Cloud News and Articles

Understanding Relational vs. Non-relational Databases

FEATURE By Pure Storage, August 16, 2024, 6:03 AM TechSpot Software

Relational databases manage structured data in tables, while non-relational databases handle unstructured data. Discover the key differences between them to unlock powerful insights for your data management strategy.

AI Industry

Cloud giants keep spending on AI, while traditional IT markets lag behind

Big Tech AI investments are growing, but things could change soon

By Alfonso Maruccia, August 15, 2024, 1:42 PM

Google Security

Cybersecurity company Wiz walks away from Google's $23 billion buyout offer

What will it do instead?

By Skye Jacobs, July 24, 2024, 6:51 AM

Software Google

You can move your entire Google Photos library to iCloud with a few clicks using this new tool

A rare handshake between big tech companies

By Zo Ahmed, July 11, 2024, 10:38 AM

Security

Australia's new "top secret" cloud platform will be built on AWS

Amazon will seemingly provide secrecy, reliability, and interoperability with US agencies

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 5, 2024, 9:57 AM

Software Google

A developer somehow got an entire OS running on Google Drive

No local storage needed

By Zo Ahmed, July 3, 2024, 6:15 AM

The Web Industry

US military can now remotely access powerful supercomputer resources in the cloud

Scientific research and analysis today, HPC electronic warfare tomorrow?

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 1, 2024, 2:12 PM

Software Microsoft

Microsoft is pushing OneDrive backups and integration in new Windows 11 setup by default

Classic Microsoft: OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud storage and file-syncing solution that's baked directly into Windows. However, over time the tool has become increasingly annoying and troublesome, and now Redmond seems willing to make it more so by making OneDrive an opt-out feature.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, June 25, 2024, 2:44 PM 16 comments

Software Microsoft

Microsoft attempts to steer Windows users away from local accounts

The official guide explaining how to convert Microsoft accounts to local accounts is gone

By Alfonso Maruccia, June 24, 2024, 4:14 PM 36 comments

Industry Software

Data waste: According to study, a significant portion of stored server data is never accessed

Unused data might contribute to unnecessary carbon emissions

By Daniel Sims, June 21, 2024, 4:11 PM 12 comments

Industry AI

Redefining event keynotes: HPE's futuristic presentation at the Sphere

HPE's AI-powered future, GreenLake and CEO Antonio Neri's vision

By Bob O'Donnell, June 19, 2024, 12:35 PM

The Web Industry

AWS now offers a monster 896-core cloud instance averaging $263 per hour

Serious performance uplift for cloud apps, but priced accordingly

By Alfonso Maruccia, June 13, 2024, 1:16 PM

Software The Web

Adobe can scan user-generated content stored in its cloud, and users aren't happy

The scanning practice has been going on for years, Adobe confirmed, so no need to freak out now

By Alfonso Maruccia, June 7, 2024, 9:29 AM 10 comments

Gaming The Web

GOG will soon start deleting your games' cloud saves if they're too large

Make sure to back up locally

By Rob Thubron, June 6, 2024, 6:58 AM 16 comments

The Web Software

Google discloses how they mistakenly erased $135 billion cloud customer account

Facepalm: One of Google Cloud's worst nightmares came true in early May, when an embarrassing snafu completely erased a customer's account and data backups. The unlucky victim was Australian pension fund UniSuper, which manages a staggering $135 billion in assets for over 600,000 members. The pension fund was essentially frozen for two weeks, unable to fully operate while it scrambled to recover from third-party backups.

Full story By Zo Ahmed, May 31, 2024, 8:15 AM 16 comments

Industry

AWS plans major European expansion with €7.8 billion investment in sovereign data center

The data centers will let customers keep all their metadata within the EU

By Zo Ahmed, May 20, 2024, 12:17 PM

Hardware AI

Google's Trillium TPU achieves unprecedented performance increase for AI workloads

Google keeps building its "AI Hypercomputer" platform with custom hardware accelerators

By Alfonso Maruccia, May 16, 2024, 2:11 PM

Industry Microsoft

Microsoft asks staff in China to relocate amid escalating Washington-Beijing tech tensions

Washington is expected to introduce more restrictions on China soon

By Rob Thubron, May 16, 2024, 9:40 AM 8 comments

The Web Industry

The big three cloud providers, Amazon, Microsoft and Google currently make up 67% of the market

AI services and enterprise spending are pushing strongest growth since 2022

By Alfonso Maruccia, May 6, 2024, 8:41 AM

The Web Security

Amazon S3 bucket with placeholder-like name leads to $1,300 in charges

Facepalm: Amazon S3 buckets, part of the Amazon Web Services infrastructure, are great for storing and managing huge amounts of data at scale, but they can also become a financial and security risk if used with poor default configurations.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, May 2, 2024, 9:02 AM

The Web AI

As cloud computing evolves, Amazon's AWS looks for its role in generative AI

Amazon unveils new capabilities in Bedrock for improved AI applications

By Bob O'Donnell, April 23, 2024, 11:03 AM

AI Hardware

Gamers are renting out GPU power for AI porn generation in return for Fortnite skins

It's like a GPU mining operation, except you get in-game content instead of cryptocurrency

By Zo Ahmed, April 19, 2024, 10:50 AM 33 comments

Hardware Industry

Spectra Cube offers up to 75 petabytes of tape-based, cloud-optimized storage capacity

An easy-to-use, cost-cutting cold storage solution for enterprises and cloud providers

By Alfonso Maruccia, April 15, 2024, 8:47 AM

Security Microsoft

Microsoft left a server containing employee credentials exposed to the internet for a month

Admins waited 28 days before securing the server with a password

By Cal Jeffrey, April 10, 2024, 2:52 PM

Hardware Google

Google enters custom CPU arena with Arm-based Axion processor

Greater compatibility and power efficiency gains for customer workloads

By Alfonso Maruccia, April 10, 2024, 8:45 AM