hybrid cloud

Cerence, NVIDIA, and Microsoft have taken a decisive step to put large language models and cloud-accelerated AI at the center of the next-generation in-car experience, with Cerence’s hybrid agentic platform, Cerence xUI, now optimized to run on NVIDIA AI Enterprise and deployed on Microsoft...

Cerence’s xUI platform is gaining real momentum: the hybrid, agentic in‑car assistant now ships with production integrations that lean on NVIDIA AI Enterprise for model performance and optimizations and on Microsoft Azure for cloud-hosted services and distribution — a stack that Cerence says is...

Samsung’s CES push makes clear that AI is no longer a feature add‑on for appliances and displays — it’s the connective tissue Samsung expects to bind TVs, fridges, vacuums, cars and health services into a single, conversational ecosystem built around a new Vision AI strategy. Background /...

Coforge’s new EvolveOps.AI promises to bring “Agentic AI” to the heart of enterprise IT operations, packaging a hybrid-cloud, open‑source stack of fine‑tuned small language models, deterministic decision engines, and 28 prebuilt agent personas to automate incident response, infrastructure...

Cancom SE is quietly reshaping its identity from a classic German systems integrator into a repeatable, Microsoft‑centric hybrid cloud and managed‑services operator — a shift that matters because Europe’s mid‑market now prizes sustained uptime, security and FinOps as much as cloud-native...

Microsoft’s Azure has quietly moved from infrastructure runner-up to the fulcrum of Microsoft’s AI and cloud strategy — and that shift matters for enterprises, CIOs, and investors because Azure is now where Microsoft converts AI demand into recurring, high‑margin revenue. Background / Overview...

Airbus’s public shift — framed in several recent reports as a move “towards farewell to big tech” and a call for an EU sovereign cloud for data — crystallises a defining debate for Europe’s digital infrastructure: how to reconcile the scale and innovation of hyperscalers with the legal...

Microsoft’s Lagos briefing made one thing clear: the company is not planning to build a Microsoft Nigeria data centre “anytime soon,” and will instead prioritise cloud connectivity, partner-led delivery and private links such as Azure ExpressRoute to serve Nigerian organisations while the...

Schneider Electric’s new One Digital Grid Platform packages decades of EcoStruxure capability into an AI-enabled stack that promises to speed outage restoration, tighten model accuracy and give utilities an incremental path to grid modernization — all built on Microsoft Azure and presented as a...

Dell and Microsoft’s new integration — bringing Microsoft Azure Local to Dell Private Cloud and Dell PowerStore — reframes hybrid cloud as an operational model rather than a binary choice, promising an Azure‑managed control plane on validated Dell hardware with NVMe performance, automated...

Microsoft Azure now includes the official Center for Internet Security (CIS) Linux Benchmarks as a built‑in, CIS‑certified capability inside Azure Policy’s Machine Configuration — a preview feature powered by the new azure‑osconfig compliance engine that delivers continuous, audit‑grade...

Microsoft and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) have made the official CIS Linux Benchmarks available as a built‑in, CIS‑certified capability in Microsoft Azure’s Azure Policy → Machine Configuration experience, powered by the new azure‑osconfig compliance engine — a preview feature that...

Microsoft Azure now exposes the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Linux Benchmarks as a built‑in Azure Policy Machine Configuration capability, bringing CIS‑certified, audit‑grade Linux benchmark assessments into a supported, cloud‑native compliance workflow and enabling continuous evaluation...

Dell and Microsoft’s latest hybrid-cloud move is a practical reminder that enterprise IT has entered an era of engineered compromise: cloud consistency and on‑premises control, NVMe performance and centralized governance, vendor simplicity and procurement trade‑offs. The integration of Microsoft...

The API management landscape in 2026 is now inseparable from enterprise strategy: platforms that once focused on request routing and rate limiting are evolving into governance, security, and monetization control planes for AI workloads, agentic services, and globally distributed microservices...

Dell Technologies’ decision to bring Microsoft Azure Local to Dell Private Cloud and Dell PowerStore shifts hybrid-cloud strategy from vendor-specific islands to an integrated, Azure-managed on‑premises option — a move that promises unified lifecycle management, NVMe performance for...

Dell Technologies’ latest move folds Microsoft’s Azure Local into two of its flagship on‑prem products — Dell Private Cloud and Dell PowerStore — creating a vendor‑backed, Azure‑managed path for enterprises that want cloud‑style operations with on‑site control and NVMe performance. This...

The Internet Computer’s 2025 sprint — anchored by the AI‑first Caffeine suite, the cross‑chain Chain Fusion upgrade, and a slate of subnet and performance enhancements — has reignited the debate over whether a Layer‑1 can simultaneously be a viable hybrid cloud and a foundational piece of...

RiverMeadow today announced that its Workload Mobility Platform now supports migrations to Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO), positioning the company as a stronger player in the growing market for VMware alternatives and hybrid cloud modernization tools. The vendor frames the update as a way to...

Microsoft has pushed a major update to its edge and hybrid portfolio that stitches together Azure Local, Azure IoT Operations, Azure Arc, and Fabric to deliver AI-enabled compute, stronger device identity controls, and new offline and sovereign-cloud options for mission‑critical and highly...