Remove Azure Remove Data Center Remove Hardware Remove Storage
article thumbnail

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. ” The Fungible team will join Microsoft’s data center infrastructure engineering teams, Bablani said. .

Azure 282
article thumbnail

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. 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.

Storage 224
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

CIO

After being in cloud and leveraging it better, we are able to manage compute and storage better ourselves,” said the CIO, who notes that vendors are not cutting costs on licenses or capacity but are offering more guidance and tools. He went with cloud provider Wasabi for those storage needs. “We

Strategy 332
article thumbnail

Azure VMware Solution: What is it?

Perficient

Azure VMware Solution (AVS) bridges the gap between on-premises virtualization and cloud-native IaaS or PaaS services by allowing you to move or extend on-premises VMware environments to Azure. What is Azure VMware Solution? Migration: Jump start your cloud journey by performing Lift and Shift migrations to Azure.

Azure 69
article thumbnail

7 cloud market trends and how they will impact IT

CIO

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%. The cloud market has been a picture of maturity of late. IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce are in the 2-3% range.)

Trends 361
article thumbnail

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

Kaseya

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. In a public cloud, all of the hardware, software, networking and storage infrastructure is owned and managed by the cloud service provider.

article thumbnail

When You Need That Extra Power: Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL® on Azure NetApp Files

Instaclustr

But when you do, you’ll notice the difference right away.” Sure, this quote may be squarely about Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL on Azure NetApp Files (ANF) but the underlying lesson certainly rings true for countless other (read: non-technical) situations as well: Going for a hike on a trail you already know like the back of your hand?

Azure 62