‘Secret’ Azure Cloud Advances as JEDI Looms
Just in time to take on cloud rival Amazon Web Services for a huge Pentagon cloud contract, Microsoft announced new Azure cloud regions and expanded DoD certifications that would ...Full Article
MIPS-Based Platform Targets AI App Developers
High-end computing platforms are emerging to support AI applications like inferencing and training so-called edge applications ranging from IoT networks to autonomous vehicles. The latest entry comes from Wave ...Full Article
AWS, Microsoft are Final JEDI Competitors
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft will compete for a massive Defense Department cloud contract after a Pentagon probe dismissed protesters’ conflict-of-interest allegations. The decision first reported by Bloomberg effectively eliminates ...Full Article
Intel Extends FPGA Ecosystem: Edge, Network, Data Center
The insatiable appetite for higher throughput and lower latency – particularly where edge analytics and AI, network functions, or for a range of data center acceleration needs are concerned ...Full Article
Intel, Lenovo Partner with Google on Anthos Cloud
Google is filling out its roster of hardware partners for its new cloud services platform called Anthos as its pushes home-grown technologies like its Kubernetes cluster orchestrator across hybrid ...Full Article
ML and Hybrid Cloud Security: ‘4 P’s’ Predictions
Enterprises are data-rich and insight-poor as it relates to security for multi-cloud, hybrid infrastructure. Machine learning approaches are relatively well-established for email security, data loss prevention and malware detection. ...Full Article
Google Cloud Unveils Roadmap for Intel Optane
Intel’s drive to solidify its stranglehold on the datacenter via its Optane DC persistent memory architecture was on full display this week during the chip maker’s “data-centric” event. Navin ...Full Article
CIA Said to Prep Multi-Cloud Initiative
A new spy cloud has emerged from the shadows. The CIA is reportedly leading a multibillion procurement effort on behalf of 17 U.S. intelligence agencies dubbed IC Commercial Cloud ...Full Article
Containers Emerge as Deep Learning Tool
Applications containers are now being tuned to specific features that can be incorporated into cloud-native enterprise apps. Amazon Web Services and GPU leader Nvidia are both offering Docker containers ...Full Article
Killing Cloud Latency with Hot Data at the Edge
High latency is an annoyance to consumers, a serious problem to businesses that want to leverage advanced infrastructure services via the cloud and a roadblock to the rollout of ...Full Article
