#cloud-infrastructure

#cloud-infrastructure

But over the summer, Bedrock hit "critical capacity constraints" that drove some customers to rival services, such as Google's cloud service, according to an internal July document obtained by Business Insider. The shortages led to tens of millions of dollars in lost or delayed revenue. Epic Games shifted a $10 million Fortnite project to Google Cloud after AWS failed to provide enough quota for Bedrock, according to the document. (Quota limits control how much intelligence customers can access via AI cloud services).

The platform tackles problems familiar to many platform engineering teams: sprawling cloud estates, drift between code and live environments, and fragile toolchains. According to Pavlo Baron, co-founder and CEO of Platform Engineering Labs, the tool emerged from direct experience with these challenges: We built formae out of our own pain. It is the first platform that starts from reality, not from an idealised plan. It accepts even the messiest truth of any cloud environment and provides a safe, reliable way to evolve it.

Last week, the privacy-focused messaging service Signal was temporarily shut down when Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage. This led to criticism of Signal's use of such a dominant provider as AWS.

The UAE is undergoing a shift in its digital infrastructure landscape, with a wave of data centre and cloud investments reshaping the nation into a regional hub for artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation. This momentum is not only redefining the UAE's technological capabilities but also reinforcing its strategic vision of becoming a global nexus for digital innovation and data sovereignty.

Since the bulk of the company's revenue comes from advertising fees tied to search, any erosion in Google's market share seemingly poses an existential threat to Alphabet's financial engine. On the surface, this bearish narrative is compelling. But the reality is far more nuanced. Alphabet's financial resilience, strategic partnerships, and product evolution suggests that the company is not only prepared to defend its turf but may also emerge stronger in the face of rising competition.

Azerion, the leading European digital advertising company, is proud to announce a comprehensive rebranding, unveiling a fresh visual identity, a newly designed website, and a revitalised presence across social platforms, highlighted by the brand's dynamic new tagline 'Everyone. Everywhere'. This rebranding marks a significant milestone in Azerion's journey, reflecting its evolution into a more accessible, globally connected platform. Azerion connects audiences to advertisers using proprietary technology, local expertise, and premium inventory to drive measurable omnichannel outcomes in the places that matter to clients. This refined brand promise is core to Azerion's new identity: combining human connection with digital innovation to help clients succeed across channels, formats, and geographies.

The 81-year-old cofounder of software giant Oracle is on the verge of beating out Elon Musk for the title of world's richest person. Ellison, who cofounded Oracle in the '70s and is still its chief technology officer and executive chairman, saw his net worth skyrocket over the past day to $364 billion, just short of Musk's $384 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire's Index.

Early-stage founders, take note. The Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will feature a powerhouse panel of seasoned investors sharing where their firms are placing bets for 2026 and beyond. Joining us onstage Nina Achadjian, partner, Index Ventures - focused on automating overlooked industries and investing across AI, robotics, and vertical SaaS. , general partner, Greylock - backing product-driven founders in AI, data, cloud infrastructure, and open source. Viviana Faga, general partner, Felicis - bringing two decades of expertise in scaling go-to-market SaaS, category creation, and brand strategy.

Lambda Inc., a cloud infrastructure firm, is negotiating a funding round that could value it at $4 billion to $5 billion ahead of a potential IPO.

Customers can migrate Oracle Database workloads to Oracle Database@AWS on OCI in AWS, supporting Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Oracle Database 23ai with AI Vector functionality.

"We're addressing the number one complaint of Kubernetes, which is complexity," said Miska Kaipiainen, head of product for Lens at Mirantis. "Lens Prism puts the power of a site reliability engineer (SRE) inside every developer's IDE. It removes friction from day-to-day Kubernetes operations while maintaining enterprise-grade security and control."

In our journey with ElasticScale, it's become increasingly clear how much SaaS leaders and their dev teams relate to the problems we address: Infrastructure that's too complex, too costly, and too distracting.

Failing to recognize the need for CAM leads to additional problems. The financial aspect is the most paramount and urgent. Untracked and unmanaged resources such as idle virtual machines or overallocated storage accumulate costs that are often unnoticed until they appear on a bloated monthly statement.