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• July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19

  IBM mainframes face competitive pressures inside and out

  IBM's mainframe business continues to be under pressure from cloud-based competitors, and perhaps even its own Power server. But analyst opinions vary about its long-term fate.

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  Data center managers avoid cloud migration risks

  Many corporate IT users are flocking to the cloud, but a majority surprisingly remain reluctant to migrate their on-premises mission-critical workloads to a public cloud.

• May 20, 2019 20 May'19

  Exascale computing, now at $2.8B, described as critical to U.S.

  The race to build exascale supercomputers is a project of big governments -- China, Japan, the European Union and the U.S. Initial systems are planned in the 2020 to 2021 time frame.

• May 17, 2019 17 May'19

  HPE-Cray deal brings supercomputers to enterprises for AI

  HPE's $1.3 billion deal to acquire supercomputing pioneer Cray Inc. should better position the company in the HPC market among IT shops looking for added muscle to run AI workloads.

• May 17, 2019 17 May'19

  IBM mainframe pricing overhaul inspired by cloud model

  IBM's new Tailored Fit Pricing model gives enterprises more flexibility in the types of workloads they run on the z/OS platform.

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• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Solarflare Cloud Onload aims to improve server efficiency

  Solarflare Cloud Onload, a new application acceleration platform, was designed to improve data center efficiency and remove waste from today's cloud infrastructure investments.

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  RHEL 8 launches with AI, container and hybrid cloud focus

  Red Hat rolled out its long-awaited Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, designed to work across corporate data centers and multiple clouds and anchor its container and AI strategies.

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  IBM-Red Hat merger timing, fairness in question

  Six months after IBM revealed plans to acquire Red Hat, some IT industry experts have reason to believe approvals will take longer than the companies have suggested.

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  IBM quantum computing may arrive sooner than expected

  If IBM continues doubling the performance of its quantum computers, as recent benchmarks indicate, it could deliver the first commercial system in the next three to five years.

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Nvidia acquires Mellanox against growing AI, data competition

  Nvidia acquires Mellanox for $6.9 billion, as competition increases for platforms that can handle AI and other data-intensive platforms.

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  IBM quantum computer roadmap moves full speed ahead

  With IBM releasing its latest benchmark, the company's quantum computer appears to be consistently, if not slowly marching toward commercial reality.

• February 22, 2019 22 Feb'19

  IBM adds Power to Watson Machine Learning

  While they debuted few whiz-bang offerings, IBM did roll out a handful of products that allow users to run AI technologies across more platforms, including Power Systems servers and competitor clouds.

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Carbon Relay debuts AI-based software for data center cooling

  Newcomer Carbon Relay has introduced two products that use artificial intelligence to help IT pros manage data center efficiency.

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  France, HPE are building Europe's most powerful AI supercomputer

  France is building a supercomputer that can perform both traditional high-performance computing workloads and AI-specific workloads. The converged design is becoming increasingly common.

• January 25, 2019 25 Jan'19

  Broadcom execs: Here's how the CA acquisition works

  Broadcom explains why its surprising acquisition of CA Technologies can work, citing complementary portfolios and the long-term viability of mainframe software.