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MetalSoft aims to help manage server infrastructure through automation

TechCrunch

It’s tough in the current economic climate to hire and retain engineers focused on system admin, DevOps and network architecture. Unfortunately for execs, at the same time recruiting is posing a major challenge, IT infrastructure is becoming more costly to maintain.

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Leading infrastructure to accelerate electric power intelligence

CIO

The main challenge for future power systems lies in transitioning from load-based power generation in certain environments to source-grid-load-storage interaction in uncertain environments. We need to build grid-based sources, loads and networks. Second, optical fiber and wireless networks were deployed for backhaul.

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Prioritizing AI? Don’t shortchange IT fundamentals

CIO

Fundamentals like security, cost control, identity management, container sprawl, data management, and hardware refreshes remain key strategic areas for CIOs to deal with. Just as a balanced diet fortifies the body, a robust and modern IT infrastructure lays the groundwork for AI and other advanced technologies to flourish.”

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

TechCrunch

Two at the forefront are David Friend and Jeff Flowers, who co-founded Wasabi, a cloud startup offering services competitive with Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Wasabi, which doesn’t charge fees for egress or API requests, claims its storage fees work out to one-fifth of the cost of Amazon S3’s.

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The impact of AI on edge computing

CIO

IDC forecast shows that enterprise spending (which includes GenAI software, as well as related infrastructure hardware and IT/business services), is expected to more than double in 2024 and reach $151.1 Transmitting massive amounts of raw data to the cloud can strain network bandwidth. over the 2023-2027 forecast period 1.

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The Reason Many AI and Analytics Projects Fail—and How to Make Sure Yours Doesn’t

CIO

Some are relying on outmoded legacy hardware systems. Most have been so drawn to the excitement of AI software tools that they missed out on selecting the right hardware. In fact, respondents cited the lack of proper infrastructure as a primary culprit for failed AI projects.

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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. ” A DPU is a dedicated piece of hardware designed to handle certain data processing tasks, including security and network routing for data traffic. .”

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