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IBM Brings Apptio Product Portfolio To Microsoft Cloud
IBM has announced that it is bringing the Apptio portfolio of enterprise agile planning (EAP), IT financial management, and cloud FinOps solutions to Microsoft Azure. In addition, IBM announced their global expansion of IBM Software availability on the Azure Marketplace making it easier for customers to buy software directly on the marketplace while using their Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitme...
Microsoft Builds Datacenters With Wood To Slash Carbon Emissions
Microsoft is building its first datacenters made with superstrong ultra-lightweight wood in a bid to slash the use of steel and concrete, which are among the most significant sources of carbon emissions. Microsoft engineers have developed a hybrid approach using cross-laminated timber, or CLT, a fire-resistant prefabricated wood material that will enable the company to reduce the use of steel and ...
Scott Armul To Lead Vertiv’s Global Portfolio And Business Units
Vertiv has announced that on January 1, 2025, Scott Armul will be promoted to executive vice president, global portfolio and business units, reporting to Vertiv CEO Giordano (Gio) Albertazzi. Armul will focus on driving a growth-oriented global portfolio strategy, as Vertiv continues to expand its offerings
PIF And Google Cloud To Launch AI Hub In Saudi Arabia
The Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia and Google Cloud have announced a strategic partnership to establish a new global artificial intelligence (AI) hub. The new AI hub will be based near Dammam, in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The partnership, which was signed at the Future Investment Initiative 8th Edition (FII8), aims to establish Saudi Arabia as a as a global hub and top AI dest...
Cisco Delivers New AI-Ready Data Center Infrastructure Applications
Cisco is delivering new AI-ready data center infrastructure applications. These include a lineup of products and solutions for data- and performance-intensive use cases like large language model training, fine-tuning, and inferencing for GenAI. Many of these new additions to Cisco’s AI infrastructure portfolio were announced at Cisco Partner Summit 2024 A typical AI journey starts with training Ge...
Nokia And Lenovo To Develop AI-Driven Data Center Solutions
Nokia has announced a strategic partnership with Lenovo to create comprehensive data center networking and automation solutions that support the massive and highly precise compute, storage and transit needs for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning (AI/ML) and other compute-intensive workloads. These solutions will be jointly marketed to enterprises, telcos, and digital infrastructure and clou...
Saudi Businesses To Harness AI Innovations At Dell Technologies Forum
Dell Technologies Forum Saudi Arabia returns this year and is set to take place on 31 October 2024 at the Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences. This annual event brings together industry leaders, technology experts, and business innovators to explore and unlock insights into the transformative role of AI in advancing innovation across Saudi Arabia. According to Dell’s Innovation Catalyst study, 91...
Westcon-Comstor Accelerates Shift To Renewables
Westcon-Comstor has announced significant progress towards its goal of powering all global operations purely by renewable electricity by 2030, as it published its latest annual Responsible Business report. The report reveals that Westcon-Comstor derived 42% of its electricity globally from renewable sources during its latest financial year, up from 33% the previous year, as it works to reach 100% ...
Nokia And HP Sign Patent License Agreement
Nokia has announced it has signed a multi-year patent license agreement with HP covering the use of Nokia’s video technologies in HP’s devices. Under the agreement HP will make royalty payments to Nokia. The agreement resolves all patent litigation between the parties, in all jurisdictions. The terms of the agreement remain confidential as agreed between the parties. Arvin Patel, Chief Licensing O...
DigitalBridge Acquires Global Data Centre Company Yondr
DigitalBridge has acquired Yondr, a global developer and operator of hyperscale data centers. Yondr has established itself as a key player in the digital infrastructure sector, addressing the complex data center capacity demands of the world’s largest technology companies through the development and operation of sustainable data centers worldwide. With a diverse portfolio of campuses, Yondr ...
Atos Takes Important Step In Financial Restructuring
Atos SE has announced that the specialized commercial court of Nanterre has approved Atos’ accelerated protection plan. This decision follows confirmation that all legal conditions have been met. Philippe Salle, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Atos, said: “The approval of Atos’ accelerated safeguard plan by the Nanterre Specialized Commercial Court is a decisive step in our financial r...
Ericsson And e& Egypt To Launch 5G In Egypt
Ericsson has signed a partnership agreement with e& Egypt at GITEX Global 2024 for the launch of 5G across the country. Ericsson will supply its latest energy-efficient 5G portfolio to build the network, providing the benefits of fast and reliable 5G connectivity. The portfolio is designed to manage all site types and traffic scenarios to deliver high performance, even as networks grow in tech...