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Data centers in space

CIO

Imagine a world in which data centers were deployed in space. Using a satellite networking system, data would be collected from Earth, then sent to space for processing and storage. The system would use photonics and optical technology, dramatically cutting down on power consumption and boosting data transmission speeds.

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Data center investments simplify IT and cloud modernization

CIO

We have invested in the areas of security and private 5G with two recent acquisitions that expand our edge-to-cloud portfolio to meet the needs of organizations as they increasingly migrate from traditional centralized data centers to distributed “centers of data.”

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AWS to invest $5.3 to build data centers in Saudi Arabia to bolster tech in the region

CIO

billion in the Middle East kingdom to build data centers and a significant cloud presence in the region. Chinese competitor Huawei also has invested $400 million in cloud infrastructure for its services in Saudi Arabia. If I go back three years, there was limited cloud adoption in Arab states,” he said.

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Enterprise Storage Solution Provider of Choice: The Case Studies

CIO

One company that needs to keep data on a tight leash is Petco, which is a market leader in pet care and wellness products. Most of Petco’s core business systems run on four InfiniBox® storage systems in multiple data centers. virtualized systems, databases, business workloads, etc) and only pay for storage as needed.

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Price shock: IBM to increase cloud costs by up to 26% from 2024

CIO

The new price rise will affect infrastructure-as-a-service ( IaaS ) and platform-as-a-service ( PaaS ) offerings, the company said in a GitHub post. However, with the exception of Cloud Object Storage costs, the prices for IaaS offerings will increase only for international data centers while they remain constant for US customers.

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Enterprise Storage Trends That CIOs Need to Grasp for the Remainder of 2022

CIO

Being on the forefront of enterprise storage in the Fortune 500 market, Infinidat has broad visibility across the market trends that are driving changes CIOs cannot ignore. Trend #1: Critical nature of data and cyber resilience in the face of increasing cyberattacks. This is a multi-faceted trend to keep front and center.

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MetalSoft aims to help manage server infrastructure through automation

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Unfortunately for execs, at the same time recruiting is posing a major challenge, IT infrastructure is becoming more costly to maintain. 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.