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Bharti Airtel launches sovereign cloud platform to power Indian telcos

The telecom major will now compete with US players like Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google

WeTransfer denies using user files for AI training after backlash: Details

WeTransfer updates its terms of service to clarify it doesn't use uploaded files for AI model training, following user concerns

AI hyped but better grounded than crypto, says Red Hat CTO Chris Wright

Chris Wright compares AI trajectory to early days of cloud tech; Red Hat to focus on enabling flexible infrastructure for AI workloads across platforms

Jio Platforms finds the right signal with 'non-connectivity' ventures

At an annualised level, revenues from non-connectivity services are expected to reach about ₹16,000 crore

Airtel, Google team up to offer cloud storage to postpaid, Wi-Fi users

Bharti Airtel and Google on Tuesday announced a partnership to offer Google One cloud storage subscription service for the telco's customers, to address the limitations of device storage. All postpaid and Wi-Fi customers will get access to six months of 100 GB of Google One cloud storage at no extra cost. After six months, a fee of Rs 125 per month will be added to the customer's monthly bill. If a customer chooses not to continue the subscription, they can cease to be a Google One member, according to a release. The partnership seeks to address the issue of growing data storage constraints faced by users by ensuring that customers have adequate space to store photos, videos, documents and other digital content without the need to frequently delete files or resort to expensive physical storage expansions, according to the release. As an introductory offer, the 100 GB cloud storage will be available at no additional cost for six months from the date of activation, enabling customers

Microsoft forecasts strong growth for Azure cloud business, shares surge 8%

Microsoft said revenue at its Azure cloud division rose 33 per cent in the third quarter ended March 31, exceeding estimates of 29.7 per cent

Mastek surges 15% on heavy volumes; Rebounds 21% from Monday's low

A combined 3.46 million equity shares representing 11 per cent of total equity of Mastek have changed hands on the NSE and BSE till 02:49 PM

It's a quantum leap in computing with India joining the global race

The world's biggest technology companies are building machines with vast processing power. India too is in the race

Angel One says it is investigating security breach, assessing impact

Angel One said it was notified of the breach by its dark-web monitoring partner and that it immediately changed all credentials of its AWS cloud

Amazon's cloud business faces test after Microsoft, Google struggles

Amazon Web Services, the world's largest cloud services provider, is expected to post its strongest revenue increase in eight quarters at 19.3 per cent, according to data compiled by LSEG

Ola Krutrim, AceCloud to host DeepSeek's AI models on Indian servers

Indian cloud service providers Ola Krutrim and AceCloud have started offering services of Chinese artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek in the country. AceCloud was the first to announce hosting of DeepSeek. AceCloud said that it will offer DeepSeek AI models to businesses with claims that the data residency will remain in India. Krutrim claimed to be the first Indian AI company to deploy DeepSeek's AI models on domestic servers, eliminating data privacy and security concerns, at lowest ever prices. Krutrim said that it is hosting DeepSeek's AI models on Krutrim cloud. "With this, Krutrim becomes the first Indian AI company to deploy DeepSeek's AI models on domestic servers, eliminating data privacy and security concerns, at lowest ever prices," the company said in a statement. Kriutrim said that it will at present host five state-of-the-art DeepSeek AI models ranging from 8 billion to 70 billion parameters, at introductory prices ranging from Rs 10 to Rs 60 per million token

Infor sees 100% growth in India in 2024; to increase headcount by 15-20%

Kevin Samuelson, global CEO, Infor, said that they are also setting up their own data centre in India to resolve data residency issues for some customers

Cloud, AI will become synonymous in 2025: Wipro FullStride Cloud's Debecker

Debecker spoke about Cloud services and artificial intelligence and how Wipro is preparing to be an AI-powered firm

Akash Systems wins $27 mn contract from NxtGen to provide cooling servers

Deal will help NxtGen in providing energy-efficient AI computing solutions

Microsoft faces legal action in Britain over cloud computing licences

Microsoft in 2020 introduced new licence fees for running its software on major cloud providers

RBI to launch cloud services in 2025 to challenge global firm dominance

The burgeoning cloud services market in Asia's third largest economy was estimated at $8.3 billion in 2023 and is expected to grow to $24.2 billion by 2028

India's significance for SAP's business is massive: Muhammad Alam

He talks about engineering, artificial intelligence (AI) and Indian talent

Amazon to invest $1.3 bn in Italy data centre biz to boost cloud services

The investment would support up to 5,500 jobs through 2029 across the AWS data centre supply chain, the company said in a statement

Google Cloud, Wipro partner to use Gemini Code Assist to boost productivity

Google Cloud on Thursday said it has partnered with IT firm Wipro to integrate Gemini Code Assist into the latter's development workflows. Gemini Code Assist is an AI-powered collaborator that helps developers write, review, and debug code more efficiently. This collaboration will enhance developer productivity, improve code quality, and encourage innovation, a company statement said. "At Wipro we are using conversational AI/Gen AI technology to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of the work done by associates on an individual basis. Tools like Google Cloud's Gemini Code Assist will significantly enhance first party productivity among our developers enabling them to deliver higher quality solutions more efficiently," Wipro Limited Chief Information Officer Anup Purohit said. Integrating Gemini Code Assist will accelerate development cycles, reduce errors, and enable developers to focus on higher-level problem-solving, the statement said.

KPMG India ties up with Zscaler to help organisations deal with cyber risks

KPMG India-Zscaler alliance will offer broad security services to help organisations understand and effectively manage cyber threats, unique to their businesses