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Digital Realty Supports Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoute Metro Service
Digital Realty has announced a new Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute peering location at Digital Realty’s Dallas data center campus, enabling customers to access Azure services via a single cross connect. Digital Realty is also an initial launch partner for Microsoft’s new Azure ExpressRoute Metro service in Amsterdam and Zurich. Digital Realty customers located at its Dallas data center campus will be...
Schneider Electric Appoints Hanne Sjøberg As VP, Channels, Secure Power Europe
Schneider Electric has announced it has appointed Hanne Sjøberg as its new Vice President, Channels, Secure Power division, Europe, and will lead the continued growth of its channel organization – delivering its mission to be its customers trusted partner for sustainability and efficiency. Hanne brings a wealth of experience from her previous roles, and will utilize her deep understanding of...
Nokia Inks Five-Year Fiber Deal With AT&T
Nokia has signed a multi-year agreement with AT&T to deploy next-generation fiber access technology. Under this agreement, Nokia will provide its Lightspan MF and Altiplano platforms to support one of the largest fiber networks in the world. The five-year deal will include fiber network upgrades to AT&T’s current footprint and next-generation fiber technologies for future network exp...
Cloud Spending Grew 19% In Q2 2024
In Q2 2024, global spending on cloud infrastructure services grew 19% year on year to reach US$78.2 billion. While enterprises’ IT budgets have returned to growth, a significant portion of spending is now directed toward AI-related investments. The top three vendors – AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – collectively grew by 24% this quarter to account for 63% of total spending. AWS showed a no...
Brownsville Selects NTT DATA To Deploy Smart Solutions and Private 5G Network
NTT DATA has been selected by the City of Brownsville, Texas, to deploy NTT DATA’s Smart Solutions and Private 5G (P5G) wireless connectivity. The city seeks to enhance citizen services, increase public safety, achieve sustainability and effectively manage growth by leveraging real-time data analytics and AI empowered by a seamless and secure wireless network. “The future is coming to life in Brow...
Veeam Expands Data Resilience Solution For Microsoft 365
Veeam Software has announced the release of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8, delivering the most comprehensive and flexible immutability for Microsoft 365 data. Now organizations can ensure their Microsoft 365 data is resilient employing a zero-trust, multi-layered immutable strategy, making certain backup data is safe from potential changes or deletions so that its original integrity stays inta...
Kingston Launches NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
Kingston Digital has announced it is shipping the NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD for users looking for high capacity 4×4 NVMe PCIe performance in a compact form factor. The Kingston NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD is a robust next-gen storage solution powered by a Gen 4×4 NVMe controller. The Kingston NV3 delivers read/write speeds of up to 6,000/5,000MB/s¹, ensuring a faster system capable of handling a v...
Huawei Cloud Announces AI Initiatives To Support Saudi Vision 2030
Huawei Cloud recently announced a series of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives at Huawei Cloud Summit Saudi Arabia 2024, aiming to accelerate Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation and support the Vision 2030 goals. Gathering over 700 guests, the event showcased the most updated development of key AI technologies, especially AI-ready model training and inference, and the company’s...
Hitachi Vantara Earns ENERGY STAR Certification
Hitachi Vantara has announced that its new Virtual Storage Platform One Block storage appliance has earned the ENERGY STAR certification and was recognized as the best storage solutions for performance and energy efficiency in the ENERGY STAR NVSS Disk Online 4 category. Overall, the company holds the top three ranked storage solutions in this category. This recognition not only reinforces Hitachi...
Intel And IBM To Deploy Gaudi 3 AI Accelerators On IBM Cloud
IBM and Intel have announced a collaboration to deploy Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators as a service on IBM Cloud. This offering, which is expected to be available in early 2025, aims to help more cost effectively scale enterprise AI and drive innovation underpinned with security and resiliency. This collaboration will also enable support for Gaudi 3 within IBM’s watsonx AI and data platform. I...
Pure Storage Announces Participation At GITEX 2024
Pure Storage has announced its participation (Hall 6, Stand C40) at GITEX 2024. Underpinned by its unique Evergreen architecture, Pure Storage provides agility and risk reduction to organisations with a simple, energy-efficient, consistent storage platform delivered as-a-service. At the event, Pure Storage will outline how it helps customers with issues such as implementing tech to support ...
JLL: US Data Center Colocation Market Has Doubled Since 2020
The US data center market has doubled in size in just four years, according to to JLL’s new U.S. Data Center Rport – Midyear 2024. However there is a growing concerns that this rapid growth is straining an already-taxed U.S. power grid and an impending talent cliff. This booming demand shows no sign of slowing down at mid-year. Vacancy set a record low of 3%, and occupancy has increased at...