Salesforce has announced plans to invest $500 million in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, building on its commitment to innovation and economic growth in the region. The investment also aims to spur workforce development through AI skilling and expand Salesforce’s local partner ecosystem to support local businesses. The announcement, made at LEAP 2025, follows the company’s […]
Johnson Controls has been named a top thermal management provider for data centers by ABI Research. The recognition highlights Johnson Controls’ excellence in innovation and implementation, driven by its comprehensive product portfolio, global presence, and customer-centric approach to the data center thermal management industry. “Johnson Controls has consistently exceeded market expectations for thermal management across […]
Q4 enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services was $91 billion worldwide, up $17 billion or 22% from the fourth quarter of 2023, according to new data from Synergy Research Group. The full-year 2024 market reach $330 billion, up $60 billion from 2023 and an increase of $102 billion from 2022. It is notable that ChatGPT […]
Nokia has announced a leadership transition. Nokia’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Pekka Lundmark, has informed the Board that he will step down. The Board has appointed Justin Hotard as the next President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia. He will start in his new role on 1 April 2025. Hotard joins Nokia with more […]
The explosion in interest in generative artificial intelligence has resulted in an arms race to develop the technology, which will require many high-density data centers as well as much more electricity to power them. Goldman Sachs Research forecasts global power demand from data centers will increase 50% by 2027 and by as much as 165% by the end […]
SolarWinds has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Turn/River Capital for approximately $4.4 billion.
e& UAE has successfully completed the first phase of integrating AI into its private cloud for operations. This initiative, powered by Intel’s advanced AMX technology and Cisco’s cutting-edge networking and data centre solutions, aims to elevate e& UAE’s operational efficiency
NTT DATA has successfully closed its previously announced acquisition of Niveus Solutions, a premier cloud engineering company specialising in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. The acquisition accelerates NTT DATA’s position as a leading provider of GCP solutions and strengthens its capabilities to deliver transformative cloud services to global clients. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. […]
Oracle has announced new role-based AI agents within Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) to help HR and business leaders transform the employee experience and optimize workforce productivity. Available to customers today, the new AI agents automate tedious end-to-end workflows to help unlock human potential and empower employees to focus their time on meaningful work. […]
Saudi Arabia based telecommunications services provider Salam has entered into a two-year agreement with Netskope, a leader in modern security and networking, to deliver top-tier data centre colocation services through Salam’s state-of-the-art data centre facility, featuring cutting-edge technology, platform solutions, and managed security. In light of the Kingdom’s ambitions to amplify its data centre capacity, […]
