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Saudi Arabia Data Centre Innovator Ezditek Appoints Stuart Manby As Chief Sales Officer
Ezditek, an innovator in data centre and digital infrastructure services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has appointed Stuart Manby as Chief Sales Officer to position Ezditek for long-term growth on the ground across the KSA. Its core values are focused on delivering innovation and sustainability in KSA’s data centre market. Ezditek is part of Ezdihar Holding Company, a multi-billion conglom...
Axis’s Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets Validated By SBTi
In line with an ongoing commitment to reduce the impact of its own operations and its value chain on the environment, the near-term targets Axis Communications AB has set to reduce its total global greenhouse gas emissions have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Axis commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions 42% by 2030 from a 2022 base year. Axi...
AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, HPE, Intel, Meta And Microsoft Form UALink Consortium
AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Intel, Meta and Microsoft have announced they have aligned to develop a new industry standard dedicated to advancing high-speed and low latency communication for scale-up AI systems linking in Data Centers. Called the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink), this initial group will define and establish an open industry standard that will enab...
ADIO And Khazna To Boost Abu Dhabi’s Data Economy
The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) announced its collaboration with Khazna Data Centres (Khazna), a leading provider of hyperscale wholesale data centre solutions, to boost Abu Dhabi’s data economy and strengthen its position as a hub for technology and innovation. Khazna will build an advanced data centre in Mafraq, Abu Dhabi, with an initial capacity of 30MW, leveraging government-owned land...
AWS And SAP Collaborate On Generative AI Initiative
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SAP have announced an expanded, strategic collaboration to transform modern cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) experiences and help enterprises drive new capabilities and efficiencies with generative artificial intelligence (AI). Together, AWS and SAP are striving to make it easier for customers to adopt the RISE with SAP solution on AWS, to improve the performa...
Global AI Chips Revenue to Grow 33% in 2024
Revenue from AI semiconductors globally is expected to total $71 billion in 2024, an increase of 33% from 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. “Today, generative AI (GenAI) is fueling demand for high-performance AI chips in data centers. In 2024, the value of AI accelerators used in servers, which offload data processing from microprocessors, will total $21 billion, and increase to...
Moro Hub And NSSG To Spearhead Smart City Solutions In Oman
Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (PJSC), signed an agreement with National Security Services Group (NSSG), Oman’s leading cybersecurity services provider, to introduce innovative Smart City and IoT solutions across Oman. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in both companies’ efforts to revolutionise urban living and drive...
Oracle To Open Two Public Cloud Regions In Morocco
Oracle has announced plans to open two Oracle Cloud Regions in Morocco to offer enterprise cloud services to local and regional organisations across Africa. The upcoming new regions will enable Oracle customers and partners to migrate mission-critical workloads from their data centres to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), while helping them comply with local regulations. As a result, customers and...
Vertiv To Present Its Latest Innovations At Datacloud Global Congress In France
Vertiv will present its latest innovations at Datacloud Global Congress, the premier leadership gathering for senior executives in the ICT (information and communication technologies) space, on June 4-6 in Cannes, France. Vertiv will be presenting the latest advancements in infrastructure solutions for AI (artificial intelligence) and HPC (high performance computing) applications at its stand #72,...
Google Cloud Celebrates One Year Anniversary Of Doha Cloud Region
Google Cloud celebrated the one-year anniversary of its launch of the Doha Google Cloud region with the inaugural Google Cloud Doha Summit. Under the esteemed patronage of His Excellency Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, the event marked a year of remarkable progress, innovation, and collaboration in Qatar’s digital landscape. The summit, held today...
Synology Introduces AI For Customer Service
Synology is transforming global customer service by integrating AI into the entire process, significantly enhancing the efficiency and quality of support provided. “Synology provides comprehensive technical support, encompassing product usage inquiries, critical troubleshooting, and advisory for complex deployments.” said Vincent Tsai, Director of Technical Service. “With the introduction of the n...
Worldwide Public Cloud End-User Spending To Surpass $675 Billion In 2024
Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20.4% to total $675.4 billion in 2024, up from $561 billion in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. This growth is being driven by generative AI (GenAI) and application modernisation. “The continued growth we expect to see in public cloud spending can be largely attributed to GenAI due to the continued cr...