Server memory costs have surged sharply in recent months as China, the last major producer of DDR4, has begun phasing out this technology to prioritize the development of AI memory and DDR5, resulting in a historic DDR4 supply crunch. This has triggered a series of market adjustments, price hikes, and urgent stockpiling across the IT […]
On Monday, 20 October 2025, the world’s digital infrastructure experienced what many are calling one of its most significant jolts in recent memory. A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) disrupted hundreds of applications, websites and services globally. Reuters+1 For companies of all sizes — from the tech giants to the local mom-and-pop shop […]
As data centers power the digital world, efficient cooling is fundamental to their performance, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. The debate between liquid cooling and air cooling has intensified as server densities, AI workloads, and energy costs rise. This comprehensive guide explores both cooling strategies, their technologies, benefits, drawbacks, and the future of data center thermal management. […]
NetApp is continuing its strong focus on data management for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, as highlighted during its Insight 2024 event in Las Vegas. Central to this strategy is the use of a global metadata namespace within its Ontap storage operating system, designed to streamline the discovery, classification, exploration, processing, and storage of corporate data […]
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) was one of the most actively traded stocks in the U.S. market on Tuesday, following its presentation on the Blackwell platform at the Hot Chips 2024 conference at Stanford University on Monday. Wells Fargo highlighted that while there were no new details regarding Blackwell’s availability or rollout timeline, the presentation offered several […]
US mobile giant AT&T has lost control of a massive dataset containing call and text records for nearly all its customers, spanning a six-month period in 2022. The breach is linked to a series of cyberattacks targeting customers of cloud data platform Snowflake. AT&T revealed the incident in a filing with the Securities and Exchange […]
Is the Cloud Losing Its Appeal? Cloud repatriation—the process of moving cloud workloads and storage back to on-premises or rented data centers—has become a hot topic after the recent surge in cloud adoption. A Citrix poll revealed that 94% of hundreds of IT and business leaders in the US have repatriated some workloads, and controlling […]
Data centers throughout the United States are gearing up for a sustained uptick in power requirements, driven by increasing demand for technologies like AI, which are straining power grids. As one of the leading data center markets globally, the US boasts the highest number of data center locations, with projected total revenue reaching US$99.16 billion […]
Operations at the UK-based veterinary services provider CVS Group are facing disruption due to an evolving cyber incident of undisclosed nature. This has led the organization to shut down key IT systems as a precautionary measure. CVS, listed on AIM (Alternative Investment Market), clarified that it is not affiliated with the American retail pharmacy chain […]
The transition to cloud storage has led to unforeseen expenses for a significant number of organizations, with a trend towards migrating more data than initially planned. This is especially true for businesses that embraced cloud storage solutions over the past two years, facing hidden costs related to the expansion of storage capacity, egress fees, and […]
