Milton Plet, SVP and Head of Securitas’ Data Center Group, shares five trends shaping data center security in 2025, from evolving officer roles and advanced technologies to sustainability and strategic partnerships. As demand for digital services skyrockets – driven largely by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), streaming, virtual reality, blockchain, and more – data centers […]
According to a recent, global Recon Analytics survey commissioned by Seagate Technology, business leaders from across 15 industry sectors and 10 countries expect that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) applications will generate unprecedented volumes of data, driving a boom in demand for data storage, in particular cloud-based storage. With hard drives delivering scalability relative to terabyte-per-dollar […]
Intel executive Sailesh Kottapalli has joined Qualcomm as senior vice president. Sailesh Kottapalli, most recently a senior fellow and chief architect for Intel’s Xeon processors, said on LinkedIn that he has joined Qualcomm as a senior vice president. “As we head into 2025, I am excited to share that I have joined Qualcomm. The opportunity […]
SAP has announced the availability of its SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) on Google Cloud in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, exclusively for regulated customers. This strategic collaboration aims to advance Saudi government organizations and critical national infrastructure entities with scalable, secure, and innovative cloud solutions. SAP BTP is an innovation platform optimized for […]
Nutanix has announced the launch of its Multicloud Experts community (“MC Experts”) in EMEA. A bold initiative, MC Experts aims to create a platform for leading cloud experts to pool knowledge and resources while being able to lean on peers and specialists to empower customers to thrive in an increasingly complex multicloud world. Modern cloud […]
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced global semiconductor sales hit $57.8 billion during the month of November 2024, an increase of 20.7% compared to the November 2023 total of $47.9 billion and 1.6% more than the October 2024 total of $56.9 billion. Monthly sales are compiled by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization and represent […]
New data and forecasts from Synergy Research Group show that the average capacity of hyperscale data centers to be opened over the next four years will be almost double that of current operational hyperscale data centers. The trend has always been for the critical IT load of hyperscale data centers to grow in size over […]
Synergy Research Group data shows that worldwide spend on data center hardware and software in 2024 will grow by 34% from 2023, pushing it to an all-time high. While there was growth across the board, the increase was thanks in large part to a 48% jump in spending on public cloud infrastructure, which now accounts for 55% of the total market. […]
IBM and SAP have announced the upcoming release of RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server, designed to make it the fastest and easiest path for IBM Power customers to accelerate their ERP transformation. Together, IBM and SAP aim to help organizations more seamlessly transition and modernize their on-premises ERP environments to the cloud and […]
Nokia has announced that it has concluded the sale of Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), a leading submarine networks business, to the French State. The transaction was completed on 31 December 2024. Nokia retains a 20% shareholding with board representation to ensure a smooth transition until targeted exit, at which point it is planned for the […]
