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VMware News
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VMware Recognized As A 2023 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice For VMware SD-WAN
VMware Positioned as a Customers' Choice for SD-WAN Based on Overall Experience and User Interest and Adoption; 96% of Users Recommend VMware
VMware received the Customers' Choice distinction in the Gartner report for its SD-WAN infrastructure. The recognition is based on feedback and reviews from customers in Gartner Peer Insights during an 18-month period that ran through the end of 2022.

Users rated VMware (for its SD-WAN solution) an overall 4.7 out of 5 based on 84 reviews as of December 2022. VMware scored highly in every category which included Product Capabilities (4.7/5), Sales Experience (4.6/5), Deployment Experience (4.7/5), and Support Experience (4.7/5), and was also rated 96% for Willingness to Recommend. Further, 96% of respondents said they would recommend VMware (for its SD-WAN solution).

VMware News, March 24th, 2023
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VMware Unlocks Limitless Possibilities For Partners To Capture The Multi-Cloud Opportunity
Next Evolution of VMware Partner Connect Program Now Live -- Partner Enablement, Practice Development, and Lifecycle Incentives Now Better Aligned to Customers' Critical Business Outcomes
VMware announced the next evolution of the company's flagship VMware Partner Connect program is live worldwide. Partner Connect is a singular, unified program for all partner types that is now more flexible and efficient, provides faster and simpler paths to progression, delivers more incentives, and rewards partners for both performance and capabilities. Through Partner Connect, VMware is empowering partners to drive growth by helping their customers successfully navigate the multi-cloud era.
VMware News, March 20th, 2023
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HPE News
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Bees Are Smart. How Is Tech Making Them 'Smarter'?
Amanda Pena, Houston Customer Innovation Center Manager, tells us about the purpose of a bee apiary, and how tech is playing a part in keeping the bees thriving
Busy at work, atop HPE's headquarters, is a workforce unknown to many who work in the same building. A workforce made up of six beehives, producing honey, for good. In the same building that leads tech, for good.

How did this project come about? What was the inspiration?

I have always been passionate about the environment but never thought of how I could make a difference beyond my home. When we opened the new global headquarters in Houston, I noticed we were getting a variety of bees visiting the plants on our terrace. Another HPE employee asked, 'What do you plan to do about those?' and I jokingly replied, 'Bring in more!'

HPE News, March 23rd, 2023
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise to acquire OpsRamp, advancing hybrid cloud leadership and expanding HPE GreenLake into IT Operations Management
OpsRamp and the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform will provide a unified approach to manage multi-vendor computing, networking, storage, and application resources in hybrid and multi-cloud IT environments
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OpsRamp, an IT operations management (ITOM) company that monitors, observes, automates and manages IT infrastructure, cloud resources, workloads and applications for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including the leading hyperscalers. Gartner estimates ITOM to be an approximately $39 billion1 market.
HPE News, March 20th, 2023
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HPE Helps India Improve Healthcare with eHealth Centers
300+ eHealth Centers in 22 states, serve six million+ citizens; and help eradicate rare diseases like tuberculosis, hepatitis, and measles
India is home to more than 1.4 billion citizens and 14,000 HPE team members and while India has one of the largest Healthcare Systems in the world. There are still gaps in care, especially in rural areas and underserved communities. When routine healthcare became a crisis situation during the Covid pandemic, HPE had the systems in place to help.
HPE News, March 21st, 2023
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Ireland's Largest Managed Cloud Services Provider, Eir Evo, Selects HPE Greenlake To Modernize Its Private Cloud
HPE Platinum Partner to develop its private cloud offering on the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform
HPE announced that eir evo, the largest managed cloud services provider in Ireland, has selected the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to enhance the cloud services offering for its private cloud platform, Digital Planet. HPE GreenLake will enable Digital Planet to meet increasing demand, accelerate deployment of new services and improve overall customer experience for its private cloud offering.
HPE News, March 23rd, 2023
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HP News
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HP Debuts the HP Indigo 200K Digital Press Designed to Accelerate Growth for the Flexible Packaging Industry
New HP Indigo 200K digital press delivers 30 percent improvement in speed and 45 percent increase in productivity
HP Inc. unveiled its new HP Indigo 200K Digital Press, designed to give digital flexible converters the competitive edge with better productivity, on-demand delivery, no minimum orders, unique designs, reduced energy consumption, and minimal waste. The new press is based on the only field-proven digital technology for digital flexible packaging and on a successful install base of over 300 HP Indigo 25K digital presses, series 4, worldwide2. The new, series 5, HP Indigo 200K digital press, prints up to 56 m/min (183 ft/min) and dramatically increases the productivity of high-margin, sustainable short runs of digital flexible packaging, to be delivered in days, not weeks.
HP News, March 21st, 2023
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Cisco News
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New Cisco Study Finds Only 15% Of Companies Surveyed Are Ready To Defend Against Cybersecurity Threats
Readiness is critical: 82% of respondents said they expect a cybersecurity incident to disrupt their business in the next 12 to 24 months
A mere 15% of organizations globally have the 'Mature' level of readiness needed to be resilient against today's modern cybersecurity risks, according to Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) first-ever Cybersecurity Readiness Index released today. The index has been developed against the backdrop of a post-COVID, hybrid world, where users and data must be secured wherever work gets done. The report highlights where businesses are doing well and where cybersecurity readiness gaps will widen if global business and security leaders don't take action.
Cisco News, March 21st, 2023
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One Seamless, United Platform
Platforms. Today that one word, without context, can spark a myriad of mental images.
The ancient Greeks utilized the platform stage around 55 BCE for theater. It gave their characters the visual advantage to best reach their audience from anywhere in the arena. It was a focal point, a way to share a singular message with hundreds to thousands of people at one time.
Cisco News, March 23rd, 2023
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Reality Check on Cybersecurity: 9% of Companies in Europe are Ready to Defend Against Cyber Threats
The urgency around addressing the European Union's cyber shortcomings is well founded. A mere 9% of organizations in Europe have the 'Mature' level of readiness needed to be resilient against modern cyber risks, according to Cisco's first-ever Cybersecurity Readiness Index and its Europe Edition.
The report highlights where businesses are doing well and where cybersecurity gap will widen if businesses, security and policy leaders don't take action.

