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Is VMware really becoming the new mainframe?

CIO Business Intelligence

The comparison of VMware to mainframes started as a bit of a joke for Gartner vice president analyst Michael Warrilow but the analogy holds up, to a point, he says. The comparison works a bit, maybe from a stickiness perspective, because customers have built their applications and workload using virtualization technology on VMware, he says.

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What is an AI server? Why artificial intelligence needs specialized systems

Network World

To balance speed, performance and scalability, AI servers incorporate specialized hardware, performing parallel compute across multiple GPUs or using other purpose-built AI hardware such as tensor processing units (TPUs), field programmable gate array (FPGA) circuits and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

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New brain-on-a-chip platform to deliver 460x efficiency boost for AI tasks

Network World

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has announced a breakthrough in artificial intelligence hardware by developing a brain-inspired neuromorphic computing platform. The IISc team’s neuromorphic platform is designed to address some of the biggest challenges facing AI hardware today: energy consumption and computational inefficiency.

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Multicloud by design approach simplifies the cloud experience

CIO Business Intelligence

In comparison, a multicloud-by-design model helps overcome the challenges that may arise while operating a multicloud environment. Multicloud by Design: Making Multicloud Simple Many organisations ended up using multicloud by adopting various cloud platforms in a piecemeal manner which can lead to a siloed and complex IT environment.

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Leading innovation in digital infrastructure for a digital and sustainable APAC

CIO Business Intelligence

By way of comparison, every US$1 of investment made outside technology only boosted GDP by a meager US$3. The significant growth of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and AI technologies also brings significant challenges to storage. That’s a big difference.

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Top data center trends you need to know in 2025

Dataconomy

Here are some interesting comparisons between data centers of the 2000s, the 2020s, and the future the 2030s. Key factors of sustainable data centers include reducing energy costs, utilizing renewable energy sources, designing more efficient hardware, managing waste responsibly, and adopting green construction practices.

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Technology Short Take #27

Scott Lowe

First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. Not unsurprisingly, one of the key advantages of STT that’s highlighted is its improved performance due to TSO support in NIC hardware. Servers/Hardware. I needed to fill in some other knowledge gaps first.)

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