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Colocation: The Benefits of Cost-Effective Data Centers

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With businesses planning and budgeting for their Information Technology (IT) needs for 2021, deciding on whether to build or expand their own data centers may come into play. There are significant expenses associated with a data center facility, which we’ll discuss below. What Is a Colocation Data Center?

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4 paths to sustainable AI

CIO

Everything from geothermal data centers to more efficient graphic processing units (GPUs) can help. At video and music streaming service Plex, head of data science Scott Weston cuts the size of his training data by focusing on a specific need. “We

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Avoiding Last-Mile Challenges for Remote Workers

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But there’s one catch we often hear regarding productivity, and that is inconsistent Internet connections that downgrade the experience, particularly while conducting conference calls or sharing material from a home office. Best Practice 2: Internet service is an essential utility for key employees. cellular, air-gapped systems, etc.)

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Here’s why CNET co-founder Halsey Minor is bullish on NFTs

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Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Minor worked for Merrill Lynch during the rise of the internet in the early 1990s and, in the words of Wayne Gretzky, has been skating to where the puck is going ever since. Since his initial foray into media, Minor has taken to cryptocurrency and blockchain in a big way.

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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

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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. They are also becoming more and more aware that their data center operations are a very large contributor to their overall carbon footprint.

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The AI continuum

CIO

Great for: Extracting meaning from unstructured data like network traffic, video & speech. 1 Tips for putting AI to work Generative AI is a once-in-a-generation disruption on par with the internet, the telephone, and electricity—except it’s moving much faster. Model sizes: ~Millions to billions of parameters.

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SEO tool Ahrefs invests $60M in building creator-friendly search engine, ‘Yep’

TechCrunch

Name aside, Yep is taking a fresh new path through the world of internet advertising, claiming that it’s giving 90% of its ad revenues to content creators. We saw how YouTube’s profit-sharing model made the whole video-making industry thrive.