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The Case for Reshaping Traditional Industries with Tech

CIO

Be it in the energy industry, e-government services, manufacturing, or logistics, the fourth industrial revolution is having a profound impact. Put simply, it involves combining the depth of industry expertise, with the breadth of the most advanced technological offerings. Digitalization is everywhere.

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DDN Nabs $300M From Blackstone As AI Keeps Data Storage Hot

Crunchbase News

Private equity giant Blackstone Group is making a $300 million strategic investment into DDN , valuing the Chatsworth, California-based data storage company at $5 billion. In general, datacenters and data storage and management have been hot among investors as businesses of all sizes try to use their data to scale up AI initiatives.

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9 IT skills where expertise pays the most

CIO

Tech companies still hold a competitive edge when it comes to salaries, despite mass layoffs across the industry in recent years. Despite reductions in staff, there are tech skills that continue to demand a premium salary, driving industry competition to hire talent with the right skills. 5% year over year.

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The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Data Storage And Lots Of Biotech

Crunchbase News

DDN , $300M, data storage: Data is the big-money game right now. Private equity giant Blackstone Group is making a $300 million strategic investment into DDN , valuing the Chatsworth, California-based data storage company at $5 billion. However, as usual, a company with AI ties is on top.

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Infinidat Recognizes GSI and Tech Alliance Partners for Extending the Value of Infinidat’s Enterprise Storage Solutions

Infinidat

Infinidat Recognizes GSI and Tech Alliance Partners for Extending the Value of Infinidats Enterprise Storage Solutions Adriana Andronescu Thu, 04/17/2025 - 08:14 Infinidat works together with an impressive array of GSI and Tech Alliance Partners the biggest names in the tech industry. GSIs are an extension of our customer teams.

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Cloud storage startup Wasabi raises $250M to reach unicorn status

TechCrunch

Two at the forefront are David Friend and Jeff Flowers, who co-founded Wasabi, a cloud startup offering services competitive with Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Wasabi, which doesn’t charge fees for egress or API requests, claims its storage fees work out to one-fifth of the cost of Amazon S3’s.

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Individual Channel Partner Awards: Delivering Big on Enterprise Storage Solutions and Customer-Centric Excellence

Infinidat

Individual Channel Partner Awards: Delivering Big on Enterprise Storage Solutions and Customer-Centric Excellence Adriana Andronescu Wed, 04/09/2025 - 08:03 The channel is important to Infinidat, and the partners who are out there every day working hard in the trenches to pursue new customer opportunities are the lifeblood of our channel business.

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