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20 Feb 2025
Microsoft unveils quantum chip Majorana 1 for future advances
Microsoft unveiled Majorana 1, a quantum chip with eight qubits, aiming for a million. It focuses on scalability for breakthroughs in various fields despite current challenges.
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20 Feb 2025
How organisations can secure AI agents
Dan Karpati, Check Point Software’s vice-president of AI, discusses the unique challenges and potential ways to secure AI agents
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19 Feb 2025
Microsoft unveils world AI model for video games
The new type of foundation model is similar to Nvidia Cosmos. While it makes for a better gaming experience, it's also applicable to enterprises.
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19 Feb 2025
ARM and Meta: Plotting a path to dilute GPU capacity
Meta wants to make artificial intelligence available to everyone who uses its platforms, but scaling AI to over one billion people is not going to be cheap
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18 Feb 2025
DeepSeek-R1: Budgeting challenges for on-premise deployments
The availability of the DeepSeek-R1 large language model shows it’s possible to deploy AI on modest hardware. But that’s only half the story
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18 Feb 2025
EY: Industrial companies worldwide stunted in emerging technology use
Businesses globally are spending more on emerging technologies year-on-year, but struggle to expand experimental use cases, finds EY’s sixth annual Reimagining Industry Futures study
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18 Feb 2025
South Korea plots to become home to world’s largest AI datacentre
Construction of a datacentre that is projected to be 3GW in size is set to start later this year in South Korea
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18 Feb 2025
Cyber Monitoring Centre develops hurricane scale to count cost of cyber attacks
A non-profit company aims to measure the impact of cyber events on the economy using a 1-to-5 scale borrowed from hurricane classification
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18 Feb 2025
MSP cuts costs with Scality pay-as-you-go anti-ransomware storage
Autodata gets Scality as-a-service for on-site immutable storage via Artesca, to allow customers to rapidly recover from ransomware and at the same cost per terabyte no matter the volume
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13 Feb 2025
EU looks to ramp up sovereign tech as Trump trade war begins
Trump’s trade war is now looking at the EU, with tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. Could US tech be in the firing line?
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12 Feb 2025
Amazon opens Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore
Amazon has launched a 360,000 sq ft Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, housing both Amazon and AWS employees
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12 Feb 2025
Cisco: We will get better on AI power consumption
At Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam, Cisco execs shared their thoughts on the developing issues around how artificial intelligence is affecting datacentre power consumption
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12 Feb 2025
Cisco Live EMEA: Network supplier tightens AI embrace
At its annual EMEA show, Cisco tech leadership unveiled a raft of new products, services and features designed to help customers do more with artificial intelligence
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11 Feb 2025
Fujitsu public sector boss says supplier has advantage in HMRC bid despite Post Office scandal
Fujitsu public sector boss is banking on huge deals with HMRC despite Post Office scandal, after another lucrative year
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11 Feb 2025
AI Action Summit: European AI investment ramps up
A number of private companies and European governments have announced large-scale investments in artificial intelligence during the two-day AI Action Summit in Paris
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11 Feb 2025
New componentry extends NetApp ASA and E-series block storage
One-time king of the filers adds anti-ransomware to its more recent block storage families, while also adding in an extra FAS array, all on the back of upgraded components
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07 Feb 2025
AWS sees full-year profit and revenue growth as AI and public cloud demand soars
Amazon Web Services (AWS) reports full-year results and reveals capital expenditure toll the AI boom will take on its business in 2025
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05 Feb 2025
AMD trims delivery time for MI350
AMD plans to send samples of the rack-scale AI chip to key customers in the current quarter.
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05 Feb 2025
APAC organisations to ramp up tech spending in 2025
Organisations across the region are prioritising cyber security, customer experience and application development, even as they navigate cloud repatriation and a growing skills gap in AI and security
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04 Feb 2025
IT supplier helps address ‘overwhelming’ volumes of data from space
CGI is building on its decade-long relationship with the European Space Agency, and as more and more satellites entering orbit, its role in processing data is not set to diminish
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04 Feb 2025
DE-CIX upgrades New York’s largest internet exchange backbone
DE-CIX upgrades one of the US’s largest internet exchange backbones as staying resilient and offering scale become priorities
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31 Jan 2025
Intel axes Falcon Shores amid market challenges
Intel decides its limited resources would be better spent on Falcon Shores' successor, Jaguar Shores.
