virtual machines

Microsoft Launches Azure VMs Optimized for AI Supercomputing, the ND H200 V5 Series

Oct. 3, 2024 -- The need for scalable and high-performance infrastructure continues to grow exponentially as the AI landscape advances. Customers rely on Azure AI infrastructure to develop innovative AI-driven ...Full Article

Intel Refreshes Optane Persistent Memory, Adds New NAND SSDs

Intel Corp. remains persistent in upgrading its Optane persistent memory series. The chip maker (NASDAQ: INTC) said this week its second generation Optane series is tuned to the latest version ...Full Article

Bitfusion Acquisition Extends VMware Virtualization of GPUs

VMware has championed the virtues of virtualization of the x86 architecture for more than 20 years, and now the company plans to extend its commitment to virtualizing new architectures ...Full Article

Docker Tightens its Embrace of Kubernetes

The rise of application containers has touched off a debate about whether containers will eventually replace virtual machines. For a number of reasons, most notably security, probably not. At ...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

AWS Firecracker Takes on Serverless Security, Speed Challenges

Better security and more speed – what else could we ask of serverless computing? At re:Invent this week, AWS launched a new take on virtual machines with a virtualization ...Full Article

VMs Still Have Legs, Survey Finds

Faster server provisioning and consolidation along with long-term cost savings remain the key benefits of virtualization, according to a new vendor survey, with virtual machines keeping pace with trendy ...Full Article