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Read BBVA completes data platform migration to AWS
BBVA completes data platform migration to AWS

BBVA completes data platform migration to AWS

January 13, 2025 Amazon AWS

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has successfully migrated its data platform to Amazon Web Services (AWS), covering its European and Uruguay operations. BBVA announced its plans to migrate to the cloud provider in February 2023, citing the need for high-performance computing (HPC) for some...

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Read Mapping and location company Here signs 10-year $1bn deal with AWS
Mapping and location company Here signs 10-year $1bn deal with AWS

Mapping and location company Here signs 10-year $1bn deal with AWS

January 10, 2025 Amazon AWS

Mapping and location technology company Here has signed a 10-year deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to use its cloud computing infrastructure. Here will combine AWS technologies with its mapping solutions to help automakers develop location-sensitive technologies for their vehicles.“Location...

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Read Mondelēz chooses AWS as primary cloud provider
Mondelēz chooses AWS as primary cloud provider

Mondelēz chooses AWS as primary cloud provider

January 09, 2025 Amazon AWS

Snack and confectionary company Mondelēz International has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its primary cloud provider and will move its entire ERP landscape to SAP RISE powered by AWS among others. The company hopes that the move will improve the security, agility, and reliability of its...

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Read AWS to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia
AWS to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia

AWS to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia

January 09, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia which will be used to support growing demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and is expected to create at least 550 new jobs. "We are delighted to expand our infrastructure...

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Read TalkTalk to cut hundreds of jobs in bid to save £120m
TalkTalk to cut hundreds of jobs in bid to save £120m

TalkTalk to cut hundreds of jobs in bid to save £120m

January 01, 2025 England

TalkTalk is set to cut hundreds of jobs as the struggling ISP looks to save £120 million ($150m), detailing the plans during an investor meeting in December. TalkTalk has already kicked off a redundancy consultation, ahead of plans to cut around 130 jobs at its Salford consumer division.Further...

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Read The Co-operative Bank migrates IT infrastructure to AWS
The Co-operative Bank migrates IT infrastructure to AWS

The Co-operative Bank migrates IT infrastructure to AWS

December 14, 2024 Amazon AWS

The Co-operative Bank is migrating its applications from on-premise environments to Amazon Web Services, selecting IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl to aid with the migration and hopes that the move to AWS will reduce ongoing costs and improve service delivery for both employees and...

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Read Google debuts Willow quantum computing chip
Google debuts Willow quantum computing chip

Google debuts Willow quantum computing chip

December 12, 2024 Google

Google has announced its latest quantum computing chip, 'Willow,' claiming that the processor performed a standard benchmark computation in under five minutes, which would otherwise take 1025 years on a conventional supercomputer. Google said that the new chip has 105 qubits, which can retain an...

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Read Google makes Trillium AI accelerators generally available
Google makes Trillium AI accelerators generally available

Google makes Trillium AI accelerators generally available

December 11, 2024 Google

Google has launched its self-developed Trillium AI accelerators which are designed for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. Trillium is Google's sixth-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), described as being Google's "most advanced TPU," capable of achieving a 4.7x increase in peak compute...

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Read Veon's Kyivstar launches Gen AI lab in Ukraine
Veon's Kyivstar launches Gen AI lab in Ukraine

Veon's Kyivstar launches Gen AI lab in Ukraine

December 06, 2024 Amazon AWS

Veon's Ukrainian subsidiary Kyivstar has this week announced the launch of a generative AI lab in partnership with Amazon Web Services. According to the company, the purpose of the launch is to support Ukrainian enterprises in introducing AI technologies, as part of an effort to boost the...

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Read AWS unveils S3 storage classes for Dedicated Local Zones
AWS unveils S3 storage classes for Dedicated Local Zones

AWS unveils S3 storage classes for Dedicated Local Zones

December 06, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 storage offering is now available via AWS Dedicated Local Zones, one of its on-premise cloud offerings. At the company's Re:Invent 2024 conference, AWS also revealed new S3 solutions: S3 Tables and S3 Metadata. The storage classes are designed to store data within a...

