AWS changed its Spot pricing to be smoother. The result ended up more expensive, and less transparent

All around the world, data center builders are finding they have to build upwards, creating new opportunities and challenges

While customers increasingly seek out multi-cloud solutions, Western companies might prefer to stick with what they know

Hong Kong and Singapore struggle with success; Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand keep growing their data center footprint

What re:Invent conference in Las Vegas told us about the future direction of the company

After Ellison’s bluster, Oracle CEO Mark Hurd promised a cloud based on long-term applications development 

Amazon is building fast in Asia, because cloud benefits could be particularly significant in the region

Data center companies hope that private/hybrid interconnects will guarantee them a place in the cloud services ecosystem, says Martin Courtney

If it’s going to be more than a buzzword, digital transformation has to deliver real benefits

As Amazon grows in Asia, it has observations on how cloud is catching on in the region

Amazon is building cloud faster than any IT project ever. To keep it reliable and cheap, the company is making unprecedented network and hardware decisions down to the ASIC level

As Telstra buys into China’s Quiniu, other cloud and data center operators are expanding rapidly in the region