Over the past months, Europe has intensified its actions to level up its cybersecurity across the board, with a revision of the 2016 Network and Information System Security Directive (NIS 1) and, in September last year, a new proposal for product cybersecurity obligations through the Cyber Resilience Act.

Cisco News, March 21st, 2023
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Sustainability 101: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, And Climate Change
Do you feel a bit lost when people refer to certain environmental sustainability topics and aren't sure where to start when it comes to learning more? Sustainability 101 is a blog series that you can turn to for information about different environmental sustainability terms that may come up at work, during discussions with friends, and even at your annual holiday gathering.
We hear the term 'climate change' often these days: what is it, and what do greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have to do with it? ...

According to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), most of the climate changes we have seen throughout history were 'attributed to very small variations in Earth's orbit that change the amount of solar energy our planet receives.' The mid-1800s marked a shift in these historical cooling and warming trends at about the same time as the onset of industrialization.

Cisco News, March 21st, 2023
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The Path To Unified SASE With Cisco SD-WAN And Cisco+ Secure Connect
In my previous blog posts (see links at end of this post) on SD-WAN security, we detailed how the Cisco SD-WAN solution is enhancing the security capabilities of the network fabric with specific capabilities while catering to the security needs of large enterprises in a scalable fashion.
Cisco SD-WAN also enables IT to secure the network for a distributed workforce and devices from campus to branch sites by adding Secure Service Edge (SSE) services to create a holistic Secure Access Service Edge (SASE).

Since a growing percentage of the workforce is remote-at home or mobile-they also need secure access to applications hosted in public clouds, SaaS, and private data centers. This segment of the workforce increased significantly during and after the pandemic, forcing larger enterprises to move toward a hybrid workforce model.

Cisco News, March 23rd, 2023
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Citrix News
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Enhance Endpoint ecurity with Citrix Endpoint Analysis (EPA) for IGEL OS
IGEL and Citrix have enjoyed a strong technical and marketing alliance within end-user computing for decades. The latest evidence of this is IGEL integrating the Citrix Gateway plugin into the IGEL OS for direct access to Citrix Endpoint Analysis.
This integration in IGEL OS is unique and supports our joint customers with easy, direct access so they can run device checks centrally from the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) management console without requiring any further plugin permission or installation.

Granular Control Enables Direct Access to Analyze, Check Device Posture

The integration of Citrix Gateway into IGEL OS grants the IT administrator access to Citrix Endpoint Analysis to run a health check on the posture of a targeted device from the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS).

Citrix News, March 23rd, 2023
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Microservice-Based App Delivery Using Netscaler And Citrix Ingress Controller
Cloud-native applications are built to allow for continuous updating of code without affecting the user experience.
A legacy application, on the other hand, requires a complete reload of the application because its parts are all intertwined, and the app has to be taken offline to be updated. Today, this type of interruption is unacceptable.

Cloud-native applications are written such that each part of the application is created in smaller chunks or containers. Because individual software engineering teams can maintain these containers, updating one container has less impact on the ability of a team to keep an application available. Software engineers can publish updated containers without taking the original container offline or affecting the application as a whole.

Citrix News, March 22nd, 2023
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Red Hat News
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Red Hat Summit 2023 Session Catalog And Agenda Builder Now Available
ICYMI, Red Hat Summit is just around the corner (May 23-25, 2023 in Boston) and to make sure you have plenty of time to plan your experience, our session catalog and agenda builder are now available.
The Red Hat Summit 2023 session catalog gives you a quick and easy way to see summaries for more than 180 exciting breakout sessions covering the biggest challenges facing enterprise tech. The sessions are tailored to different roles and levels of expertise and will cover the hottest topics, including edge, Linux containers, Ansible automation, open hybrid cloud infrastructure, security, DevOps, AI/ML, culture and more. Sessions will be presented by experts from Red Hat, customers, partners, and community contributors, offering attendees an opportunity to dive into the latest product innovations and hear leading practices from multiple industries.
Red Hat News, March 22nd, 2023
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Friday Five - March 24, 2023
The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye.
  • Red Hat Named a Leader in Infrastructure Automation by Industry Research Firm
  • Compiler - Re:Role | The Product Manager And The Loop
  • SiliconANGLE - Dell and Red Hat team up to evolve open telecom networks
  • Security Detail - CVE and CVSS explained
  • Valencia City Council Pioneers e-Government with Red Hat

Read on for details

Red Hat News, March 24th, 2023
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Application Modernization: Effectively Building And Testing Changes To Existing Software
You have established a code base to change and put together a team with the right mix of innovation and enterprise knowledge to change it.
You've selected a tool to track work and have some ideas of what work to do with the code. How does the team start producing results?

Safely changing software with feedback loops

Product feedback loops allow for a product to evolve after that first deployment while maintaining the key metrics expected of the application by its users.

