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UK regulator launches antitrust probe into Microsoft and Amazon cloud services
High switching fees, technical restrictions on interoperability, and committed spend discounts offered by cloud providers are outlined as concerns by communications regulator Ofcom.
Microsoft puts its Cloud for Sovereignty in public preview
The company plans to make Cloud for Sovereignty generally available in December.
Nvidia’s French offices raided for anti-competitive practices: Report
While France’s competition watchdog did not confirm the identity of the entity being investigated, it said that the raids were conducted in the graphics cards sector.
Wi-Fi 7 could make thin clients much more viable
The days when bandwidth and networking issues could hold back thin client devices may be over — thanks to Wi-Fi 7.
Microsoft blames Aussie data center outage on staff strength, failed automation
The outage that occurred on August 30 led to downtime in Azure services pertaining to APIs, databases, and applications.
Microsoft, Amazon go head-to-head on genAI in the cloud — here’s who’ll win
Both tech bigwigs are making a play for customers with genAI tools running in the cloud. But one company has a natural advantage.
Managed Apple IDs, iCloud, and the shadow IT connection
Apple's expansion of managed IDs for business users opens the door to helpful features such as iCloud backup and syncing — but beware of increased data sprawl and siloes.
Microsoft wants you to pay for Windows from the cloud — good luck with that
Windows can sometimes be glitchy. Windows in the cloud would be worse, especially for anyone who doesn't have their own IT desk.
UK regulator refers cloud infrastructure market for investigation
Three months after the UK regulator announced its concerns around the market dominance of AWS and Microsoft, it's asking for an investigation to take place in order to improve the market for customers.
Annual public cloud revenue reaches half a trillion dollars
Worldwide spending on public cloud services reached $545.8 billion in 2022, new data from IDC says.
The EU Data Act is a lot bigger than iCloud
The EU is taking a stand against vendor lock-in for data services, including IoT, connected device, and cloud services.
The shadow IT fight — 2023 style
Gaining visibility into anything IT-related is always difficult, but the age-old nemesis, shadow IT, remains a major problem — especially as the enterprise environment has changed.
Dropbox lays off 16% of staff to refocus on AI, as sales growth slows
Dropbox is profitable but growth is slowing, just when it needs to ramp up AI expertise.
Global cloud spending expected to jump 21.7% as IaaS leads the way
Infrastructure-as-a-service is fueling global end-user spending on cloud services, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.
Microsoft offers to change cloud licensing practices to avoid EU antitrust probe, says report
After European cloud vendors filed a formal complaint with the European Commission in 2022, Microsoft is reportedly seeking to reach an agreement before an investigation is launched.
Microsoft customers locked out of Azure and M365 services due to geolocation error
Microsoft was forced to apologize on Thursday after implementing a change that saw customers around the globe unable to access its services.
AWS Chatbot now integrated into Microsoft Teams
The chatbot’s integration will allow enterprise users to get notifications about events such as security risks and the status of system health from within Teams, and also let them run command line interface commands to run notebooks.
ChatGPT now chatting via Azure OpenAI Service
Developers can now integrate ChatGPT directly, using a token-based pricing system, into a host of different enterprise and end-user applications.
How to use Apple’s advanced iCloud security tools
Apple recently introduced three iCloud security features that could help protect mobile professionals on the go. This is what they do.
