Methodology: Every two weeks we collect most relevant posts on LinkedIn for selected topics and create an overall summary only based on these posts. If you´re interested in the single posts behind, you can find them here: https://linktr.ee/thomasallgeyer. Have a great read!
Security & Sovereignty
Financial-services leaders flagged recurring pitfalls: misconfigurations, overly broad access, and lax key management
Boards were advised to treat cloud risk governance as a standing agenda item as regulators tighten oversight
Google Cloud will build a sovereign environment for BWI GmbH and the German Bundeswehr, underscoring demand for national clouds
Check Point’s planned acquisition of Veriti adds automated patching and threat remediation across multicloud estates
Sysdig joined forces with Conoa to bring container-native threat detection to Nordic Kubernetes users
FinOps & Cost Management
Practitioners highlighted FinOps as the primary lever to curb surging generative-AI compute spend
Archera released Azure-focused optimisation tooling to simplify cloud cost governance during AI rollouts
Analysis of PAYG versus BYOL licensing models showed bespoke terms still unlock meaningful savings in mature estates
A serverless three-tier AWS blueprint demonstrated that high performance can be delivered without over-provisioning
Authors linked FinOps maturity to sustainability targets, framing savings as both financial and environmental
Architecture & Infrastructure
Commentators argued European public-cloud success depends more on software innovation than on owning hardware
GPU-centric designs are reshaping hyperscale footprints to serve AI workloads, exposing network and storage bottlenecks
Cohesity’s Kubernetes-native backup gained attention as a scalable alternative to legacy appliances
On-premise AI deployments rose, offering new margin opportunities for value-added channel partners
A cross-cloud feature mapping of AWS, Azure, and GCP showed parity in core services is converging
AI in the Cloud
At SAP Sapphire, SAP positioned Business Suite, Business Data Cloud, and embedded Business AI as the backbone of its “AI-first” strategy
Google Cloud’s AI Trends 2025 report spotlighted automation and quantum-ready architectures as next-wave differentiators
Amadeus selected Google Cloud to embed generative AI into travel operations, signalling industry-cloud momentum
IBM and the University of Sharjah unveiled the MyFarmWell app, illustrating AI’s role in food-security solutions for arid regions
Dynatrace extended AI-driven observability that ties performance data directly to business KPIs
Partnerships & Alliances
Red Hat and Oracle certified OpenShift on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, simplifying hybrid workloads for joint customers
NetApp’s alliance with Aston Martin F1 showcased how unified data platforms convert telemetry into track-side advantage
Arctera and Wasabi combined archival tiering with flat-rate pricing to offer budget-friendly resilient storage
Analysts contended that European digital sovereignty will hinge on similar cross-vendor collaborations, not isolated national efforts
Products & Services
Grafana promoted its unified telemetry platform as a remedy for alert fatigue and developer burnout
ROSSMANN accelerated store-level transformation by adopting Red Hat OpenShift on Azure
Updated legal guidance reminded executives that European data hosting does not exempt firms from extraterritorial statutes such as the US CLOUD Act
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