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Google Cloud C3D Shows Great Performance With AMD EPYC Genoa – Phoronix
Back in August Google Cloud announced the C3D instances powered by AMD EPYC 9004 "Genoa" processors while only last week was C3D promoted to general availability. Curious about the performance of C3D after being impressed by AMD EPYC Genoa bare-metal server performance at Phoronix as well as what I've seen with Genoa in the cloud at Microsoft Azure and Amazon EC2 / AWS, here are some benchmarks of the new C3D up against other GCE instances. In Google's announcement last week they noted the general purpose C3D VMs can offer up to 45% performance increases over prior generation VMs.
Google Bets $2 Billion on AI Startup Anthropic, Inks Cloud Deal – HT Tech
Google has committed to invest $2 billion in the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, solidifying its relationship with the startup darling and stoking the Silicon Valley frenzy for AI. The deal is structured as a convertible note, a type of debt that will convert to equity at the startups next funding round, an Anthropic spokesperson confirmed. The deal closely follows another large convertible note investment into Anthropic from Amazon.com Inc
Hyperscale data-center capacity on pace to triple over next six years – Network World
The rush to embrace artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, is going to drive hyperscale data-center providers like Google and Amazon to nearly triple their capacity over the next six years. Thats the conclusion from Synergy Research Group, which follows the data center market. In a new report, Synergy notes that while there are many exaggerated claims around AI, there is no doubt that generative AI is having a tremendous impact on IT markets.
Fast Charge: Google should be worried about the Snapdragon 8 … – TrustedReviews
OPINION: Qualcomm has revealed the next-gen chipset set to be used in plenty of flagship phones in 2024, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. However, unlike previous iterations of flagship smartphone chips that offer simple year-on-year gains in the CPU and GPU department, this years chipset is a different beast entirely and Google should be worried
Meet Updated ODBC with Server to Server Authentication Mode … – PR.com
Prague, Czech Republic, October 27, 2023 --(PR.com)--Devart, a recognized vendor of world-class data connectivity solutions for various data connection technologies and frameworks, announced new versions of ODBC Drivers with Server to Server authentication mode, support and compatibility improvements, and more. The list of the improvements includes:- An update for Direct Mode, built on the SQLite engine, version 3.42.0;- Support for CREATE TABLE AS SELECT statement for xBase is now available;- Implemented Server to Server authentication for Salesforce Marketing Cloud (formerly ExactTarget);- Jira supports custom tables and custom fields now;- ListSurveys table and fields to the ListMembers table for SurveyMonkey are available now;- Compatibility with the Survey Rocket plugin for Sugar CRM;- Updated SQL engine for Sendinblue, along with multiple bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. To learn more about the recent release and download new products, visit:https://blog.devart.com/new-in-odbc-server-to-server-authentication-mode-support-and-compatibility-improvements-and-more.html Devart ODBC Drivers are high-performance connectivity solutions with enterprise-level features for accessing the most popular database management systems and cloud services from ODBC-compliant reporting, analytics, BI, and ETL tools on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, macOS, and Linux
Network complexity, talent shortages drive shift in enterprise IT buying habits – Network World
Increased network complexity, constant security challenges, and talent shortages are driving enterprises to depend more on channel business partners, including managed service providers, system integrators, resellers and other tech providers. Greater use of partners by enterprises is expected to continue over the next few years, experts say.IDC in its research on the future of industry ecosystems found that by the end of 2023, almost 60% of organizations surveyed will have expanded the number of partners they work with outside of their core industry
2024 could be ‘another year of effiiciency’ for Meta: Analyst – Yahoo Finance
Google-parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) stock tumbled earlier this week after reporting slower-than-expected revenue growth for its cloud division.
Nairobi MCAs raise red flag over city revenue collection – The Star Kenya
Nairobi County Assembly has expressed concerns over the transparency and accountability of the city's revenue collection system. The assembly's Energy and ICT Committees on Friday claimed that one year down the line, the Governor Johnson Sakaja-led administration doesn't have access to the system collecting revenue on behalf of the county. The revelations come at a time when the EACC listed Nairobi as one of the counties with serious accountability deficits in their revenue management systems
Cloud computing in the Middle East | Strategy& – Strategy
The Middle East is quickly catching up to other markets in terms of cloud computing adoption. Government investments and the increasing presence of public cloud1 providers are making cloud solutions more accessible.