ERP Migration Pitfalls – Considerations to Guarantee Success
Enrique Leon, AI Enterprise Architect, American Sugar Refining Is it obvious to say migrating an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to cloud hosting is a complex undertaking that requires careful planning, execution, and a new mindset? There are not many who would say otherwise and the fact that hundreds of articles are written on the […]
Get a Lifetime of 1TB Cloud Storage for Only $60 With FolderFort
TL;DR: Get speedy, secure, and user-friendly cloud storage with a lifetime subscription to the FolderFort 1TB Storage Pro Plan — it’s currently on sale at 76% off for just $59.97 through March 2. Cloud data storage is one of the most useful and convenient developments in technology for businesses. Yet, though it’s certainly been around […]
AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Developer Day, Trust Center, Well-Architected for Enterprises, and more (Feb 17, 2025)
Join us for the AWS Developer Day on February 20! This virtual event is designed to help developers and teams incorporate cutting-edge yet responsible generative AI across their development lifecycle to accelerate innovation. In his keynote, Jeff Barr, Vice President of AWS Evangelism, shares his thoughts on the next generation of software development based on […]
How unapproved AI apps are compromising security, and what you can do about it
Security leaders and CISOs are discovering that a growing swarm of shadow AI apps has been compromising their networks, in some cases for over a year. They’re not the tradecraft of typical attackers. They are the work of otherwise trustworthy employees creating AI apps without IT and security department oversight or approval, apps designed to […]
Alibaba Cloud expands Thai presence with second data centre
Alibaba Cloud has reinforced its presence in Thailand, launching a second data centre to meet the country’s growing demand for cloud services. The new facility joins Alibaba Cloud’s first Thai data centre, which opened in 2022, and is part of the company’s broader push to strengthen its cloud infrastructure across Southeast Asia. Together, the two […]
A CIO at the Top of His Game: What’s His Superpower?
Ryan Walker, CIO, Net3 As CIO of Net3, a leading cloud service provider (CSP) in the U.S., Ryan Walker has a big vision for how information technology (IT) moves a business forward, increases efficiency, and connects people with desirable outcomes, such as 100percent availability. Over the past two-and-a-half years, Walker has built a world-class team […]
UK Cloud Services Market “Not Working As Well As It Could,” Says Competition Authority
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has published the provisional findings of an investigation into all cloud service providers in the country, following concerns raised by telecoms regulator Ofcom. The current conclusion is that the cloud services market is “not working as well as it could,” as it is difficult for customers to switch cloud […]
DeepSeek-R1 models now available on AWS
Updated on February 5, 2025 — DeepSeek-R1 Distill Llama and Qwen models are now available in Amazon Bedrock Marketplace and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. During this past AWS re:Invent, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy shared valuable lessons learned from Amazon’s own experience developing nearly 1,000 generative AI applications across the company. Drawing from this extensive scale of AI […]
AI Personalities: Understanding Your Digital Friends
Introduction: Why “AI as Friends”? In my three decades immersed in technology—from the early days of the World Wide Web to today’s generative AI explosion—I’ve come to view advanced AI not as mysterious engines, but as digital colleagues with personalities reminiscent of our own human associates. Just as in any professional circle, some friends are […]
AirTrunk to build second Johor data centre for cloud and AI growth
AirTrunk, a key player in hyperscale data centres in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), is stepping up its commitment to Malaysia. The company has unveiled plans for JHB2, its second cloud and AI-ready data centre in Johor’s Iskandar Puteri region. Once fully built, JHB2 will deliver over 270 megawatts (MW) of capacity, catering to the […]