Red Hat News, March 23rd, 2023
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Demand Risk In Supply Chains
A fundamental goal for supply chains of physical goods is matching up available inventory with demand.
You can have too little of something (understock). During the pandemic, everyone became familiar with this scenario, whether it involved waiting months for a new car or scrounging all the local markets for toilet paper. These examples illustrate two of the ways in which businesses can fail to align with customer demand. In the case of automobiles, shortages in key components like microprocessors constrained what manufacturers could build. In the case of toilet paper, because people weren't in offices (and were maybe hoarding a bit) caused a spike in consumer demand.
Red Hat News, March 24th, 2023
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Developing Your RHEL Image Builder Strategy
You can have too little of something (understock). During the pandemic, everyone became familiar with this scenario, whether it involved waiting months for a new car or scrounging all the local markets for toilet paper. These examples illustrate two of the ways in which businesses can fail to align with customer demand. In the case of automobiles, shortages in key components like microprocessors constrained what manufacturers could build. In the case of toilet paper, because people weren't in offices (and were maybe hoarding a bit) caused a spike in consumer demand.
Eventually, that became a stack of flash drives with the installers. Nowadays, I don't need to worry about that as much because I utilize the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) image builder tool to manage my operating system lifecycle.

You've heard us talk a lot about the future of RHEL and the installation experience. Overhauling your server lifecycle process may as well start at the very beginning with image creation. Image builder supports multiple formats and destinations.

Red Hat News, March 20th, 2023
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How to Deploy RHEL In The Cloud: Pay As You Go vs. Bring-your-own-subscription
One of Red Hat's greatest strengths is allowing you to deploy most products wherever you want.
From a bare-metal server to virtualization, and major public clouds to the edge, Red Hat can help you make it happen. I hope to clarify topics around how and why to do this in the cloud and help you make the best decisions when using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) outside of your data center.

Red Hat Cloud Access is a program designed to provide subscription portability for those who want to use their Red Hat subscriptions in the cloud. This is a path towards creating open hybrid cloud infrastructures built on Red Hat technologies. The program is available with most Red Hat subscriptions at no extra cost, allowing you to keep the benefits of Red Hat subscriptions (including our support and discounts) and providing access to value-add capabilities like gold images and the Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux.

Red Hat News, March 22nd, 2023
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Red Hat, Team Guidehouse Named Winner In Mission Daybreak Challenge To Reduce Veteran Suicides
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for innovative ways to address the issue of Veteran suicide. To that end, its Mission Daybreak grand challenge will award $20 million in support of cutting-edge suicide prevention solutions.
In 2022, Red Hat teamed with global consulting services provider Guidehouse and Philip Held, Ph.D. of Rush University Medical Center, to develop new data-driven means of identifying Veterans at risk for suicide. The combined group - known as Team Guidehouse - was named one of 30 Mission Daybreak finalists and proceeded to the final round of Phase 2 where they presented their solutions to key stakeholders, investors, and partners at a demo day on November 4th, 2022.

We're thrilled to share that Team Guidehouse was named a winner in the Mission Daybreak challenge, Phase 2, and will move forward with developing the solution for the VA's efforts to reduce Veteran suicides.

Red Hat News, March 22nd, 2023
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Dell News
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Bolstering Your Security Takes A Village: Enter Crowdstrike
Learn how Dell and CrowdStrike's collaboration helps you stay ahead of endpoint threats with intelligent, scalable solutions.
The increasing velocity and sophistication of cyber-attacks have put an enormous burden on customers to secure their environments - across endpoints, identities, cloud, network and all points in between. At Dell, we strive to provide organizations with a holistic portfolio of defenses that simplifies the long-term security journey and helps enable Zero Trust.

As part of this work, Dell seeks out industry-leading partners to provide customers with flexibility and choice for their ever-expanding security needs. Our latest addition: CrowdStrike now joins VMware Carbon Black and SecureWorks in the Dell SafeGuard and Response portfolio of threat management solutions. A cloud-native platform with a single lightweight architecture, the CrowdStrike Falcon platform scales to meet the needs of any size enterprise, offering rapid deployment and a full suite of threat management solutions.

Let's walk through our newly added CrowdStrike offers that are now available globally.

Dell Technologies, March 22nd, 2023
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Collaborate, Perform And Impress With New Dell Devices
Totally redesigned Latitude laptops and Precision workstations inspire a true work from anywhere spirit.
Businesses continue to look at how they can best meet the demands of flexible work. In fact, 61% of IT decision makers admit they could be providing more responsive technology to improve the work experience.1 What's more, 74% agree they could be providing more technology for individual needs and preferences.1

Today we announced our new commercial portfolio that provides innovative solutions for both IT and end users built for anywhere work. For an overview of the news, check out our main announcement. If you want to dig a little deeper on some of our favorite devices and innovations, keep reading!

Our new Latitude and Precision portfolios are built to perform with 13th Gen Intel Core processors and the latest Dell Optimizer features to bring intelligent personalization from the PC to the ecosystem.

Dell Technologies, March 23rd, 2023
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Get Back To Business With Apex Managed Device Service
Entrepreneurs and leaders shouldn't have to choose between driving business growth or moonlighting as tech support for their teams.
Small and medium business (SMB) leaders may view an in-house IT team as a luxury. However, IT is more than purchasing a few laptops and shipping them to employees, especially when setting the foundations for scaling a successful business. Fielding employee questions about technology can be overwhelming, ad hoc fixes can be costly surprises and employee downtime can have a big impact, especially for smaller teams.

Dell Runs Your IT So You Can Run Your Business

As businesses grow, technology needs typically follow. SMB leaders often ask: How can I predict or plan my IT budget? How can I use technology to keep my business secure? How can I answer my employees' technical questions without investing hours digging through online tech forums? How can I manage all of this without a dedicated headcount? Entrepreneurs and leaders

Dell Technologies, March 23rd, 2023
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Kickstart Your Digital Initiatives With Versatile AI Foundations
Deploy AI initiatives and metaverse models with the latest PowerEdge server available today and new innovative NVIDIA GPU accelerators.
Not a day goes by without a mention of AI powering new avenues and opportunities in some media or news headline. With businesses and consumers experiencing AI in various forms already (e.g., chatbot customer support, Generative AI, search engines, voice assistants, etc.), the potential for AI continues to grow, and organizations need powerful solutions to help leverage AI for business operations and new initiatives.

