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. Ephemeral resources.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Imagine a world in which data centers were deployed in space. Using a satellite networking system, data would be collected from Earth, then sent to space for processing and storage. The system would use photonics and optical technology, dramatically cutting down on power consumption and boosting data transmission speeds.

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CIO

APRIL 9, 2025

In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) and other resource-intensive technologies demand unprecedented computing power, data centers are starting to buckle, and CIOs are feeling the budget pressure. There are many challenges in managing a traditional data center, starting with the refresh cycle.

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CIO

AUGUST 13, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has upped the ante across all tech arenas, including one of the most traditional ones: data centers. Modern data centers are running hotter than ever – not just to manage ever-increasing processing demands, but also rising temperatures as the result of AI workloads, which sees no end in sight.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

As they embark on their AI journey, many people have discovered their data is garbage, says Eric Helmer, chief technology officer for software support company Rimini Street. They arent sure where it is among hundreds of different systems in some cases. This tends to put the brakes on their AI aspirations.

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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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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Drawing from current deployment patterns where companies like OpenAI are racing to build supersized data centers to meet the ever-increasing demand for compute power three critical infrastructure shifts are reshaping enterprise AI deployment. Here’s what technical leaders need to know, beyond the hype.

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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

JUNE 19, 2024

Data centers are hot, in more ways than one. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Danish engineering company Danfoss have announced a partnership to help mitigate the issues: an off-the-shelf heat recovery module branded HPE IT Sustainability Services – Data Center Heat Recovery. Any capture is good.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Analysts at this week’s Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo spent tons of time talking about the impact of AI on IT systems and teams. The reality of what can be accomplished with current GenAI models, and the state of CIO’s data will not meet today’s lofty expectations.”

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CIO

JUNE 3, 2024

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. Infrastructure-intensive or not, generative AI is on the march. IDC research finds roughly half of worldwide genAI expenditures in 2024 will go toward digital infrastructure.

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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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CIO

AUGUST 20, 2024

AMD is acquiring server maker ZT Systems to strengthen its data center technology as it steps up its challenge to Nvidia in the competitive AI chip market. ZT Systems effectively meets the specific design and integration requirements of these companies. “ZT

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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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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

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. And he noted, after the Broadcom deal closed, a smaller public healthcare system accelerated its shift to Nutanix, finishing in just 90 days. “We

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2024

CIOs manage IT infrastructure and foster cross-functional collaboration, driving alignment between technological innovation and sustainability goals. Aligning IT operations with ESG metrics: CIOs need to ensure that technology systems are energy-efficient and contribute to reducing the company’s carbon footprint.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

It’s tough in the current economic climate to hire and retain engineers focused on system admin, DevOps and network architecture. Unfortunately for execs, at the same time recruiting is posing a major challenge, IT infrastructure is becoming more costly to maintain.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

But as these customers grow in size and complexity — and as you rope in larger organizations — scaling your infrastructure for the enterprise becomes critical for success. Below are four tips on how to advance your company’s infrastructure to support and grow with your largest customers. uptime or higher.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Cloud transformation is not new, but as more assets move to the cloud, CIOs are needed who have experience with multi-cloud strategies for cost effectiveness and optimized systems. To these picks, Breckenridge adds AI-native growth companies, security vendors, critical infrastructure firms, and government related or defense agencies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

But while some organizations stand to benefit from edge computing, which refers to the practice of storing and analyzing data near the end-user, not all have a handle of what it requires. Managing a fleet of edge devices across locations can be a burden on IT teams that lack the necessary infrastructure.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Enterprise infrastructures have expanded far beyond the traditional ones focused on company-owned and -operated data centers. An IT consultant might also perform repairs on IT systems and technological devices that companies need to conduct business.

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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. What steps do you think organizations in the Middle East will take in 2025 to strengthen their cybersecurity infrastructure? The Internet of Things is gaining traction worldwide.

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CIO

MARCH 31, 2025

Sovereign AI refers to a national or regional effort to develop and control artificial intelligence (AI) systems, independent of the large non-EU foreign private tech platforms that currently dominate the field. This ensures AI decisions align with local social values, reducing the risk of bias, discrimination, or misinterpretation of data.

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CIO

JANUARY 1, 2025

His own buy before build strategy was very different to GECAS, which relied on the back-office infrastructure of parent company GE while running proprietary software on Amazon that was core to its business processes. You have to make decisions on your systems as early as possible, and not go down the route of paralysis by analysis, he says.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Darren Adcock, product manager at Redcentric responsible for the company’s privately owned Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering, the Redcentric Cloud, has strong beliefs about what differentiates a cloud vendor from a cloud partner. And that’s just one of the important projects our people, systems, and solutions support.”

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CIO

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

In the midst of all the tragedy, the need to ask for or manage help, locate people, or simply tell what was happening depended on the communication systems continuing to function reliably as well as they do in normal circumstances. Added to this were power outages that turned off routers and left devices unable to recharge their batteries. “It

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Telecommunications Mobile Data Center Infrastructure 88

TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Using this framework, they can then build and manage their pipelines for a variety of use cases, including their software delivery lifecycle, infrastructure as code and their SaaS application releases. Ranganathan then spent the last three years at Uber, where he ran that company’s global infrastructure. Image Credits: Opsera.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

“We are building systems that are about the size of a shipping container and that can deliver industrial-scale power — say on the order of 50 megawatts of electricity.” Data centers are power-hungry, and often already have power infrastructure in place in order to be able to accept backup generators.

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CIO

AUGUST 29, 2024

“It’s important to ensure the technology function isn’t just a set of blinking lights and widgets,” says Sean Carritt, director for ICT and business systems at Infrastructure NSW, the government agency of New South Wales that identifies and prioritizes public infrastructure for economic and social benefit.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

OVHcloud owns and operates 43 data centers across four continents all connected and backed up by our high-speed, robust network with 100Tbps of capacity and 46 redundant PoPs. Within our data centers are more than 450,000 servers that are relied on by more than 1.6 million customers in more than 140 countries.

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Cloud Data Center Infrastructure Enterprise 99

Palo Alto Networks

MARCH 2, 2025

However, the real breakthrough is in the convergence of technologies that are coming together to supercharge 5G business transformation across our most critical infrastructure, industrial businesses and governments. They gained full access to internal systems and sensitive data. Curiously, they did not ask for a hefty ransom.

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Dell EMC

AUGUST 21, 2024

Scale your AI data center effortlessly with integrated, tested units of infrastructure for rapid datacenter expansion.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The company also today announced that Naveen Rao, the GM of Intel’s AI Products Group and former CEO of Nervana System (which Intel acquired), is joining the company’s board of directors. The cost of the AI infrastructure and AIaaS will no longer be limiting factors.” ” Image Credits: NeuReality.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Device42 , a startup that helps companies understand and manage their hybrid infrastructure, can see a lot of information about each customer’s hardware and software usage. The company decided to use that ability to look at how each part of the system was contributing to carbon emissions.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The new price rise will affect infrastructure-as-a-service ( IaaS ) and platform-as-a-service ( PaaS ) offerings, the company said in a GitHub post. However, with the exception of Cloud Object Storage costs, the prices for IaaS offerings will increase only for international data centers while they remain constant for US customers.

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