At .NEXT 2023 in May, Nutanix unveiled a multiyear vision for the future. Nutanix intends to build on the principles that propelled it into a leadership position in the hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) market, applying those principles to address the current challenges of distributed cloud — hybrid and multi-cloud — environments. The immediate takeaway from the […]
More than 4,000 members of the Aruba Airheads Community converged in Las Vegas to attend the Aruba Atmosphere Conference ’23 last month. And while the official theme was “For what comes next,” the message that “agility matters” came through loud and clear. To emphasize the point, HPE Aruba Networking hired parkour athletic training specialists to […]
What is screen scraping? Screen scraping is a data collection method used to gather information shown on a display to use for another purpose. Typically, screen scraping is used to collect data from one application to then translate it to another — or, more controversially, to steal data. Visual data is collected as plain text […]
What is data center as a service (DCaaS)? Data center as a service (DCaaS) is the provision of off-site physical data center facilities and infrastructure to clients. Clients rent or lease access to the provider’s data center, using the servers, networking, storage and other computing resources owned by the DCaaS provider. A DCaaS provider is […]
What is Energy Star? Energy Star is a government-backed labeling program that helps people and organizations save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by identifying factories, office equipment, home appliances and electronics that have superior energy efficiency. In recent years, Energy Star ratings have been extended to new homes, as well as commercial and industrial […]
What is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)? Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, more commonly known as LEED, is an environmentally oriented building certification program run by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It aims to improve building and construction project performance across seven areas of environmental and human health: Use of integrative […]
The war of words among AI supercomputer vendors escalated this week with Google claiming that its TPU-based system is faster and more efficient than Nvidia’s A100-based entry, according to its own testing. Nvidia countered that its H100 system is faster based on testing conducted by the independent MLCommons using MLPerf 3.0. Google researchers reported that […]
Aiming to give users more flexibility in deploying mainframes, IBM delivered a new rack-mounted Z16 system containing the same capabilities of its standalone Z16, including AI inferencing and quantum-safe cryptography. The single-frame and rack-mounted designs of the new Z16, available with LinuxOne Rockhopper 4 options, makes the system more practical for space-constrained data centers and […]
ServiceNow has rolled out the latest version of its Now Platform, containing several new AI-based functions focusing on automation and streamlining a range of internal business processes. Code-named Utah, the new release features improved business process optimization, including field service management that identifies hidden inefficiencies using the company’s AI-powered process mining capabilities. The new capabilities […]