TOKYO—Sega Sammy Holdings on Monday said it is exploring a strategic alliance with Microsoft to develop big budget titles using the Xbox maker’s cloud gaming tech, driving anticipation the move could signal a deeper tie-up. Tokyo-based Sega is exploring making titles with global reach on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, it said in a stock exchange…

ZURICH—A Swiss court has dismissed Google’s bid to block the award of a government cloud computing contract worth up to 110 million Swiss francs ($119 million) to rival bidders. “In an interim decision, the Federal Administrative Court rejects Google’s request to grant suspensive effect to its appeal. The Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics may…

LONDON—New rules will be needed to deal with operational risks from banks relying on outsourced ‘cloud’ computing from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others for providing services to customers, the Bank of England said on Friday. “Regulated firms will continue to have primary responsibility for managing risks stemming from their outsourcing and third-party dependencies,” the BoE’s…

PARIS—Defense company Thales and Google are partnering to offer state-vetted cloud computing services for the storage of some of France’s most sensitive data, the companies said on Wednesday. The alliance between Thales, Europe’s largest defense electronics supplier, and the Alphabet unit fulfils a May government plan under which France acknowledged U.S. technological superiority in the…

Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit said on Wednesday it will launch data centers in New Zealand in 2024 and create about 1,000 jobs in the country over 15 years. After releasing an economic impact study, Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it plans to invest NZ$7.5 billion ($5.25 billion) in its new infrastructure hub—AWS Asia Pacific…

Enterprise software firm Oracle Corp. fell short of Wall Street expectations for first-quarter revenue on Monday, hurt by competition in the cloud computing space. Shares of the Austin, Texas-based company pared losses and were down 1.4 percent in extended trading after the company forecast second quarter adjusted earnings per share above expectations. The company expects…

SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft warned some of its Azure cloud computing customers that a flaw discovered by security researchers could have allowed hackers access to their data. In a blog post from its security response team, Microsoft said it had fixed the flaw reported by Palo Alto Networks and it had no evidence malicious hackers had abused…

Love was truly in the air in the most romantic city in the world when art director Thibaut Buccellato, 29, snapped an incredible photograph. The stunning shot shows a pink cloud perfectly shaped like a heart resting in the sky as the sun sets over Paris. The self proclaimed “lover of sunsets” quickly pulled out…

Ford Motor Co will tap into software, artificial intelligence and cloud computing offered by Alphabet’s Google to develop new consumer services and modernize internal operations, the companies said on Monday. As part of a six-year partnership, the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker will incorporate the tech giant’s Android operating system into its Ford and Lincoln vehicles starting…