Computing Platform News
From cloud hosting, PaaS and IaaS, through to Machine Learning and AI, this is our latest news and ongoing commentary on the computing platform sector.
Vodafone teams up with Google Cloud on data analytics
Mobile operator Vodafone Group and Google Cloud entered a strategic partnership to jointly develop data services, Vodafone has stated over the weekend.
Amazon expects spring windfall as US reopens, posts record profits
Amazon.com posted record profits from pandemic shopping and indicated sales would keep growing even as customers emerged from their homes in the reopening US economy.
IBM to acquire software provider Turbonomic for over $1.5 billion
IBM has said it has agreed to acquire Turbonomic, a provider of software that helps companies monitor the performance of their business applications, the latest in a series of clou...
Labor Board: Evidence presented by union in Amazon vote ‘could be grounds for overturning election’
The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday said evidence submitted by the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) “could be grounds for overturning” Am...
Microsoft sales grow on cloud strength, shares dip on heightened valuation
Microsoft Corp met analysts’ quarterly sales expectations and beat profit estimates, but its shares fell slightly as investors hoped for an even stronger performance after a ...
Google sales top estimates; Alphabet plans $50 billion buyback
Alphabet beat quarterly revenue estimates and announced a $50 billion share buyback as the recovering economy and surging use of online services combined to accelerate its advertis...
US antitrust senators query Google over testimony meddling concerns
US Senators Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee sent a letter to Google saying they were “deeply troubled” by what they called a possible attempt to influence witness testimony ...
UK Cyber Spy Chief suggests China could rule world’s technology
The West must urgently act to ensure China does not dominate emerging technologies and gain control of the “global operating system”, the UK’s top cyber spy has s...
LinkedIn-backed Confluent confidentially files for US IPO
Confluent Inc, a real-time event streaming platform, has confidentially submitted paperwork for a US initial public offering, joining hundreds of other tech start-ups that are look...
Google and Apple executives to testify in app store hearing on Wednesday
Senior executives from Google and Apple will testify tomorrow about antitrust concerns related to their app stores along with executives of three companies which rely on those onli...
IBM returns to sales growth after a year of declines on cloud strength
IBM returned to sales growth in the first quarter after a year of declines and beat Wall Street targets on Monday, boosted by its bets in the high-margin cloud computing business.
USbanks deploy AI to monitor customers and workers amid tech backlash
Several US banks have started deploying camera software that can analyse customer preferences, monitor workers and spot people sleeping near ATMs, even as they remain wary about po...
Microsoft to invest $1 billion in Malaysia to set up data centres
Microsoft Corporation will invest a cool $1 billion over the next five years in Malaysia as part of a new partnership programme with government agencies and local companies, the So...
Australian Watchdog: Google misled consumers over data collection
Australia’s federal court found Google misled some consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices, the country’s competition regulator ...