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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 • Last week
Google Cloud launches fault injection testing preview
Disaster Recovery

Google Cloud launches fault injection testing preview

Fault testing aims to cut outage risk for cloud users as Google Cloud previews a tool that simulates failures before customers are hit.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week
Grafana Labs tops 10,000 customers as AI demand rises
Software-as-a-Service

Grafana Labs tops 10,000 customers as AI demand rises

Rising AI deployments are helping drive broader platform use, with most customers now buying several Grafana products and costs falling.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last week
Kimi.ai picks TiDB for AI app data at massive scale
Software-as-a-Service

Kimi.ai picks TiDB for AI app data at massive scale

The move could cut costs and delays for millions of AI-built apps by giving each one an isolated database in about a second.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Rocket Software adds AI tools for IBM i modernisation
Disaster Recovery

Rocket Software adds AI tools for IBM i modernisation

AI tools are being added to legacy IBM systems as firms struggle to modernise core software amid persistent skills shortages.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week
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 • Last week
Google named Gartner leader for cloud-native platforms
Disaster Recovery

Google named Gartner leader for cloud-native platforms

The recognition underlines Google Cloud's push to keep developers on one platform as enterprises move AI agents from prototypes into production.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
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 • Last month
Commvault expands Azure recovery with Cloud Rewind
Disaster Recovery

Commvault expands Azure recovery with Cloud Rewind

The update broadens recovery for Azure-based apps, helping firms restore configurations and dependencies faster after cyberattacks or outages.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month
Percona Live Amsterdam to unite open source database users
Disaster Recovery

Percona Live Amsterdam to unite open source database users

Database teams will compare notes on sovereignty, resilience and compliance as the conference returns to Europe this year.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month
Google Cloud touts sharded fix for noisy neighbours
Software-as-a-Service

Google Cloud touts sharded fix for noisy neighbours

Shared data platforms could see outages contained to one tenant, as Google Cloud says a new sharded design cuts blast radius and eases scaling.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
UiPath expands Google Cloud use for shared GPU fleet
Digital Transformation

UiPath expands Google Cloud use for shared GPU fleet

Higher availability and more predictable GPU access will support UiPath's AI workloads as scarce H100 chips become harder to secure.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Google launches AI agents for database setup & ops
DevOps

Google launches AI agents for database setup & ops

Database teams could cut setup and fault-finding time as Google folds natural-language guidance into Cloud SQL, Spanner and AlloyDB tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Emerson launches DeltaV platform for AI data centres
DataCentre infrastructure

Emerson launches DeltaV platform for AI data centres

Rising AI workloads are forcing operators to simplify power and cooling controls as data centres race to come online faster and cut commissioning risk.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

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Tait launches PTToX linking P25 radios to broadband
5G & Beyond

Tait launches PTToX linking P25 radios to broadband

Public safety agencies can now extend mission-critical radio coverage to smartphones and LTE users without replacing existing P25 infrastructure.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month
Availability should follow the transaction, not the infrastructure
Disaster Recovery

Availability should follow the transaction, not the infrastructure

Manual recovery still risks missed payments and trades when financial systems fail, as customers care only whether transactions complete.

By Don Boxley • 4 min read • Last month
Cello buys GKC Consulting to boost digital resilience
Data Analytics

Cello buys GKC Consulting to boost digital resilience

Customers will get fewer handovers during outages as Cello folds GKC Consulting's observability expertise into its network operations business.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Gruppo AB standardises backup across 2,000 systems
Disaster Recovery

Gruppo AB standardises backup across 2,000 systems

The move cuts outage risk for industrial sites that need fast recovery in offline environments supporting critical services worldwide.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 31st Jul 2026