Topic: Cloud Computing
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AWS and e& Launch AI Nation to Upskill 30,000 UAE Professionals
AWS and e& have launched the "AI Nation – Afaaq" programme to train 30,000 UAE professionals in AI and cloud computing, part of a $1 billion strategic alliance. The initiative provides 30,000 AWS certification vouchers and access to AWS Skill Builder and Cloud Coach sessions to prepare participan...
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Hybrid Computing: The Future After AI Disrupts Cloud-First
The unique demands of AI workloads, such as cost predictability and low latency, are driving a strategic shift from cloud-first to hybrid computing models that combine cloud, on-premises, and edge infrastructure. Key drivers for this shift include unpredictable and high cloud costs, the need for ...
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Tencent Cloud Drives FinTech Innovation with AI at HK Week 2025
Tencent Cloud showcased advanced cloud and AI solutions at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025, emphasizing their role in accelerating digital transformation for global financial markets. The company presented key innovations like Tencent Yuanbao and CodeBuddy, aimed at enhancing security, streamlining o...
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OpenAI's $38B Amazon Cloud Deal: What It Means
OpenAI has entered a $38 billion, seven-year cloud services agreement with AWS to secure the computational infrastructure needed for its AI systems, starting immediately and scaling through 2026. The partnership follows OpenAI's restructuring to diversify infrastructure providers, aligning with i...
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Top ERP Vendors to Watch in 2025
ERP systems are critical strategic tools that integrate core business functions into a unified digital framework, with their selection significantly impacting efficiency and competitiveness in 2025. Modern ERP platforms enhance business agility through AI-driven analytics, cloud scalability, and ...
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Alibaba's $53B AI Push: New Dubai Data Center at GITEX 2025
Alibaba Cloud has expanded its Middle East presence by opening a second data center in Dubai, supported by a $53 billion investment to enhance AI and cloud infrastructure over the next three years. The new facility offers advanced cloud-native and AI solutions, along with big data and storage ser...
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Kuwait Accelerates Digital Shift with Google Cloud Alliance
Kuwait has formed a strategic partnership with Google Cloud, endorsed by the government, to modernize its digital infrastructure and accelerate its shift to a knowledge-based economy. The collaboration emphasizes that cloud computing is critical for national growth and digital transformation, whi...
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OpenAI & Oracle Strike $300B "Project Stargate" Cloud Deal
OpenAI and Oracle have entered a $300 billion cloud computing agreement over five years to support next-generation AI infrastructure. The partnership, known as "Project Stargate," involves building data centers with 4.5 gigawatts of power and aligns with OpenAI's projected $12.7 billion revenue t...
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Microsoft's 132-Core Azure Cobalt 200 CPU Targets Performance Boost
Microsoft has launched the Azure Cobalt 200, a 132-core Arm-based CPU built on TSMC's 3nm process, designed to enhance performance and efficiency for its cloud services. The processor offers over 50% higher performance than its predecessor, integrates hardware accelerators for compression and cry...
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Google's Gemini Cloud Matches Local Privacy with AI Compute
Google is launching Private AI Compute to bring advanced cloud-based AI capabilities to Android devices while maintaining strong privacy protections similar to on-device processing. The service offloads complex AI tasks to secure cloud servers using encryption and Google's Tensor Processing Units...
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Google Launches Rival to Apple's Private AI Cloud
Google has launched Private AI Compute, a secure cloud platform that enables advanced AI processing on personal devices while ensuring data privacy, mirroring industry trends like Apple's Private Cloud Compute. The platform addresses the limitations of on-device AI by handling complex tasks in a ...
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OpenAI's $38B AI Deal With Amazon: What It Means
OpenAI has entered a $38 billion partnership with Amazon Web Services, gaining access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs and ending Microsoft's exclusive role as its cloud provider. The collaboration will enable OpenAI to immediately use AWS resources for AI model training, with full capacit...
