The London Stock Exchange Group has expanded its partnership with AWS, naming it the preferred cloud provider for key divisions including markets and FTSE Russell. The move includes public cloud and AWS Outposts, enhancing resilience and analytics. The pivot comes despite LSEG’s ongoing 10-year deal with Microsoft Azure—signaling a cloud strategy that’s growing more complex, and potentially more competitive.
Kubernetes 1.33, code-named “Octarine,” has landed with 64 feature enhancements, marking a major leap in container orchestration. Highlights include stable support for sidecar containers, native user namespaces for tighter security, nftables integration for faster networking, and expanded dynamic resource allocation for AI workloads. The release signals Kubernetes’ growing focus on resilience, scalability, and high-performance computing in cloud-native environments.