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Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 4
Originally disrupting the book retailing business, Amazon Web Services has since emerged as a world’s
leader in the provision of ‘as a Service’ computing resources. With more than 200 services available
covering infrastructure, platform, compute, storage and applications as a service, AWS solutions are
provided from a network of 38 data centers around the world. A cluster of AWS data centres is planned
for New Zealand, headquartered in Auckland, and likely to be online by 2024.
ANS Academy earns Ofsted 'strong standard' rating
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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ANS Academy becomes first apprenticeship provider to earn Ofsted's new 'strong standard' rating across all inspection categories.
Dynatrace unveils agentic AI push with new platform tools
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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hybrid cloud
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digital transformation
Dynatrace launches Intelligence platform with agentic AI, deeper cloud hooks and next-gen RUM to tackle escalating data and ops complexity.
NTT DATA & AWS expand global agentic AI cloud push
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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manufacturing
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digital transformation
NTT DATA and AWS sign multi-year deal to speed enterprise cloud modernisation and move agentic AI systems from pilots to production at scale.
NTT DATA & AWS target agentic AI in Asia-Pacific deal
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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manufacturing
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hybrid cloud
NTT DATA strikes multi-year AWS deal to drive agentic AI and cloud modernisation for heavily regulated Asia-Pacific enterprises.
Smart Communications names Heidi Johnson to lead AI push
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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data protection
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Smart Communications appoints Heidi Johnson as chief product and technology officer to spearhead its next phase of AI-led innovation.
Dynatrace unveils agentic AI system for autonomous ops
Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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digital transformation
Dynatrace launches an agentic AI operations layer to automate cloud and AI-native workloads, aiming for self-healing, autonomous observability.
Zscaler unveils AI Security Suite to close visibility gap
Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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digital transformation
Zscaler launches an AI Security Suite to tackle soaring enterprise AI risks, promising visibility into shadow AI and non-human traffic.
Avalara expands AWS Marketplace access for tax tools
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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digital transformation
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fintech
Avalara inks multi-year AWS deal to push its AI-driven tax tools via AWS Marketplace, promising simpler cloud procurement and billing.
Microsoft unveils Maia 200 AI chip to power inference
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Microsoft has unveiled its Maia 200 AI chip, claiming up to 10 PFLOPS FP4 performance to power large-scale inference and “reasoning AI”.
Kore.ai secures new funding to scale agentic AI tools
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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saas
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Kore.ai lands fresh backing led by AllianceBernstein to grow its enterprise agentic AI platform and accelerate global expansion plans.
Cloudflare reports sharp global fall in shutdowns, outages
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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apm
Cloudflare reports government-ordered internet shutdowns plunged in late 2025, even as cable damage, storms and war kept outages high.
Rackspace names Joseph Vito to lead global alliances
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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network infrastructure
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hybrid cloud
Rackspace appoints Joseph Vito to spearhead global strategic alliances, bolstering its hybrid cloud and AI partnership ecosystem.
Mantas raises USD $1.77m to insure against cloud downtime
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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saas
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data analytics
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hyperscale
Mantas raises USD $1.77m seed to launch parametric insurance that pays out automatically when verified cloud outages hit businesses.
Cloudflare reports Q4 fall in shutdowns amid outages
Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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network infrastructure
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microsoft
Cloudflare logs steep Q4 drop in state-ordered shutdowns, but flags more than 180 2025 outages from cable damage, storms and conflict.
Dynatrace wins top observability & cloud security nods
Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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digital transformation
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Dynatrace wins dual accolades as Gartner customers' choice and ISG Leader for observability and cloud-native security in 2025 reports.
Microsoft unveils Maia 200 AI chip to cut token costs
Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Microsoft launches Maia 200 AI chip in US data centres, claiming 30% cheaper token generation and triple FP4 speed over Amazon Trainium.
RAIDS AI launches real-time rogue AI behaviour monitor
Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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partner programmes
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risk & compliance
RAIDS AI rolls out a real-time platform to spot and flag rogue AI behaviour, targeting failures, bias and regulatory exposure.
AI reshapes fire protection design for data centres
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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AI-ready data centres push fire protection into early design, as liquid cooling and high-density racks reshape risk, resilience and recovery.
Devart adds AI Assistant & wider support in dbForge 2025.3
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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rpa
Devart's dbForge 2025.3 brings an AI Assistant to SQL Complete in SSMS, alongside Visual Studio 2026 and latest database engine support.
Misconfigured cloud training labs open paths to attacks
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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firewalls
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hyperscale
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cloud security
Misconfigured cloud training labs on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure expose major firms to live attacks via overly permissive access roles.