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Lambda's $Billion AI Deal with Microsoft
Lambda has entered a multi-billion-dollar agreement with Microsoft to supply tens of thousands of high-performance Nvidia GPUs, significantly expanding AI computing capacity. The partnership builds on an eight-year relationship and involves deploying advanced Nvidia GB300 NVL72 systems, which Mic...
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AWS and e& to Train 30,000 UAE Citizens in AI and Cloud Skills
AWS and e& have launched the "AI Nation – Afaaq" program to train 30,000 UAE citizens in AI and cloud computing, supporting the country's shift to a knowledge-based economy. The initiative addresses a critical skills gap in the UAE, where 46% of organizations face a shortage of AI professionals, ...
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MBRHE Adopts Oracle AI on Azure to Streamline Housing Services
MBRHE has integrated Oracle Database@Azure to enhance its digital infrastructure, improving efficiency in planning, project management, and customer services while supporting the Dubai Urban Plan 2040. This initiative combines Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Microsoft Azure to boost operational p...
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Microsoft 365 Copilot to Process UAE Data Locally
Microsoft will launch local data processing for Microsoft 365 Copilot in the UAE by early 2026, hosted in Dubai and Abu Dhabi data centers to enhance security and performance for organizations. This initiative supports the UAE's National AI Strategy and digital sovereignty by ensuring data remain...
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Intel, AMD Secure Enclaves Breached by Physical Attacks
Hardware-level security features like Intel's SGX and AMD's SEV-SNP create isolated, encrypted environments in processors to protect sensitive data, widely used by platforms such as Signal and WhatsApp. Recent academic studies have exposed vulnerabilities in these technologies, with attacks like ...
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Google Cloud's Market Presence Is Undeniable
Nvidia and OpenAI's $100 billion partnership represents a major AI infrastructure consolidation, while Google Cloud is focusing on partnering with emerging AI startups to capture the next wave of innovation. Google Cloud's strategy, led by COO Francis deSouza, leverages its infrastructure used by...
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Your Desk is Everywhere Now: Microsoft's DaaS Revolution
Remember when your work computer was that beige box under your desk? Those days are over. Your computer isn't a thing you carry anymore; it's more like a channel you tune into.
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Beyond the Screen: What the New Age of Computing Means for You
▼ Summary - Quantum computing is advancing rapidly, using qubits to solve complex problems far beyond traditional computers' capabilities, with applications in medicine and cryptography.- AI and machine learning are…
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AI Stock Split: The Winners, Losers, and Why
AI investment gains are heavily concentrated in companies providing essential infrastructure like data management and computing power, rather than in application-focused software firms. Infrastructure providers like Snowflake and Oracle are thriving due to the foundational role of data in AI, wit...
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Oracle Plunges as Wall Street Punishes Its Massive AI Gamble
Oracle's aggressive AI expansion, including massive investments in data centers and chip infrastructure, has led to a sharp decline in its stock and bond prices as investors grow concerned. The company's shares have dropped 25% in the past month, erasing over $250 billion in market gains, while i...
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Apple, Microsoft Hit $4 Trillion on AI and Cloud Boom
Apple and Microsoft have each achieved a $4 trillion market capitalization, driven by innovation in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and strong product sales like the iPhone series. Microsoft's growth is fueled by its strategic partnership with OpenAI and the expanding Azure cloud platfo...
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GITEX 2025: AI Revolution in Digital Health and Biosciences
GITEX GLOBAL 2025, scheduled for October 13-17, will highlight AI's transformative role in healthcare, featuring advancements in gene-editing, brain implants, and pharmaceutical research. The event broke attendance records and included discussions on nation-scale AI infrastructures, quantum compu...
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How AI Startups Are Powering Google Cloud's Massive Growth
Google Cloud is rapidly growing, driven by partnerships with AI startups like Lovable and Windsurf, positioning it as a key infrastructure provider and narrowing the gap with competitors like AWS and Azure. The division has achieved a $50 billion annual run rate and projects significant future re...
