Cloud platforms have become the core of the US$12.9 billion ecosystem driving the modern games industry, according to Omdia. The thriving sector encompasses crucial technologies such as game servers, backend infrastructure, analytics and LiveOps which […]
The global cloud infrastructure market rose by 21 percent year-on-year to reach US$90.9 billion in Q1, according to Canalys. In Q1, enterprises focused on accelerating cloud migration and exploring the adoption of generative AI (GenAI), […]
Neo4j is collaborating with Microsoft on a unified data offering that addresses enterprises’ critical data needs for generative AI (GenAI). Neo4j’s powerful graph capabilities will be natively integrated into Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Azure OpenAI […]
Veeam Software has unveiled Veeam Data Cloud, which provides backup-as-a-service (BaaS) for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure. The new service offers powerful data protection and security technology within a simple, seamless user experience. The Veeam […]
NVIDIA has introduced an AI foundry service aimed at accelerating the development and fine-tuning of generative AI applications utilising Microsoft Azure. Aimed at both startups and enterprises, the service consolidates three key components: an assemblage […]
NVIDIA and Microsoft have teamed up to build one of the most powerful AI supercomputers in the world, powered by Microsoft Azure’s advanced supercomputing infrastructure combined with NVIDIA GPUs, networking and full stack of AI […]
Thales has announced data protection solutions for Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. Each cloud provider has its own unique data protection mechanisms and key management offerings, making multi-cloud data protection a complex […]
Microsoft will establish its first data centre region in Malaysia as part of the “Bersama Malaysia” (Together with Malaysia) initiative to advance the country’s digital transformation across the private and public sectors. With this move, […]
Microsoft to set up data centre in NZ. (Photo by Dan Whitfield from Pexels)Microsoft will be expanding its global data centre footprint by establishing its first data centre region in New Zealand. With the new addition, it will have 60 regions around the world with Microsoft Azure available in more than140 countries.
Microsoft has acquired AdoptOpenJDK project contributor jClarity to drive increased performance for Java workloads on Azure.
NVIDIA and Microsoft have announced that Microsoft Azure is now supported on the NVIDIA GPU Cloud (NGC) platform.
NVIDIA’s Volta architecture is leaving quite an impression. According to a NVIDIA press release issued at SC17, the Volta-based NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU is available through every major computer maker and chosen by every major cloud to deliver artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing.
The battle for cloud dominance has intensified with key players all growing significantly in Q1. The worldwide cloud infrastructure services market grew 42 percent year on year to reach US$11.4 billion, according to Canalys.
Amazon’s AWS maintained its leadership, holding a stable global market share of 31 percent. It was followed by Microsoft, Google and IBM.
In terms of growth, Microsoft led with 93 percent while Google was up 74 percent, AWS 43 percent, and IBM 38 percent.
Interest in deep learning is growing so strongly that NVIDIA expects to train 100,000 developers this year — that’s 10 times more than last year —through its Deep Learning Institute (DLI).
According to research firm IDC, 80 percent of all applications will have an artificial intelligence (AI) component by 2020.
Greg Estes, Vice President of Developer Programs at NVIDIA, noted that there is a hunger for deep learning training. He cited the example of a DLI training at India Institute of Technology (IIT) in India where people came at 7.30am to try to sign up for a fully subscribed course.
Alibaba Cloud has outpaced cloud service provider leaders with growth of 128 percent to reach US$221 million in Q3. However, AWS increased its lead, accounting for 32.2 percent of total spend, followed by Microsoft Azure with 17.3 percent and Google Cloud with 7.6percent, according to Canalys. Both Microsoft (up 115.6 percent) and Google (up 79.6 percent) grew faster than Amazon.
Global cloud infrastructure services expenditure increased 53.1 percent year on year to reach US$10 billion for the first time in Q.
“Alibaba has established itself as the largest e-commerce business in China and is starting to dominate the provision of cloud infrastructure services in the country,” said Daniel Liu, Research Analyst of Canalys.
Virtualisation just got a little turbo charge with the introduction of NVIDIA GPU-enabled professional graphics applications and accelerated computing capabilities to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
Microsoft is the first to leverage NVIDIA GRID 2.0 virtualised graphics for its enterprise customers.
Businesses will have a range of graphics prowess — depending on their needs. They can deploy NVIDIA Quadro-grade professional graphics applications and accelerated computing on-premises, in the cloud through Azure, or via a hybrid of the two using both Windows and Linux virtual machines.
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