The cost of switching between cloud computing providers has long drawn complaints, with the services derided as “roach motels” that let businesses check in but not out.

With the launch of the new AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region, AWS becomes the first major cloud services provider to have an infrastructure region in Western Canada.

At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. and NVIDIA announced an expansion of their strategic collaboration to deliver the most advanced infrastructure, software, and services to power customers’ generative artificial intelligence (AI) innovations.

SoftBank Corp and Cubic Telecom Ltd announced that they signed a definitive agreement whereby SoftBank will invest approximately 473 million EUR in Cubic Telecom for a 51.0% equity stake in the company, at a valuation of over 900 million EUR. With this investment, SoftBank and Cubic Telecom will form a strategic global partnership to pioneer the future of software-defined connected vehicles and other high-value Internet-of-Things (IoT) assets by harnessing the power of global connectivity platforms. Cubic Telecom is a leading global provider of connectivity solutions to automotive, transportation and agriculture original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and according to McKinsey & Company, 95% of new vehicles sold globally will be connected by 2030, and connected car use cases alone could deliver 250 billion USD to 400 billion USD in annual incremental value for the ecosystem, with Cubic Telecom poised to capture a leading share of this rapidly growing market.

DXC Technology (DXC), a leading Fortune 500 global technology services company, and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), are expanding their long-standing relationship to help customers accelerate their journey to modern, cloud-centric IT.

Adtran is integrating Intel's NetSec Accelerator Reference Design with its Ensemble Cloudlet solution to enhance edge cloud deployments. This collaboration brings advanced security, faster data processing and improved networking performance to meet the rising demand for robust edge cloud solutions.

Netcracker Technology announced that Telecentro, a leading communications service provider in Argentina, has expanded its deployment of Netcracker Digital OSS – part of Netcracker Digital Platform – to advance its operations automation and deliver new use cases across the entire business.

Netcracker Technology announced that longstanding customer WOW! (WideOpenWest) has extended its relationship with Netcracker to provide a converged experience for its customer sales and care agents.

Amazon and artificial intelligence firm Anthropic will bring together their respective industry-leading technology and expertise in a safer generative AI to accelerate the development of Anthropic’s future foundation models and make them widely accessible to AWS customers.

As per reports, CoreWeave, a cloud provider backed by Nvidia, is in the early stages of exploring the sale of a minority stake that could potentially value the company at more than $8 billion.