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The mainframe is dying: Long live the mainframe application!

CIO Business Intelligence

According to IBM’s official mainframe life cycle history , each generation of hardware typically remains on sale for 4.1 years of follow-on service. Z as a service. Unlike Fujitsu’s move, IBM’s initial Z-as-a-service offering is not about managing customers off their mainframes and into the cloud. When will Z end?

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How Amazon Web Services is helping Satellogic manage its whole Earth catalog

GeekWire

For the first part of the task, Satellogic — a global company that’s headquartered in Uruguay — turns to a constellation of Earth observation satellites that’s expected to grow from its current 17 spacecraft to more than 300 by 2025. To help with the processing part of the job, Satellogic turns to Amazon Web Services.

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Amazon begins the ‘huge’ lift to shrink the carbon footprint of its devices to reach climate goals

GeekWire

Amazon’s effort to green its own products is being spearheaded by Rachel Praetorius , who leads sustainability and hardware operations for Amazon Devices & Services. ” Rachel Praetorius, head of sustainability and hardware operations for Amazon Devices & Services. Amazon Photo).

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10 edge computing innovators to keep an eye on in 2023

Dataconomy

This development is not surprising, given that the International Data Corporation (IDC) has forecasted a robust expansion of the global enterprise and service provider expenditure on hardware, software, and services for edge solutions until 2025, with spending expected to surpass $274 billion.

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AI for everyone - How companies can benefit from the advance of machine learning

All Things Distributed

That is now changing, as packages of AI and ML services, frameworks and tools are today available to all sorts of companies and organizations, including those that don't have dedicated research groups in this field. We have tackled this issue and made the technology available to other companies as a web service.

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From Artemis to Webb, take a look back — and a look ahead — at the year’s top trends in aerospace

GeekWire

The Artemis 1 mission blazed a trail for a crewed round-the-moon trek scheduled for 2024, followed by a lunar landing set for as soon as 2025. Speaking of pictures, the cameras mounted on Orion’s solar arrays sent back jaw-dropping views of the moon and planet Earth that evoked the spirit of the Apollo era.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink is only the beginning

Vox

The European Union has said its proposed satellite network, Iriss, could include up to 170 satellites, which are scheduled to enter low-Earth orbit between 2025 and 2027. Inspired by the use of Starlink terminals in the war on Ukraine , Taiwan is now reportedly looking for investors to fund its own domestic satellite network.