Technology Optimization advises CIOs seeking to invest in innovation and strategic advantage while optimizing the cost of providing ongoing support.
New economic realities and shrinking IT budgets necessitate that IT organizations become better at justifying new projects, more efficient in delivering IT services, and smarter at adopting new technologies that can deliver business value while reducing costs.
Organizations must work together to optimize the cost reduction that funds innovation, and learn how to balance the needs of business with the responsibilities of IT. Is your organization ready for the shift to innovation? Have you developed a strategy to fund innovation with optimization?
According to Dell Technologies the modern data center will be disaggregated and more turnkey courtesy of software automation. Private clouds will also take architecture cues from AI factories and Nvidia's designs
D-Wave Quantum said its Advantage2 annealing quantum computer is now commercially available and is likely to contribute to revenue growth.
Dell Technologies expanded its AI factory portfolio and expanded its ecosystem with tighter partnerships with Nvidia, AMD and large language model companies with a host of new servers, networking gear and integrated systems.
AMD retains ZD Systems' AI infrastructure design and customer enablement business that will focus on cloud customers. As part of the deal, Sanmina will become a preferred new product introduction manufacturing partner for AMD's cloud rack and cluster-scale AI hardware
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at Computex: "Nothing gives me more joy than when you buy everything from Nvidia. I just want you guys to know that, but it gives me tremendous joy when you buy anything from Nvidia."
Alibaba Cloud is seeing more AI workloads, accelerating revenue growth and benefiting from its Qwen open source family of models.
Cisco reported better-than-expected third quarter earnings as the company saw a surge in AI infrastructure demand and strong results from Splunk.
The Stargate Project is currently eyeing as many as three sites for AI data centers and Softbank executives said due diligence is currently underway on multiple proposals.
The chipmaker, which is playing catch up to Nvidia in AI infrastructure, reported first quarter earnings of $709 million, or 44 cents a share, on revenue of $7.4 billion, up 36% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings were 96 cents a share.
