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• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  IBM quantum computers' usefulness in sight -- using binoculars

  IBM's Bob Sutor discusses Big Blue's new quantum systems and computation center, the realities of quantum computing today and how IT pros will code for these systems in the future.

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  New Dell EPYC servers embrace AMD Rome chips

  Dell EMC goes from Naples to Rome with a new line of EPYC servers, including Ready Solutions for high-performance computing and Ready Nodes for vSAN hyper-converged infrastructure.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  IBM z15 mainframe secures data across multi-cloud environments

  IBM unveiled the latest in its line of mainframes capable of processing 1 trillion web transactions a day. The IBM z15 mainframe's software can manage data across multiple clouds.

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Iran says it's building an AI supercomputer, despite sanctions

  In a tweet, Iran said it is building a new supercomputer. Other nations are doing the same because high performance computing platforms lend themselves to AI development.

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  IBM Power chip instruction set now open source

  IBM opened up its Power server Instruction Set Architecture allowing the open source community to develop more innovative hardware components for IBM's Power servers.

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• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  Big Switch updates its Cloud-First Networking portfolio

  Big Switch Networks' new products and features aim to help solve issues such as lack of operational consistency, visibility and management in hybrid environments, and shadow IT.

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  Cray exascale computer to modernize aging nuclear weapon stockpile

  The U.S. is buying an exascale system from Cray Inc., its third from the company which is now being acquired by HPE. The $600 million system will be used in nuclear weapons development.

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 tailored for hybrid, multi-clouds

  Red Hat released RHEL version 7.7 with features that make it easier to marry its legacy systems with the latest cloud-native applications, while urging users to move to RHEL 8.

• July 26, 2019 26 Jul'19

  AI hardware demands drive biggest server, chip deals in 2019

  Many top-tier server hardware suppliers redoubled their efforts to deliver products such as supercomputers to capture a piece of the AI and machine learning hardware market.

• 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.

• 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.