Today, Dell and NVIDIA are making available a superior foundation to enable this: the new Dell PowerEdge XE9680, which will be the industry's first server powered by eight NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core SXM5 GPUs to ship, along with new solutions for AI and the metaverse. Dell Technologies and NVIDIA deliver simplified, high-performance AI-ready solutions to accelerate business' digital transformation and advance their AI initiatives into production.

Dell Technologies, March 21st, 2023
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Work Anywhere, Do Everything With Dell
Whether it's hybrid, remote, flexible or in-office, how we work and where it happens today is different for everyone.
Let's face it, how we work and where it happens today is different for everyone. Whether it's hybrid work, remote work, flexible work or in-office work, one thing is fundamentally consistent: technology. It is the great equalizer driving collaboration and productivity, providing new experiences of flexibility and freedom.

While today many can work from anywhere, there are still limitations hindering our work experiences. Solving for these challenges sits at the core of our design philosophy and represents the innovations in our commercial portfolio. It spans from the device to the ecosystem to the software and solutions that bring an elevated sense of connection and collaboration.

Dell Technologies, March 23rd, 2023
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Your Data Management Journey: Keep The End In Mind
Identifying business needs sets the framework for understanding how an organization can derive value from its data.
'Begin with an end in mind' -from 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' by Stephen Covey

In our previous blog, we introduced the concept of The Dell Data Management Journey Map - a map that guides organizations in their ability to leverage their data and advanced analytics to accelerate their journey from business need to business outcome.

The business importance of data management has grown dramatically over the past couple of years as leading artificial intelligence (AI) pundits have advocated for the transition from algorithm-centric AI to data-centric AI. Dr. Andrew Ng, Stanford professor and the godfather of modern AI, has been championing the critical transition of spending less time tweaking the AI algorithms, and instead investing more time improving the data quality, latency, granularity and robustness that power the AI models.

Dell Technologies, March 21st, 2023
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Fortinet News
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Fortinet 2023 Global Cyber Skills Gap Report Finds More Needs To Be Done To Untap New Talent
The 2023 Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report shows that organizations continue to fight an uphill battle against cyber threats. They're experiencing more breaches, are in dire need of skilled professionals, and are struggling to fill critical roles.
As cybercrime proliferates and bad actors identify new and more sophisticated ways to infiltrate networks, it's no surprise that organizations are falling victim to cyberattacks more frequently than in the past. The report shows 84% of enterprises experienced one or more breaches in the past 12 months. And the number of organizations confirming five or more breaches jumped by 53% between 2021 and 2022. While numerous factors are likely to contribute to this increase in breaches, more than two-thirds of business leaders (68%) agree that unfilled IT and security positions pose a security risk to their organizations.

In addition to successful cyberattacks occurring more frequently, they're continuing to cost organizations a lot of money. Nearly half of the organizations surveyed suffered breaches in the past 12 months that cost more than $1 million to remediate, an increase from 2021.

Fortinet News, March 21st, 2023
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Fortinet Annual Skills Gap Report Uncovers An Increase In Breaches Attributed To A Lack Of Cybersecurity Skills
New Fortinet research reveals escalating cyber risks due to the ongoing talent shortage while the number of organizations experiencing five or more breaches jumped by 53%
Fortinet the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today released its 2023 Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report, which reveals ongoing challenges related to the cybersecurity skills shortage affecting organizations worldwide. Key findings from the global report include:
  • The cybersecurity skills shortage has contributed to critical IT positions not being filled, which increases organizations' cyber risks, such as breaches.
  • Cybersecurity remains a priority for boards of directors and there is executive demand for increased IT security headcount.
  • Technology-focused certifications are highly regarded by employers, serving as validation of skill sets. Organizations recognize the advantage of recruiting and retaining diverse talent to help address the skills shortage, but doing so has presented a challenge.

The Costly Reality of the Increasing Cybersecurity Skills Gap...

Fortinet News, March 21st, 2023
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Fortinet Named A 2023 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice For The Fourth Year In A Row
Fortinet is proud to announce that we have again been named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for SD-WAN. This marks the fourth year in a row that Fortinet has received this distinction based on user reviews of our Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution.
What's more, Fortinet has received the highest reviews of all vendors in the SD-WAN Market as of December 2022, based on 159 reviews with 96% of reviewers willing to recommend Fortinet's Secure SD-WAN solution. Fortinet continues to receive analyst recognitions year after year, but receiving this Peer Recognition based on customer reviews and feedback is truly an honor for us.
Fortinet News, March 23rd, 2023
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Fortinet to Continue to Bring Together Top Cybersecurity and Golf Talent at Fortinet Cup PGA TOUR Canada
After a successful inaugural season, this will be the second year of the competition that rewards the top points-earners across the ten tournaments' calendar.
Fortinet announced the upcoming season-long points competition Fortinet Cup PGA TOUR Canada. After a successful inaugural season in 2022, Fortinet will also be the title sponsor of the Tour's season-ending and flagship event, the Fortinet Cup Championship, taking place September 4-10 at Country Hills Golf Club in Calgary, Alberta. The Fortinet Cup Champion will earn an exemption in the PGA TOUR's Fortinet Championship played in Napa, California from September 11-17, 2023.
Fortinet News, March 22nd, 2023
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Key Insights From The 2023 Cloud Security Report
Organizations continue to rapidly pursue digital transformation, expanding their operations to find innovative ways to connect with customers, embracing a more permanent work-from-anywhere (WFA) strategy, and so much more.
Cloud adoption is helping to drive this evolution. But while cloud adoption offers numerous benefits to enterprises, it also introduces unique challenges that security teams of all shapes and sizes must recognize and manage.

