SAP talked a lot about artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI at its annual Sapphire customer event in Orlando last week. But according to experts, the software giant was more discreet in addressing issues that remain central to the concerns of its longstanding users. At Sapphire, SAP was “firing on all cylinders”. Like many vendors…
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File, block and object are fundamental to how users and applications access and modify data storage. That’s been the case for decades, and the transition to the cloud has seen that remain so, but with adaptations to the use case, performance and cost constraints of cloud storage. In this article, we look at the fundamentals…
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Cyber-espionage groups are making it harder to spot where their attacks are coming from by upping their usage of proxy networks – known as operational relay box networks or ORBs – that can throw defenders off the scent. Cyber security company Mandiant has warned that it has seen a growing trend for China-backed espionage operations,…
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Infinidat has added two HDD and flash storage array products – dubbed Infinibox G4 – that claim a 2x performance increase on predecessors by virtue of a switch from Intel to AMD central processing units (CPUs) in their triple-active controllers. The launch sees the emergence of the Infinibox SSA G4 F1400T series, which brings a…
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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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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…
Top executives are always on the lookout for leadership best practice. Craig Donald, CIO at The Football Association (The FA), doesn’t have to go far to find inspiration. Just down the corridor at Wembley Stadium are Sarina Wiegman and Gareth Southgate, head coaches of the England women’s and men’s senior football teams. Donald – somewhat…
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Oracle’s plans to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) offerings could just be one of many such announcements to come in the enterprise application space, but the database application suite giant has, in fact, been working on adding artificial intelligence across its stack for some time. In September 2023, it announced its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Generative…
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Google will no longer charge customers fees for transferring their data out of its cloud when switching to a new provider, as part of a concerted push to distance itself from its public cloud competition. Amit Zavery, general manager, vice-president and head of platform at Google Cloud, announced the move in a blog post, and…
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Which are the top storage array makers and what are their strategies towards the cloud, containers and consumption models of procurement? In this article, we rank the top storage suppliers according to IDC market share statistics for 2022 in terms of enterprise external storage and give a brief summary of each player, where they’re at…
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