For decades, the European Union has dwelled uneasily on the sidelines of the global cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Despite strong ambitions, the continent’s hopes to compete head-to-head with hyperscalers—those giant cloud service providers like Amazon Web Services...
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The collaboration between Aruba and Microsoft stands as a significant development in the evolving landscape of cloud services and regulatory compliance in Europe. With the rollout of Azure Local in Italy, hosted across Aruba’s sophisticated data centers in Bergamo, Arezzo, and Rome, the...
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Microsoft’s latest strategic shift in artificial intelligence has turned industry heads yet again as the company announced the integration of Elon Musk’s xAI models—including the newly hyped Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini—into its Azure cloud platform. This bold move, confirmed at the annual Microsoft...
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Forty-two years ago, the introduction of Microsoft Word marked an early assertion of Microsoft’s commitment to Europe, both as a pioneer in localized software and as a forerunner in digital productivity. Now, amid sweeping geopolitical uncertainties and the rapid evolution of technology...
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It’s a sunny Tuesday afternoon in Europe’s digital corridors, and the cloudscape is crackling with uncertainty and intrigue.
The Great European Cloud Quandary
Europe’s relationship with US hyperscalers – those cloud behemoths known affectionately (and sometimes acidly) as AWS, Microsoft Azure...
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