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30 Jan 2025
VMware alternative vendors see 2025 as year to make a mark
Numerous KVM-derived hypervisors are competing to claim the title of VMware alternative among enterprise customers, but actual adoption rates are still a question.
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30 Jan 2025
First international AI safety report published
A global cohort of nearly 100 artificial intelligence experts publish first international AI safety report ahead of the third AI summit, outlining an array of challenges posed by the technology that will be used to inform upcoming discussions
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30 Jan 2025
Microsoft’s results show cloud AI balancing act
CEO acknowledges efficiency of DeepSeek and need to assess model optimisation rather than just buying more AI servers
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30 Jan 2025
Interview: Volvo’s engineering lead discusses tech stacks
Volvo Cars’ approach to manufacturing is becoming more software-defined, built on top of what it calls ‘a superset tech stack’
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28 Jan 2025
Concerns over Fujitsu billing application used at SSE Airtricity in Republic of Ireland
Under-scrutiny IT services firm has escalated fears over problems with one of its applications, used at a Republic of Ireland energy firm, to its headquarters in Japan
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28 Jan 2025
DeepSeek: Welcome to US artificial intelligence’s Sputnik moment
In spite of the US’s financial might, Russia’s Sputnik was the first satellite. Is something similar about to happen thanks to a new Chinese LLM?
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28 Jan 2025
Has Pure got the first of its ‘HDD is doomed’ ducks in a row?
Pure Storage predicted the end of spinning disk by 2028. Will its agreements with flash makers Micron and Kioxia, and an unnamed hyperscaler, be the first nails in the coffin for HDD?
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28 Jan 2025
Datafy promises to slash massive EBS overprovisioning costs
AWS Elastic Block Storage is often over-provisioned. Datafy virtualises EBS volumes to allow customers to scale capacity up and down, and says it will not charge customers if it doesn’t cut their costs
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27 Jan 2025
TCS to inject AI and quantum computing into aerospace through French delivery centre
Indian IT services giant opens IT delivery centre that will focus on technology that can address the challenges of the aerospace sector
- 24 Jan 2025
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24 Jan 2025
DC01UK’s plan to build ‘Europe’s biggest AI datacentre’ wins local council approval
Plans to build a hyperscale datacentre to host artificial intelligence and cloud workloads on green belt land in Hertfordshire have been waved through by local planning officials
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22 Jan 2025
CMA adds ex-Amazon UK boss to board as provisional judgement in cloud probe nears
The former UK boss of Amazon UK has joined the CMA as its interim chair
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22 Jan 2025
Elon Musk distances himself from Trump’s Stargate AI mission
Just a few days into the Donald Trump presidency and there appears to be a disagreement brewing around funding of OpenAI and the Stargate Project
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22 Jan 2025
E&, DE-CIX create Middle East SmartHub internet exchange
Middle East telco partners with internet exchange operator to boost regional datacentre connectivity, with Fujairah hosting largest submarine cable landing station and new locations for Dubai
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21 Jan 2025
Intel Foundry gains new defense clients for 18A process
Intel Foundry secures defense contracts with Trusted Semiconductor Solutions and Reliable MicroSystems, highlighting confidence in its 18A manufacturing process.
