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Google EU complaint: Microsoft is punishing enterprises that use rivals to Azure

CIO

Google on Wednesday told the European Union (EU) that Microsoft is illegally using its dominant market position in Windows to force enterprises to use its Azure cloud service or face a 400% price penalty and a denial of upgrades and security patches. He pointed to the continued market dominance of AWS as one proof point.

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Hyperscalers place big bets on AI as cloud spending rolls on

CIO

The global cloud infrastructure services market remains strong, buoyed in part by enterprise interest in AI. In the second quarter of 2024, global spending on cloud infrastructure services grew by 19% year-over-year to surpass the $78 billion mark. from Google Cloud and GPT-4o mini from Azure. Sonnet and other APIs.

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6 cloud market forces impacting IT strategies today

CIO

The cloud services landscape is in constant flux. With the cloud being an inevitable part of enterprise digital transformation journeys, IT leaders must keep on top of the latest developments in the cloud market to better predict downstream impacts on their roadmaps.

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AWS revenue growth stabilizes with a boost from generative AI-led services

CIO

AWS posted a stable 12% revenue growth in the third quarter of 2023 buoyed by demand for generative AI-led services, despite customers trying to optimize their cloud spending. For the last few sequential quarters, revenue growth for AWS has been on a constant decline. AWS posted revenue of $23.06

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Cloud-Based Solutions: The Sky Is the Limit for Retail Success

Speaker: Ryan Bryers, SVP of Global Engineering

In a rapidly evolving industry, the shift from traditional on-premise systems to cloud-based solutions has become crucial for retail success. While many businesses still rely on store-level infrastructure, it's time to embrace the unlimited potential of the cloud!

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Uber embraces the cloud with customized CPUs

CIO

When Uber decided in 2022 to shift away from running its own data centers, the ridesharing and delivery company wanted a high level of control for how its workloads ran in the cloud, down to the CPU level. Now, Uber is partnering with Ampere Computing to give it more control over how its workloads run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

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Cloud infrastructure sales rise as Microsoft closes in on AWS

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Fueled by enterprise demand for data analytics , machine learning , data center consolidation and cloud-native app developmen t, spending on cloud infrastructure services jumped 33% year on year to $62.3 Cloud providers build out infrastructure. billion in the second quarter, according to Canalys. billion out of $62.3