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How sustainable compute infrastructure supports business growth & opens up an AI advantage
Aging IT infrastructure can have a significant detrimental impact on enterprises, not least of all in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and an increasingly competitive global business landscape. Research from McKinsey as far back as 2017 specifically highlighted legacy IT infrastructure as a major hurdle for tech leaders and organizations globally, with 85% of respondents identifying this as their…
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AWS opens physical sites for fast data uploads – but it could cost you up to $500 an hour
Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers will soon be able to book time slots at physical locations to connect their storage devices and upload data to the cloud. Data can be uploaded to any AWS endpoint, including Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS), or others, using a high throughput connection of up to up to 400Gbps. Each AWS Data…
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FTC opens antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s cloud, AI, and cybersecurity practices – Computerworld
Focus on market dominance and security practices The investigation centers on Microsoft’s bundling of office productivity and security software with its cloud services, a practice critics argue disadvantages competitors in the authentication and cybersecurity markets. The FTC is particularly examining Microsoft Entra ID, its user authentication service, amid complaints that licensing terms and integration with its cloud offerings impede rival…
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Slack opens up to third-party AI ‘agents’ – Computerworld
The Slack AI search function gets an update, too; users can now surface results based on files uploaded or connected to a Slack workspace. Until now, Slack could only search conversations in the app; now the tool can retrieve information from sources such as canvas documents, Google and Microsoft documents, and files in connected apps, Slack said. Aside from AI-related…
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Apple Opens Contactless Payment Up to App Developers
Developers building applications for iPhones will be able to take advantage of Apple’s contactless transactions starting in the upcoming fall release of iOS 18.1, the company announced on Aug. 14. This means that apps could include custom in-person payments, corporate badges and other IDs, rewards cards, and more. The new feature will be available to developers in Australia, Brazil, Canada,…
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