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4 paths to sustainable AI

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Everything from geothermal data centers to more efficient graphic processing units (GPUs) can help. We see it as a recruiting and retention factor.” Use renewable energy Hosting AI operations at a data center that uses renewable power is a straightforward path to reduce carbon emissions, but it’s not without tradeoffs.

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We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well

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I’ve been writing about how life is different for software company CIOs for years — more specifically, on how they must make clearer distinctions between IT and product engineering than it is now for CIOs in other industries. With the subscription-based model, customers download the software and run it on infrastructure in their data centers.

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

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If you run your operations the same way as when you operated in data centers, the cloud will be three to five times as expensive.” When I moved the labs to the cloud, I told the engineers to move only what they’re working on right now. Those savings are a part of the P&L and have a positive impact on the engineers’ bonuses.

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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. 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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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

IT leaders at the 60-year-old fleet management firm determined that cloud could support its rapid growth without the challenges of maintaining data centers. If the answer is no,” Upchurch says, “you may just be renting someone else’s data center.” How will we balance security, agility, and usability?

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Consulting, software boost IBM revenue as it turns to AI

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Chips made with the 2nm manufacturing process will be used for a wide range of applications and machines, from laptops to high performance computing servers, and are expected to slash the carbon footprint of data centers due to optimized performance.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Plaid’s staffing story, RevOps for B2B sales, demo day’s demise

TechCrunch

There’s no textbook-approved technique for building a startup engineering team: in the early days, everyone wears several hats. But when a company enters its growth phase, the recruiting process is systematized, new hires are sorted into discrete units, and a thin layer of management is applied to keep everything on track.

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