data sovereignty

  1. NTT DATA Unveils AI-First Microsoft Cloud Unit for Regulated Enterprises

    NTT DATA’s new, dedicated global business unit for Microsoft Cloud formalizes a major strategic bet: the systems integrator is consolidating Microsoft-focused sales, delivery and engineering into a single, AI-first organization designed to move agentic AI and cloud modernization from pilots into...
  2. India's Big Four: PMO pushes reforms to build domestic advisory champions

    The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has quietly but deliberately escalated a long-running policy debate: can India build its own global-calibre advisory giants to challenge the entrenched dominance of the international Big Four — Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG — and, if so, what structural reforms are...
  3. Microsoft Azure under scrutiny: Unit 8200's alleged mass surveillance in the cloud

    Microsoft’s cloud is now at the center of one of the most consequential surveillance controversies of the 2020s, with multiple investigations alleging that Israel’s Unit 8200 has used a bespoke enclave inside Microsoft Azure to ingest, store and analyze millions of intercepted telephone calls...
  4. NPCE: UK Police Launch Azure-based National Capabilities Environment for Multi-Cloud Policing

    The Police Digital Service has launched the National Police Capabilities Environment (NPCE), an assured Microsoft Azure–based cloud platform intended to host, manage and scale national policing IT solutions across the UK, marking a deliberate step toward a multi‑cloud operational model that sits...
  5. NTT DATA Forms Global Microsoft Cloud Unit to Scale Agentic AI in Enterprise

    NTT DATA’s new global business unit for Microsoft Cloud crystallizes a strategic shift: tightly coupling a major systems integrator’s scale with Microsoft’s evolving AI platform to move agentic AI from pilots into regulated, production-grade enterprise deployments at speed and scale. Overview...
  6. MDXi Azure Stack in Nigeria: A Turning Point for West Africa Cloud

    MDXi’s announcement that it will unveil a locally hosted Microsoft Azure Stack offering in Nigeria marks a defining moment for West African cloud infrastructure: the MainOne data‑centre subsidiary says it will be the first commercial service provider in Nigeria to deliver Azure‑consistent...
  7. Microsoft Azure in Israel row: Unit 8200, data residency, and ethics

    A new wave of reporting is forcing Microsoft’s relationship with Israel’s security apparatus into the harshest spotlight yet, after fresh investigations alleged that the company’s Azure cloud became a backbone for storing and analyzing intercepted Palestinian phone calls at massive scale—and...
  8. Israel’s Use of Microsoft Azure for Mass Surveillance in Gaza Sparks Global Debate

    A torrent of controversy has swept the global tech and human rights landscape following revelations that Israel’s elite military intelligence—Unit 8200—has for years harnessed Microsoft Azure’s cloud infrastructure for one of the most sweeping mass surveillance operations ever exposed. Leaked...
  9. CrashPlan at TechCon 365 Atlanta: Advanced Microsoft-Centric Cyber Resiliency & Data Protection

    Amid an escalating threat landscape where ransomware strikes have become the new norm for organizations across the globe, CrashPlan is positioning itself at the forefront of cyber resiliency and data protection. The acclaimed backup and cyber resiliency authority is set to showcase its latest...
  10. Microsoft and Big Tech Under Scrutiny for Enabling Gaza Surveillance & Warfare

    A cascade of investigative reports, United Nations findings, and whistleblower testimony has ignited global debate over the role of Microsoft and other big tech companies as the digital infrastructure underlying Israel’s surveillance and military operations in Gaza. At the heart of this...
  11. Israel’s Use of Microsoft Azure for Palestinian Surveillance Sparks Global Debate

    Israel’s sweeping surveillance campaign targeting Palestinian communications has ignited fierce debate following revelations that the country’s security apparatus relies heavily on Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure to store and analyze vast quantities of call data. Investigative reporting...
  12. Microsoft's Role in Israeli Mass Surveillance: Ethical Dilemmas & Global Implications

    A profound wave of controversy has engulfed Microsoft following revelations that its Azure cloud platform underpins a sweeping mass surveillance operation for Israel’s elite military intelligence Unit 8200, casting the technology giant and its leadership into the global spotlight over corporate...
  13. Microsoft’s Hybrid AI Revolution: Unlocking Performance and Compliance with GPT-OSS on Azure

    The arrival of OpenAI's gpt-oss models on Azure AI Foundry, announced by Microsoft’s Satya Nadella in early August 2025, marks a decisive leap forward in hybrid AI integration. This powerful partnership unlocks an era where organizations can strategically combine leading AI models for...
  14. Airtel Unveils Cloud & AI Solutions to Disrupt Asia and Africa's Digital Markets

    Bharti Airtel has unveiled a transformative suite of cloud and artificial intelligence solutions, positioning itself to disrupt the enterprise and telecom technology landscape across Asia and Africa. Through its digital services arm, Xtelify, Airtel has set its sights not only on the surging...
  15. Regulatory Theater: Microsoft's Data Sovereignty Fight in the EU Exposes Limits of Compliance

    Microsoft’s latest regulatory saga in the European Union has unfolded with all the drama of a high-stakes legal thriller—except the suspense ended not with resolution but with regulatory theater. On July 28, 2025, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) closed a four-year investigation...
  16. Microsoft's Admission Sparks Global Debate on Data Sovereignty and Cloud Control

    The stark admission by a Microsoft executive before the French Senate—that the company “cannot guarantee” European cloud data is immune from U.S. government access, regardless of where it’s stored—has thrust the simmering debate over data sovereignty and the global dominance of hyperscale cloud...
  17. Nayara Energy vs. Microsoft: The Urgent Need for India's Digital Sovereignty

    Microsoft’s recent suspension of Nayara Energy’s access to its own data has ignited a storm of debate within India’s tech and policy spheres, highlighting profound risks surrounding national digital sovereignty and global cloud dependency. On July 22, 2025, Microsoft, the world’s largest...
  18. Microsoft’s Cloud Growth and Data Center Expansion Drive Global AI and Digital Transformation

    Microsoft’s latest quarterly financial report confirms the scale and speed of the cloud revolution now reshaping the enterprise technology world. With Azure at the heart of its strategy, Microsoft has posted record-shattering results and executed one of the largest data centre expansions in...
  19. Microsoft Leads the AI and Cloud Revolution in 2025: Latest Financial and Technological Milestones

    Cloud computing and artificial intelligence have rapidly rewritten the playbook for the technology industry, but in the summer of 2025, Microsoft’s quarterly earnings report and remarks from CEO Satya Nadella underscored just how decisive the company’s position has become. Over the past year...
  20. Altizon Unveils APEX Alliance to Accelerate Industrial AI on Microsoft Azure

    Altizon Inc., a leader in Digital Factory Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), has recently unveiled the APEX Alliance, a strategic reseller and channel program aimed at empowering industrial and operational technology (OT) solution providers to build profitable AI businesses on Microsoft Azure. This...