NTT DATA has announced the appointment of Jafar Kuruniyan as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for its Middle East and Africa (MEA) operations, succeeding Barry Curtin, who steps down after 16 years of distinguished service with the NTT Group, including 12 years as CFO in the region. Kuruniyan is a seasoned finance executive, holding […]
Digital Realty has announced the appointment of Marcel Louw as its Managing Director in Africa. In this role, Louw will provide strategic leadership across Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Ghana, building on the strength of Digital Realty’s existing operations and continuing to expand the company’s global data center platform, PlatformDIGITAL, in Africa. Louw will report to Paula Cogan, […]
NTT DATA has announced the appointment of Joe Pace as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for its Global Data Centers division. Based in Sacramento, Calif., Pace will report directly to Doug Adams, President and CEO of NTT Global Data Centers, and succeeds Florian Winkler, who recently departed the company. In his new role, Pace will lead […]
ESET researchers have uncovered a new type of ransomware that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to execute attacks. Named PromptLock, the malware runs a locally accessible AI language model to generate malicious scripts in real time.
NTT DATA and Cisco have unveiled a new co-sponsored IDC InfoBrief, Wired for Intelligence: A CIO Guide to Enterprise Networking for AI. The study shares strategic guidance for organizations seeking to accelerate transformation by modernizing their network infrastructure. As organizations integrate AI into more applications, from manufacturing and healthcare to financial services, the demand for […]
Broadcom is working to bring the latest NVIDIA AI technology to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). Through this collaboration with NVIDIA, enterprises and cloud service providers will be empowered to build, deploy, and scale next-generation AI models on cutting-edge AI servers within their modern private cloud environments, all while leveraging the trusted operational experience of VCF. […]
Vertiv has announced it has acquired Waylay NV, a Belgium-based leader in hyperautomation and generative AI software platforms, as part of its continued investment in AI-driven monitoring and control technologies for its power and cooling systems. Vertiv expects this investment to strengthen its ability to enable customers around the world to increase uptime, optimize energy usage, […]
EdgeConneX has announced the acquisition of its second data center site in the Greater Osaka and Yawata areas of Japan, bringing its total data center platform capacity to 350MW of utility power, further highlighting the region’s significant scalability potential. The second site will provide an additional 150MW upon completion, adding to the previously announced 200MW […]
IBM and AMD have announced plans to develop next-generation computing architectures based on the combination of quantum computers and high-performance computing, known as quantum-centric supercomputing. AMD and IBM are collaborating to develop scalable, open-source platforms that could redefine the future of computing, leveraging IBM’s leadership in developing the world’s most performant quantum computers and software, […]
Digital Realty has broken ground on its first data center in Rome, strengthening its position in delivering PlatformDIGITAL, the world’s leading connected data center platform, across the Mediterranean region. The new facility, ROM1, will be a highly connected, carrier-neutral data center, designed to support the latest AI technologies and provide access to a broad ecosystem of […]