The 2023 Cloud Security Report, conducted by Cybersecurity Insiders and sponsored by Fortinet, surveyed 752 cybersecurity professionals from around the globe and across all industries to uncover the key priorities and challenges that must be addressed to empower cloud success. Increased costs, compliance requirements, hybrid and multi-cloud complexities, reduced visibility, and a lack of skilled practitioners cause organizations to slow or adjust their cloud adoption strategies. And, unsurprisingly, cloud security concerns remain a critical barrier.

Fortinet News, March 22nd, 2023
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The Latest Intel On Wipers
The mass distribution of wiper malware continues to showcase the destructive evolution of cyberattacks. Does the evidence corroborate the theory that the ongoing conflict in Europe is to blame for the rise in wipers?
Indeed. Furthermore, given that Russia is the main source of wiper activity, one can anticipate an increase in the use of wipers against countries and organizations that provide aid, weapons, or other logistical support to Ukraine.

While both ransomware and wipers increased in the second half of 2022, FortiGuard Labs research found it was wipers that really took off. And this trend shows no sign of slowing, which means defenders must take action and prepare now as if they will be targeted.

Fortinet News, March 23rd, 2023
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What Is IT Operations?
IT operations is the process and management of IT services. This guide provides an overview of what IT operations encompasses, as well as specific titles and responsibilities for the various roles that make up an ITOps team.
IT operations (ITOps) is the process of managing, maintaining, and providing support for the IT infrastructure of an organization.

Having access to skilled IT operations personnel, along with the tools and platforms they need to do their jobs, is critical for business success.

Core ITOps responsibilities include maintaining operational infrastructure, coordinating and monitoring IT services, investigating and resolving IT issues, planning and managing IT investments, and assessing and reporting on IT performance.

ITProToday, March 14th, 2023
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Social And Collaboration Software Spending To Reach $24.7 Billion By 2027
We've just released our latest forecast for end-user spending on social and collaboration software. We forecast that End-user spending on social and collaboration software in 2023 will be $14.5 billion, growing to $24.7 billion by 2027.
For this iteration, we combined Workstream collaboration with collaborative work management, employee communication applications, and general social/intranet products. These products share similar buyers and dynamics, making it logical to present them together. However, we do showcase separate growth rates for each sub-market and their trends.

The forecast is interesting this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic's upheavals, which accelerated remote collaboration in many ways. While some of the sub-markets reverted to their prior trajectory, collaborative work management is best positioned to sustain its new path.

Gartner, March 17th, 2023
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IT Operations Vs. DevOps: What's The Difference?
What's the difference between IT operations and DevOps? This guide will help you understand these two comprehensive approaches to technology management.
IT operations and DevOps serve closely related needs at many modern businesses. Yet, although there are many similarities between the two roles, there are also important differences, and it would be a mistake to conflate IT operations with DevOps.

This article breaks down the similarities and differences between IT Ops and DevOps by explaining what each type of role does; how they compare in terms of processes, tools, and culture; and how to decide whether your business needs IT operations, DevOps, or both.

ITProToday, March 16th, 2023
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Top Reasons To Invest In An IT Asset Management System
In today's fast-paced and constantly evolving post-pandemic world, organizations continue to recognize the importance of effectively managing their physical and software assets. Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) tools have allowed organizations to track and trace their asset portfolio, monitor inventory levels and ensure that assets are used effectively and efficiently. These results have shown cost savings through reduced downtime and more efficient utilization of resources.
However, beyond traditional EAM systems, many organizations, from manufacturing and business to school systems, are implementing IT Asset Management (ITAM) systems and reporting impressive results in their operations. ITAM ensures an organization's assets are accounted for, deployed, maintained, upgraded, and disposed of when the time comes. Simply put, it's about ensuring that an organization's valuable items, tangible and intangible, are tracked and used.

For example, located north of Minneapolis, the St. Francis school district encompasses over 700 employees and 4000 students from kindergarten to senior high. Situated away from the city center, the district is spread across eight buildings that unite the surrounding suburban communities and takes pride in being the heart of community life. Its relentless focus is streamlining operations and leveraging technology for an excellent learning experience.

Solutions Review, March 16th, 2023
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7 Open Source Tools That Benefit IT Operations Teams
Open source tools are often more flexible and cheaper than commercial alternatives. These seven can assist ITOps teams with their work.
Most IT operations teams can't rely solely on open source tools to manage the provisioning, monitoring, administration, and other tasks at the core of their workflow.

But in many cases, open source tools can address the bulk of IT operations work. And given that open source tools are generally lower in cost and more flexible than proprietary alternatives, they're an important resource for ITOps teams to leverage.

