At IBM’s annual TechXchange event, IBM announced the release of its most advanced family of AI models to date, Granite 3.0. IBM’s third-generation Granite flagship language models can outperform or match similarly sized models from leading model providers on many academic and industry benchmarks, showcasing strong performance, transparency and safety. Consistent with the company’...
Keppel has announced that its private fund, Keppel Data Centre Fund II (KDCF II), has entered into a joint venture (JV) with Digital Decarbonization Solutions Platform (DDSP), a digital infrastructure and decarbonised energy delivery company to develop an 80 MW Tier III-equivalent greenfield data centre campus (Taiwan DC Campus) in North Taiwan. KDCF II will hold a 50% interest in the joint ventur...
IFS has unveiled new IFS.ai-powered features being introduced in the IFS Cloud 24R2 release, focusing on delivering maximum value to asset and service-intensive industries and elevating the user experience to drive Industrial AI adoption at scale. New feature highlights include: Home is a new, dynamic, AI-powered homepage for IFS Cloud providing live project status visibility, fueling productivity...
Hiperdist, a leading IT distributor in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), has announced a strategic partnership with Apacer, a global leader in memory and digital storage solutions. This collaboration will enable Hiperdist to leverage its extensive channel network to distribute Apacer’s reliable, high-performance products across the region. The partnership will cover Apacer’s complete range o...
Vertiv is releasing a complete 7MW reference architecture of the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform, co-developed with NVIDIA, that will enable customers to transform traditional data center architectures into AI factories capable of powering AI applications across the enterprise. The reference architecture will accelerate the deployment of the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 liquid-cooled rack-scale platform and sup...
Denodo has unveiled Agora, a new cloud-based solution that transforms data management for organizations across the globe by offering customers a managed service of the Denodo Platform that is fully adaptable to their needs. With Agora, customers can offload infrastructure management and platform operations to Denodo, accelerating access to data for end users while saving organizations time on day-...
AVEVA recently launched AVEVA World 2024 in Paris’ Palais des Congrès. During the AVEVA World 2024 press conference, AVEVA‘s CEO, Caspar Herzberg, announced new strategic partnerships with Vulcan Energy Resources (VER) and Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC). Vulcan Energy Resources (VER) is committed to become the world’s first lithium company with a carbon neutral footprint through a ground-breaking l...
Oman Data Park (ODP) recently announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Seclore, a provider of data-centric cybersecurity solutions. This strategic alliance is poised to address growing concerns around data privacy, security, and third-party risks, particularly as artificial intelligence gains traction in Oman. By reinforcing cybersecurity measures, this collaboration r...
Moro Hub and Nutanix have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which was signed between Mohammad Bin Sulaiman, CEO of Moro Hub and Raif Abu Diab, Country Manager – South Gulf & Sub-Saharan Africa at Nutanix during GITEX 2024 which ran from 14th to 18th October at Dubai World Trade Centre. This strategic partnership aims to introduce Nutanix’s innovative energy efficient solutions on a gl...
Oracle has announced that UAE-based RAKBANK (National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah) has selected Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite to make its business processes seamless, efficient and fit to support the bank’s rapid growth plans. With an integrated suite of cloud applications to manage finance, HR, and Supply Chain processes, RAKBANK will be able to optimize costs, enhance efficiency, sharpen dec...
Ericsson and e& United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced a strategic collaboration designed to enhance access to 5G network capabilities by application developers, Hyperscale players and enterprises. The collaboration enables e& UAE to expose its advanced network capabilities via Network APIs (application programming interface), providing a more programmable and adaptable connectivity exp...
Digital Realty has announced its collaboration with Ecolab to deploy an innovative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven water conservation solution in 35 of its U.S. data centers. Implemented by Nalco Water, Ecolab’s water and process management business, the pilot aims to enhance Digital Realty’s water use efficiency and minimize environmental impact. The innovative digital service combines...