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University of Birmingham deploys UK’s largest IBM POWER9 AI cluster

Birmingham University Deploy Largest IBM AI Cluster in UK The University of Birmingham will be the home of the largest IBM POWER9 AI (Artificial Intelligence) cluster in the UK.  In September, the university installed two IBM Power Systems servers (AC922)…

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HPE’s AI-driven operations for ProLiant, Synergy and Apollo servers

HPE Extend InfoSight AI for Synergy and Apollo Systems Hewlett Packard Enterprise, also known as HPE has announced that it is extending HPE InfoSight, which is an industry-leading cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) management tool. This will now be extended to…

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Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC steps up as a challenger to Intel with IBM order win

TSMC Challenge Intel with new 7-nanometer chip Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is assured of securing a vital order from IBM for the production of premium server chips. TSMC is the sole supplier of iPhone core processors which controls 55%…

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December 2018: Huawei set to launch its first African cloud data center

Huawei set to launch its first African cloud data center Huawei – a Chinese IT giant has announced the launch date for its cloud data centers in Cape Town, South Africa. The opening which is their first in Africa is…

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Microsoft Azure becomes the first kubernetes provider in China’s Mainland

Microsoft Azure, the first Kubernetes provider in China’s Mainland The Tech giant – Microsoft, announced on Tuesday, that the Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) is now in china and is undergoing a private preview in Azure China. Sean McKenna, Principal Program…

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Workday goes live on AWS Infrastructure

Workday goes live on AWS It was a plan between Amazon Web Services and Workday on 16 November 2016 when it was announced that Workday had selected AWS as its public cloud infrastructure, Today (November 14, 2018) – it becomes…

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O-DATA COMPANY – SAP ACQUIRES X-DATA COMPANY – QUALTRICS FOR $8BN

SAP buy Qualtrics for $8 billion SAP and Qualtrics on Monday announced they have entered into an agreement under which SAP is to acquire Qualtrics for $8 billion (USD). At this amount, SAP will acquire all outstanding shares of Qualtrics.…

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UK Cloud Infrastructure spend surpassed IT spend

UK Cloud Infrastructure spend surpassed IT spend Cloud infrastructure spending has surpassed spending on-premises IT infrastructure in UK-based organizations as reported by the Cloud Industry Forum, last week, that was based on a survey handled by Vanson Bourne.  Some of…

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Google’s data-transfer appliance hits beta in Europe

Google’s data-transfer appliance hits beta in Europe Google’s data-transfer appliance hits beta in Europe This announcement goes along with their ‘Transfer Appliance’ project they had announced last year, which consists on transferring data from a company’s data centers to Google’s…

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Amazon’s HQ2 on its way to Northern Virginia

Second Amazon Location Confirmed as HQ2 The new Amazon US headquarters could be located in Northern Virginia, reported The Washington Post.  The project is going by the name of “HQ2”, this is because it would be the second location of…

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