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  • AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Now Dominate 66% Of Global Cloud Spending | Technology News

    New Delhi: As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a key demand driver for cloud investment, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud collectively grew by 24 per cent, accounting for 66 per cent of total spending in the first quarter (January-March) period.

    Tech giant Microsoft outpaced both AWS and Google Cloud, with sales rising by 31 per cent (year-on-year), nearly double the AWS’s growth rate of 17 per cent, while Google Cloud grew 28 per cent YoY, according to global market research firm Canalys. (Also Read: IT Giant Cognizant Issues Warning For Employees: Return To Office Or Get Fired)

    The report mentioned that despite holding the largest market share at 31 per cent, AWS faces increasing competition from its fast-growing competitors. Microsoft Azure was second with a market share of 25 per cent and Google Cloud was third, with a market share of 10 per cent in the first quarter this year. (Also Read: RBI Revises Timeline For Government Treasury Bill Auctions)

    Earlier this month, the Amazon-run company announced the departure of its CEO Adam Selipsky after three years in the role. Matt Garman will become CEO of AWS, effective June 3. Yi Zhang, an analyst at Canalys, said that Microsoft’s end-to-end portfolio is proving to be a strong “competitive moat”, while Google’s strength in AI is giving it a strong tailwind.

    As enterprises embrace AI-driven initiatives, there is a potential need to transfer their workloads and data to cloud platforms to avail themselves of essential computing and storage capacities, the report mentioned. Meanwhile, global cloud infrastructure services expenditure grew by 21 per cent in the first quarter to reach $79.8 billion, an increase of $13.4 billion YoY.

  • Google Cloud Launches AI-Driven Security Operations Region To India |

    Mumbai: Aligning with India’s data localization norms, Google Cloud on Friday announced to bring its AI-powered security operations (SecOps) region to India.

    The enterprises in the country can now store their Google security operations customer data in the Mumbai region. “Today’s complex threat landscape, combined with talent shortages, requires immediate and innovative solutions.

    Gemini in Google Security Operations is a catalyst to supercharge our customers’ security operations, a game changer to drive operational excellence with Google’s AI at scale,” said Jyothi Prakash, India Head of Google Cloud Security.

    With the new SecOps region in the country, Google Cloud can help more organizations, in both the private and public sectors, reap the benefits of secure cloud infrastructure, said the company. Google Cloud’s security operations platform is designed to give security operations center (SOC) teams a boost across their detection and response lifecycle.

    To reduce toil and manual processes across security teams, Google Cloud has announced updates to Gemini in its security operations.

    “AI-powered security operations help organizations reduce their cyber risk, get faster at detection and disruption of cyber threats and improve their efficiencies,” said Sangram Gayal, Partner and Managed Services Leader, Transformation at PwC India.

  • HCLTech, Google Cloud Launches Initiative To Scale ‘Gemini’ To Global Firms |

    New Delhi: HCLTech on Wednesday announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to create industry solutions and drive business value with the tech giant’s multimodal large language Artificial Intelligence (AI) model ‘Gemini’.

    With this, HCLTech will enable 25,000 engineers on Gemini for Google Cloud to help mutual clients innovate and optimize their businesses with GenAI.

    “This collaboration will bring to market HCLTech’s innovative GenAI solutions using Google’s most capable and scalable Gemini models. We believe this helps us to bring even more value to global enterprises through the company’s differentiated portfolio,” C Vijayakumar, CEO & MD, HCLTech, said. in a statement. (Also Read: Tech Showdown: OnePlus Nord CE 4 5G Vs OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G; Which Smartphone Should You Buy at Rs 25,000 Price Segment?)

    Moreover, the company said that it will enhance the recently launched HCLTech AI Force platform with Gemini’s advanced code completion and summarization capabilities, which will allow engineers to generate code, remediate issues and accelerate the delivery time and quality of software projects for clients.

    “By enabling 25,000 engineers on Google Cloud’s latest generative AI technology, HCLTech can provide the expertise and technical skills that clients need to successfully deploy and manage GenAI projects at scale,” said Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud.

    HCLTech will also use Gemini models to strengthen and expand the portfolio of industry solutions built out of its dedicated Cloud Native Labs and AI Labs, which focus on accelerating client innovation and are staffed by leading AI experts and engineers, the company said. (Also Read: Realme 12X 5G With 50MP AI Camera Setup And Android 14 Launched In India At Rs 11,999; Check Specs)

    Both labs will enable clients to better scope, manage and refine GenAI projects on Google Cloud’s infrastructure.