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

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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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10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023

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Skills such as software engineering, architecture, cloud, and program management are highly sought after as more companies explore creating both internal and external applications and solutions. Here are the 10 IT roles that have earned the biggest bumps in pay for 2023, according to salary data from Dice.

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Addressing cloud waste: 4 steps to cloud computing cost optimization

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By: Scott Sellers , Co-Founder and CEO, Azul From the get-go, the cloud promised to help companies scale up their architectures in seconds, run their applications faster, never turn away a transaction, and save money through economies of scale. In the latter case, your cloud bill can see immediate savings.

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A forensic look into cloud success with Broadcom’s Andy Nallappan

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So moving to the cloud is all about changing the culture, rightsizing your approach, and having a roadmap to get into a dynamic architecture that scales up and down during the working week. On managing software business operations: In our hardware business, the COO runs the supply chain. That’s how you can scale.”

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Cloudera’s RHEL-volution: Powering the Cloud with Red Hat

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That’s why Cloudera and Red Hat , renowned for their open-source solutions, have teamed up to bring Red Hat Enterprise Linux ( RHEL ) to Cloudera on public cloud as the operating system for all of our public cloud platform images. Let’s dive into what this means and why it’s a game-changer for our customers.

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DriveNets connects with $262M as demand booms for its cloud-based alternative to network routers

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The Israeli startup provides software-based internet routing solutions to service providers to run them as virtualized services over “ white box ” generic architecture, and today it is announcing $262 million in equity funding to continue expanding its technology, its geographical footprint, and its business development.

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MetalSoft aims to help manage server infrastructure through automation

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It’s tough in the current economic climate to hire and retain engineers focused on system admin, DevOps and network architecture. MetalSoft allows companies to automate the orchestration of hardware, including switches, servers and storage, making them available to users that can be consumed on-demand.