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Jan, 2026 : Study: AI Is Paying Off, Yet CIOs Aren’t Ready
📅 - Enterprises worldwide have crossed a decisive threshold in their use of artificial intelligence, moving beyond experimentation and into large-scale deployment with clear expectations of financial return. That is the central conclusion of the newly released Lenovo CIO Playbook 2026, developed with research insights from IDC and published this week.
Based on input from 3,120 IT and business decision-makers across major global markets, the report paints a picture of AI becoming a core engine of business reinvention - while also exposing significant gaps between ambition and operational readiness.
According to the study, 46% of AI proof-of-concepts have already transitioned into production [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Kubernetes Emerges as Default Platform for AI at Scale - Kubernetes has firmly cemented its position as the foundational platform for modern AI-driven infrastructure, according to newly released findings from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's 2025 Annual Cloud Native Survey. The report draws on responses from thousands of organizations worldwide and shows that Kubernetes is now running in production environments at 82% of container-using enterprises.
As AI workloads increasingly move from experimentation to real-world deployment, Kubernetes is emerging as the de facto operating system that underpins scale, reliability, and operational consistency. Kubernetes Becomes Backbone For AI The survey data highlights a decisive moment for cloud [...]
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📅 - Ricursive Intelligence Hits $4B Valuation in Rapid Funding - Just two months after emerging from stealth, Silicon Valley startup Ricursive Intelligence has secured a $300 million Series A funding round, catapulting the young AI company to a reported valuation of $4 billion. The California-based firm, which focuses on using artificial intelligence to radically accelerate semiconductor design, has quickly drawn attention from some of the most influential investors in technology.
Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round, with participation from DST Global, NVentures - the venture arm of NVIDIA - Felicis Ventures, 49 Palms Ventures, Radical AI, and Sequoia Capital. According to reporting by the New York Times, Ricursive has now raised approximately [...]
📅 - Telefónica Selects Netskope for Managed Security Edge - Shares of cloud security specialist Netskope rose on Tuesday following the announcement that Telefónica Tech UK & Ireland has launched a fully managed ‘Security Edge' cyber security service built on the Netskope One platform.
The development underscores growing enterprise demand for managed Secure Service Edge (SSE) and SASE capabilities as organizations adapt to hybrid work, cloud-native architectures, and increasingly complex cyber threats.
Netskope's stock traded actively on the news, with nearly 3.6 million shares changing hands. The share price fluctuated between $15.41 and $16.75 during the session, ultimately closing up 3.2% at $15.92. The market reaction reflected investor [...]
📅 - MacWeb Unveils MiniCluster Bare-Metal Mac Clusters - Without the expense of virtualization, MiniCluster unites specialized Apple M4 Pro Mac mini systems into a single, private compute cloud for GitHub runners, scientific and technical computing, creative pipelines, CI/CD, and production workflows.
MacWeb's US West (Silicon Valley) area now offers MacWeb MiniCluster on demand. The statement comes after MacWeb recently opened its cloud service in the US East region in the New York metropolitan area, indicating a growing footprint from coast to coast.
With sequential public IPv4 addresses, a 10G internet port, and private Thunderbolt 5 networking between nodes (up to 80 Gbps), each MiniCluster functions as a dedicated private compute cloud. [...]
📅 - AWS Secures $581M U.S. Air Force Cloud Contract - Amazon Web Services has secured a major U.S. defense cloud contract, underscoring the continued acceleration of cloud adoption across military and government IT environments. The U.S. Air Force has awarded AWS a firm fixed-price contract valued at $581.3 million to deliver cloud services under the Department of Defense's Cloud One program.
The U.S. Airforce contract was announced this week and will run through December 7, 2028, with administration handled by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center in Massachusetts.
The agreement covers AWS cloud support for the U.S. Air Force and affiliated defense customers operating within AWS regions located in the contiguous United States. At the [...]