IBM Cloud suffered a Severity One outage Monday, disrupting access across 10 regions and affecting 27 services for over two hours. The incident mirrored login issues from earlier this year, though IBM hasn’t confirmed a link. While engineers restored most systems quickly, recurring disruptions come as IBM pushes its hybrid cloud growth strategy—yet remains absent from the global top five cloud providers.
Atlassian has entered a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to integrate its suite of collaboration tools with Google’s advanced AI tech. So, platforms like Jira, Confluence, and Loom are now set to leverage Google’s AI infrastructure—think Gemini and Vertex AI—for boosted functionality.
Basically, these familiar tools will get smarter, faster, and way more capable. The upshot? Organizations should see improved workflows, smarter automation, and sharper insights, all powered by Google’s AI muscle. Millions of users are in line for some serious upgrades.
Co-founder and CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes called the partnership a “major leap” toward the company’s goal of unlocking team potential. By pairing Google’s infrastructure with Atlassian’s AI platform, Rovo, the two companies plan to deliver intelligent agents that can process multiple forms of input, solve complex problems, and support decisions with deep contextual insight.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said the move will tighten integration with Google Workspace while boosting scalability and reliability. Atlassian’s applications will now run on technologies like Cloud Spanner and Google Kubernetes Engine, giving them a stronger backbone for global operations.
Rovo, already in use by more than two million active users, will gain the ability to interpret voice, text, and images. It will draw from both Atlassian and Google Workspace data to produce consolidated project updates, align release schedules, and surface the right information at the right moment. The addition of Agent2Agent interoperability should also make it easier for Rovo to work alongside other AI systems in complex environments.
Enterprises are moving aggressively into cloud-first models, and this Atlassian-Google Cloud partnership isn’t just a routine system upgrade. They’re tackling that persistent gap—tons of data, but turning it into action? Still a headache. By leveraging secure infrastructure and modern AI, the goal is to cut out the friction in collaboration. Teams get clearer connections, more agility, and way less mess when it comes to actually getting things done.
Maybank has signed a five-year, RM1 billion ($236.4m) agreement to adopt Microsoft Azure for core systems and data workloads. The move will integrate AI, bolster cybersecurity, and roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 44,000 staff. Part of its M25+ strategy, the partnership marks a deeper push into digital transformation as Maybank balances innovation with customer-centric growth in an increasingly competitive ASEAN financial sector.
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke will step down at year’s end, planning to “become a founder again.” Microsoft, which owns GitHub, won’t appoint a direct replacement—leadership will instead report to multiple executives. Dohmke leaves as GitHub reaches 150 million developers and rising AI project activity, yet faces intensifying competition from rivals like Google and Cursor in the coder-focused AI space.
The UK’s Defra has invited bids for a £294.6m contract to overhaul digital services for six agencies, covering cloud hosting, data center management, and software platforms. Running from 2026 to 2031, the project tackles inefficiencies the NAO flagged in 2022. Defra will choose up to five suppliers, marking a decisive step in modernizing the government’s tech infrastructure.
Malaysia will unveil its National Cloud Computing Policy on August 13 at the ASEAN AI Malaysia Summit 2025, aiming to boost cloud infrastructure, tighten data governance, and accelerate adoption across sectors. The initiative, aligned with ASEAN’s AI governance and ethics goals, positions Malaysia to lead regional cooperation on AI policy, standards, and innovation while expanding public-private investment in the digital economy.
Two Seas Capital, Core Scientific’s largest shareholder, is opposing the $9 billion all-stock takeover by AI cloud firm CoreWeave, calling the valuation “inadequate” and the deal structure risky. The firm, holding 6.3% of shares, argues the terms favor CoreWeave while leaving Core Scientific investors exposed to share price volatility. It urges fellow shareholders to reject the proposal, citing a sharp post-announcement stock decline.
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