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Argyll launches UK sovereign AI cloud for organisations
Private Cloud

Argyll launches UK sovereign AI cloud for organisations

UK organisations can now keep sensitive AI workloads onshore as Argyll’s new cloud aims to ease compliance, trust and energy concerns.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

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Backbase & Atos team up on AI-led banking modernisation
Data Protection

Backbase & Atos team up on AI-led banking modernisation

Banks in tightly regulated markets will get help modernising systems without surrendering data control, compliance or operational resilience.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Today
Boomi & Red Hat team up for agentic AI stack
Data Protection

Boomi & Red Hat team up for agentic AI stack

The tie-up aims to help large companies run AI agents securely at scale, while keeping data, governance and spending under tighter control.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Today
Rafay wins NVIDIA AI Cloud-Ready validation for AI clouds
Data centers

Rafay wins NVIDIA AI Cloud-Ready validation for AI clouds

Cloud operators can now sell AI infrastructure with validated software controls, as Rafay joins an early NVIDIA-approved group for production deployments.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today
SecurEnvoy appoints Giuseppe Sesta to drive Western Europe
Data Protection

SecurEnvoy appoints Giuseppe Sesta to drive Western Europe

Tighter EU compliance rules are driving demand for access controls as the security supplier expands its regional sales push across Western Europe.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today
Governments eye agentic AI as security worries persist
Data Protection

Governments eye agentic AI as security worries persist

Governments are weighing agentic AI to ease staffing pressure, but most leaders want stronger security and sovereignty safeguards before scaling up.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday
Asia Pacific governments boost sovereign AI priorities
Hybrid Cloud

Asia Pacific governments boost sovereign AI priorities

Fewer than 1 in 20 governments have made major investment, even as concerns over resilience and security push sovereign AI up the agenda.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Yesterday
Amazon Web Services & Versent sign five-year AI pact
DevOps

Amazon Web Services & Versent sign five-year AI pact

Customers in regulated sectors will get faster AI roll-outs as the pact ties cloud migration, connectivity and sovereignty controls into one offer.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 2 days ago
Cloudera hackathon highlights enterprise AI data challenges
Data Protection

Cloudera hackathon highlights enterprise AI data challenges

Only seven per cent of organisations are data ready, raising doubts over whether enterprise AI can move from prototypes to production.

By David Shilovsky • 5 min read • 3 days ago
Vultr, SUSE & Supermicro team up for AI edge cloud
Virtualisation

Vultr, SUSE & Supermicro team up for AI edge cloud

Enterprises running AI across multiple sites may cut latency and costs as the partners link cloud, edge hardware and Kubernetes management.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
BT & STACKIT link networks for sovereign cloud access
Data Protection

BT & STACKIT link networks for sovereign cloud access

Multinational groups in Europe will gain private links to an EU-based cloud, reducing exposure to public internet routes and sovereignty risks.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
OVHcloud opens first Asia Pacific local zone in Auckland
Storage

OVHcloud opens first Asia Pacific local zone in Auckland

Businesses in New Zealand and Australia can now keep cloud data local as OVHcloud brings lower latency and residency compliance to Auckland.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week
amazee.ai launches managed OpenClaw hosting platform
Virtualisation

amazee.ai launches managed OpenClaw hosting platform

It could ease compliance and data residency worries for firms that want to run OpenClaw agents without managing infrastructure themselves.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week
Commvault posts record cash flow as SaaS revenue jumps
Data Protection

Commvault posts record cash flow as SaaS revenue jumps

Strong recurring revenue growth lifted Commvault’s full-year sales to USD $1.184 billion, while SaaS jumped 52% and cash flow hit a record.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week
Cyber sovereignty - Do we need to wrestle back control from the tech titans?
Data Protection

Cyber sovereignty - Do we need to wrestle back control from the tech titans?

UK businesses face a growing data security dilemma as US laws can force American tech giants to hand over customer information.

By Simon Chassar • 5 min read • Last month

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Rackspace and AMD unveil enterprise AI cloud tie-up
Private Cloud

Rackspace and AMD unveil enterprise AI cloud tie-up

Regulated businesses could gain a governed private AI stack as Rackspace plans to add AMD chips to its managed cloud offering.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week
Vertical Data opens New Delhi office for India AI push
Hyperscale

Vertical Data opens New Delhi office for India AI push

Demand for AI computing in India is outpacing domestic finance and data centre capacity, opening space for new entrants to move quickly.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week