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Oracle adds AI networking upgrades to Acceleron
Storage

Oracle adds AI networking upgrades to Acceleron

The changes aim to reduce bottlenecks and outages for customers running large AI workloads across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week
Netgear launches cloud-managed security gateway for SMEs
Virtual Private Networks

Netgear launches cloud-managed security gateway for SMEs

Smaller branches can now add cloud-managed security from NETGEAR at USD $349.99, with the first year of Exium service included.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
ACI & Cognizant test card processing on AWS at scale
Disaster Recovery

ACI & Cognizant test card processing on AWS at scale

Banks weighing cloud migration got fresh evidence after the platform handled more than double its target load on AWS with no failed transactions.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Mon, 28th Sep 2026
How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages
Software-as-a-Service

How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages

Businesses tied to a single cloud provider face escalating outage risks, with experts urging redundancy to limit disruption and losses.

By Thomas Berndorfer • 4 min read • Fri, 25th Sep 2026
Fastly launches AI controls as machine traffic surges
Cloud Security

Fastly launches AI controls as machine traffic surges

Machine-generated requests now account for more than half of Fastly's network traffic, intensifying pressure to govern AI costs and security.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 24th Sep 2026
Google Cloud issues six-step guide for outage response
Disaster Recovery

Google Cloud issues six-step guide for outage response

Customers can use the six-step workflow to tell whether an outage stems from Google, their own systems or a third-party service.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Sat, 19th Sep 2026
Google launches AlloyDB Omni RPM orchestrator for servers
DevOps

Google launches AlloyDB Omni RPM orchestrator for servers

Enterprises running PostgreSQL on servers can now automate failover, backups and scaling on-premises as Google broadens AlloyDB Omni support.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Sat, 12th Sep 2026
SIOS survey finds outages persist despite resilience spend
Virtualisation

SIOS survey finds outages persist despite resilience spend

More than half of IT leaders remain unhappy with their resilience setups, as 76% still reported outages lasting over 10 minutes last year.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Tue, 8th Sep 2026
Equinix launches managed AI cloud connectivity service
Network Infrastructure

Equinix launches managed AI cloud connectivity service

Enterprises could cut the manual work of linking AI and cloud systems as Equinix readies a managed service built on an open standard.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 3rd Sep 2026
Equinix launches AI inference & connectivity services
Platform-as-a-Service

Equinix launches AI inference & connectivity services

Enterprises will be able to place AI inference nearer to users and data, while Equinix tackles the networking sprawl across clouds and sites.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Thu, 3rd Sep 2026
Google Cloud urges fallback planning for AI workloads
Virtualisation

Google Cloud urges fallback planning for AI workloads

Enterprises facing AI demand spikes are being told to secure spare capacity and automate backups to avoid outages and overspending.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 28th Aug 2026
3verest uses Equinix to build sovereign AI for healthcare
Data Protection

3verest uses Equinix to build sovereign AI for healthcare

Healthcare providers will be able to keep scans, prompts and AI inference inside national borders as 3verest expands sovereign cloud controls.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 25th Aug 2026
EDB launches disaster recovery for WarehousePG analytics
Data Protection

EDB launches disaster recovery for WarehousePG analytics

Customers running petabyte-scale analytics can now recover full WarehousePG clusters after site outages, cutting downtime and data-loss risk.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 25th Aug 2026
Google Cloud adds Hive Metastore migration to Lakehouse
Data governance

Google Cloud adds Hive Metastore migration to Lakehouse

The serverless catalog could ease a bottleneck for large Spark workloads by moving Hive table metadata without copying underlying data.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 20th Aug 2026
N-able named Champion in Omdia backup matrix again
Data Protection

N-able named Champion in Omdia backup matrix again

Demand for cyber recovery tools is rising, with Omdia forecasting the managed backup and disaster recovery market will hit USD $38 billion in 2026.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Tue, 28th Jul 2026

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Fibre or satellite: Which is best for live event linking?
Disaster Recovery

Fibre or satellite: Which is best for live event linking?

Ultra-low delays and backup pathways can make or break live broadcasts, especially when sports betting and remote events are involved.

By Matt Patterson • 5 min read • Fri, 18th Sep 2026
Airtel, Google Cloud stream IPL 2026 with low latency
Digital Transformation

Airtel, Google Cloud stream IPL 2026 with low latency

Fans saw fewer buffering delays as Airtel and Google Cloud kept 99.9% of IPL 2026 traffic within India and p99 latency under 300 milliseconds.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 11th Sep 2026