Lenovo has announced that the General Purpose Partition of the MareNostrum 5, a new pre-exascale supercomputer running on Lenovo’s HPC infrastructure, has been classified as the top x86 general-purpose cluster on the recently published TOP500 list of the most powerful supercomputers globally. Officially inaugurated at Barcelona Supercomputing Center on December 21st, MareNostrum 5 has been built f...
McKinsey & Company has released a new report, The Middle East public cloud: A multi-billion dollar prize waiting to be captured. The report details the significant potential of public cloud integration in the Middle Eastern region and the steps companies in the Middle East could consider to quickly capture the value at stake. McKinsey conducted research and analysis on more than 700 public-clo...
Nutanix has announced that IT industry veteran Reshma Naik has been appointed Director of Systems Engineering, Emerging Markets. Reshma will report directly to Paulo Pereira, VP, Systems Engineering, EMEA and will oversee the expanding team of systems engineers in emerging markets. The Systems Engineering team is dedicated to delivering pre-sales consulting, offering technical guidance, and provid...
To meet the growing demand for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services across Africa, and as part of its global cloud infrastructure, Oracle is planning to open a public cloud region in Nairobi, Kenya. An Oracle delegation led by Scott Twaddle, senior vice president responsible for OCI Product and Industries, has met with H.E William Ruto, President of Kenya and Eliud Owalo, cabinet secretary, ...
Liferay, the developer of an enterprise level, cloud-powered digital experience platform (DXP), today announced its availability on Google Cloud Marketplace, empowering organizations with flexibility to build crafted, powerful solutions for customers, employees, suppliers, and partners. “The ability to offer our DXP solution through the partnership with Google Cloud is a natural consequence of our...
CommScope has announced SYSTIMAX 2.0 enhancements, the next generation of its SYSTIMAX building and data centre connectivity portfolio which provides customers with the latest structured cabling solutions and support to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. Inside buildings, data centres and across campuses, technology disruption and operational demands are intensifying. Therefore, it’s more ...
Seiko Epson Corporation has announced that, as of December 2023, all electricity used at Epson Group sites around the globe is from renewable sources. This makes Epson the first in the Japanese manufacturing industry to complete the transition to renewable electricity at all of its sites worldwide, including Japan. The Epson Group consumes approximately 876 GWh of electricity per year. By sourcing...
Juniper Networks announced the industry’s first AI-Native Networking Platform, purpose-built to leverage AI to ensure the best end-to-end operator and end-user experiences. Trained on seven years of insights and data science development, Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform was designed from the ground up to assure that every connection is reliable, measurable and secure for every device, user,...
Schneider Electric has signed an agreement with Charge&Go by e&, a global technology and investment group, to drive the development of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the UAE. The collaboration is aimed at delivering on an increasing demand for sustainable transportation in the UAE. The agreement will cover the deployment of EV charging solutions in the UAE. Schneider Elec...
United Arab Bank (UAB) has announced it will embark on a digital transformation powered by global technology company SAP SE, with Amazon Web Services (AWS) securely hosting the data. The adoption of RISE with SAP and deployment of various SAP solutions, led by UAB’s Chief Information Officer, Ayman AlQudsi, who has orchestrated a scalable digital transformation roadmap, will enhance the bank’s ser...
Canon Europe has announced that it has been named a leader in Quocirca’s Sustainability Leaders’ Report 2023 – an important market analysis which closely examines the actions that print vendors are taking to lower their carbon emissions. Within the report, Canon is noted for its market-leading sustainability strategy and vision, which is helping it to significantly reduce environmental impacts ac...
VAST Data has announced a strategic partnership with Genesis Cloud, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider for GPUs and accelerators in the cloud. Together, VAST and Genesis Cloud are poised to make AI and accelerated cloud computing more efficient, scalable and accessible to organisations across the globe. Genesis Cloud helps businesses optimise their AI training and inference pipeline by...