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Egypt's Tech Talent Boom: Fueling the Digital Economy
Egypt is experiencing a significant rise in technology talent due to national initiatives, including a summer program that trained thousands of students in high-demand fields like AI and cybersecurity. The program emphasizes inclusivity, with participants from all governorates and women making up...
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Amazon's AI Chip Is a Multibillion-Dollar Business, Says CEO
Amazon Web Services has established a multibillion-dollar AI chip business with its custom Trainium processors, successfully competing by offering strong price-performance advantages to its cloud customers. AWS unveiled the next-generation Trainium3 chip for significant performance gains and high...
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Amazon Unveils New AI Chip, Hints at Nvidia Partnership
AWS launched its new Trainium3 AI training chip and UltraServer system, promising major performance gains and a focus on improved energy efficiency for AI workloads. The Trainium3 chip offers over four times the speed and memory of its predecessor, with systems scalable to clusters of up to 1 mil...
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Google's "Private AI Compute" Matches On-Device Security in the Cloud
Google's Private AI Compute initiative enables secure cloud-based generative AI by using encrypted connections and isolated processing to protect user data. The system's security is verified by an independent audit, ensuring that not even Google employees can access data during AI operations. Thi...
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Google's Secret AI Base on Crab-Infested Island Revealed
Google is planning a secret AI data center on Christmas Island, following a cloud computing agreement with the Australian military, to enhance strategic capabilities in a region critical for monitoring Chinese naval activities. The project includes a proposed subsea cable to Darwin and must addre...
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Microsoft Azure Outage Disrupts Xbox and 365 Services
A major Microsoft cloud infrastructure outage disrupted services including Microsoft 365, Xbox Live, and Minecraft, caused by DNS issues that began around 12:00 PM Eastern Time. The incident occurred just hours before Microsoft's quarterly earnings announcement, drawing significant attention and ...
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GITEX 2025: AI and Enterprise Leaders Shape the Intelligence Economy
GITEX 2025, held in Dubai, unites a record number of global technology leaders, startups, and investors to explore AI and the intelligence economy, emphasizing Dubai's role as a nexus for public-private collaboration. High-level dialogues featured global ministers and officials discussing innovat...
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Amazon & Google's Plan to Fix AI's Smart Home Problems
Amazon and Google are launching next-generation voice assistants, Alexa Plus and Gemini for Home, which use generative AI to enable more conversational, context-aware, and proactive smart home interactions, marking the biggest shift in home automation in over a decade. These AI-enhanced systems a...
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Kuwait Expands Digital Skills Program with Google Cloud
Kuwait has launched the second phase of its national digital skills program in partnership with Google Cloud, focusing on training in cloud computing, AI, and cybersecurity to build a knowledge-based economy. The initiative aims to enhance government efficiency and public services, supporting Kuw...
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Kuwait & Google Cloud Boost Digital Skills for Public Workers
Kuwait has launched the second phase of its Digital Skills Development Initiative with Google Cloud to provide government employees with advanced training in cloud computing, AI, and cybersecurity. The initiative is a strategic investment aligned with the New Kuwait Vision 2035, aiming to enhance...
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Oracle Names Two Presidents as New Co-CEOs
Oracle has appointed Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as co-CEOs, marking a leadership transition to strengthen its push into the AI infrastructure market. Safra Catz, the outgoing CEO, will become executive vice chair of the board, expressing confidence in Oracle's strong growth and AI leadership ...
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Microsoft Office Adds Anthropic, Ending OpenAI Exclusivity
Microsoft is integrating Anthropic's AI models into Office 365 to expand generative AI features beyond its exclusive partnership with OpenAI. The decision is based on performance evaluations, with Anthropic's model excelling in specialized tasks like visual design and spreadsheet automation. Micr...
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Gitex Global 2025: AI Use Cases Take Center Stage
Gitex Global 2025, scheduled for October 13-17 in Dubai, will showcase transformative AI applications and position Dubai as a central hub in the global AI economy, focusing on data, algorithms, and interconnected digital systems. The event will feature over 6,800 companies and 2,000 startups from...
