TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Started as a side project by its founders, Warren is now helping regional cloud infrastructure service providers compete against Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google and other tech giants. AWS remains in firm control of the cloud infrastructure market. It recently closed a $1.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

AMD is in the chip business, and a big part of that these days involves operating in data centers at an enormous scale. AMD announced today that it intends to acquire data center optimization startup Pensando for approximately $1.9 Jain will join the data center solutions group at AMD when the deal closes.

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CIO

AUGUST 2, 2024

The AI revolution is driving demand for massive computing power and creating a data center shortage, with data center operators planning to build more facilities. But it’s time for data centers and other organizations with large compute needs to consider hardware replacement as another option, some experts say.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The program, known as Project Transcendence, marks a significant push by the Kingdom to develop a robust AI ecosystem that can rival leading tech hubs, including neighbouring United Arab Emirates and other global technology centers. billion in a global super-scaler cloud, and Oracle investing $1.5

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Erik Bernhardsson

APRIL 18, 2021

Software infrastructure (by which I include everything ending with *aaS, or anything remotely similar to it) is an exciting field, in particular because (despite what the neo-luddites may say) it keeps getting better every year! Anyway, I feel like this applies to like 90% of software infrastructure products. Truly serverless.

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Palo Alto Networks

JANUARY 17, 2025

Modern transportation networks must address three pivotal security questions: Do you have comprehensive visibility into devices on your ITS network to safeguard critical infrastructure? Are you inspecting and securing edge traffic between field cabinets and data centers?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Yet, despite its potential, cloud computing has not fully leveraged these advantages in managing complex cloud environments. Much like finance, HR, and sales functions, organizations aim to streamline cloud operations to address resource limitations and standardize services.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Virtually every company relied on cloud, connectivity, and security solutions, but no technology organization provided all three. Leaders across every industry depend on its resilient cloud platform operated by a team of industry veterans and experts with extensive networking, connectivity, and security expertise.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

A digital workspace is a secured, flexible technology framework that centralizes company assets (apps, data, desktops) for real-time remote access. Digital workspaces encompass a variety of devices and infrastructure, including virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), data centers, edge technology, and workstations.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Infrastructure as code (IaC) has been gaining wider adoption among DevOps teams in recent years, but the complexities of data center configuration and management continue to create problems — and opportunities. Which areas do you think IaC’s capability to set up any cloud resource will be most used?

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CIO

JULY 5, 2024

The landscape of data center infrastructure is shifting dramatically, influenced by recent licensing changes from Broadcom that are driving up costs and prompting enterprises to reevaluate their virtualization strategies. Clients are seeing increased costs with on-premises virtualization with Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware.

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Palo Alto Networks

OCTOBER 22, 2024

{{interview_audio_title}} 00:00 00:00 Volume Slider 10s 10s 10s 10s Seek Slider The genesis of cloud computing can be traced back to the 1960s concept of utility computing, but it came into its own with the launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2006. This alarming upward trend highlights the urgent need for robust cloud security measures.

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CIO

JUNE 3, 2024

As CIOs respond to corporate mandates to “just do something” with genAI, many are launching cloud-based or on-premises initiatives. But while the payback promised by many genAI projects is nebulous, the costs of the infrastructure to run them is finite, and too often, unacceptably high. billion in 2022 to $57 billion in 2027.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

Part of the problem is that data-intensive workloads require substantial resources, and that adding the necessary compute and storage infrastructure is often expensive. For companies moving to the cloud specifically, IDG reports that they plan to devote $78 million toward infrastructure this year.

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Erik Bernhardsson

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Here's a theory I have about cloud vendors (AWS, Azure, GCP): Cloud vendors 1 will increasingly focus on the lowest layers in the stack: basically leasing capacity in their data centers through an API. Redshift at the time was the first data warehouse running in the cloud. Startups are coming for the cloud.

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 9, 2025

billion to develop data centers in Spain. In 2023, it partnered with Digital Realty to develop $7 billion in data centers targeting providers of online content, cloud services and artificial intelligence. Last year it was reported the worlds largest asset manager plans to invest $8.2

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Historically, data center virtualization pioneer VMware was seen as a technology leader, but recent business changes have stirred consternation since its acquisition by Broadcom in late 2023. Learn how Nutanix can accelerate your hybrid cloud journey and transform your business. Disclaimer: Nutanix, Inc.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Few CIOs would have imagined how radically their infrastructures would change over the last 10 years — and the speed of change is only accelerating. To keep up, IT must be able to rapidly design and deliver application architectures that not only meet the business needs of the company but also meet data recovery and compliance mandates.

