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Oracle updates Exadata at long last with AI and machine learning abilities

Oracle to update the Oracle Exadata Database Machine X8 server line to include artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities, plus support for hybrid cloud.

Jun 13, 2019 4 mins

Data Center Enterprise Storage Servers

Data centers should sell spare UPS capacity to the grid

Distributed Energy is gaining traction, providing an opportunity for data centers to sell excess power in data center UPS batteries to the grid.

Jun 13, 2019 3 mins

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Dell and Cisco extend VxBlock integration with new features

Dell EMC and Cisco took another step in their alliance, announcing plans to expand VxBlock 1000 integration across servers, networking, storage, and data protection.

Jun 12, 2019 3 mins

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As workloads migrate back from public clouds, hybrid cloud grows

Cloud offers many benefits, but that doesn’t mean public cloud is the right fit for every app. Enterprises continue to increase investments in private cloud to improve security, boost performance, and control costs.

Jun 12, 2019 7 mins

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The carbon footprints of IT shops that train AI models are huge

Artificial intelligence (AI) model training can generate five times more carbon dioxide than a car does in a lifetime, researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst find.

Jun 11, 2019 4 mins

Data Center Software Development

New switches, Wi-Fi gear to advance Arista’s campus architecture

Campus leaf switches and a Wi-Fi 6 access point will be available this fall to flesh out Arista’s grand plan for more efficient campus networks called Cognitive Campus.

Jun 7, 2019 4 mins

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For enterprise storage, persistent memory is here to stay

Persistent memory – also known as storage class memory – has tantalized data center operators for many years. A new technology promises the key to success.

Jun 6, 2019 8 mins

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Self-learning sensor chips won’t need networks

Scientists working on new, machine-learning networks aim to embed everything needed for artificial intelligence (AI) onto a processor, eliminating the need to transfer data to the cloud or computers.

Jun 6, 2019 3 mins

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Data center workloads become more complex despite promises to the contrary

The data center is shouldering a greater burden than ever, despite promises of ease and the cloud.

Jun 4, 2019 3 mins

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With Cray buy, HPE rules but does not own the supercomputing market

In buying supercomputer vendor Cray, HPE has strengthened its high-performance-computing technology, but serious competitors remain.

May 29, 2019 3 mins

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