Cloud Computing

Alibaba scraps plans to hive off cloud business amid growing chip uncertainties

The unexpected decision to abandon plans to hive off the cloud computing business led to a $20 billion decline in Alibaba Group’s market value on Friday, as its shares fell 10% in Hong Kong.

By Gagandeep Kaur

Nov 17, 20234 mins

Technology IndustryCloud Computing

IDC: SD-WAN adoption gets a boost from cloud connectivity requirements, SASE appeal

By Michael Cooney

Sep 28, 20237 mins

Cisco SystemsHPESD-WAN

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IDC: Server and storage price hikes fueled cloud infrastructure growth

Spending on compute and storage products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments, climbed nearly 15% in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC.

By Andy Patrizio

Jul 18, 2023 4 mins

Cloud Computing

Akamai opens new data centers in push to public cloud

Aiming for more public cloud customers, Akamai opens three new data center POPs and plans more to come.

By Jon Gold

Jul 14, 2023 3 mins

AkamaiCloud StorageCloud Computing

HPE announces a cloud service for large language models

HPE's GreenLake for Large Language Models is supported by HPE supercomputers and AI software hosted in the cloud with LLM provided by a partner.

By Andy Patrizio

Jun 21, 2023 4 mins

Generative AICloud Computing

IBM touts error mitigation for greater quantum computing performance

Eliminating quantum noise will significantly advance the technology for future applications, IBM says.

By Michael Cooney

Jun 15, 2023 5 mins

Cloud Computing

AWS customers struggle for hours after a major outage

The company’s contact handling department also bore the brunt of the outage in its US-East-1 region, which affected at least 104 AWS services.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 14, 2023 2 mins

AWS LambdaCloud Computing

Cisco extends observability platform with formal launch at Cisco Live 2023

Its Full-Stack Observability Platform correlates data from application, networking, infrastructure, security, and cloud systems to streamline troubleshooting and optimize performance.

By Michael Cooney

Jun 08, 2023 4 mins

Cisco SystemsCloud ManagementNetwork Management Software

Cisco vision takes networking to the cloud in a big way

Cisco Networking Cloud will integrate multiple software and cloud offerings to intelligently manage and control all aspects of networking from a central location.

By Michael Cooney

Jun 06, 2023 7 mins

Network SwitchesCisco SystemsCloud Management

Microsoft's first cloud region in Italy launched in Lombardy

The new cloud region, which will have three data centers, is expected to contribute about $22.95 billion to the Italian economy over the next four years.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 06, 2023 2 mins

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Google Cloud can tie together enterprise multicloud resources

Google’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect can link customer workloads in Google Cloud to customer networks within Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or Alibaba.

By Michael Cooney

May 31, 2023 3 mins

GoogleHybrid CloudCloud Computing

6 lessons from the Amazon Prime Video serverless vs. monolith flap

Prime Video developers fine-tuned their microservices architecture to address underlying issues that enlisting network expertise might have caught earlier.

By Neal Weinberg

May 31, 2023 9 mins

Cloud ComputingNetworking

Microsoft integrates Nvidia's AI Enterprise Suite with Azure Machine Learning

The integration of Nvidia’s software suite will further help enterprises build, deploy, and manage applications based on large language models.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 23, 2023 2 mins

Generative AIMicrosoft AzureNvidia

Ethernet turns 50, but its voyage has only begun

With the tech world celebrating Ethernet's 50th anniversary this week, the technology is adapting to evolving network demands as varied as AI, distributed computing, and virtual reality.

By Michael Cooney

May 22, 2023 8 mins

Network SwitchesWi-FiCloud Computing