Blackbox Hosting has consolidated storage from two full racks down to just 8U of rack space following migration to Everpure FlashArray hardware, achieving a 10:1 data reduction ratio and an 85% reduction in power utilization.
CoreWeave's rapid growth has positioned it as a key player in the AI infrastructure market, with a significant backlog and a strategic partnership with Anthropic for GPU access.
Sellafield Limited has awarded a £33 million contract to SAP for the 'Core HR SaaS Licensing to include Recruitment Module' as the first step in its ERP migration project. This contract is part of a larger plan to transition from the legacy SAP BS7 system to the currently supported SAP S/4HANA system.
Global IT spending has grown at the fastest rate in nearly 30 years, according to IDC, largely thanks to the boom in AI and cloud services and PC refresh cycles. Figures from IDC's latest show that spending on hardware, software, and IT services is on course to rise by 14%. That's the fastest year of growth since 1996, when the launch of Windows 95, expanding PC usage, and internet adoption were the primary drivers of IT spending. Now it's all about the massive AI infrastructure investment wave driving another 'supercycle' of tech spending, IDC noted, with the figure set to reach $4.25 trillion.
The commitment follows a string of setbacks in the government's handling of the largest tech suppliers, especially in the provision of cloud services. In February 2024, The Register reported that officials from the from the Central Digital & Data Office admitted the government's approach to cloud adoption had resulted in: "risk concentration and vendor lock-in that inhibit UK government's negotiating power over the cloud vendors."
When it comes to cloud services and small businesses, the sky's the limit. That's a good thing because you're able to add what used to be challenging IT services by simply creating a login and sharing your credit card number. But it's also a bad thing because those cloud services multiply, and they're fairly easy to forget. In this article, we're going to do two things.
Microsoft launched a review on August 15, shortly after the Guardian article was published. According to Microsoft President and Vice Chairman Brad Smith, the review is based on two principles that the company applies worldwide. Firstly, not supplying technology for the mass surveillance of citizens. And secondly, protecting the privacy rights of customers. He emphasized that Microsoft is not a country or a government, but a company that independently determines which products and services it offers.
There's a revolution occurring in how war and conflict are waged. New data-intensive systems are being developed; and commercial tech infrastructure is now supporting military operations. Data plays a key role in this revolution. Data is used to train and test systems, and the systems are fed data to target operations, communities, and individuals. While intelligence has long informed warfare, now we're seeing the very same dynamics that gave rise to surveillance capitalism feed a new era of innovation, feed a new era of innovation,
"It was a lot easier, in some ways, for journalists back in the 80s and 90s, before all of these cloud platforms existed," said Melody Kramer, a product manager at ProPublica who works on engagement and crowdsourcing tools. "You would put things in a Microsoft Word document, share that within your [physical] newsroom, and nothing would live in a data center or different space." The most sensitive stories could be written on computers without network connections and discussed and edited only in the office.
The use of Chinese nationals to service Department of Defense cloud environments it's over, Hegseth said in a video statement. We've issued a formal letter of concern to Microsoft documenting this breach of trust, and we're requiring a third-party audit of Microsoft's digital escort programme, including the code and the submissions by Chinese nationals. Did they put anything in the code that we didn't know about? We are going to find out, Hegseth added.
Lumen Technologies has made major enhancements to datacentre and cloud connectivity across its US network, with a strategic expansion capable of turbocharging metro markets with high-speed datacentre connectivity.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended that Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) face "targeted and bespoke" interventions to curb harmful competitive behaviours in the UK cloud market.
"[N]early 80 percent of B2B customers affirm that telcos have a 'right-to-play' beyond traditional connectivity. Yet, many operators are falling short of capitalizing on this expanded mandate."
Despite the confirmed problems with Microsoft Forms, Microsoft's official 365 Service Health Status website continues to display "everything up and running." This discrepancy is expected to be addressed as the situation evolves.
