digital infrastructure

Seven in ten doctors tell the Royal College of Physicians that the NHS is not digitally fit to deploy AI safely, exposing a dangerous mismatch between clinical enthusiasm and the health service’s broken technical foundations. Background The Royal College of Physicians’ new "RCP view on digital...

The Indian Ministry of Labour & Employment’s recent memorandum of understanding with Microsoft marks a major public‑private step to scale AI‑driven skilling, modernize national job platforms and open tighter links between India’s workforce and global employers—anchoring cloud and AI technologies...

Microsoft’s pledge to embed advanced AI into India’s two flagship labour platforms — the e‑Shram national registry for informal workers and the National Career Service (NCS) portal — marks a deliberate push to turn digital public infrastructure into AI-enabled social infrastructure capable of...

Twice in ten days this October the internet reminded Europe — and the organisations that run its hospitals, courts and tax systems — that the word “cloud” masks a very simple and old-fashioned risk: most of our digital life sits on a handful of platforms that can fail, or be compelled to stop...

The London Stock Exchange Group’s new Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) — built in collaboration with Microsoft and running on Microsoft Azure — has gone live for tokenised private funds and already processed its first commercial transaction, marking a deliberate shift from pilot projects to...

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has launched a cloud-native, blockchain-enabled Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) platform built with Microsoft Azure to digitise the full private‑funds lifecycle — from issuance and tokenisation through distribution, settlement and ongoing servicing — and...

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has launched a Microsoft-powered blockchain platform called Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI), going live first with tokenized private funds and completing its inaugural blockchain-powered fundraising transaction — a move that shifts the conversation...

LSEG’s new Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI), built in partnership with Microsoft and running on Microsoft Azure, has officially launched for private funds — and the platform has already facilitated its first tokenised fundraise, marking a major step toward mainstreaming tokenization across...

Microsoft has warned that users of its Azure cloud may see higher-than-normal latency and intermittent disruptions after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer alternate routes while repair work and global rerouting continue. Background The Red...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT suffered a widespread service disruption on September 3, 2025, that left thousands of users unable to see responses in the Conversations web UI and sparked an immediate wave of troubleshooting, vendor-switching and enterprise planning conversations across technical communities...

Microsoft’s stratospheric rise across nearly every segment of its business has become the talk of Wall Street, reaffirming the company’s role as the dominant force shaping the modern tech landscape. Fresh praise from market analysts and influential voices—most notably Jim Cramer—underscores how...

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...

Balfour Beatty, a leading international infrastructure group, has announced a £7.2 million investment in Microsoft 365 Copilot, marking one of the most significant artificial intelligence (AI) commitments within the UK construction industry to date. This strategic move aims to enhance...

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has dramatically intensified its focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, the powerhouses of the cloud computing sector. This heightened scrutiny signals a pivotal moment not only for the British digital infrastructure...

NTT SmartConnect has announced the establishment of a new connection point for Megaport Japan at its Sonezaki Data Center in Osaka, marking a significant advancement in Japan's cloud connectivity landscape. This collaboration introduces Megaport's Internet Exchange (IX) service, MegaIX, to the...

On June 10, 2025, Microsoft France's legal director, Anton Carniaux, testified before the French Senate inquiry commission on public procurement and digital sovereignty. When asked if he could guarantee that French citizens' data stored in Microsoft's EU data centers would not be accessed by...

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) has announced the renewal of its software licensing agreement with Microsoft, projecting savings of more than £1 million for taxpayers over the next three years. This move, which comes amid mounting fiscal pressures and an evolving technology landscape...

Open source software forms the scaffolding of modern digital economies, powering everything from mission-critical infrastructure to mobile apps, yet the world’s financial commitment to its maintenance and sustainability remains startlingly tenuous. This disconnect was cast into sharp relief by...

The latest update to Windows 11, version 24H2, marks one of the most significant leaps in system resilience the operating system has seen in years, rolling out features designed to minimize disruption, maximize productivity, and empower IT administrators with granular control over recovery...

As Australia's digital economy accelerates into unprecedented territory, a significant showdown is brewing between the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and some of the world's largest technology giants. Google, Amazon, and Microsoft—all of whom have poured billions into building and expanding...