AMD is acquiring server maker ZT Systems to strengthen its data center technology as it steps up its challenge to Nvidia in the competitive AI chip market. The acquisition is important because AI’s growing demands need large clusters of connected chips for processing power. By buying ZT Systems, AMD strengthens its ability to build these…
Kiwibank’s Hamish Rumbold has been named CIO of the Year at the 2024 New Zealand CIO Awards. Rumbold, who finished up with Kiwibank last month as chief digital and technology officer, took out the title at the gala awards dinner at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Tuesday night. The awards were held as part of the…
El Ministerio del Interior que capitanea Fernando Grande-Marlaska ha adjudicado por un procedimiento restringido un contrato de casi 150 millones de euros a Telefónica, la empresa de software TRC y la consultora Capgemini para la prestación de servicios de telecomunicaciones a la Dirección General de la Policía Nacional. El contrato, que entrará en vigor a partir…
Our mental models of what constitutes a high-performance team have evolved considerably over the past five years. Pre-pandemic, high-performance teams were co-located, multidisciplinary, self-organizing, agile, and data-driven. These teams focused on delivering reliable technology capabilities, improving end-user experiences, and establishing data and analytics capabilities. High performance back then generally focused on delivery — a contrast…
When companies like Google and Microsoft can afford to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on AI, some IT experts have questioned how SMBs can tap into the revolution. Many AI projects have huge upfront costs — up to $200,000 for coding assistants, $1 million to embed generative AI in custom apps, $6.5 million to…
SAP está intensificando sus esfuerzos por integrar funciones y aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial (IA) en toda su oferta para servir mejor a la actividad diaria de sus clientes. Por desgracia, según estudios recientes, muchas empresas tienen dificultades para sacar el máximo partido de la IA al servicio de sus misiones empresariales, incluso cuando el ERP,…
AWS, Microsoft y Google están recurriendo a la energía nuclear para construir y operar megacentros de datos mejor equipados para satisfacer las exigencias cada vez mayores de la inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa. A principios de este año, AWS pagó 650 millones de dólares para adquirir Cumulus Data Assets de Talen Energy, un centro de datos…
“The blue screen of death” apparsa sui computer Windows di milioni di aziende per via di un bug nell’aggiornamento di una funzionalità della piattaforma di sicurezza CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor a fine luglio, ha gettato nel panico gli utenti IT di mezzo mondo. Ma non solo: per i CIO, l’episodio – un tilt causato da un…