Cloud News

AT&T Business and Cisco have joined forces to introduce the new AT&T Secure Access Service Edge with Cisco, a comprehensive, cloud-delivered networking and security solution. AWS and SAP plan to make SAP Sovereign Cloud capabilities available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new, independent cloud for Europe backed by a planned 7.8 billion Euro investment from Amazon. SAP also shared a comprehensive new approach to digital sovereignty and AI innovation. Expanded offerings within the SAP Sovereign Cloud portfolio give European customers access to a comprehensive technology stack, including SAP Cloud Infrastructure and SAP Sovereign Cloud On-Site. Snowflake is growing its footprint in South Africa with the general availability of Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud on Amazon Web Services Africa (Cape Town) Region, enabling customers to unlock deeper data insights powered by AI to drive business innovation, all while meeting the highest standards of data residency and sovereignty. Cisco announced its Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio to address European customers’ needs for more control and autonomy over their digital infrastructure and data.

Accor is moving its global properties to Oracle OPERA Cloud PMS to streamline and enhance its hotel operations. Akamai launched Managed Service for API Performance. Leveraging the APIContext platform, this service combines proactive testing, expert analysis, and customized optimization to help businesses keep their APIs fast, reliable, and compliant in today’s complex digital environments.

Market News

IonQ has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vector Atomic, a pioneer in advanced quantum sensors for positioning, navigation, and timing applications. Vector Atomic has secured $200M+ in government contracts and delivers critical U.S. federal and national security applications. The all-stock transaction is anticipated to accelerate IonQ’s entry into the quantum sensing market and strengthen its full-stack quantum platform. The quantum powerhouse has also successfully completed its acquisition of Oxford Ionics, a quantum computing company based in the United Kingdom. The transaction accelerates IonQ’s technology roadmap for more powerful, high-fidelity quantum computers, and supports the company’s expansion into the UK, Europe, Asia, and other global markets.

T-Mobile has named current Chief Operating Officer Srini Gopalan as T-Mobile’s next Chief Executive Officer. Gopalan will assume the role from Mike Sievert, who has been appointed to a newly created management position at T-Mobile, Vice Chairman. Oracle has promoted Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to the roles of Chief Executive Officers. NVIDIA has invested 2 billion GBP in the UK market to catalyze the nation’s AI startup ecosystem and scale the next generation of globally transformative AI businesses.

Accenture intends to acquire the French Orlade Group, which provides advisory and project management services for capital projects through its subsidiaries, which include Op2 and pmO. The acquisition would significantly expand Accenture’s capabilities to help clients optimize their investments in large-scale, long-term projects, such as nuclear power plants, power grids, rolling stock, defense systems, and space launch systems. SAP has completed the acquisition of SmartRecruiters, a leading provider of enterprise-grade talent acquisition software. With this acquisition, SAP continues to expand its commitment to helping organizations attract, engage, and hire top talent.