ITProToday, March 17th, 2023
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Cleveland Clinic And IBM Unveil First Quantum Computer Dedicated To Healthcare Research
IBM Quantum System One deployed at Cleveland Clinic as part of landmark 10-year partnership
Cleveland Clinic and IBM officially unveiled the first deployment of an onsite private sector IBM-managed quantum computer in the United States. The IBM Quantum System One installed at Cleveland Clinic will be the first quantum computer in the world to be uniquely dedicated to healthcare research with an aim to help Cleveland Clinic accelerate biomedical discoveries.
IBM News, March 20th, 2023
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T-Systems To Offer Quantum Computing Expertise And Access To IBM Quantum Computational Resources
T-Systems offerings range from one-day introductory sessions to business-case proofs-of-concept over several months; As part of the IBM Quantum Network, T-Systems to provide customers with cloud access to IBM quantum computers
T-Systems will now have the ability to provide its customers with cloud access to IBM's quantum systems, including multiple quantum computers powered by the 127-qubit IBM Eagle processor. Quantum computing aims to enable calculations that are beyond the means of even the world's most advanced classical supercomputers. This announcement sees the Deutsche Telekom IT subsidiary embark on the path to providing access to this technology, as well as insights on how it can be applicable to its customers' businesses. In addition, T-Systems will offer dedicated quantum know-how and training.
IBM News, March 23rd, 2023
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Lenovo News
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Barcelona Is Creating 'The City Of The Future' With Lenovo Edge Computing Technology
Archeological evidence dates the area's earliest settlements back to 5,000 BCE. From Roman, Moorish, and Carolingian ruins to the medieval architecture of the Gothic Quarter, to La Sagrada Familia, a walk through the city of Barcelona is a walk across the ages.
With a history this rich, Barcelona's leaders and city workers are consistently faced with the arduous and ceaseless task of infrastructure upkeep. Now, as the city looks forward, tech leaders in Barcelona are working to create a new technological infrastructure, to turn Barcelona into a city of the future as well as the past. They are accomplishing this with the help of Lenovo tech and the latest in 'Edge Computing' technology.
Lenovo News, March 21st, 2023
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Introducing Brand New Lenovo LOQ Gaming Laptops And Tower PC For New Gamers
Lenovo LOQ sub-brand caters to new gamers' first foray into gaming with powerful future-proof PCs that share DNA with the Lenovo Legion
Gaming doesn't have to be enjoyed only on a high-end gaming PC. Announced today, Lenovo LOQ-pronounced 'lock'- lets new gamers set out on the first steps of their gaming journeys, allowing them to explore new virtual worlds and connect with new real-world communities with gaming devices that are packed with features without breaking the bank. Offering plenty of choice, the brand-new lineup of Lenovo LOQ gaming laptops include the Intel-based Lenovo LOQ 16IRH8 and Lenovo LOQ 15IRH8 laptops as well as the Lenovo LOQ Tower 17IRB8 desktop PC, and the AMD-based Lenovo LOQ 16APH8 and Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 laptops.
Lenovo News, March 23rd, 2023
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Lenovo Focuses On Digital Inclusion With Launch Of Bilingual Keyboard
Latest evolution of keyboard champions indigenous Māori culture by enabling Aotearoa New Zealanders to communicate bilingually.
Lenovo in collaboration with AMD announces the launch of a keyboard available on select devices featuring an Aotearoa New Zealand bilingual keyboard, designed to seamlessly write in the indigenous language, te reo M&#257;ori. The breakthrough approach device aims to enable Lenovo's customers to communicate in their preferred language.

The idea for the keyboard is the result of Lenovo New Zealand Country Manager, Libby Macgregor's 8- year-old son Felix, beginning to learn te reo M&#257;ori in school and questioned why there wasn't hardware available to support his learning. New Zealanders aged 15-34 are the most likely age group to speak more than a few words or phrases in te reo M&#257;ori, demonstrating the importance of learning when younger.

Lenovo News, March 21st, 2023
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Lenovo Legion's Newest Slim Series Laptops Combine Power And Agility For Gamers Who Create, And Creators Who Game
The new 8th gen Lenovo Legion Slim series combine performance and portability, letting gamers choose the configuration that best fits their own
Lenovo announced the latest 8th generation of Lenovo Legion Slim laptops, allowing gamers to harness the freedom that the newest series has to offer. The Lenovo Legion Slim series is all about empowering players to crush their gaming goals while also pursuing their creative passions, and there are more options than ever among the new Lenovo Legion Slim 7i and 7 (16', 8), Lenovo Legion Slim 5i and 5 (16', 8), and-an all-new size for this year-the Lenovo Legion Slim 5 (14', 8), which elevates laptop power and portability to a whole new level. This newest generation of the series is also the first to sport the Lenovo Artificial Intelligence (LA) family of chips. These are onboard physical AI chips that power Lenovo AI Engine+, which dynamically adjusts the Lenovo Legion ColdFront 5.0 thermals to optimize cooling on the fly and maintain maximum output with minimal noise.
Lenovo News, March 23rd, 2023
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What Does Your Data Strategy Have To Do With Your ESG Goals?
You wouldn't be alone in assuming that the data strategy of a company and its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals are worlds apart when it comes to business priorities
And you wouldn't be the first to wonder how the two could possibly be connected. After all, a strategy for data is an IT responsibility, where as ESG is something driven by the sustainability officer, right?

Wrong.

The latest research from Lenovo has found that if you are deemed a Data Leader, and successfully harness the value from your data, then you are likely to be profiting more than those that don't. But the data also tells us that beyond your bottom line you are also considered better placed and more likely to be taking action against humanitarian issues like the energy crisis or global warming.

