NewsHosting news - 02 Jan 2026 - Listing Page: 133

AI Accelerated Servers Reshape Enterprise HPC Strategies - 📅 Jan 2, 2026 - Effective AI infrastructure depends on a balanced architecture in which compute, memory, storage, and networking operate as a tightly integrated whole. Without that balance, even the most powerful accelerators can sit idle, starved of data or constrained by bandwidth limitations.

The rise of AI-accelerated servers is inseparable from the dominance of GPUs in modern machine learning. Unlike CPUs, which excel at sequential processing, GPUs are optimized for parallel computation, making them uniquely suited for tensor operations and matrix multiplications that underpin neural networks. This architectural advantage has made GPUs the default engine for training and inference across deep [...]

Supermicro Launches 6U SuperBlade with Intel Xeon 6900 - 📅 Jan 2, 2026 - This innovative SuperBlade technology offers exceptional performance, power efficiency, and computation density. This innovative SuperBlade technology offers exceptional performance, power efficiency, and computation density. It is possible to handle both air cooling and direct liquid cooling (CPU-only and CPU/DIMM/VRM cold plates).

Many of the biggest and most potent high-performance computing systems in the world are built on the foundation of Supermicro's SuperBlade design, which offers industry-leading server density and energy efficiency. Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro, stated. "This new iteration is the most core-dense SuperBlade we've ever created, providing [...]

Qvantel Completes Optiva Acquisition to Expand AI Telecom Monetization - 📅 Jan 2, 2026 - Qvantel has completed its acquisition of Optiva, uniting two established telecom BSS vendors into a larger, AI-focused provider of monetization and digital operations software. The deal, executed through a statutory plan of arrangement under Canada's Business Corporations Act, reflects accelerating consolidation as operators face pressure to modernize billing, charging, and customer engagement platforms.

The combined organization now serves more than 70 telecom operators and mobile virtual network operators across over 40 countries, supported by a global workforce of more than 1,000 employees operating from 30 locations. Executives from both companies say early market feedback has been [...]

EXA Infrastructure Acquires Aqua Comms, Expands Reach - 📅 Jan 2, 2026 - EXA Infrastructure has expanded its position in the global connectivity market with the completion of its acquisition of Aqua Comms, a move that significantly strengthens transatlantic and intra-European network capacity at a time of surging demand for data-intensive services.

The deal enhances EXA Infrastructure's ability to deliver resilient, high-capacity connectivity between North America and Europe, a critical requirement for cloud platforms, content providers, carriers, and enterprises scaling artificial intelligence workloads.

London-based EXA Infrastructure, a portfolio company of I Squared Capital, already operates more than 160,000 kilometers of digital infrastructure. This [...]

Hybrid Cloud Security: Risks, Realities, and Best Practices - 📅 Jan 1, 2026 - As digital transformation accelerates, hybrid cloud architectures have emerged as a dominant enterprise model. By combining on-premises systems with public and private cloud services, organizations seek flexibility, scalability, and control. However, this architectural shift also introduces complex security challenges, drawing increasing scrutiny from boards, CISOs, and regulators worldwide.

Driven by shifting customer geographies, increasing regulatory scrutiny, expanding data volumes, and heightened exposure to cyber and operational risks, organizations are reassessing how securely their hybrid cloud environments are designed and managed.

What has emerged is a consensus among security [...]

Revolutionizing Business Networks with Software-Defined Strategy - 📅 Jan 1, 2026 - What began as an academic concept to decouple network control from hardware has become a foundational strategy for enterprises grappling with scale, security, and speed. For CIOs and IT leaders navigating hybrid workforces, cloud sprawl, and relentless cyber risk, software-defined networking (SDN) is no longer a future bet - it is an operational imperative reshaping how business networks are designed, secured, and managed.

At its core, SDN separates the control plane - the logic that decides where traffic should go - from the data plane that actually moves packets. This architectural shift allows networks to be programmed centrally, dynamically, and consistently.

The implications extend [...]

Revolutionizing Business Networks with Software-Defined Strategy - 📅 Jan 1, 2026 - What began as an academic concept to decouple network control from hardware has become a foundational strategy for enterprises grappling with scale, security, and speed. For CIOs and IT leaders navigating hybrid workforces, cloud sprawl, and relentless cyber risk, software-defined networking (SDN) is no longer a future bet - it is an operational imperative reshaping how business networks are designed, secured, and managed.

At its core, SDN separates the control plane - the logic that decides where traffic should go - from the data plane that actually moves packets. This architectural shift allows networks to be programmed centrally, dynamically, and consistently.

The implications extend [...]

Data Center Migration: How Organizations Can Move Without Risk - 📅 Dec 30, 2025 - Data center migration can become one of the most consequential infrastructure decisions organizations can make. While the idea of moving an entire data center can appear daunting, for some companies, staying put might pose a greater long-term risk than relocating. Something that may be driven by shifts in customer geography, advances in technology, increasing compliance requirements, or growing exposure to climate and operational risks.

A data center migration involves transferring applications, data, and physical or virtual infrastructure from one facility to another. The complexity of that process depends on several factors, including how much hardware is owned, how workloads are [...]

Polish Hosting Firm Cyber_Folks Builds EU eCommerce Giant - 📅 Dec 30, 2025 - Cyber_Folks, a Polish technology group best known as a hosting and infrastructure provider, is reshaping the European eCommerce software landscape through a complex acquisition strategy that brings together some of the continent's most influential open-source commerce platforms.

Acting through a newly formed holding entity called Cyber_Pixel, the group has acquired PrestaShop alongside Sylius and its long-time implementation partner BitBag, setting the stage for what executives describe as a pan-European open-source eCommerce powerhouse.

The transaction marks the second ownership change for PrestaShop in less than five years. The France-based platform, which powers more than 230,000 [...]

Applied Digital, EKSO Plan AI-Focused ChronoScale Spinoff - 📅 Dec 30, 2025 - Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) and EKSO Bionics Holdings (Nasdaq: EKSO) have outlined plans for a proposed business combination that reflects the accelerating shift toward specialized infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads.

The companies disclosed that they have entered into a non-binding term sheet to combine Applied Digital's cloud computing unit, Applied Digital Cloud, with EKSO. If completed, the combined entity would operate under the name ChronoScale Corporation, positioning itself as a focused provider of GPU-accelerated cloud infrastructure designed specifically for AI-driven use cases.

The proposed transaction comes as enterprises and AI-native organizations face [...]