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21 Jan 2025
Hyperscalers to spend a trillion dollars on AI optimised hardware
The market for AI optimised servers is growing, driven by hyperscalers and IT services firms developing AI-enabled services
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20 Jan 2025
Power grid constraints threaten Dutch digital innovation ambitions
The Netherlands risks falling behind in crucial digital innovations such as artificial intelligence as power grid congestion reaches critical levels across the country
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20 Jan 2025
Telehouse research highlights UK knowledge gap about what datacentres do
Despite the government’s efforts to champion the datacentre sector as a critical component of the country’s future growth, research shows the general public is largely unaware of what server farms are and what they do
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19 Jan 2025
ST Logistics teams up with Lenovo on smart warehouses
The Singapore logistics firm is partnering with Lenovo to integrate AI and automation into its warehouse operations
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17 Jan 2025
Enterprises need to make better choices to reduce GenAI emissions
Capgemini says the high environmental costs of generative artificial intelligence systems mean organisations need to develop roadmaps to make their use more sustainable
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16 Jan 2025
Fujitsu staff at HMRC to strike for two days over pay
More public image woes for Fujitsu as hundreds of staff to strike after colleagues at HMRC get significantly bigger pay rise
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16 Jan 2025
NAO calls for ‘cross-government’ revamp of IT procurement to improve ‘big tech’ project outcomes
The National Audit Office has highlighted a series of shortcomings in the government’s approach to digital procurement
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16 Jan 2025
Global IT spending to soar in 2025
S&P Global Ratings expects a 9% surge in global IT spending for 2025, fuelled by demand for AI and cloud technologies, despite potential trade headwinds and a slowing global economy
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16 Jan 2025
DDN seeks AI leadership as it bags $300m investment
DDN aims to take high-performance computing expertise and become a leader in storage for artificial intelligence. It builds on years in the HPC space, and now has £300m from Blackstone, a fund with an AI focus
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15 Jan 2025
Biggest Patch Tuesday in years sees Microsoft address 159 vulnerabilities
The largest Patch Tuesday of the 2020s so far brings fixes for more than 150 CVEs ranging widely in their scope and severity – including eight zero-day flaws
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14 Jan 2025
January Patch Tuesday resolves 3 Hyper-V zero-days
The number of vulnerabilities corrected for January Patch Tuesday is one of the highest in recent memory and includes three Hyper-V vulnerabilities exploited in the wild.
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14 Jan 2025
Datacentre M&A deals reach record highs in 2024 fuelled by GenAI demand
Figures from Synergy Research Group reveal impact that generative AI is having on datacentre M&A deal values
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14 Jan 2025
Developing AI datacentres: Has the UK government got what it takes?
The UK government has unveiled its 50-point AI action plan, which commits to building sovereign artificial intelligence capabilities and accelerating AI datacentre developments - but questions remain about the viability of the plans
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13 Jan 2025
Can UK government achieve ambition to become AI powerhouse?
The artificial intelligence opportunities action plan has been largely well received, but there are plenty of questions about how it will be achieved
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13 Jan 2025
Third-party VMware support for perpetual licenses growing
VMware support for perpetual licensed software by Broadcom may be dwindling, but third-party vendors are stepping up to fill the void.
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13 Jan 2025
UK government unveils AI-fuelled industrial strategy
Labour plans to implement the 50 recommendations set out by entrepreneur Matt Clifford to boost the use of AI in the UK
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10 Jan 2025
GenAI causing hyperscale datacentres to swell in size, research shows
Synergy Research Group data shows impact that generative AI demand will have on the number and size of hyperscale datacentres in operation around the world
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09 Jan 2025
PC makers use CES to showcase AI PC efforts
A range of AMD, Intel and ARM-powered PCs with neural processing units are aiming to boost office productivity
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08 Jan 2025
AWS plants flag in Thailand with new cloud region
Amazon Web Services’ latest regional expansion brings its cloud services to Thailand, promising a $10bn boost to the nation's GDP and support for more than 11,000 jobs per year
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08 Jan 2025
Custom software and silicon set to define next-gen chips
The global chip supply crisis is not improving, but manufacturers are integrating new software and hardware techniques to stay ahead
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08 Jan 2025
GenAI demand fuels record sales of datacentre hardware and software in 2024
Figures from Synergy Research Group highlight how demand for generative AI and GPU technology has generated record amounts of spending in the datacentre hardware and software space during 2024
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08 Jan 2025
Nato membership boosts Finnish civil and military tech startups
Tech companies in Finland and Sweden that offer civil and military products are benefitting from Nato military alliance
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06 Jan 2025
Government develops quantum tech for military
A high-tech atomic clock has been developed by a ‘secret lab’ and aims to decrease the reliance on GPS technology
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05 Jan 2025
Digital Edge secures $1.6bn to fuel regional expansion
Singapore-based datacentre provider has raised over $1.6bn in equity and debt financing to meet growing demand for cloud and AI infrastructure across Asia
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02 Jan 2025
Government boosts Horizon R&D campaign
As part of its Plan for Change, Labour is ramping up efforts to get more UK businesses to apply for Horizon funding
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27 Dec 2024
Top 10 ANZ stories of 2024
The 2024 tech landscape in Australia and New Zealand was dotted with developments spanning cloud migrations and AI adoption to heightened data security and real-time data streaming
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20 Dec 2024
Government review of denied datacentre builds sees Iver project get green light
The government has granted the developers of a proposed datacentre in Iver, Buckinghamshire, permission to press ahead with the project after the local council blocked the plans on Green Belt protection grounds
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19 Dec 2024
VMware by Broadcom changes to continue in 2025
After a year of lawsuits, customer confusion and a restructuring of the core business, VMware by Broadcom has much to prove in 2025 to avoid future irrelevancy in the data center.
