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A new report says Kubernetes is becoming invisible as it “moves up the stack” with more mature APIs and hyperscaler-managed services.

Akamai’s $900 million Linode acquisition bolsters its cloud-to-edge services portfolio with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Intel says it’ll buy analog semi foundry Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion in cash, expanding Intel’s capacity to build chips.

The cloud revolution has been widely adopted within IT, and most businesses are taking a “cloud-first” approach when deploying new applications. Gartner states that 85% of organizations will be “cloud …

Cloudflare has acquired Vectrix and will add Vectrix’s CASB features to its own Cloudflare One SASE platform.

AMD said it’s cleared regulatory hurdles to acquire FPGA pioneer Xilinx, giving AMD an important foothold in 5G and Open RAN.

IBM and SAP have announced a new hybrid cloud partnership aimed at helping SAP’s large enterprise customers move ERP workloads to the cloud.

Telefonica Tech will offer customers Oracle’s managed platform and services, and Oracle’s first Spanish cloud region comes to Spain.

Amazon, IBM and Microsoft dominated Synergy Research Group’s latest study on IT cloud infrastructure spending.

Nvidia and SoftBank announced Tuesday the $40 billion Arm deal is over, citing regulatory difficulties. SoftBank plans an IPO instead.

Juniper Networks’ Secure Edge offer cloud-native security for hybrid work using a single-policy framework managed via Juniper’s SASE portal.

Amazon reported record growth for its AWS cloud services, which operate at a $71 billion annual run rate, according to the CFO.

Singtel announced plans to offer 5G MEC services to Singapore in the second half of 2022, powered by Microsoft Azure Edge Zones.

Google Cloud saw strong fourth-quarter revenue and shrunk operating losses as parent Alphabet takes the long view on profitability.

IBM has acquired more than 20 companies since 2020, all with the intention of bolstering its hybrid cloud and AI capabilities IBM has acquired telco consulting services and solutions provider …

Citrix has been sold for $16.5 billion and will combine with TIBCO to lead the future of hybrid work, said its interim CEO.

Nordic telco Telia’s Helsinki Data Center is balancing the regional power grid as part of the Fortum Spring ‘virtual battery’ initiative.

AWS: ‘The cloud can do more than modernize programs; it empowers governments to streamline operations and work towards long term sustainability goals’ Ever the over-achiever, Amazon has established its own …

Intel beat its own guidance by $1.3 billion for the fourth quarter, with data center earnings showing strong year-over-year growth.

Microsoft spotlighted Cloud results in its Q2 earnings report. Revenue grew 32% to $22.1 billion, despite slowing Azure growth.

Verizon will implement the Atos Computer Vision platform in its private 5G multi-access edge computing solution Verizon Business has teamed up with Atos to deliver intelligent IoT solutions with private 5G multi-access …

Nvidia’s ARM aspirations look over, based on Nvidia comments to partners and movement from SoftBank, according to a new Bloomberg report.

Meta says its Nvidia-powered AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) will improve online safety and ultimately accelerate metaverse development.

Oracle says it’s “redefining the telco market” with Oracle Cloud for Telcos, which bundles its infrastructure, services and apps for CSPs.

Oracle Cloud comes to Africa with the new Johannesburg region. It is the first of several new Oracle Cloud regions spinning up in 2022.