MoU paves the way for Google Cloud to launch new regions in Italy

Google Cloud and Telecom Italia (TIM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo to help it digitalise services and improve security and data protection standards. To provide the group with Google Cloud services, the “ambitious project” will see the creation of two carbon neutral Google Cloud Regions in Turin and […]

Google Cloud wins “seven figure” military security contract

Google Cloud has won a “seven figure” contract with the US Department of Defense’s Innovation Unit to help it detect and respond to cyber threats. Google Cloud said the deal will allow the Innovation Unit to run applications across platforms using Anthos – including Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure – while being […]

AWS outperforms the Amazon group again with big jump in cloud sales

The quarter has been another busy one for AWS, with a string of big customer wins and a variety of infrastructure and energy announcements. Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and its Amazon Web Services subsidiary posted another set of impressive results for the first quarter ended 31 March. For the group, net sales increased 17% to $59.7bn. […]