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18 Dec 2024
GPU scarcity shifts focus to GPUaaS
High GPU costs and scarcity drive users to GPUaaS for AI workloads. But businesses should assess needs before investing.
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18 Dec 2024
Top 10 Kubernetes and storage stories of 2024
In this 2024 review, Computer Weekly looks at Kubernetes’ evolution from stateless application runtime to enterprise-ready environment for cloud-native with persistent storage and data protection
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17 Dec 2024
Digital Ethics Summit 2024: recognising AI’s socio-technical nature
At trade association TechUK’s eighth annual Digital Ethics Summit, public officials and industry figures and civil society groups met to discuss the ethical challenges associated with the proliferation of artificial intelligence tools globally and the direction of travel set for 2025
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17 Dec 2024
VMware customers seek alternatives amid licensing changes
Research reveals that while most VMware customers are satisfied with their current software, they are exploring alternatives due to concerns over rising costs
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17 Dec 2024
How NCS is tackling the enterprise IT market
The technology service provider is counting on its government experience, global expert network and cyber security capabilities to penetrate the enterprise IT market
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16 Dec 2024
Broadcom, AT&T settle lawsuit over VMware support
The companies have 'reached a settlement-in-principle,' but the telecom giant has indicated it's planning an exit from the virtualization platform.
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16 Dec 2024
Top 10 software development stories of 2024
This year has seen large language models get significantly better at code generation
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16 Dec 2024
The Security Interviews: Stephen McDermid, Okta
Okta regional chief security officer for EMEA sits down with Dan Raywood to talk about how Okta is pivoting to a secure-by-design champion
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11 Dec 2024
Microsoft shares details of plans to reduce water usage of AI datacentres
Microsoft has released details of the latest initiative to minimise the environmental footprint of its datacentres
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11 Dec 2024
Google demos next-gen error correction with Willow quantum tech
Willow represents Google’s latest development in its goal to produce quantum computing that can scale beyond error limits
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11 Dec 2024
IaaS firm uses Pure Storage as a service for ‘virtual datacentres’
Espresso Gridpoint moved from largely NetApp to Pure Storage FlashBlade file and object for its ‘virtual datacentres’ business model that offers VMware, Hyper-V and ProxMox VMs
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10 Dec 2024
December Patch Tuesday shuts down Windows zero-day
Microsoft addresses 72 vulnerabilities, including 17 rated critical. Administrators should focus on patching the Windows OS to stop a flaw that has been exploited in the wild.
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10 Dec 2024
StorMagic SvHCI 2.0 eases VM migration
Six months after the initial release, StorMagic SvHCI is adding features to make it an attractive alternative to VMware at the edge.
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10 Dec 2024
Nvidia investigation signals widening of US and China chip war
The Biden administration has expanded sanctions to prevent China extending its AI capabilities – now, China is going after Nvidia
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04 Dec 2024
AWS on using GenAI to speed up legacy VMware and Microsoft datacentre migrations
At AWS Re:Invent 2024, CEO Matt Garman shared details of how its GenAI technologies are helping enterprises accelerate the pace of Microsoft and VMware datacentre migrations
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03 Dec 2024
VMware ‘shock’ spawned lock-in rebellion, says NetApp
NetApp makes predictions for 2025 that include lower tolerance for lock-in due to VMware changes, a shift to DRaaS, AI disillusionment and big spending on energy infrastructure
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02 Dec 2024
AWS doubles down on ASEAN with cloud and AI investments
The cloud giant is fuelling growth in Southeast Asia with new infrastructure, skills development programmes and a focus on generative AI, empowering startups and enterprises alike
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02 Dec 2024
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger out; board searches for new CEO
Gelsinger's turnaround plans -- including layoffs, restructuring and foundries -- weren't enough to pull the company out of trouble.
