Four fire crews were called to a blaze in a flat this afternoon. The call to the property in Cuxton Road, Strood, came in at 4.20pm. Crews wearing breathing apparatus tackled the flames with hose reel jets and then used a high-pressured ventilation fan…
Biden: Hamas is ‘only obstacle to complete ceasefire’
An offer now on the table represents the best chance for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with Hamas presenting the only obstacle, US President Joe Biden said after a phone call with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. “The president confirmed …
Managing cloud costs: Study says do this and you’ll spend 5X less
While most business leaders know their cloud costs are rising, far fewer are aware of the one small detail that can make a 5X difference in the price they’ll pay to lower those costs. Can you guess what it is? A 2024 research study of 500 IT department…
NATO air training exercise starts over northern Germany
The “Tiger Meet” air defence manoeuvre got under way in the airspace over northern Germany on Monday, with aircraft and personnel from 11 NATO members plus non-NATO countries Switzerland and Austria taking part. “The first aircraft have been in the air…
57% use native tools for FinOps but analysts say that’s a problem
In ancient times, tools were made from readily accessible natural materials — think stone axes, wrought iron nails, and grinding stones. Sure, these tools got the job done, but not without a lot of manual work. Fast forward to today, and we find that t…
Cloud cost optimization: Don’t rely on vendor dashboards to get the job done
Can you use the data from your cloud service provider’s dashboard to reduce costs and enhance the utilization of your infrastructure resources? Sure, but it often demands substantial effort and doesn’t always deliver optimal results. There’s a huge dif…
Take FinOps beyond the cloud: How to widen your IT financial savings
A new surge of enthusiasm surrounds a strategic framework poised to simplify the management of cloud expenses and help companies lower their IT costs — it’s called FinOps, a portmanteau of the words Financial and DevOps. While this methodology is prais…
Hidden costs of AI: Neutralizing cloud threats that can bankrupt innovation
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), hyper-automation, and advanced algorithms all have one thing in common – they are energy-demanding technologies requiring reliable network platforms to operate efficiently. However, this can lead to unexpecte…
Grounding sky-high cloud costs: 3 hot tips
Cloud doesn’t just open the door to enabling advanced technologies like AI, hyper-automation, and big data analytics – it unlocks a complex realm of costs and expense management problems that can threaten innovation and its financial sustainability. A …
‘Not his fault’ West Ham respond to shock claim being made about Steidten
Exclusive: West Ham have responded to a shock claim being made about Tim Steidten amid a difficult week on the transfer front. Football can be a fickle industry at the best of times never mind when the going gets tough. If West Ham technical director T…