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CIO

JUNE 24, 2024

In my role as CTO, I’m often asked how Digital Realty designs our data centers to support new and future workloads, both efficiently and sustainably. Digital Realty first presented publicly on the implications of AI for data centers in 2017, but we were tracking its evolution well before that.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Re-platforming to reduce friction Marsh McLennan had been running several strategic data centers globally, with some workloads on the cloud that had sprung up organically. Simultaneously, major decisions were made to unify the company’s data and analytics platform.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Here are 13 of the most interesting ideas: “Current spending on generative AI (GenAI) has been predominantly from technology companies building the supply-side infrastructure for GenAI,” said John-David Lovelock, distinguished vice president analyst at Gartner. CIOs will begin to spend on GenAI, beyond proof-of-concept work, starting in 2025.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Based in Reston, Virginia, OVHcloud US is a wholly owned subsidiary of OVH Cloud, Europes leading cloud provider. We recently caught up with Pascal Jaillon, Senior Vice President, Product at OVHcloud US to learn more about the evolving needs he sees among customers, the companys global reach, and the future of cloud services.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2025

Simply put, there is a direct link between economic progress and IT infrastructure, with robust trade dependent on a strong digital foundation. It launched a Regional Information Infrastructure Project, enabling access to the international internet backbone through undersea cables.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

CIOs need to revamp their infrastructure not only to render a tremendous amount of data through a new set of interfaces, but also to handle all the new data produced by gen AI in patterns never seen before. The AI revolution is forcing a modernization of the data center across all industries, says Hardy.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Stacklet , a startup that is commercializing the Cloud Custodian open-source cloud governance project, today announced that it has raised an $18 million Series A funding round. “When I joined Capital One, they had made the executive decision to go all-in on cloud and close their data centers,” Thangavelu told me.

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CIO

MARCH 18, 2025

Ultra microservices are for multi-GPU servers and data-center-scale applications. Enterprises can use Nvidia AI Enterprise on accelerated data center and cloud infrastructure to run Llama Nemotron NIM microservices in production. Nano microservices are optimized for deployment on PCs and edge devices.

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CIO

JULY 22, 2024

IT leader and former CIO Stanley Mwangi Chege has heard executives complain for years about cloud deployments, citing rapidly escalating costs and data privacy challenges as top reasons for their frustrations. In that case, the board’s bank was troubled by the volume of unexpected fees charged by cloud providers.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

After years of marching to the cloud migration drumbeat, CIOs are increasingly becoming circumspect about the cloud-first mantra, catching on to the need to turn some workloads away from the public cloud to platforms where they will run more productively, more efficiently, and cheaper.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This development is due to traditional IT infrastructures being increasingly unable to meet the ever-demanding requirements of AI. By offering organizations greater control over their data, the Dell AI Factory is a more affordable alternative to public cloud solutions for businesses regardless of their size.

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CIO

DECEMBER 8, 2024

ADIB-Egypt has announced plans to invest 1 billion EGP in technological infrastructure and digital transformation by 2025. The investment in digital infrastructure is not just an extension of these efforts, but a strategic move to drive efficiency, innovation, and customer satisfaction to new heights.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In the early 2000s, most business-critical software was hosted on privately run data centers. But with time, enterprises overcame their skepticism and moved critical applications to the cloud. Similar to cloud-native startups, many startups today are ML native and offer differentiated products to their customers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2023

Companies collectively spent $61 billion on cloud infrastructure in Q4 2022, and there’s more growth to come. Yet, businesses are poorly protected from losses caused by cloud downtime. For e-commerce businesses large and small, it is easy to see how cloud downtime can result in a loss of revenue.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

When Uber decided in 2022 to shift away from running its own data centers, the ridesharing and delivery company wanted a high level of control for how its workloads ran in the cloud, down to the CPU level. Now, 95% of Oracle’s services run on Ampere infrastructure, according to the semiconductor company.

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Cloud Data Center Technical Review Azure 184

CIO

MARCH 5, 2024

billion in the Middle East kingdom to build data centers and a significant cloud presence in the region. Amazon — alongside its US-based cloud competitors Google and Microsoft — acted quickly to set up regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia. billion to launch new cloud areas.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Re-platforming to reduce friction Marsh McLellan had been running several strategic data centers globally, with some workloads on the cloud that had sprung up organically. Simultaneously, major decisions were made to unify the company’s data and analytics platform.

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CIO

JANUARY 6, 2025

Data sovereignty and local cloud infrastructure will remain priorities, supported by national cloud strategies, particularly in the GCC. Adopting multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions will enhance flexibility and compliance, deepening partnerships with global providers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

In December, reports suggested that Microsoft had acquired Fungible, a startup fabricating a type of data center hardware known as a data processing unit (DPU), for around $190 million. ” The Fungible team will join Microsoft’s data center infrastructure engineering teams, Bablani said. .

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