The cloud giants have been outdoing one another in the race to offer the latest/greatest AI tech, marked by foundational models of ever-increasing capabilities. For the new Llama 4 "herd" of models from Meta, AWS, Microsoft and Google all announced same-day support -- on a Saturday.
Since its launch last November, the Model Context Protocol from Anthropic has gone viral, generating buzz as a simple, standardized way to connect language models with tools and data. Now, Google has introduced another protocol to further agentic AI, called Agent2Agent (A2A), designed to facilitate communication among AI agents.
Cloud-based end-user computing (EUC) management specialist enhances functionality for Windows 365 and other cloud desktop environments in its new Nerdio Manager for Enterprise 7.0.
The cloud giant AI wars are heating up with Google announcing its Gemini 2.5 model and Amazon countering with the launch of Amazon Nova Act for running AI in the browser, part of an access expansion of the Nova AI ecosystem.
In announcing new Microsoft Security Copilot agents and other new protections for AI, the company revealed upcoming Defender coverage for the Google Cloud Platform.
Amid reports of suicides following AI interactions and a false accusation by an AI system that a man committed murder, OpenAI has published a research report on human emotional engagement with its ChatGPT chatbot.
With cloud computing and AI being natural partners, it's not surprising that AI hardware powerhouse NVIDIA's big GTC 2025 conference featured several cloud partnerships.
"Around 2/3 of executives say generative AI adoption has led to tension and division. 42% say it's tearing their company apart."
Microsoft used its expensive partnership with OpenAI to leverage advanced AI in coding, search and just about everywhere else, but Google has been just as adamant in defending its search hegemony with advanced AI.
Enhanced integration allows customers to secure and protect data from virtual machines (VMs) and containers within their Red Hat OpenShift environments using Cohesity DataProtect and NetBackup.
Rubrik announced a raft of cybersecurity features, including protection for GitHub, which has become a prime target for threat actors.
"You can accelerate innovation and deliver tangible business value with DeepSeek on AWS without having to manage infrastructure complexities."
In today's rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, IT infrastructure is under constant siege from increasingly sophisticated threats. Ransomware, insider attacks, and supply chain vulnerabilities have escalated in both frequency and impact, leaving organizations scrambling to fortify their defenses. At the same time, the shift to hybrid work, cloud adoption, and AI-driven threats can make some traditional security models obsolete, demanding a more proactive and adaptive approach.
One interesting trend in a new report from Wiz about AI in the cloud is the disruption caused by the arrival of a DeepSeek model that caused an uptick in self-hosted models, industry backlash and usage restrictions.
With cybersecurity affecting everyone, a multicloud environment might be of special concern because of all the moving parts and associated system and their connections, possibly introducing new attack vectors or specialized attack strategies, so front-line expert Chris Spinks provides action-item best practices.
"Don't think your company's too small to be cyberattacked, because you're not," says disaster recovery expert Joey D'Antoni. "It just means they haven't decided to try you yet."
Veeam Software, a data resilience specialist, announced the enhancement of its disaster recovery capabilities for Microsoft Hyper-V environments through the introduction of orchestration features.
After Microsoft seized on its OpenAI partnership to establish a solid leadership position in the cloud AI space, and Google quickly declared a "code red" emergency to catch up with first Bard and then Gemini, Amazon wasn't making as much news in AI. That has changed.
Threat actors are changing tactics as they collect less money from ransomware payoffs, according to a new report from Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics firm.
Google opened up access to Gemini 2.0, a significant update to its flagship AI, targeting enterprise users and developers with enhanced multimodal capabilities and improved performance.