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Lambda raises $320 million for GPU cloud

February 26, 2024

Via: Network World

AI cloud service provider Lambda has scored a $320 million cash infusion to build out its GPU-based services, which provide AI training clusters made up of thousands of Nvidia accelerators. Lambda is the latest cloud company to offer GPU processing […]


Global Cloud

When cloud AI lands you in court

February 23, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

In a recent legal ruling against Air Canada in a small claims court, the airline lost because its AI-powered chatbot provided incorrect information about bereavement fares. The chatbot suggested that the passenger could retroactively apply for bereavement fares, despite the […]


Global Cloud

Cloud waste, hyperscaler discounts shape FinOps priorities

February 23, 2024

Via: CIO Dive

FinOps emerged in response to a critical mass of alarming cloud bills, as enterprises struggled to tie escalating costs to projected efficiency gains, product development and revenue. Practitioners initially focused on equipping engineering teams with tools to curb usage and […]


Global Cloud

Cloud and AI apps take center stage in .NET 9

February 22, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Just three months into the tenure of .NET 8, it’s already time for Microsoft and the .NET Foundation to start laying out their plans for the next release, .NET 9, which is due to arrive in November with .NET Conf. […]


Cloud Security

SASE, multicloud spur greater collaboration between network and security teams

February 22, 2024

Via: Network World

Network teams and cybersecurity teams are collaborating more and more, we’ve found in our research at Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). We explored this issue most recently in our report, “NetSecOps: Examining How Network and Security Teams Collaborate for a Better […]


Deployment Models, Others

Top Cloud Cost Optimization Strategies for Multi-Cloud Environments

February 22, 2024

Via: Cloud Tweaks

The age-old saying “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” has found a new resonance in today’s cloud landscape. The cloud-centric world is shifting towards flexibility and choice. Businesses are increasingly opting for multi-cloud environments, leveraging the diverse strengths […]


Global Cloud

IT leaders are finding the right balance between on-premise and cloud

February 21, 2024

Via: Computer Weekly

A survey of 706 IT leaders conducted by Red Hat for its 2024 Global tech trends report has found that many organisations have figured out the mix between public and private cloud infrastructure. Compared with the previous year’s data, workload […]


Global Cloud

How to Develop a Learning Management System (LMS) from Scratch

February 21, 2024

Via: Cloud Tweaks

Discussions about e-learning projects continue unabated, especially as online education begins to supplant traditional courses, trainings and workshops. This shift includes a growing trend to build LMS from scratch . Distance learning offers two notable benefits: it’s generally more cost-effective […]


Global Cloud

Graal Cloud Native adds Google Cloud Platform support

February 21, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Oracle has introduced Graal Cloud Native 4.2.1, a curated, Oracle-supported build of the open source Micronaut framework, which provides a full-stack JVM platform for developing modular microservices and serverless applications. Graal Cloud Native 4.2.1 was unveiled January 30. Offering out-of-the-box […]


Global Cloud

Why enterprises neglect billions in cloud savings

February 21, 2024

Via: CIO Dive

Cloud’s power to digitally transform business comes with a major caveat: access to practically unlimited compute can be a budget buster. Despite a broad enterprise push to optimize spending and commitments from AWS and other major providers to help, cloud […]


Service Models

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 […]


Global Cloud

IBM launches professional services for Cisco networks

February 20, 2024

Via: Network World

IBM has significantly expanded its Cisco-focused professional services with new support and implementation options aimed at helping customers build more tightly integrated, better performing networks. IBM’s Technology Lifecycle Services (TLS) group has added support for Cisco’s software defined networking and […]


Global Cloud

Making cloud infrastructure programmable for developers

February 20, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Most developers don’t use infrastructure as code (IaC), argues AWS tech lead Chris Munns. But to those top 10% to 15% of developers who do use modern development technologies such as IaC go the spoils. Even if the audience for […]


Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud

Improving performance in hybrid cloud deployments

February 20, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

What we mean by “hybrid cloud” has always needed to be clarified for the cloud industry. Once defined as a private cloud paired with a public cloud, it’s now a catch-all for any system that’s not a public cloud working […]


Global Cloud

AWS expands free AI training course catalog

February 16, 2024

Via: CIO Dive

Tech vendors have poured billions into their AI initiatives, prioritizing the technology across product roadmaps. But it’s a fruitless effort if enterprises won’t jump on board, which puts pressure on vendors to clear adoption roadblocks. As companies deployed new AI-powered […]


Global Cloud

BigID adds access governance targeted at sensitive data and privileges

February 15, 2024

Via: CSO Online

Cloud data security and compliance provider, BigID, has announced adding an access governance capability to its existing offerings to help hunt down exposed sensitive data and overprivileged user accounts. The capability is targeted at helping organizations improve security posture, mitigate […]


Global Cloud

Oracle Autonomous Database adds AI conversation support

February 15, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Oracle has updated its Autonomous Database offering in an effort to maintain its lead over competing cloud-based database services from rivals such as AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, and Snowflake. Oracle Autonomous Database is an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) service. Oracle […]


Global Cloud

Cisco to lay off more than 4K in restructuring

February 15, 2024

Via: CIO Dive

Cisco’s workforce trim adds another name to the running list of providers laying off workers in the first quarter of the year. SAP announced a restructuring program to focus resources behind AI, the company said in January. The plan will […]


Global Cloud

Microsoft invests €3.2 billion in AI and the cloud in Germany

February 15, 2024

Via: CIO

Microsoft will invest €3.2 billion in Germany by the end of 2025 to double the artificial intelligence and cloud capacities of its data centers there. The company also wants to train more than 1.2 million people in digital skills. Brad […]


Cloud Security

Infoblox brings AI to DNS protection service

February 14, 2024

Via: Network World

Infoblox is rolling out an AI-based package to bolster its domain name system (DNS) protection portfolio and boost security for widely disbursed, DNS-networked enterprise resources. SOC Insights is a cloud-based expansion of the vendor’s current BloxOne DNS Threat Defense package. […]