Lenovo News, March 23rd, 2023
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Microsoft News
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Introducing A New Era Of AI-Powered Experiences In Dynamics 365 Business Central
This is an exciting time in the evolution of AI, and you don't have to look far to see the headlines on ways it is changing the world. From advanced machine learning models to breakthrough natural language technology, new opportunities to use AI to improve the way we work are surfacing daily
AI innovation can free employees from mundane, repetitive tasks and allow them to focus on the work that matters most, increasing job satisfaction and pushing productivity to new heights. According to our recent survey on business trends, 89 percent of those with access to automation and AI-powered tools feel more fulfilled because they can spend time on work that truly matters.1

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central brings the power of AI to small and medium-sized businesses with features that help companies work smarter, adapt faster, and perform better. Let's explore some of the ways that AI in Business Central is improving how work gets done, including:

Microsoft News, March 23rd, 2023
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The Journey To Water Positive
This week, leaders from around the world are attending the first water-focused event hosted by the United Nations in 46 years.
It's an opportunity to search for answers as the world struggles with increasingly extreme water challenges highlighted in the recent IPCC report. Water is a precious finite resource, essential for life. For Microsoft, water management is critical to operations such as those needed to cool our datacenters and operate our buildings globally. And that is why, in 2020, Microsoft announced its commitment to become water positive by 2030 and joined the Water Resilience Coalition. Getting to water positive goes beyond reducing water-use intensity and replenishing water sources; it's also about providing people across the globe with access to water and sanitation services, engaging in public policy and driving innovation.
Microsoft News, March 22nd, 2023
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The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center And Microsoft Announce Collaboration
Support from Microsoft's Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact program will expand the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center's educational sustainability programming for entrepreneurs
The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, a non-profit committed to growing inclusion and access for entrepreneurs worldwide, today announced a new collaboration with Microsoft Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact, which supports entrepreneurs working to solve our world's most pressing challenges by providing access to technology, expertise, visibility and connections. Together they will expand educational programming and resources available to the Center's global community.
Microsoft News, March 21st, 2023
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Weather From Microsoft Start Named The Most Accurate Global Forecast Provider
Following the last few years of record-breaking natural disasters, it's clear that weather prediction accuracy isn't just for making daily decisions when going outdoors - it can save lives.
From deadly risk of hurricanes to lightning storms to flooding, there's a critical need for a high-accuracy weather forecast tool. To meet the needs of our users, we decided to build our own weather forecast system in Microsoft Start.

Using industry-leading machine learning, AI and other innovative technologies over the last two years, Microsoft built one of the world's leading weather forecasting capabilities. In a new, independent study commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by ForecastWatch comparing the top global weather providers, Weather from Microsoft Start was named the most accurate weather forecasting service.

Microsoft News, March 24th, 2023
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DDN News
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DDN And NVIDIA: Your Key To Creating An AI Center Of Excellence
Launching a strategic AI program can be a daunting prospect, but companies like DDN and NVIDIA are working together to solve the problem and help organizations create an AI Center of Excellence. In a recent interview with Tony Paikeday, NVIDIA's Senior Director of Product Marketing, AI Systems, we discussed how virtually all industries are now using AI to optimize supply chains, reduce cost, and deliver better business outcomes.
The biggest challenge for forward-looking enterprises is that AI can be a challenge to deploy at scale without the right tools, skills and infrastructure. This is why DDN and NVIDIA have been working together to help businesses put together the right AI infrastructure and platform to get AI models into production faster.

We understand the problems that organizations often encounter when talking about AI infrastructure, such as eliminating the complexity of design, making deployment simpler, and integrating with other key business systems. We have created joint reference architectures and fully baked turnkey solutions, which eliminate the guesswork and complexity of architecting an AI storage fabric, compute backplanes, application scheduling and resource management.

DDN News, March 20th, 2023
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DDN Takes The Next Step To Simplify AI Supercomputing Adoption
DDN Announces Compatibility with NVIDIA DGX H100 Systems and New Partnership with Lambda to Address the Needs of Enterprises Seeking to Accelerate AI Transformation
DDN announced compatibility with the next generation of NVIDIA DGX systems, each including eight NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs. NVIDIA DGX H100 supercomputers are the fourth generation of NVIDIA's purpose-built AI system and designed to handle the most taxing training workloads like natural language processing and deep learning recommender models. These types of workloads require large data models and high-speed throughput to deliver breakthrough results, and pairing NVIDIA DGX systems with DDN's A3I is a proven combination for AI centers of excellence worldwide.
DDN News, March 21st, 2023
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Nutanix News
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Nutanix Study Shows Data Management Becoming More Complex As Cloud Deployments Diversify
Organizations want a single hybrid multicloud platform to run applications and manage data across diverse IT environments
Nutanix announced the findings of its fifth global Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures enterprise progress with cloud adoption. This year's ECI showed that IT infrastructure is increasingly diverse with organizations challenged with integrating data management and control. The research showed that the majority of IT teams leverage more than one IT infrastructure, a trend that's expected to intensify in the future, but struggle with visibility of data across environments with only 40% reporting complete visibility into where their data resides.
Nutanix News, March 22nd, 2023
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AWS and NVIDIA Collaborate on Next-Generation Infrastructure for Training Large Machine Learning Models and Building Generative AI Applications
New Amazon EC2 P5 instances deployed in EC2 UltraClusters are fully optimized to harness NVIDIA Hopper GPUs for accelerating generative AI training and inference at massive scale
Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA announced a multi-part collaboration focused on building out the world's most scalable, on-demand artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure optimized for training increasingly complex large language models (LLMs) and developing generative AI applications.

The joint work features next-generation Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) P5 instances powered by NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs and AWS's state-of-the-art networking and scalability that will deliver up to 20 exaFLOPS of compute performance for building and training the largest deep learning models. P5 instances will be the first GPU-based instance to take advantage of AWS's second-generation Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking, which provides 3,200 Gbps of low-latency, high bandwidth networking throughput, enabling customers to scale up to 20,000 H100 GPUs in EC2 UltraClusters for on-demand access to supercomputer-class performance for AI.

