Global Stories

World Aquatics to migrate core systems to Alibaba Cloud by 2028

World Aquatics will fully migrate its core systems to Alibaba Cloud by 2028, enhancing digital services for international aquatic sports events and communities.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 30th Jul 2025

Storage

UK & EMEA firms cut AI, IT budgets as cloud costs soar

UK and EMEA firms cut AI, cybersecurity, and IT budgets as soaring cloud costs and poor AI returns strain finances, says Akamai study of 750 IT leaders.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Tue, 15th Jul 2025

Software-as-a-Service

Datadog named Leader in Gartner observability report for fifth year

Datadog has been named a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms for the fifth consecutive year, reflecting its strong market position.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Jul 2025

Virtualisation

Azul & Payara partner to simplify codeless Java migration

Azul and Payara have partnered to offer a codeless, lift-and-shift solution simplifying Java application modernisation across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Jul 2025

Virtualisation

Payara & Azul partner to boost Java app performance & cloud

Payara and Azul have teamed up to boost enterprise Java app performance and simplify cloud migration with a codeless, scalable joint solution.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 10th Jul 2025

Unified Communications

Five use cases that justify ditching VPNs for good

Organisations face rising VPN breaches and slow speeds, prompting a shift to Zero Trust Network Access for safer, faster hybrid work and cloud migration.

By Tony Burnside • 5 min read • Thu, 10th Jul 2025

Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid cloud adoption climbs, but cost visibility still lacking

Hybrid cloud use in the UK and Ireland hits 68%, but over half of IT leaders still lack full visibility of cloud costs, hampering ROI measurement.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 4th Jul 2025

Digital Transformation

Hyland appoints Nanette Lazina to lead global partner strategy

Hyland has named Nanette Lazina Senior VP of Global Channels and OEMs to drive growth and partner strategy, leveraging her 20 years at SAP.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Wed, 2nd Jul 2025

Software-as-a-Service

LogicMonitor recognises global leaders in AI & IT excellence

LogicMonitor honoured global leaders like Syngenta, Presidio and AWS in its 2025 Elevate Awards for AI-driven IT observability and data centre transformation.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 5 min read • Thu, 26th Jun 2025

Software-as-a-Service

Datadog appoints Adrian Towsey to drive APJ commercial growth

Datadog names Adrian Towsey as VP of Commercial Sales for APJ to boost growth amid rising cloud and AI tech demand in the region.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Jun 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Firewalls

Radware adds four US partners to expand cloud security reach

Radware partners with four US firms to boost access to its cloud security services, enhancing protection against cyber threats for managed service providers.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 30th Jul 2025

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Fiji adopts first Pacific managed security mapped to ASD ISM

Fiji now has the Pacific's first managed security service aligned with the updated Australian Signals Directorate ISM, enhancing cyberdefence for local businesses.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Mon, 28th Jul 2025

Digital Transformation

Small UK accounting firms split between cloud & in-house IT

A survey shows UK small accounting firms split between cloud and in-house IT, with many favouring office servers despite growing cloud adoption.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 25th Jul 2025

DevOps

Coralogix & AWS partner to boost AI-driven cloud observability

Coralogix partners with AWS to enhance AI-driven cloud observability and security, integrating Amazon Bedrock to improve real-time threat detection and system monitoring.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Jul 2025

Generative AI

vFunction brings GenAI-powered architecture tools to code assistants

vFunction launches GenAI-powered tools integrated with Amazon Q Developer and GitHub Copilot to automate app refactoring and cloud-native transformation.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 10th Jul 2025

Firewalls

Alibaba Cloud to invest USD $60m in global AI partnerships

Alibaba Cloud will invest over USD $60 million to enhance AI innovation and strengthen its global partner network with new technology collaborations.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Fri, 4th Jul 2025

Digital Transformation

OneFamily partners with ANS to drive Microsoft cloud overhaul

OneFamily is partnering with ANS to modernise its IT by migrating to Microsoft Azure, aiming to cut costs and support 1.5 million UK customers with scalable cloud tech.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 4th Jul 2025

Platform-as-a-Service

CareSuper partners with Macquarie for Azure migration, tech overhaul

CareSuper partners with Macquarie Cloud Services to migrate its AUD $57 billion tech infrastructure from AWS to Microsoft Azure for cost-effective modernisation.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Jul 2025