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Read AWS launches EC2 UltraServers
AWS launches EC2 UltraServers

AWS launches EC2 UltraServers

December 04, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching EC2 instances featuring the latest Nvidia GPUs and Trainium chips. At this week's Re:Invent event in Las Vegas, the cloud giant revealed plans for its Trainium3 chip after unveiling the EC2 during a keynote speech by CEO Matt Garman. Garman revealed three...

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Read BBC undergoes cloud migration to AWS
BBC undergoes cloud migration to AWS

BBC undergoes cloud migration to AWS

November 30, 2024 Amazon AWS

The UK's British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is undergoing a cloud migration as it revealed plans to move its IT systems including finance, HR, and procurement to RISE with SAP on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The BBC hopes that moving its IT systems to the cloud will be more cost-effective than...

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Read Royal Philips and AWS expand partnership for cloud migration
Royal Philips and AWS expand partnership for cloud migration

Royal Philips and AWS expand partnership for cloud migration

November 29, 2024 Amazon AWS

Health technology company Royal Philips has expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services. Philips' integrated diagnostics portfolio in the cloud will be expanded including radiology, digital pathology, cardiology, and AI-advanced visualized solutions.“The collaboration between Philips and...

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Read AWS partners with SSAB for green steel at Swedish data center
AWS partners with SSAB for green steel at Swedish data center

AWS partners with SSAB for green steel at Swedish data center

November 27, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has agreed with SSAB to pilot the use of green steel in one of its three new data centers in Sweden. The green steel will be used to construct the roof and wall structures at the AWS Västerås data center. SSAB subsidiary Ruukki Construction will supply the steel for the...

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Read AWS eyes data center project in Fayette County, Ohio
AWS eyes data center project in Fayette County, Ohio

AWS eyes data center project in Fayette County, Ohio

November 25, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is eyeing Fayette County, southern Ohio, as a site for a data center development and is considering a location about 25 miles east of Xenia, 40 miles east of Dayton.“We recently filed documents as part of the process in exploring possible data center locations. This is...

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Read Amazon to invest another $4bn in Anthropic
Amazon to invest another $4bn in Anthropic

Amazon to invest another $4bn in Anthropic

November 22, 2024 Amazon AWS

Amazon plans to invest $4 billion in Anthropic, following a previous $4bn investment in the generative artificial intelligence startup. The companies said that the startups "will use AWS Trainium and Inferentia chips to train and deploy its future foundation models," however Anthropic will likely...

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Read Google DeepMind refutes criticism of AI chip design platform AlphaChip
Google DeepMind refutes criticism of AI chip design platform AlphaChip

Google DeepMind refutes criticism of AI chip design platform AlphaChip

November 18, 2024 Google

Google DeepMind has published a research paper hitting back at criticism of its AI chip design system AlphaChip. That paper claimed that AlphaChip was able to save thousands of hours of human effort for each new generation of Google TPU AI accelerator, and was already being used by the company to...

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Read Saudi dairy company Almarai moves to Google Cloud
Saudi dairy company Almarai moves to Google Cloud

Saudi dairy company Almarai moves to Google Cloud

November 08, 2024 Google

Saudi Arabia-based dairy company Almarai is moving its critical systems to Google Cloud and hopes that this will improve its scalability and flexibility while remaining cost-effective. The data will be hosted in Google Cloud's Saudi Arabia region, enabling the company to meet digital sovereignty...

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Read Citigroup signs multi-year contract with Google Cloud
Citigroup signs multi-year contract with Google Cloud

Citigroup signs multi-year contract with Google Cloud

October 29, 2024 Google

American investment banking and financial services firm Citi has signed a multi-year contract with Google Cloud to use its cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) offerings. The agreement will see Citi migrate several workloads and applications to Google Cloud, and use Google Cloud's...

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Read VP and head of platform Amit Zavery to leave Google
VP and head of platform Amit Zavery to leave Google

VP and head of platform Amit Zavery to leave Google

October 25, 2024 Google

The vice president, general manager, and head of platform at Google Cloud is set to depart after spending the last five and a half years at Google, joining from Oracle Cloud along with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. "The decision to leave Google is one of the toughest I’ve ever made," Zavery...

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