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Microsoft acquires Fungible, a maker of data processing units, to bolster Azure

TechCrunch

In December, reports suggested that Microsoft had acquired Fungible, a startup fabricating a type of data center hardware known as a data processing unit (DPU), for around $190 million. In August, after a rumored failed sale to Meta, the company revealed that it had laid off staff and was scaling back its product portfolio.

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The Increased Role of Colocation Providers in Data Centers

DevOps.com

You would be hard-pressed to find something more complex than a modern data center. A state-of-the-art building stocked with all the necessary software for a major company might run into billions in costs if you decide to build and operate your own from the ground up.

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Balancing latency and sustainability

CIO

Many companies are simultaneously looking to implement compute-intensive technologies like AI, which can make their sustainability efforts even more challenging. In this blog post, we’ll explore how enterprises can balance their need for sustainable operations with their need to support latency-sensitive applications.

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VMware customers take wait-and-see approach amid Broadcom changes

CIO

Broadcom has made a series of acquisitions under CEO Hock Tan’s leadership, including CA Technologies and Symantec’s enterprise security division, and Tan has often cut marketing expenses and dumped parts of the acquired company that underperform. The VMware acquisition has been no different.

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Nvidia AI Enterprise adds generative AI microservices

CIO

of Nvidia’s enterprise-spanning AI software platform will feature a smorgasbord of microservices designed to speed app development and provide quick ways to ramp up deployments, the company announced today at its GPU Technology Conference. the company said. Version 5.0 Nvidia’s AI Enterprise 5.0

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Google opens second cloud region in Germany

CIO

Dubbed the Berlin-Brandenburg region, the new data center will be operational alongside the Frankfurt region and will offer services such as the Google Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, Persistent Disk, CloudSQL, Virtual Private Cloud, Key Management System, Cloud Identity and Secret Manager. “The

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AI and automation will play an increasing role in technology

CIO

By Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Switching Group This article is a continuation of Broadcom’s blog series: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT. Stay tuned for future blogs that dive into the technology behind these trends from more of Broadcom’s industry-leading experts.