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Virtana & Carahsoft expand observability for agencies

Agencies handling hybrid and air-gapped systems could get fuller visibility into IT faults as the platform is made available through Carahsoft's contracts.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 28th Aug 2026

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Data centers

Parker Chomerics launches EMI-shielded vent panels

Data centre operators can now cool power-dense enclosures without sacrificing electromagnetic shielding, thanks to a new vent panel with up to 96% airflow.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • 5 days ago

Generative AI

NEC C&C Prize honours clock pioneer & AI researchers

Each winning group will receive JPY ¥10 million for work that could sharpen timekeeping and strengthen AI decision-making across industry.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week

Semiconductors

CScale raises USD $145 million to tackle AI optics

The funding backs efforts to reduce downtime in large AI systems as optical links become a critical bottleneck across data centres.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Storage

Nutanix links AHV with NetApp storage in new tie-up

Enterprises can switch virtualisation platforms without replacing NetApp arrays, as the integration lets Nutanix AHV run on existing ONTAP storage.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • This month

Storage

Building Infrastructure for an AI World in Motion

As AI workloads shift from training to inference, firms risk stranded kit unless they build systems that can adapt over five to seven years.

By Alexey Navolokin • 5 min read • This month

Software-as-a-Service

Google Cloud & Box add Gemini to multimodal search

Businesses will be able to search charts, tables and images in Box content using Gemini Multimodal Embeddings 2, reducing missed context in files.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 19th Aug 2026

Semiconductors

Qualcomm appoints Wassim Chourbaji to lead EMEA business

The chip maker is keeping continuity across a key growth region as Wassim Chourbaji takes charge, with Enrico Salvatori staying on for automotive until 2027.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Aug 2026

Software-as-a-Service

AWS revenue growth hits fastest pace in 18 quarters

Demand for AI and core cloud services is boosting Amazon's key profit engine, with AWS growth accelerating to a 36.7% annual pace.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Aug 2026

Software-as-a-Service

OpenAI sets AI value scorecard for corporate spend

The framework urges finance chiefs to judge AI by completed work, reliability and total task cost rather than licence or user counts.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Tue, 21st Jul 2026

DevOps

Amazon SQS marks 20 years with new AI & scaling tools

Developers are using the queue to smooth AI traffic and protect services from spikes, as AWS adds higher throughput, security and recovery tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 14th Jul 2026

Storage

SUSE, NVIDIA & Vultr launch AI Factory for production

Enterprises can now run governed AI workloads faster, as the validated stack aims to cut integration delays and simplify deployment across environments.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Thu, 9th Jul 2026