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IT Sustainability Think Tank: How CIOs can navigate the green IT landscape

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Data collection How data is collected will depend on what hosting options are employed. Typically, enterprises have applications hosted in both on-premise datacentres and in hyperscale cloud facilities – and these environments have very different reporting demands.  In simple terms, reporting electricity consumption from datacentres requires only a sub-meter to distinguish server room consumption from…

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NetApp upgrades AFF all-flash as it targets AI storage

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NetApp has refreshed its AFF all-flash storage arrays amid a marketing focus on artificial intelligence (AI) workloads and cutting energy waste in the datacentre. Alongside this comes an avowed target of more customers for its block access arrays and the availability of QLC drives across its Storagegrid object storage family, plus some additions in its…

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Microsoft hit by fresh round of cloud-focused anti-competitive behaviour complaints

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Microsoft is facing the prospect of an anti-trust probe at the hands of another overseas competition watchdog, following a complaint filed by a Spanish startup-focused trade association. The Spanish Startup Association (SSA) confirmed in a statement on Tuesday 7 May that it had filed a complaint with Spain’s National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) “in…

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Currys signs up Microsoft and Accenture to modernise IT

3 minutes of reading / Accenture, Acer, AI, Azure, digital transformation, Microsoft, Salesforce, Samsung, Tech / By

Currys has chosen Microsoft and Accenture to enable it to develop core cloud technology infrastructure to support artificial intelligence (AI)-powered initiatives. The electronics retailer plans to use the latest AI technologies to enhance operations, elevate the shopping experience and improve the experience of its retail workforce. Through the contract, Accenture and Microsoft, together with their…

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Microsoft sees datacentre investments key to AI leadership

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Microsoft announced revenue of $61.9bn for the quarter which ended 31st March 2024, representing an increase of 17% over the same quarter last year. The company’s cloud business grew 23% and contributed $35.1bn in revenue. Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud business grew 21%, with revenue of $26.7bn. This business unit comprises the server product line and cloud…

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Five reasons why – and when – cloud storage is the answer

5 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, Azure, Cloud, containers, disaster recovery, Google, HP, machine learning, Microsoft, risk management, Tech / By

When it comes to data storage, public cloud is now firmly mainstream. According to a recent survey, close to a third of organisations plan to deploy cloud storage. CIOs and IT directors listed cloud as their highest investment priority after cyber security and risk management. Cloud storage has long been an attractive option for organisations…

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Oracle Cloud: A discussion about public cloud, dedicated regions and Alloy

5 minutes of reading / Azure, Cloud, compliance, data privacy, Microsoft, multicloud, Oracle, Oracle Cloud, Tech / By

Pradeep Vincent is the chief technical architect and senior vice-president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). His role involves internal engineering of all the services in OCI. At Oracle Cloud World in London earlier this month, Vincent talked about the work Oracle has done with Microsoft, first with a cloud interconnect, and most recently, putting the…

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The CMA anti-trust investigation into AWS and Microsoft explained: Everything you need to know

9 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Computer, Dell, Google, Google Cloud, HP, Microsoft, Tech / By

Cloud computing has always been marketed to enterprises as a more cost-effective way for companies to access the compute resources they need, because they only pay for what they use and can easily scale back how much they are using, based on demand. Enterprises were encouraged, on the back of these benefits, to streamline their…

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Microsoft hack: Five questions enterprises should ask their IT leaders

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Software giant Microsoft revealed in mid-January 2024 that its systems were successfully infiltrated at the end of 2023 by Russia-backed hacking group Midnight Blizzard, as part of a coordinated and targeted information-gathering exercise. Microsoft confirmed the details of the attack in a statement published online on Friday 19 January 2024,  where it revealed the attack…

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Microsoft results show benefits of AI on Azure

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Microsoft’s earnings for 2024 show significant growth in the company’s cloud offerings, with revenue in its Intelligent Cloud business increasing 20% to $25.9bn. CEO Satya Nadella said the financial performance of the company was driven by the continued strength of Microsoft Cloud, which, he said, surpassed $33bn in revenue, up 24%. “We’ve moved from talking…

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