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Availability should follow the transaction, not the infrastructure
Disaster Recovery

Availability should follow the transaction, not the infrastructure

Manual recovery still risks missed payments and trades when financial systems fail, as customers care only whether transactions complete.

By Don Boxley • 4 min read • Last month

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KDDI cuts Buffmee AI latency by 38% after overhaul
Generative AI

KDDI cuts Buffmee AI latency by 38% after overhaul

Users of Buffmee will get faster, better grounded answers after KDDI reduced response latency by 38% and improved first-token speed.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 2 days ago
SUSE named Gartner Leader for container management
Software-as-a-Service

SUSE named Gartner Leader for container management

The ranking bolsters SUSE's pitch to businesses wanting one control plane for containers, virtual machines and AI workloads across mixed environments.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 2 days ago
AWS adds Claude Fable 5.1 to Bedrock & AWS platform
Digital Transformation

AWS adds Claude Fable 5.1 to Bedrock & AWS platform

Customers using advanced AI on AWS will face tighter data rules, as Claude Fable 5.1 comes with 30-day retention and safety review.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • 3 days ago
GetGo cuts bug hunts with Datadog monitoring platform
DevOps

GetGo cuts bug hunts with Datadog monitoring platform

Bug hunts at the Singapore car-sharing operator are now 50 to 60 per cent faster, helping engineers spot faults before customers notice them.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
The hidden cost of technical debt in the race to modernise Java applications
DevOps

The hidden cost of technical debt in the race to modernise Java applications

Hidden complexity is slowing Asia Pacific firms' AI and cloud upgrades, as ageing Java estates become harder to maintain and secure.

By Dean Vaughan • 3 min read • Last week
Datadog targets enterprise risk with AI and automation
DevOps

Datadog targets enterprise risk with AI and automation

Australian enterprises are under pressure to tame AI-driven complexity, compliance risk and rising technology costs as Datadog broadens its platform.

By David Shilovsky • 6 min read • Last month
Google unveils Cloud Run instances for always-on AI agents
Software-as-a-Service

Google unveils Cloud Run instances for always-on AI agents

Persistent AI agents can now run for up to seven days on Google Cloud Run instances, with fixed endpoints and no autoscaling.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Grafana Labs tops 10,000 customers as AI demand rises
Software-as-a-Service

Grafana Labs tops 10,000 customers as AI demand rises

Rising AI deployments are helping drive broader platform use, with most customers now buying several Grafana products and costs falling.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last month
Deutsche Bank builds AI resilience platform on Google Cloud
Disaster Recovery

Deutsche Bank builds AI resilience platform on Google Cloud

Banks face tighter scrutiny as Deutsche Bank's Google Cloud-backed system ties resilience tests to live operational data and audit records.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Application modernisation services market set to soar
Private Cloud

Application modernisation services market set to soar

Corporate cloud migration and AI tools are set to drive the application modernisation services market to USD $81.24 billion by 2034.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Google Cloud touts sharded fix for noisy neighbours
Software-as-a-Service

Google Cloud touts sharded fix for noisy neighbours

Shared data platforms could see outages contained to one tenant, as Google Cloud says a new sharded design cuts blast radius and eases scaling.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Target rebuilds product discovery on Google Cloud Spanner
Customer Experience

Target rebuilds product discovery on Google Cloud Spanner

The retailer said the overhaul cut infrastructure maintenance by 50% and improved product recommendations, ratings and Gift Finder responses.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month
Deutsche Bank adopts Google Cloud's Apigee for APIs
Digital Transformation

Deutsche Bank adopts Google Cloud's Apigee for APIs

The bank says a single platform will tighten security, improve resilience and help it support open banking, partners and AI-driven services.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Google Cloud launches AI tools for mainframe migration
Hybrid Cloud

Google Cloud launches AI tools for mainframe migration

Banks and insurers could cut migration risk as Google Cloud's new AI suite maps legacy logic, tests parity and shifts data incrementally.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

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Reclaiming control: why cloud vendor lock-in is back on the CIO agenda
Software-as-a-Service

Reclaiming control: why cloud vendor lock-in is back on the CIO agenda

Budget pressure is forcing CIOs to revisit cloud contracts as exit costs, egress fees and proprietary tools erode promised flexibility.

By DVS Shiv Kumar • 4 min read • Last month
Synextra gains full Microsoft Azure partner status
DevOps

Synextra gains full Microsoft Azure partner status

It strengthens Synextra's appeal to UK firms seeking one provider for cloud migration, app development and data projects across Azure.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month