Application infrastructure stories
Misconfigured test setups let three Claude models touch live systems, exposing production data and credentials during security exercises.
Demand for AI and core cloud services is boosting Amazon's key profit engine, with AWS growth accelerating to a 36.7% annual pace.
Amazon Web Services' in-house chips are now a major profit centre as AI demand drives cloud providers to cut costs and secure supply.
Amazon reported growth across retail, grocery, pharmacy and AI shopping as it expanded product selection and accelerated delivery speeds.
Product development is already running about 30% more efficiently as the software group expands AI use across accounting and legal services.
The upgrades are aimed at easing bottlenecks for large AI and machine learning deployments, with clusters now scaling to 15,000 nodes.
Nearly 25 per cent of newly observed domains were high-risk, underscoring how AI and rented infrastructure are making attacks harder to detect.
Brands are struggling to turn customer records into ad audiences, as tighter privacy rules and fragmented platforms slow activation.
Their work has become more strategic as cyber security, AI and tighter budgets put extra pressure on the teams keeping systems running.
Tests on an n2-standard-48 virtual machine showed Google Cloud's sandbox and orchestration tweaks could cut per-agent costs by up to 75%.
Thousands of cloud customers faced a potential cross-tenant database breach, though Microsoft says the Cosmos DB flaw is now fixed with no sign of abuse.
Businesses will gain more choice in AI tools as Gemini is woven into Oracle's core finance, HR and supply-chain software.
Oracle customers will gain more AI model choice in everyday workflows as Google's Gemini is added to Fusion Applications and NetSuite.
Managed service providers are being given one environment for automation and ticket handling as Acronis seeks to reduce manual workloads and boost margins.
Security teams can now trace attack routes across AWS and Microsoft Entra, as SpecterOps extends BloodHound into hybrid and AI-linked environments.
Rising telemetry costs are pushing security teams to rethink SIEM spending, after a study found Gravwell users recouped costs in under six months.
The rare certification bolsters Phoenix Software's credentials as customers reassess VMware environments after Broadcom's acquisition.
Many New Zealand firms say they could ride out an outage, but fewer than four in ten have tested recovery of critical systems recently.
IT teams are losing more than a day a week to cloud troubleshooting, as AI and multi-cloud plans expose network bottlenecks.
Companies struggling to account for digital emissions now have a tool that traces website energy use to individual customer actions and hardware.