In Q3 2024, global spending on cloud infrastructure services increased by 21% year on year, reaching US$82.0 billion. Customer investment in the hyperscalers’ AI offerings fueled growth, prompting leading cloud vendors to escalate their investments in AI. The rankings of the top three cloud vendors – AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – remained stable […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed three nuclear power deals—including enabling the construction of several new Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). SMRs are an advanced kind of nuclear reactor with a smaller physical footprint, allowing them to be built closer to the grid. They also have faster build times than traditional reactors, allowing them to come […]
CNTXT, a leading data services and solutions company, supported by Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, embarks on several initiatives to empower Abu Dhabi government as well as UAE startups. CNTXT aims at developing a unified platform powered by AWS to streamline licensing, permitting, inspection, audit, and litigation processes for the Abu Dhabi government, […]
e& has announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This follows AWS’s launch of its second Middle East cloud region in the UAE in 2022, with a planned US$5 billion (AED 20 billion) investment in the local economy through to 2036. The new alliance combines AWS’s cloud infrastructure and solutions, which are sovereign […]
Amazon Web Services has announced its collaboration with Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group (ESAG) – one of the UAE’s top ten family run businesses. This marks a significant milestone in ESAG’s transformative journey to reshape the Group for the future, setting the stage for cloud-based innovation to provide modern scalable high performing IT infrastructure, reduced […]
AWS has announced AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS), a new managed service that helps customers set up and manage high performance computing (HPC) clusters. The service makes it easy for system administrators to build clusters using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, low-latency networking, and storage optimized for HPC workloads. With AWS Parallel Computing Service, […]
Equinix has announced the launch of Equinix Fabric Cloud Router, a virtual routing service designed to enhance performance and cost-efficiency as businesses expand their multicloud architecture. In line with Equinix’s aim to simplify multicloud networking for customers, Equinix Fabric Cloud Router with AWS Direct Connect is now available on the AWS Marketplace. This enables enterprises to […]
New Q2 data from Synergy Research Group shows that Amazon, Microsoft and Google are clear leaders in the worldwide cloud market, based on quarterly revenues. Their market shares were 32%, 23% and 12% respectively, while no other company could claim more than 4%. Following the three leaders, the top six ranking is completed by Alibaba, […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. As part of its long-term commitment, AWS is planning to invest an estimated $6.2 billion (approximately MYR 29.2 billion) in Malaysia through 2038. The construction and operation of the new AWS Region is estimated to add approximately $12.1 billion (MYR […]
Enterprise software sales through hyperscaler cloud marketplaces – led by AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud – are projected to reach US$85 billion by 2028, rising from US$16 billion in 2023, according to Canalys. The availability of cloud credits for third-party purchases through the hyperscalers’ marketplaces and the emergence of new digital-first buyers are reshaping enterprise […]
