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DXC deepens Anthropic tie-up for mission-critical AI
Digital Transformation

DXC deepens Anthropic tie-up for mission-critical AI

The deal will put Claude into banking, aviation and government systems, as DXC scales AI agents across regulated customer environments.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Rafay launches Token Factory for token-based AI billing
Virtualisation

Rafay launches Token Factory for token-based AI billing

AI infrastructure operators can now bill by usage rather than GPU rental as Rafay adds token metering and access controls to its platform.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Apr 2026
Nvidia & OpenNebula deepen integration for AI factories
Private Cloud

Nvidia & OpenNebula deepen integration for AI factories

Nvidia deepens its OpenNebula tie-up to automate multi-tenant 'AI factories', unifying GPUs, DPUs and networking under one control plane.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Milestone boosts Hafnia with synthetic data, TaaS & VLMs
Smart Cities

Milestone boosts Hafnia with synthetic data, TaaS & VLMs

Milestone expands Hafnia with synthetic data, TaaS and VLMs to speed smart city vision AI training and cut bias in rare-event modelling.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Salute & Phaidra unite to boost AI data centre cooling
Hyperscale

Salute & Phaidra unite to boost AI data centre cooling

Salute and Phaidra partner to blend AI-driven data centre controls with liquid cooling operations as operators ramp high-density AI loads.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Animoca & CryptoSlam unveil Animoca Minds AI agents
Software-as-a-Service

Animoca & CryptoSlam unveil Animoca Minds AI agents

Animoca partners with CryptoSlam's Ethoswarm on Animoca Minds, a cloud platform for always-on AI agents aimed at non-technical users.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026
Milestone unveils Hafnia traffic VLM & XProtect plug-in
Smart Cities

Milestone unveils Hafnia traffic VLM & XProtect plug-in

Milestone launches traffic-tuned video AI tools for XProtect and APIs, promising faster reviews, fewer false alarms and easier integrations.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 13th Jan 2026
Sector-specific, process-led AI set to reshape firms
Software-as-a-Service

Sector-specific, process-led AI set to reshape firms

AI's next wave in business will be sector-specific, process-led services as firms shift from generic tools to trusted, compliant platforms.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
Milestone unveils traffic VLM & XProtect summarisation
Smart Cities

Milestone unveils traffic VLM & XProtect summarisation

Milestone launches Hafnia traffic VLM and XProtect video summarisation to cut review workloads and false alarms for operators and builders.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Tue, 30th Dec 2025
Enterprises pivot to smaller, measurable AI projects by 2026
Software-as-a-Service

Enterprises pivot to smaller, measurable AI projects by 2026

Enterprises to shelve grand AI overhauls by 2026, funnelling budgets into smaller, measurable projects and AI-as-a-Service models.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 19th Dec 2025
AI reshapes cloud spend as firms shift from SaaS to agents
Software-as-a-Service

AI reshapes cloud spend as firms shift from SaaS to agents

AI is set to end SaaS dominance by 2026 as firms pay for domain-specific agents and governed cloud usage instead of per-seat software.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025
CelcomDigi unveils in-house AI tools for operational efficiency
Unified Communications

CelcomDigi unveils in-house AI tools for operational efficiency

CelcomDigi unveils AI-powered tools developed in-house to boost operations and serve SMEs via AI-as-a-Service, enhancing efficiency and customer support.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 15th Aug 2025
AI data centre market to reach USD $933.76 billion by 2030
Hybrid Cloud

AI data centre market to reach USD $933.76 billion by 2030

The global AI data centre market is set to surge from USD $236.44 billion in 2025 to USD $933.76 billion by 2030, driven by rising AI workload demand.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 25th Jul 2025
Ant International unveils Alipay+ GenAI Cockpit for fintech AI
Fintech

Ant International unveils Alipay+ GenAI Cockpit for fintech AI

Ant International has launched the Alipay+ GenAI Cockpit, an AI platform to help fintech firms and super apps develop AI-driven financial services in Asia.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Jun 2025

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Zadara & Alerify launch sovereign private AI cloud
Data Protection

Zadara & Alerify launch sovereign private AI cloud

Zadara and Alerify unveil a sovereign private AI cloud in Harrisburg, promising secure Nvidia GPU services for regional hybrid workloads.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 30th Jan 2026
NexGen Cloud adds NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 SE GPU to Hyperstack
Private Cloud

NexGen Cloud adds NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 SE GPU to Hyperstack

NexGen Cloud has added NVIDIA's RTX Pro 6000 SE GPU to its Hyperstack platform, boosting on-demand AI computing power for businesses globally.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Mon, 25th Aug 2025
Northern Data & Gcore to launch AI platform collaboration
Data Protection

Northern Data & Gcore to launch AI platform collaboration

Northern Data Group and Gcore have teamed up to launch a comprehensive AI platform aimed at enterprises, targeting a projected USD $169 billion inferencing market by 2032.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Apr 2025
Lenovo CIO Playbook highlights AI growth in EMEA region
Digital Transformation

Lenovo CIO Playbook highlights AI growth in EMEA region

Lenovo's new CIO Playbook reveals a surge in AI spending across Europe and the Middle East, with AI expected to represent 20% of IT budgets by 2025.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 6th Feb 2025