New data from Synergy Research Group shows that Q4 enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services was close to $74 billion worldwide, up by over $12 billion from the fourth quarter of 2022. The year-on-year growth rate was 20% in Q4, markedly higher than the previous three quarters. Notably, the market grew by $5.6 billion from Q3. That is by far the largest quarter-on-quarter increase ever ...
Verizon has deployed over 130,000 O-RAN capable radios which includes the massive MIMO radios as part of the previously announced 15,000 O-RAN compliant virtualized cell sites with O-RAN compliant baseband units in its commercial Radio Access Network. O-RAN offers the promise of a wide range of benefits that should introduce new competition and innovation into the RAN ecosystem with the establishm...
Khazna Data Centres (Khazna), the hyperscale wholesale data centre provider in the Middle East and North Africa, has solidified its market dominance with the launch of its flagship data centre in Abu Dhabi (AUH6). Located in Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City, AUH6 has been designed to facilitate the UAE’s AI ambitions and underpin the company’s unwavering commitment to shaping the digital future. With over ...
Pure Storage has announced that its FlashBlade//S500 has achieved the STAC-M3 Benchmark, an industry standard for tick-analytics benchmarks, specifically designed for database software/hardware stacks managing large time series of market data. Test highlights: The benchmarked system featured FlashBlade//S500, a purpose-built, all-QLC flash, unified fast file and object (UFFO) storage platform. 13 ...
e& Carrier & Wholesale is set to anchor the 2Africa subsea cable, marking the most extensive subsea cable system landing in the UAE to date. The chosen gateway for this significant development is Kalba, a serene city in the North-eastern part the United Arab Emirates. This strategic choice complements e&’s existing Fujairah cable landing station, fortifying diversity and resilien...
Dynatrace has announced that it is working with Lloyds Banking Group, one of the UK’s largest financial services providers, to measure the environmental carbon impact of its IT ecosystem, contributing to the organisation’s sustainability goals. To help address this need, Dynatrace is using insights and feedback from Lloyds Banking Group to further develop Dynatrace Carbon Impact. The app translate...
Virtual experience developer Landvault has announced the appointment of Mohamed Khalifa as the Vice President of Metaverse, to further fuel the company’s Middle East expansion. Khalifa’s experience encompasses serving as CTO for blockchain and game studios, at the intersection of technology, gaming, and decentralized systems. His commitment to remaining at the forefront of technological adva...
SolarWinds has announced it will host its annual Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Partner Summit 2024 in person in Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 19–23. The event is part of a series of SolarWinds Transform Partner Summits the company is hosting across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The EMEA Partner Summit brings together partners from around the region to network, learn, and celebrate their shared...
Samsung Electronics and Google Cloud have announced a new multi-year partnership to bring Google Cloud’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology to Samsung smartphone users around the globe. Starting with the Samsung Galaxy S24 series announced today at Galaxy Unpacked in San Jose, California, Samsung will be the first Google Cloud partner to deploy Gemini Pro and Imagen 2 on Vertex AI ...
Dell and AMD are coming together to unveil an expansion to the Dell Generative AI Solutions portfolio, continuing the work of accelerating advanced workloads and offering businesses more choice to continue their unique GenAI journeys. This new technology highlights a pivotal role played by open ecosystems and silicon diversity in empowering customers with simple, trusted and tailored solutions to ...
Lenovo announces the contract signing for the joint construction of a new High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster with the University of Paderborn. The integration of the new system will be carried out by the HPC partner pro-com DATENSYSTEME. The installation is scheduled to take place in the second half of the year and is expected to have a runtime of at least 5 years. From 2025, a significant ...
Equinix and renewable energy developer wpd have signed seven 20-year Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) that will provide over 100 MW in capacity, and more than 300GWh per year of green energy output in France. The Power Purchase Agreement, which is one of the largest of its kind signed in France, was facilitated by Schneider Electric and includes four wind projects in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, two in Hau...