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Amazon plans to acquire AI chipmaker Perceive for $80 million to boost its LLMs and edge capabilities. AWS parent company Amazon plans to acquire AI chipmaker and model specialist Perceive Corp. for $80 million in cash to boost the company’s large language models and edge computing capabilities. “We’re excited to have signed a deal to…
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From AMD seeking to win new AI data center share from Nvidia to ZT Systems’ business with cloud hyperscalers, here are five big reasons why AMD’s planned $4.9 billion acquisition of ZT Systems could put pressure on rival Nvidia. From ZT Systems signing a new partnership with Nvidia in 2024 to AMD’s data center and…
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CRN breaks down Forrester’s new report on the 10 most important cloud trends right know, which include Nvidia significantly aiding AI cloud startups, VMware customers migrating to the public cloud and the converging of AI and edge computing. From VMware migrations to the public cloud and Nvidia helping cloud AI startups win market share, Forrester’s…
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“Combining our high-performance Instinct AI accelerator, EPYC CPU, and networking product portfolios with ZT Systems’ industry-leading data center systems expertise will enable AMD to deliver end-to-end data center AI infrastructure at scale with our ecosystem of OEM and ODM partners,” said AMD CEO Lisa Su. Chipmaker superstar AMD is acquiring server supplier and cloud computing…
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For the week ending Aug. 16, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies, Nutanix, Broadcom, ScanSource and ClearScale. The Week Ending Aug. 16 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is Hewlett Packard Enterprise for a strategic acquisition that will boost…
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‘There is a certain amount of cloud repatriation that is happening, and that’s happening purely from a cost perspective,’ Cognizant’s Naveen Sharma tells CRN in an interview. Naveen Sharma compares the classic public cloud vendor business model to buying wine. The seller loves for a customer to try a glass, and then maybe drink another,…
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‘With the acquisition of Morpheus Data, we will take the next major leap to make HPE GreenLake cloud the de facto platform for innovating across hybrid IT,’ says HPE’s Fidelma Russo. HPE is making the “next major leap” in HPE GreenLake with the planned acquisition of hybrid cloud management and automation all-star Morpheus Data. “With…
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ClearScale CEO Jimmy Chui explains why price-concerned VMware customers need to migrate to AWS, his company’s new AI-powered offerings to help them, and why businesses need to ‘really get off all their licensed software.’ ClearScale is launching an AI-powered attack seeking to migrate existing VMware customers worried about price increases over to the AWS cloud.…
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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says his team is “shifting hundreds of millions of dollars into AI,” including AI networking for cloud, AI infrastructure, silicon and cybersecurity. Cisco Systems crossed $1 billion to date in AI orders with webscale customers and predicts another $1 billion in AI product orders this fiscal year. On the San Jose,…
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Cisco will spend between $700 million and $800 million in the first quarter of its 2025 fiscal year. Cisco Systems confirmed massive layoffs Wednesday with plans to cut about 7 percent of its global workforce, which should cost up to $1 billion. The San Jose, Calif.-based networking giant said in a regulatory filing that the…
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