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Getting infrastructure right for generative AI

CIO

For generative AI, a stubborn fact is that it consumes very large quantities of compute cycles, data storage, network bandwidth, electrical power, and air conditioning. As CIOs respond to corporate mandates to “just do something” with genAI, many are launching cloud-based or on-premises initiatives. It’s well within the budget.”

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Can we trust Google Cloud Load Balancing?

Xebia

With Cloud getting a more prominent place in the digital world and with that Cloud Service Providers (CSP), it triggered the question on how secure our data with Google Cloud actually is when looking at their Cloud Load Balancing offering. Hardware Another aspect is that of the hardware itself.

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Cloud storage startup Wasabi raises $250M to reach unicorn status

TechCrunch

The cloud services sector is still dominated by Amazon and the other so-called “hyperscalers” — e.g. the Microsoft Azures, Google Cloud Platforms and IBM Clouds of the world. ” Friend and Flowers joined forces in 2015 to start Wasabi, when Friend was still the CEO of cloud backup company Carbonite.

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AWS vs. Azure vs. Google Cloud: Comparing Cloud Platforms

Kaseya

But, what exactly is a cloud service provider? As the name suggests, a cloud service provider is essentially a third-party company that offers a cloud-based platform for application, infrastructure or storage services. What Is a Public Cloud? Amazon Web Services (AWS) Overview. What Are the Advantages of AWS?

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7 cloud market trends and how they will impact IT

CIO

The cloud market has been a picture of maturity of late. The pecking order for cloud infrastructure has been relatively stable, with AWS at around 33% market share, Microsoft Azure second at 22%, and Google Cloud a distant third at 11%. He adds, “This is behind the drive to generative AI by the cloud providers.

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Cloud Data Security: Encryption at Rest Best Practices

Xebia

Cloud: “It’s just someone else’s computer” While I am not a supporter of this simplistic quote, it makes sense to call it for this topic. Cloud resources run in data centers, the same way on-premises resources do, but with a layer of sophistication to achieve abstraction and ease of usage for the customer.

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Teraco and VMware are Taking a New Approach to Support the Efforts of South Africa’s Cloud Innovators in Their Quest to Achieve Zero Carbon Emissions

CIO

Specifically, partners would be required to commit that their data centers achieve zero carbon emissions by 2030, an effort that would require the use of 100% renewable energy. They are also becoming more and more aware that their data center operations are a very large contributor to their overall carbon footprint.

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