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IBM services aim to boost data center sustainability

March 12, 2024

Via: Network World

IBM is expanding its portfolio of sustainability offerings with new services that promise to help customers reduce data-center energy consumption and securely dispose of old gear and redundant data. IBM’s Technology Lifecycle Services group has added three new services to […]


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‘Maverick’ SaaS spending by workers can waste millions: report

March 1, 2024

Via: CIO Dive

Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is projected to grow 20.4% to total $678.8 billion in 2024, up from $563.6 billion in 2023, according to Gartner. Vertice previously reported that almost three-quarters (73%) of SaaS vendors hiked prices in […]


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IBM taps DNS technology to improve load-balancing service

February 20, 2024

Via: Network World

IBM is offering a new service that uses DNS to help enterprise customers more effectively load balance highly distributed application and multicloud workloads. The IBM NS1 Connect Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) service ties together the company’s NS1 DNS technology […]


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Flexential boosts its software-defined interconnection services

February 8, 2024

Via: Network World

Managed services provider Flexential has released Flexential Fabric, a platform that enables customers to dynamically provision interconnection services through a web interface. Flexential Fabric supports both IP transit and private transport through a single port, which the company says is […]


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How to choose the right NoSQL database

February 5, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

NoSQL databases arose in response to the limitations of using SQL (Structured Query Language) for database queries. NoSQL databases store and manage data in ways that enable high operational speed and a level of flexibility not found in traditional relational […]


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Code your infrastructure with Azure Automation

February 1, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

One of the great advantages of using the public cloud is the ability to deploy applications and services at scale. But scale has a flip side, as working with dozens or hundreds of servers imposes new constraints on systems administration. […]


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SnapLogic unveils no-code tool for creating LLM-powered apps

January 30, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Data integration platform provider SnapLogic has unveiled GenAI Builder, a no-code development tool for creating applications and automations powered by large language models (LLMs). GenAI Builder, announced January 24 and accessible from the company website, leverages conversational AI to allow […]


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Time running out to patch Jenkins CI/CD server vulnerability

January 30, 2024

Via: CSO Online

Researchers warn that attackers have already started scanning for Jenkins servers that are vulnerable to a critical remote code execution flaw patched last week. Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the vulnerability are already available, so the time window to patch before […]


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Google Project IDX: A promising next-generation cloud IDE

January 29, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

In August 2023, a small group of Google development and UX leads bewailed the difficulty of setting up a development environment for multiplatform and full-stack apps, and offered their take on an experimental prototype intended to solve the issues. Difficulty […]


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AWS expands Marketplace to include third-party services

January 23, 2024

Via: Network World

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its online marketplace to allow the sale of third-party professional services, making it a one-stop-shop for not only software and applications to run on its cloud but also managed services and other offerings to […]


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Docker Build Cloud aims to accelerate Docker builds

January 23, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Docker has unveiled Docker Build Cloud, a cloud-based build service that promises to accelerate builds of Docker images for engineering teams. Introduced January 23, Docker Build Cloud aims to address the pain point of how much time engineering teams spend […]


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Azure AI Studio: A nearly complete toolbox for AI development

January 22, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

On November 15, Microsoft announced Azure AI Studio, a new platform for generative AI application development, using OpenAI models such as GPT-4, as well as models from Microsoft Research, Meta, Hugging Face, and others. The motivation for the product, Microsoft […]


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IBM to acquire application modernization assets from Advanced

January 18, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

IBM on Thursday said that it was acquiring application modernization assets from Advanced in an effort to enhance the mainframe application and data modernization services of its consulting business. Advanced, which is headquartered out of Birmingham, UK, provides mainframe modernization […]


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CI/CD in the Cloud: A 2024 Guide

January 18, 2024

Via: Cloud Tweaks

CI/CD, or Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, is a methodology that revolutionized software development. It emphasizes regular, automated code integration and delivery. When we talk about CI/CD in the cloud, we refer to implementing these principles in a cloud-based environment. […]


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Running serverless .NET applications in AWS Lambda

January 18, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

The recent evolution of .NET has been fun to watch. Since .NET became an open-source platform, it has finally delivered on its cross-platform promise. At the same time, support for Linux has given it more traction in the cloud-native space, […]


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Broadcom kills off VMware Cloud Service Providers

January 11, 2024

Via: TechRadar

In a dramatic shift following Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware in November 2023, the virtualization giant’s partner programs look to be undergoing a major shakeup that could affect many of its Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). The acquisition, which finally […]


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Network automation to the rescue in the data center

January 10, 2024

Via: Network World

Let me start by saying it’s widely known that data centers benefit from being highly automated. Automated scripts can complete whatever task they are given much faster than a human and do it consistently, with fewer errors. The data center […]


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Optimizing connectivity for AI, SaaS, and IaaS workloads

January 4, 2024

Via: Network World

Having just returned from a hectic AWS re:Invent 2023, where generative AI was front and center of many company announcements, technical sessions, and continued hype, there were also more pragmatic questions that attendees were asking us during the event such […]


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Network services in 2024: 3 off-the-wall ideas

December 14, 2023

Via: Network World

So the poet Arthur Guiterman tells us. Time marches on. The days when enterprises built their own networks using routers and digital trunks are, for all practical purposes, gone. Thirty years ago, more than three-quarters of enterprises said that was […]


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“This truly is a golden era” – how AWS want to help every business embrace the power of generative AI

December 13, 2023

Via: TechRadar

The recent AWS re:Invent 2023 event was, unsurprisingly, dominated by AI and machine learning, with the company unveiling a host of new products and updated services aimed at helping customers get the most out of the nascent technology. Amazon Web […]