Fujitsu public cloud to be absorbed into main biz, then refreshed

Fujitsu has decided to conduct an "absorption-type merger" of its public cloud operation. The Japanese giant's cloud operates in its home nation, where it offers a modest array of IaaS and PaaS services, hosting services, email-as-a-service, and provides backend ops for mobile apps. The outfit is wholly owned by Fujitsu. …

[Rikki Tikki]

Narayana is a killjoy

Maybe less of a sticky wicket commenting here, without too many septics reading ...

From my own informal visual survey last night, young (and indeed older) Indians appear to be more inspired by watching their former colonial masters getting royally flogged in Lucknow. Maybe they will return to work this morning energised and ready for a surge in productivity that will have nothing to do with them working 70 hours a week.

It's possible Narayana Murthy was shooting his mouth off *now* simply because he's cranky that everyone else appears to be enjoying a bit of recreation but not him.

(And Simon, we do appreciate your productivity this morning, assuming you weren't glued to channel 9 till the wee hours)

[An_Old_Dog]

Huawei & ASML

The key phrase here is, "retooled". Retooled by whom, and with what level and areas of expertise? Is this retooling something which can successfully be done by local talent in Ping's Garage, or does it require ASML-trained techs and equipment to accomplish? Is there an embargo on ASML and its subcompanies and contractors providing services to the PRC?

[garwhale]

Pointless technology ban

The U.S. is entering into a chip race with China. This won't end well; the space race was won but at tremendous cost; China has much more resources and a cost advantage. Perhaps in 10 years most commodity PC and server processors will be Chinese designs.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Pointless technology ban

Yes. We're read that point 100s of times. And the sanctions are not hurting Russia, Iran, Venezuela or North Korea. They have all developed state of the art tech sectors.

BTW, if you happen to read the news, the Chinese economy is currently in deep p..p.. Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite have been flat for the last 15 years on average. Compare to S&P and Nasdaq.

[druck]

MACS

Microsoft and signals intelligence agency the Australian Signals Directorate last week announced plans to create the "Microsoft-Australian Signals Directorate Cyber Shield (MACS)".

The best way the Australian Signals Directorate can shield their cyber operations is to ditch Microsoft and get MACs.