
AI threats and zero-trust mandates are driving a $26bn boom
Beancounters working for the Dell’Oro Group have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that while everyone is banking on about hardware cybersecurity, particularly of the cloudy sort, is where the cash is.

Node4 report suggests hybrid is the new black
Nearly all mid-market companies are eyeing a cloud exit, according to fresh research from Node4, with 97 per cent planning to shift some workloads off the public cloud in the next year.

Broadcom strong-arms VMware users
Licence holders told to uninstall updates or face audits, lawsuits
The ever-so-popular Broadcom has attempted to make itself even more popular with its VMWare perpetual license holders by firing off cease-and-desist letters demanding they yank any updates installed after their support contracts expired even if they paid for the software in full.

MSI flogs ORv3 servers at OCP EMEA Summit
Wants hyperscale cloud outfits to stuff racks with its kit
MSI is trying to elbow its way deeper into the datacentre game with new ORv3-compliant and multi-node server platforms it dragged along to the 2025 OCP EMEA Summit in Dublin over the last couple of days.

Amazon quietly cools off global data centre ambitions
Joining rival Microsoft in a conservative approach
Amazon Web Services has started dragging its heels on some data centre leases, particularly internationally, signalling that even the cloud titans are feeling the pinch as economic headwinds and tariff chatter rattles the tech sector.