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Enterprise spending on cloud services keeps accelerating

Network World

By 2029, that share will have dropped to just a little over 20%, Synergy said. The big change in data center capacity will come from hyperscale operators – in 2029, hyperscale operators AWS, Microsoft, and Google will have eight times as much capacity in their data center footprints as they had back in 2017.

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10 quantum computing milestones of 2024

Network World

Quantinuum provided the quantum hardware and Microsoft handled the error correction. Microsoft and Atom Computings announce 24 working logical qubits Then, since 12 logical qubits werent enough, in November Microsoft followed up with a joint announcement with a different quantum hardware company, Atom Computing.

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Singapore government pushes energy-efficient data center plan

Network World

But New York had a total data center capacity of just 292 MW in 2022, a figure expected to rise to just 540 MW by 2029, according to an analysis of New York data center market size and share by Mordor Intelligence. Singapore has an area of just 734 square kilometers, making it a little smaller than New York City.

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5 reasons the enterprise data center will never die

CIO Business Intelligence

By 2029, the hyperscalers will account for more than 60% of total data center capacity, while on-premises capacity will sink to only 20%. In fact, Gartner says that 2024 global enterprise spending on data centers was a healthy $66 billion. Synergy Research comes to a similar conclusion. Colocation facilities make up the remaining 20%.)

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More used Seagate HDDs disguised as new: Fraudsters make it tough to spot the difference

Network World

The production date on the sticker is quite recent, the SMART values are fresh, and a warranty query shows a remaining warranty period until 2029. As the investigation continues, this case highlights the critical need for stronger supply chain security and authentication mechanisms in the hardware industry.

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IBM, Microsoft and Boeing mark advances in quantum computing

Network World

Quantum computing breakthroughs For most of quantum computing’s history, virtually all the research has focused on developing the underlying hardware, says Jay Gambetta, vice president in charge of IBM’s quantum initiative. Quantinuum provided the quantum hardware and Microsoft handled the error correction.

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Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025

Network World

Post-quantum cryptography Gartner predicts that by 2029, advances in quantum computing will make most conventional asymmetric cryptography unsafe to use. It’s highlighting the significance of post-quantum cryptography , which provides data protection that is resistant to quantum computing decryption risks.

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