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02 Dec 2024
Intel confirms CEO Pat Gelsinger has left the company
Several months after Gelsinger went public with plans for mass lay-offs at Intel, he has departed the company and left the board
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02 Dec 2024
Dutch chip strategy balances talent and infrastructure in €2.5bn investment
Project Beethoven aims to create complete semiconductor ecosystem through coordinated education and infrastructure investment
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02 Dec 2024
AWS signs multi-year deal with GenAI platform provider to decarbonise its datacentres
Amazon Web Services has signed a multi-year deal with Orbital Materials that will draw on GenAI skills to develop technologies that could decarbonise its datacentres
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01 Dec 2024
How SkyLab is democratising hybrid cloud management
SkyLab is challenging the cloud status quo with its orchestration platform, which allows telcos and enterprises to seamlessly manage workloads across multiple cloud providers
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29 Nov 2024
Atos readies ‘adaptive and intimate’ Invictus Games IT service
IT services company will ship 50 of its staff from Europe to Canada to work onsite at the tournament in February 2025
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28 Nov 2024
Fujitsu’s charity boss made redundant while Post Office scandal victims await support
At a time when it could give something back to Post Office Horizon victims persecuted as a result of its faulty software, Fujitsu makes UK charity boss redundant
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27 Nov 2024
Dutch politicians raise concerns over Big Tech reliance
Dutch political parties have warned about the Netherlands’ growing reliance on US tech giants
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26 Nov 2024
Blue Yonder ransomware attack breaks systems at UK retailers
UK supermarkets continue to deal with the impact of a ransomware attack on the systems of supply chain software supplier Blue Yonder, which is disrupting multiple aspects of their businesses including deliveries and staff management
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25 Nov 2024
AWS to offer native VMware service with license portability
AWS and Broadcom partner again to offer a new, native service within Amazon Virtual Private Cloud using existing VMware Cloud Foundation licenses.
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25 Nov 2024
Gambling cloud provider bets on Nutanix and cools on VMware
Continent 8 consolidates infrastructure for cloud services and backs Nutanix as it gains influence over product roadmap and cools on VMware amid customer dissatisfaction over licence changes
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22 Nov 2024
HPC, supercomputing share stage with enterprise AI at SC24
AI's effects on supercomputing helped shift the focus toward enterprise demands at SC24, as vendors -- including Dell and HPE -- showcased new offerings.
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22 Nov 2024
Court asks AT&T, Broadcom to resolve VMware dispute
A New York State Supreme Court judge gave AT&T and Broadcom until Dec. 13 to file a settlement, which attorneys say is forthcoming despite recent negotiation spats.
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22 Nov 2024
Qlik expands cloud footprint to India
The data analytics and business intelligence software supplier is bolstering its presence in Asia-Pacific with a cloud region in India
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21 Nov 2024
Nokia lands five-year extension on Microsoft Azure datacentre networking deal
Nokia is building on its existing partnership with Microsoft to support the software giant as it seeks to build out its datacentre footprint in response to the growing demand for artificial intelligence
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21 Nov 2024
Nvidia Blackwell GPU production ramps up amid revenue surge
Nvidia's Blackwell GPU production is 'full steam' ahead as revenue surges with AI demand.
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21 Nov 2024
Fujitsu snubbed on private sector deal with Centrica due to Post Office scandal backlash
Centrica board said to be concerned about contracting Fujitsu due to its involvement in the Post Office scandal
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21 Nov 2024
Nvidia CEO talks up AI post-training, test learning and gigawatts
The company’s datacentre business continues to skyrocket as demand for artificial intelligence accelerates
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21 Nov 2024
RWE bets on HPE Private Cloud AI for green energy push
Energy firm RWE has selected the HPE Private Cloud AI setup to help it model and glean insights from weather data with greater ease
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20 Nov 2024
Digital Catapult hails shared infrastructure as route to decarbonisation for logistics sector
Digital Catapult has opened up about the success it has seen with using shared digital infrastructure to help the transport-logistics sector work more collaboratively to cut carbon emissions