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Africa Tech Festival 2025: Cape Town Hosts Top Digital Innovators
Cape Town will host the 28th annual Africa Tech Festival from November 11-13, 2025, featuring discussions on telecommunications, cybersecurity, and sustainable ICT, and expecting over 15,000 attendees. The city is a leading African tech hub with over 60% of South Africa's startups, supported by s...
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Oracle and AMD Supercharge AI With 50,000 GPU Supercluster
Oracle and AMD are collaborating to build one of the world's largest publicly accessible GPU superclusters, powered by 50,000 next-generation AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs, with deployment starting in Q3 2026. This partnership enables training AI models up to 50% larger than before, democratizing acces...
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Sam Altman at GITEX 2025: Building AI-Native Societies
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 is the world's premier technology and AI event, hosting thousands of exhibitors, startups, and global leaders in Dubai to explore AI-native societies and foster high-level policy and technology discussions. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, will make his first appearance at the event i...
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Ooredoo Sells Meeza Stake to Focus on Syntys Expansion
Ooredoo Group has sold a 6% stake in Meeza QSTP to Fiera Capital (UK), reducing its ownership to 4% as part of a planned divestment from non-strategic holdings. The divestment aligns with Ooredoo's strategic shift toward core technological ventures, particularly its AI-ready hyperscale data cente...
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Amazon Eyes $10 Billion OpenAI Investment in Major AI Deal
Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest up to $10 billion in OpenAI, a deal that could value OpenAI at over $500 billion and involve the use of Amazon's AI chips. This move is part of Amazon's broader strategy to expand its AI influence, following a major investment in competitor Anthropic and th...
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AWS Wants You to Trust AI Agents
AWS announced a major push into AI agents at its re:Invent conference, introducing new tools to automate complex business tasks and compete in applied artificial intelligence. The company is backing this initiative with significant hardware investment, including a new custom AI chip, and aggressi...
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SUSE Linux 16 Arrives with Digital Sovereignty Focus
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 integrates AI readiness with features like the model context protocol host and GPU acceleration, supporting enterprise AI workloads in hybrid cloud and edge environments. The release emphasizes digital sovereignty through the Sovereign Premium Support package, ensu...
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Robotics Market to Hit $205.5 Billion by 2030
The global robotics market is projected to grow from $90.2 billion in 2024 to $205.5 billion by 2030, driven by diverse applications and a 15% CAGR. Fastest-growing segments include exoskeletons (38% CAGR), drones (19% CAGR), and logistics robots (18% CAGR), with service robots remaining the domi...
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UtilityAI Pro: The First Vertical AI Platform for Energy Insights
Bidgely launched UtilityAI Pro, a specialized AI platform for utilities that offers ten times greater data granularity and detailed insights into customer behavior and grid performance. The platform addresses security concerns by integrating directly into utilities' existing data infrastructure, ...
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Africa Tech Festival 2025: Leaders from Gov, Biz & Sport to Drive Digital Future
The Africa Tech Festival 2025, scheduled for November 11–13 in Cape Town, is the premier event for advancing Africa's digital transformation through expanded speaker lineups and cross-sector collaboration. Key speakers include government officials like South Africa's Minister of Communications, c...
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du Concludes Envision 2025: UAE's AI Digital Transformation
The UAE's Envision 2025 conference, hosted by du, united government and tech leaders to explore how AI and innovation are driving nationwide digital transformation across key sectors. Discussions emphasized AI's role in revolutionizing industries like healthcare and urban development, alongside f...
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Kazakhstan & Qatar Forge Digital Transformation Partnerships
Kazakhstan and Qatar are advancing digital transformation through AI, blockchain, and cloud computing to modernize economies and enhance public services. Kazakhstan has launched initiatives like the Crypto City pilot zone and a national AI strategy, while Qatar is collaborating with IBM and pilot...
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