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Application infrastructure stories

Magnum Ice Cream names Accenture, HCL for tech carve-out

The separation from Unilever will hinge on a new digital backbone, with systems to be rolled out over 18 months before TSA support ends in 2027.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 29th Jun 2026

Digital Transformation

Quanton launches Australian operations amid AI scepticism

Many firms are failing to turn AI spending into returns, as Quanton opens in Australia to help clients scale deployments and change management.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 29th Jun 2026

DevOps

AI infrastructure incidents hit 93%, Spacelift warns

Most firms are unprepared for AI-driven infrastructure risk, as Spacelift found only 19% have the governance needed to curb incidents.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Sat, 27th Jun 2026

Private Cloud

Quali expands Torque for enterprise AI infrastructure

The update aims to give large organisations tighter control over AI workloads spread across clouds, servers and containers, with policy checks built in.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Sat, 27th Jun 2026

Network Infrastructure

Indigo appoints Nick Barton as Chief Revenue Officer

The hire is aimed at sharpening Indigo's push into hyperscaler and network accounts as competition intensifies across international connectivity markets.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2026

Data Protection

Neocloud providers set to grab AI cloud market share

Gartner says specialist providers are gaining ground as enterprises seek cheaper, sovereign access to scarce GPU capacity for AI projects.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2026

Data Protection

Google Cloud adds cross-region backups for more workloads

Customers can now lower disaster-recovery costs while keeping backup copies outside the source region to meet outage and residency needs.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2026

Fintech

Thredd rolls out Visa Cloud Connect via Singapore hub

Faster onboarding and fewer outages are the aim as Thredd links its Asia Pacific issuing infrastructure to VisaNet through a Singapore cloud hub.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2026

DevOps

Nebius selects Komodor's AI SRE platform for reliability

The deployment could speed up incident response across Nebius's GPU-heavy AI cloud, where outages can leave costly compute idle and affect customers.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2026

DevOps

AI incidents hit 93% as governance lags, study finds

Governance gaps are leaving firms exposed, with only 19% meeting the readiness bar as AI-related infrastructure incidents spread across organisations.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2026

Robotics

Oracle expands defence ecosystem with 10 new firms

Defence buyers could gain faster access to AI, robotics and secure communications as Oracle broadens its programme with 10 more start-ups.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 25th Jun 2026

Storage

Tech Mahindra expands Telefónica Germany cloud deal

The multi-year project aims to give Telefónica Germany more control over data, resilience and AI-ready services as it modernises infrastructure.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Jun 2026

Data centers

Microsoft cuts datacentre water use by 25% in FY25

Rising scrutiny over AI and cloud power use has pushed the datacentre operator to cut water intensity sharply and boost local supplies.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 25th Jun 2026

Software-as-a-Service

New Relic launches startup AI observability programme

The offer gives early-stage AI startups free monitoring and engineering support as software failures can quickly damage customer trust and funding prospects.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 25th Jun 2026

Semiconductors

OpenAI & Broadcom unveil Jalapeño AI inference chip

The chip could cut serving costs and speed up ChatGPT and API responses as OpenAI moves deeper into custom hardware.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Thu, 25th Jun 2026

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Application infrastructure stories

DevOps

Buoyant adds trust anchor rotation in Linkerd 2.20

Security teams gain less risky certificate changes as Buoyant's Linkerd 2.20 automates trust anchor rotation and cuts control-plane memory use.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Sat, 27th Jun 2026

Network Infrastructure

Subco launches SMAP cable linking Australia's capitals

Australia's digital economy gains a major boost as a 5,000 km subsea route adds redundancy and capacity across the main capital cities.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Sat, 27th Jun 2026

Network Infrastructure

Australia's resilience problem isn't redundancy. It's shared infrastructure

Shared fibre routes can leave supposedly redundant links exposed to the same outage, a risk growing as AI workloads demand uninterrupted connectivity.

By Mark Rafferty • 5 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2026