AWS News, March 21st, 2023
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AWS Clean Rooms Is Now Generally Available
AWS announces the general availability of AWS Clean Rooms, a fully managed analytics service that helps customers collaborate with their partners without sharing or copying one another's raw data. Companies can create a clean room in minutes, removing the need to build, manage, or maintain their own solutions or move data outside of AWS.
Companies across multiple industries need to complement their data with external partners' data to build a more complete view of their business. For example, brands and media publishers want to collaborate with their partners using datasets stored across many marketing channels and applications to improve consumer engagement and deliver better, more relevant campaigns. Consumer brands also want to collaborate with retailers to learn insights about purchase trends. AWS Clean Rooms makes these collaborations possible while protecting underlying data with a broad set of privacy-enhancing capabilities and cryptographic controls.
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NVIDIA Chooses Oracle Cloud Infrastructure For Ai Services
NVIDIA AI Foundations and DGX Cloud run on OCI Supercluster connected with NVIDIA networking
Oracle has extended its collaboration with NVIDIA to include running strategic NVIDIA AI applications on the new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Supercluster. NVIDIA has selected OCI as the first hyperscale cloud provider to offer NVIDIA DGX Cloud, an AI supercomputing service, at massive scale. In addition, NVIDIA is running NVIDIA AI Foundations, its new generative AI cloud services, which are available through DGX Cloud, on OCI.
Oracle News, March 21st, 2023
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure To Increase The Reliability, Efficiency, And Simplicity Of Large-Scale Kubernetes Environments At Reduced Costs
Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes introduces new features for managed service to help simplify operations for enterprise-scale Kubernetes
To meet the growing demand for Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) with global organizations, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is introducing new capabilities that can boost the reliability and efficiency of large-scale Kubernetes environments while simplifying operations and reducing costs. By reducing the skills barrier, risk, and management burden on IT, the new capabilities can increase the reliability and efficiency of enterprise-grade Kubernetes while providing compounded cost savings for large Kubernetes environments.
Oracle News, March 20th, 2023
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Oracle Releases Java 20
New release delivers seven JDK Enhancement Proposals to increase developer productivity, improve the Java language, and enhance the platform's performance, stability, and security
Oracle announced the availability of Java 20, the latest version of the world's number one programming language and development platform. Java 20 (Oracle JDK 20) delivers thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements, including platform enhancements that will help developers improve productivity and drive innovation and growth across their organizations. Oracle is showcasing the latest capabilities in Java 20 during the Java Developer Day that takes place today at the Oracle DevLive Level Up event, which runs March 20-23 at Redwood Shores, CA and online.
Oracle News, March 21st, 2023
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Survey: CFOs Walking The Tightrope Between Short-Term Budget Cuts And Long-Term Efficiency
The good news is CFOs are used to tackling the most complex challenges-one look at the role CFOs have played over the past three years tells its own story. Now, as the economy slows, it's time for careful cost cutting while eying opportunities growth.
To learn how CFOs are balancing budgets and business priorities, NetSuite and CFO.com surveyed 500 CFOs and executives from organizations with $250 million or less in annual revenue. Here's what our survey found.
Oracle News, March 22nd, 2023
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SuperMicro News
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Supermicro Accelerates The Era Of AI And The Metaverse With Top-Of-The-Line Servers For AI Training, Deep Learning, HPC, And Generative AI, Featuring NVIDIA HGX And PCIe-Based H100 8-GPU Systems
Most Comprehensive Portfolio of Systems from the Cloud to the Edge Supporting NVIDIA HGX H100 Systems, L40, and L4 GPUs, and OVX 3.0 Systems
Supermico a Total IT Solution Provider for AI/ML, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, has announced that it has begun shipping its top-of-the-line new GPU servers that feature the latest NVIDIA HGX H100 8-GPU system. Supermicro servers incorporate the new NVIDIA L4 Tensor Core GPU in a wide range of application-optimized servers from the edge to the data center.

'Supermicro offers the most comprehensive portfolio of GPU systems in the industry, including servers in 8U, 6U, 5U, 4U, 2U, and 1U form factors, as well as workstations and SuperBlade systems that support the full range of new NVIDIA H100 GPUs,' said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. 'With our new NVIDIA HGX H100 Delta-Next server, customers can expect 9x performance gains compared to the previous generation for AI training applications. Our GPU servers have innovative airflow designs which reduce fan speeds, lower noise levels, and consume less power, resulting in a reduced total cost of ownership (TCO). In addition, we deliver complete rack-scale liquid-cooling options for customers looking to further future-proof their data centers.'

SuperMicro News, March 21st, 2023
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Supermicro Expands GPU Solutions Portfolio With Deskside Liquid-Cooled Ai Development Platform, Powered By NVIDIA
Full-Stack AI Development Platform Provides an End-to-End Hardware and Software Solution with Petaflops of Performance for Building Accelerated Production AI, Ideal for Low-Noise Office Deployments
Supermicro is announcing the first in a line of powerful yet quiet and power-efficient NVIDIA-accelerated AI Development platforms which gives information professionals and developers the most powerful technology available today at their deskside.

The new AI development platform, the SYS-751GE-TNRT-NV1, is an application-optimized system that excels when developing and running AI-based software. This innovative system gives developers and users a complete HPC and AI resource for department workloads. In addition, this powerful system can support a small team of users running training, inference, and analytics workloads simultaneously.

SuperMicro News, March 21st, 2023
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SAP News
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GROW with SAP Brings Proven Cloud ERP Benefits to Midsize Customers
SAP announced GROW with SAP, a new offering to help midsize customers adopt cloud ERP that enables speed, predictability and continuous innovation.
GROW with SAP customers get the same best practices powering the world's industry leaders, while benefiting from rapid deployment and frictionless updates.

'SAP's ERP offering has long enabled end-to-end transparency across the business for the world's leading companies. With GROW with SAP, we're taking this to the next level for midsize companies, with a tailored offering that helps them grow their business,' said Christian Klein, CEO and Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. 'GROW with SAP provides the agility and innovation midsize companies need not just today, but for their success in years to come.'

SAP News, March 21st, 2023
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