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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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Sustainable Software Engineering Through the Lens of Environmental

Xebia

We can achieve this, for example, by optimizing hardware utilization to minimize e-waste or by enhancing the energy efficiency of our software. Energy Efficiency: Endeavor to use the minimum amount of energy necessary. Hardware Efficiency: Minimize the embodied carbon in hardware usage.

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

Kaseya

In a public cloud, all of the hardware, software, networking and storage infrastructure is owned and managed by the cloud service provider. In this blog, we’ll compare the three leading public cloud providers, namely Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Microsoft Azure Overview. What Is a Public Cloud?

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Making Sense of IoT Platforms: AWS vs Azure vs Google vs IBM vs Cisco

Altexsoft

Namely, these layers are: perception layer (hardware components such as sensors, actuators, and devices; transport layer (networks and gateway); processing layer (middleware or IoT platforms); application layer (software solutions for end users). Perception layer: IoT hardware. Microsoft Azure IoT. How an IoT system works.

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Bechtle: Pursuing a Multi-Faceted Sustainability Strategy

CIO

Providing hardware, software, and IT solutions and services, the company also delivers an extensive array of cloud offerings from dedicated private clouds to deployments with the world’s largest hyperscalers, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Datacenters are also built with sustainability in mind.

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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%. Early adopters of industry clouds were healthcare, banking, and tech companies, but that has expanded to energy, manufacturing, public sector, and media.

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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

But the requirements, difficult in areas with an already mature sustainable energy infrastructure in place, were overwhelming in sub-Saharan Africa. 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.

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