John Bradshaw, Field CTO Cloud EMEA at Akamai, explains why 2026 is shaping up to be the breakout year for AI inferencing — the process of putting trained models to work — and why the market remains wide open for challengers to hyperscaler dominance.
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2026 — 1 article
2025 — 5 articles
Data Center Dynamics profiles Untold Studios, the cloud-native VFX production company that has operated entirely on cloud infrastructure since 2018. John Bradshaw comments on Akamai's GPU-accelerated cloud offering for video processing and the unique location requirements of VFX workloads.
John Bradshaw, Akamai's Director of Cloud Computing Technology and Strategy EMEA, is featured in this examination of the critical security challenges CISOs face in multi-cloud environments, with a focus on achieving consistent security policies while maintaining platform interoperability and data portability.
Edge-native applications represent a computing approach where data processing occurs at network endpoints closer to end users rather than in centralised cloud data centres, improving performance speed, operational efficiency, and security by reducing latency and data transmission needs.
Le previsioni di Akamai per il cloud computing in Italia nel 2025: tre tendenze chiave includono l'ottimizzazione dei costi, l'integrazione centrale dell'IA nelle operazioni cloud, e l'adozione crescente di modelli cloud ibridi che combinano ambienti pubblici, privati e on-premise.
John Bradshaw di Akamai commenta le tre tendenze principali del cloud computing per il 2025: ottimizzazione dei costi, ruolo centrale dell'intelligenza artificiale e adozione crescente di modelli cloud ibridi, con focus specifico sulle opportunità per le imprese italiane.
2024 — 14 articles
Industry experts forecast 2025 cloud trends, with John Bradshaw among contributors predicting AI will become integral to cloud operations, multi-cloud strategies will accelerate as enterprises seek cost optimisation, and data protection and cloud sovereignty will emerge as critical priorities.
John Bradshaw presenta cinco predicciones para el sector cloud en 2025: las presiones de optimización de costes forzarán una reconsideración del gasto cloud; la integración de IA se convierte en imperativo empresarial; el cloud híbrido emerge como enfoque sostenible; y la IA generativa exige nuevas estrategias de eficiencia energética.
An examination of the trade-offs between serverless and serverful computing approaches in modern cloud environments, exploring the infrastructure management decisions organisations must consider when building their cloud strategy.
John Bradshaw analiza las ventajas e inconvenientes de los modelos cloud-only y on-premise, escrito en el contexto de DCD>Connect Madrid 2024. Examina cómo las organizaciones pueden equilibrar flexibilidad, costes de salida y requisitos regulatorios en su estrategia cloud.
Cloud-Computing hat sich von einem Trend zu einem omnipräsenten Infrastrukturelement entwickelt. Der Artikel untersucht, wie Cloud-Technologie, einst revolutionär, nun durch Edge-Computing und dezentrale Lösungen ergänzt wird — mit Einblicken von John Bradshaw, Akamai.
John Bradshaw expone cuatro predicciones clave para el cloud en 2024: la IA generativa redefine los roles de los ingenieros cloud, los costes de salida se convierten en barrera para la innovación, la sostenibilidad debe mantenerse pese a las presiones económicas, y el edge continúa acercando los recursos a los usuarios.
John Bradshaw analizza le trasformazioni del cloud computing nel 2024: come l'IA generativa ridefinisce i ruoli degli esperti cloud, la rivoluzione dell'edge computing, i costi di uscita dalle piattaforme e la sostenibilità ambientale dei data center.
John Bradshaw, Director of Cloud Computing at Akamai, is featured in this examination of emerging cloud challenges for 2024, focusing on data egress costs, environmental sustainability concerns, and how AI-driven resource management can address critical infrastructure issues.
John Bradshaw von Akamai kommentiert, wie generative KI Cloud-Engineering-Rollen neu definiert, Edge-Computing Ressourcen näher zu den Nutzern bringt, und Egress-Kosten zunehmend regulatorische Aufmerksamkeit und Multi-Cloud-Strategien beeinflussen.
John Bradshaw predicts that egress costs will become a major topic in 2024, advocates for a multi-cloud approach, and examines how generative AI is decoupling architectural components while challenging organisations to maintain sustainability commitments amid economic pressure.
Las cuatro predicciones de Akamai para el cloud en EMEA en 2024: la IA generativa eleva el rol de los ingenieros cloud, los costes de salida afrontan mayor escrutinio regulatorio, la sostenibilidad sigue siendo prioritaria, y los recursos cloud se desplazan hacia el edge.
John Bradshaw outlines four defining forces for cloud in 2024: generative AI reshaping cloud engineering roles and requiring specialist hardware, egress costs becoming a growing barrier to innovation and multi-cloud adoption, sustainability as a non-negotiable priority, and the ongoing shift of compute toward edge infrastructure.
John Bradshaw apresenta quatro previsões para o cloud em 2024: a IA generativa redefinindo as funções de engenheiros cloud, os custos de saída tornando-se uma barreira crescente à inovação, a sustentabilidade como prioridade permanente, e a expansão do edge computing para reduzir latência.
John Bradshaw von Akamai analysiert vier Cloud-Trends für 2024: der transformative Einfluss generativer KI, wachsende Bedenken wegen Egress-Kosten und Cloud-Lock-in, die Bedeutung von Nachhaltigkeit trotz wirtschaftlicher Drücke, und die weitere Verlagerung von Ressourcen in Richtung Edge-Infrastruktur.
2023 — 6 articles
John Bradshaw, Director de Tecnología y Estrategia de Cloud Computing para EMEA en Akamai, presenta cuatro predicciones para el cloud en 2024: IA que redefine roles de ingeniería, mayor escrutinio sobre costes de salida, mantenimiento de compromisos de sostenibilidad, y migración hacia infraestructura edge.
Secondo le previsioni 2024 di Akamai, l'intelligenza artificiale e l'automazione dei compiti di routine permetteranno ai professionisti tech di dedicare più tempo alla creatività e alla progettazione di soluzioni innovative anziché ad attività ripetitive.
Le previsioni di Akamai Technologies per il cloud EMEA nel 2024: l'IA migliorerà l'automazione della gestione cloud, i costi di egress diventeranno ostacoli all'adozione multi-cloud, la sostenibilità dei data center richiede attenzione, e l'edge computing si espanderà significativamente.
Akamai svela le sue previsioni cloud per il 2024 nell'area EMEA: la IA generativa ridefinisce i ruoli degli ingegneri cloud, i costi di uscita diventano un tema sempre più caldo, la sostenibilità rimane una priorità, e il computing si sposta verso l'edge.
John Bradshaw de Akamai Technologies expone las predicciones clave para el cloud computing en 2024: la IA generativa redefine roles de ingeniería, los costes de salida y el vendor lock-in aumentan su protagonismo, la sostenibilidad sigue siendo crítica, y la migración hacia el edge continúa.
Akamai Technologies predice que los costes de salida de la nube serán cada vez más escrutados en 2024. John Bradshaw comenta cómo la IA generativa está transformando los roles de ingeniería cloud y la importancia de mantener la sostenibilidad y de trasladar recursos hacia el edge.