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Addressing cloud waste: 4 steps to cloud computing cost optimization

CIO Business Intelligence

By: Scott Sellers , Co-Founder and CEO, Azul From the get-go, the cloud promised to help companies scale up their architectures in seconds, run their applications faster, never turn away a transaction, and save money through economies of scale. Here are four steps to getting the most out of cloud computing resources in an economical manner.

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Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

GeekWire

were the first to be powered by the company’s Azure Cobalt 100 CPU, as part of a broader cloud infrastructure buildout. The Seattle angel investor and tech veteran has made a tradition of tracking capital expenditures on his blog, Platformonomics , to “separate the clouds from the clowns,” as he puts it.

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LEOcloud, Microsoft team up with Axiom Space to put cloud infrastructure in orbit

GeekWire

When Houston-based Axiom Space starts putting together its commercial space station, some out-of-this-world infrastructure for cloud computing could be close behind — and Microsoft could help make it happen. The deal sets the stage for developing and delivering space-based cloud services from commercial assets.

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Perspectives on how cloud computing & app development trends will take shape in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

To understand how organizations may be approaching their cloud strategies and tech investments in 2023, members of VMware’s Tanzu Vanguard community shared their insights on what trends will take shape. According to Forrester , forty percent of firms will take a cloud-native first strategy.

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Quantum hardware startup Rigetti Computing to go public in $1.5B SPAC deal with ex-Zillow CEO

GeekWire

“In the next decade one Rigetti quantum computer could be more powerful than today’s entire global cloud,” Rigetti said in a statement. It estimates revenue to grow to $288 million by 2025, and $594 million by 2026. “Rigetti is the leading innovator in this space. ” Rigetti reported revenue of $5.5

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Everything-as-a-Service: Huawei Brings the Cloud Ecosystem Within Reach at MWC 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

At MWC 2023, Huawei Cloud will showcase its goal of unleashing new digital value through Everything-as-a-Service, a framework designed to enable and connect diverse local and global partners—whether individual developers, small enterprises, or multinational corporations—to maximize the potential of the cloud.

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Lenovo commits to hiring 12,000 new R&D staff by 2025

Computerworld Vertical IT

Last year, the Chinese-American tech giant hired 5,000 R&D workers to support research into what it calls “Client-Edge-Cloud-Network-Intelligence”. The newly announced hires will work on new hardware and software to help customers stay ahead of emerging technology trends, such as edge computing and the metaverse.