Hardware & Infrastructure


  • AWS CEO Adam Selipsky delivers a keynote address during AWS re:Invent 2023, at The Venetian Las Vegas on November 28, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada
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    AWS is still trying to cut cloud costs

    Just weeks after joining the FinOps Foundation, the leading hyperscaler unveiled infrastructure and service enhancements to help customers optimize data, spending and compute.

    By Nov. 29, 2023
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    Nvidia revenues soar amid hyperscaler AI rush

    The chipmaker's products underpin the AI services at the center of an enterprise adoption wave, but research and development are still underway.

    By Nov. 27, 2023
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    3 reasons to avoid cloud repatriation: Forrester

    Migrations don’t always go as planned, but shifting applications back to on-prem data centers isn’t a slam dunk either.

    By Nov. 9, 2023
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    Normalized billing, sovereignty to shape cloud in 2024: Forrester

    Bowing to customer demand, providers will also address data center sustainability and introduce prompt engineering services, the firm expects.

    By Nov. 2, 2023
  • In Kyndryl headquarters, a digital clock counts down the days, hours and minutes to the decoupling of its tech stack from IBM.
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    Inside Kyndryl’s sprint to decouple IT from IBM

    Ahead of a Nov. 3 deadline, CIO Michael Bradshaw detailed the company’s push to rebuild IT, moving 1,800 applications to an all-cloud infrastructure in two years.

    By Oct. 31, 2023
  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella addresses shareholders during Microsoft Shareholders Meeting December 3, 2014 in Bellevue, Washington.
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    Microsoft grows cloud business, banks on full-stack AI strategy

    Large language models and the generative AI tools they power aren’t the only driver of Azure usage and revenue growth — but the technology has gained traction.

    By Oct. 25, 2023
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    Hyperscaler data center capacity to nearly triple by 2029

    Cloud providers are building new infrastructure and retrofitting systems to prepare for high-intensity generative AI workloads, according to Synergy Research Group.

    By Oct. 20, 2023
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    Google challenges AWS, boosts cloud database speed, performance

    Upgrades to the company’s Cloud Spanner service increase transaction efficiency by 50%, effectively cutting costs in half, according to the company.

    By Oct. 12, 2023
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    PC market set to shake prolonged post-pandemic contraction

    “The business PC market is ready for the next replacement cycle, driven by the Windows 11 upgrades,” Gartner Director Analyst Mikako Kitagawa said.

    By Oct. 10, 2023
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    UK regulators ‘concerned’ about AWS, Microsoft amid cloud market probe

    Following a yearlong inquiry into competitive practices, Ofcom referred the public cloud infrastructure market to the Competition and Markets Authority for further investigation.

    By Oct. 5, 2023
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    After a long AWS migration, Choice Hotels will close its last data center

    The company leveraged a one-cloud strategy to bring Radisson Hotels Americas' systems into the tech stack in less than a year, CIO Brian Kirkland said.

    By Sept. 29, 2023
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    What Cisco learned about Mac vs. PC in the enterprise

    A year-long internal trial revealed MacBooks were less vulnerable to cyber threats than PCs, and less expensive over time, according to SVP and CIO Fletcher Previn.

    By Sept. 21, 2023
  • Oracle co-founder and Chairman Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address during the Oracle OpenWorld on October 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California.
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    Oracle plugs AI into industry clouds, deepens Nvidia partnership

    The hyperscaler announced generative AI enhancements to its customer service and healthcare platforms at Oracle CloudWorld 2023.

    By Sept. 19, 2023
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    Microsoft, Oracle tighten multicloud alliance, ease data migrations

    In the new arrangement, Oracle will operate and manage qualifying cloud infrastructure services directly within Microsoft's data centers.

    By Sept. 15, 2023
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    Cloud strategy misalignment leads some workloads back on-prem

    As migrations progress, organizations are still struggling to bring IT investments in line with business goals.

    By Sept. 14, 2023
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    Oracle races to expand cloud regions, anticipating demand surge

    “Because we have far more demand than we can supply, our biggest challenge is building data centers as quickly as possible,” Oracle CEO Safra Catz said.

    By Sept. 12, 2023
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    Mainframe market still growing in cloud’s shadow

    Appreciation for the value of the on-prem data center is rising as organizations contend with post-migration bills.

    By Sept. 8, 2023
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    IBM raises prices for cloud infrastructure, platform services

    While most IaaS billing increases won’t impact U.S. customers, data storage rates will increase for all customers by as much as 26% in January.

    By Updated Sept. 7, 2023
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    Google Cloud unveils new TPUs in race to optimize AI hardware

    The new generation chips are optimized to handle the growing volume of generative AI model training and inference workloads.

    By Aug. 29, 2023
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    Cloud market growth plateaus as hyperscalers anticipate AI boom

    Global spend increased by $10 billion for the third consecutive quarter, with AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud retaining nearly two-thirds of the market, Synergy Research Group found.

    By Aug. 7, 2023
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    Oracle unveils secure cloud solution in bid for DoD contracts

    The new infrastructure services are designed to ease critical workload migrations and comply with defense information systems security requirements.

    By July 31, 2023
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    IBM sees Red Hat growth as model for its AI business

    The tech company is banking on enterprise adoption of its newly introduced watsonx platform to advance its hybrid cloud strategy.

    By July 20, 2023
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    Hyperscalers bet on costly new data centers to capture growing market

    As cloud becomes ubiquitous, AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud are competing to expand their regional reach and localize services.

    By July 14, 2023
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    On-prem data centers retain a shrinking foothold as cloud’s shadow looms

    While capacity steadily migrates to massive CSPs, more than one-third of worldwide data and compute remains on-prem.

    By July 14, 2023
  • A store advertises the names of personal computer makers (PC's) in Times Square on April 11, 2013 in New York City.
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    PC shipments show signs of recovery as economic outlook improves

    Enterprise demand for workstations and laptops bounced back in Q2 and may normalize by the end of the year, Gartner analysis shows.

    By July 12, 2023