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Getting infrastructure right for generative AI

CIO

For generative AI, a stubborn fact is that it consumes very large quantities of compute cycles, data storage, network bandwidth, electrical power, and air conditioning. 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.

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Simplify your storage management by leveraging a universal storage layer

CIO

In today’s IT landscape, organizations are confronted with the daunting task of managing complex and isolated multicloud infrastructures while being mindful of budget constraints and the need for rapid deployment—all against a backdrop of economic uncertainty and skills shortages.

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Scale Computing secures $55M to help companies manage edge infrastructure

TechCrunch

Managing a fleet of edge devices across locations can be a burden on IT teams that lack the necessary infrastructure. Jeff Ready asserts that his company, Scale Computing , can help enterprises that aren’t sure where to start with edge computing via storage architecture and disaster recovery technologies.

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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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As AI scales, infrastructure challenges emerge

CIO

There might be an extra cost for the new functionality, though, but the vendors are the ones dealing with any potential infrastructure challenges. And that means companies have to invest in infrastructure for training and deploying these systems. That meant that the company had to do some serious infrastructure work.

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Ro is in talks to acquire at-home sperm storage startup Dadi

TechCrunch

Ro , a direct-to-consumer health company valued by its investors at $5 billion, is nearing a deal to acquire at-home sperm storage upstart Dadi, per multiple sources familiar with the unicorn’s business. The deal would be Ro’s fourth acquisition in the past 12 months, along with Workpath, Kit and Modern Fertility.

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Your IT infrastructure may be more outdated than you think

CIO

But in conflict with CEO fears, 90% of IT leaders are confident their IT infrastructure is best in class. Still, IT leaders have their own concerns: Only 39% feel their IT infrastructure is ready to manage future risks and disruptive forces. In tech, every tool, software, or system eventually becomes outdated,” he adds.