivity and streamline data workflows. Built to meet the needs of data scientists, engineers, and developers, Cloudera Copilot improves reproducibility across projects, ultimately helping to enable enterprises to get trusted data, analytics, and AI applic...
Red Hat Acquires Neural Magic
Red Hat has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Neural Magic, a US based provider in software and algorithms that accelerate generative AI (gen AI) inference workloads. Neural Magic’s expertise in inference performance engineering and commitment to open source aligns with Red Hat’s vision of high-performing AI workloads that directly map to customer-specific use cases and data, anywhere and ...