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Indian authority seeks tax from Amazon on cloud services fees paid to US

Indian tax authority has decided to charge tax on cloud services fees paid by Amazon to the US, a move which will lead to company coughing up "significant" amount in taxes including payments for some of the previous years, the company said in a regulatory filing. Without sharing details of the decision, Amazon said it will contest the decision but it will have to remit a significant amount in taxes unless the matter is resolved. "In February 2023, we received a decision by the Indian Tax Authority (ITA) that tax applies to cloud services fees paid to the US. We will need to remit taxes on the services in question, including for a portion of prior years, until this matter is resolved, which payments could be significant in the aggregate," the company said. Amazon claimed that the ITA's decision is without merit. "We believe the ITA's decision is without merit, we intend to defend our position vigorously, and we expect to recoup taxes paid. If this matter is adversely resolved, we wo

Dell acquires Israel's cloud services start-up Cloudify for $100 million

Dell Technologies has acquired Israeli startup Cloudify that is known for cloud orchestration and infrastructure automation

EU probing $61 billion acquisition of software firm VMware by Broadcom

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of enterprise Cloud software company VMware by Broadcom

India public cloud service market to be worth $13 bn by 2026: Report

BFSI and manufacturing among leaders in public cloud adoption, as demand grows from other sectors

Noventiq acquires India's leading cloud managed services provider G7 CR

Noventiq did not disclosed the sum for which it acquired G7 CR Technologies India Pvt Ltd

Overseas investors oppose Sebi's data localisation norms, cite cyber risk

Sebi's proposed mandate will negatively impact FIs' global operation, ASIFMA argues

Microsoft to buy 4% of LSE Group as part of $2.8-billion cloud deal

The partnership will speed up the migration of its markets to the cloud and allow it to develop new products and services

Nearly all cloud-based data storage will now be end-to-end encrypted: Apple

As part of an ongoing privacy push, Apple said Wednesday it will now offer full end-to-encryption for nearly all the data its users store in its global cloud-based storage system. That will make it more difficult for hackers, spies and law enforcement agencies to access sensitive user information. The world's most valuable company has long placed customer security and privacy at a premium. Its iMessage and Facetime communications services are fully encrypted end-to-end and it has sometimes locked horns with law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, over its refusal to unlock devices. But nearly everything that customers backed up remotely using Apple's iCloud service including photos, videos and chats has not been protected by encryption. That made it far easier for crooks, spies and criminal investigators with court orders to get at it. No longer. The loophole that law enforcement had for getting at iPhone data will now be considerably narrowed. Apple, which is based in ...

Amazon Luna to allow users to play Ubisoft PC games they own for PC

Users can link their Ubisoft account to Luna to play owned PC games and can also purchase new ones

Accenture partners with AWS to launch cloud acceleration platform

Accenture and AWS plan to expand their portfolio of differentiated solutions across industries to accelerate innovation powered by Velocity

Amazon Web Services launches 'SimSpace Weaver' computer service

The new service allows users to connect external clients to their simulations so that they can interact and view the simulations with multiple users in real-time

Reliance Jio launches JioGamesCloud: What is it, how to sign-up, and more

JioGamesCloud is a cloud gaming service currently available in beta on the JioGames app for smartphones, web browsers, and the Jio Set Top Box

AWS announces Digital Sovereignty Pledge to protect customers assets

All AWS services already support encryption, with most also supporting encryption with customer managed keys that are inaccessible to AWS

AWS launches second infrastructure region in India, to support 48,000 jobs

The construction and operation of the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region is also estimated to add approximately $7.6 billion (Rs 63,600 crore) to India's gross domestic product by 2030

Google Cloud joins hands with DSCI for boosting cloud adoption

"Secure with cloud" initiative will also provide industry best practices and frameworks with Start-up and mobile app ecosystems on privacy and security

Google starts rolling out refunds for Stadia gamers before the shutdown

In September this year, Google announced to shut down its cloud gaming service Stadia, admitting that it had not gained the traction the company had expected

Netflix expands cloud gaming infra by opening new studio in US: Know more

Since announcing its entry into the gaming market, Netflix has 35 games available and 14 more in development in its own studios

There's a sea change in public sector cloud in India: AWS' Rahul Sharma

Digital India's mindset acted as a catalyst to bring this transformation of citizen-facing services, says Rahul Sharma, Regional Head, AWS India

Data centre business to double by 2024, demand to help real estate: Reports

Investments in data centres expected to surpass $20 billion by 2025, with smaller cities gaining too

Amazon Seller Services reports Rs 3.6K-crore loss; revenue up 32%

E-commerce firm's units for digital payments and selling cloud service report losses too for FY22