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Gemini AI Now Runs On-Prem with Google Distributed Cloud - 📅 Apr 11, 2025 - Google has announced a major expansion of its AI portfolio by making its powerful Gemini models available throughGoogle Distributed Cloud (GDC), offering enterprise customers access to next-generation generative AI directly within their on-premises infrastructure. The move is intended to close the gap for organizations in regulated sectors or with strict data sovereignty requirements.

It will allow organizations to adopt cutting-edge AI capabilities without moving sensitive data offsite. A public preview of Gemini on GDC is expected to launch in Q3 2025.

To support this rollout, Google is partnering with NVIDIA to deploy Gemini models on the latest NVIDIA Blackwell systems, which can be [...]

IDC Study: European Security Spend to Rise 11.8% in 2025 - 📅 Apr 11, 2025 - European organizations are set to increase their investment in cybersecurity significantly in 2025, with projected annual growth of 11.8% according to IDCs latest Worldwide Security Spending Guide. This surge in spending reflects a broader trend across the region, driven by a complex blend of geopolitical tensions, escalating cyber threats, and increasingly stringent regulatory requirements.

IDC forecasts that by the end of the 20232028 period, cybersecurity spending in Europe will approach $97 billion, underlining the growing strategic importance of cybersecurity in business operations.

Among European countries, the Czech Republic and Hungary are expected to experience the highest [...]

20i Unveil New Autoscale Hosting Platform - 📅 Apr 10, 2025 - Managed Hosting company 20i (20i.com 👉 Total Reviews: 3
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The platform, ideal for high-traffic websites, large applications and ecommerce databases that demand ultra-low latency, uses distributed architecture which adapts to traffic surges in real time. Resources such as PHP workers and server capacity scale automatically in milliseconds, allowing websites to handle ...

Digital Realty Lands in Crete, Powering Meds Digital Future - 📅 Apr 9, 2025 - Digital Realty, a global supplier of colocation, interconnection, and cloud-and carrier-neutral data center solutions, announced the inauguration of its first data center on Crete, near Heraklion. By strengthening infrastructure and communication across key markets, this strategic investment would further solidify the Mediterraneans position as a vital center for global digital connectivity.

By strategically connecting Europe with Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa through a dense network of highly linked subsea cables, Digital Realty's new data center, HER1, the first carrier neutral facility on Crete, places the business in a unique position as the sole global data center provider [...]

AMS-IX Expands Cross-IX Service to Boost European Peering - 📅 Apr 9, 2025 - A major development in European Internet infrastructure is taking shape as AMS-IX, one of the worlds largest Internet Exchanges, expands its Cross-IX service to facilitate easier and more efficient network interconnection across the continent. The Cross-IX initiative, developed through strategic collaboration with MIX in Milan and Netnod IX in Stockholm, now enables AMS-IX members and customers to peer with hundreds of networks across multiple European hubs via a single connection.

With the latest phase of Cross-IX now live, AMS-IX users can route outbound traffic from Amsterdam directly to MIX and Netnod, enhancing network reach and efficiency in both the Italian and Nordic markets. The [...]

New Open GPU Standard Set to Reshape AI Computing - 📅 Apr 9, 2025 - A group of leading technology firms has unveiled a new open GPU interconnect standard designed to dramatically improve the performance, efficiency, and scalability of AI infrastructure. The UALink Consortium has officially ratified the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) 200G 1.0 Specification - an open, low-latency, high-bandwidth standard for connecting accelerators within AI computing clusters.

Established last summer, the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Consortium unites some of the leading companies in data centers and semiconductors, such as Intel, AMD, and Microsoft, to create standards to improve linking numerous GPUs.

The UALink 200G 1.0 standard introduces a memory-semantic [...]

Infineon to Acquire Marvells Automotive Ethernet Business for $2.5B - 📅 Apr 9, 2025 - Infineon Technologies AG has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Marvell Technologys Automotive Ethernet business for $2.5 billion in cash. The acquisition, which includes Marvells Brightlane Automotive Ethernet portfolio and related assets, is expected to bolster Infineon's position in the growing automotive connectivity market. Subject to regulatory approvals and standard closing conditions, the deal is projected to close in 2025.

Marvells Automotive Ethernet division is projected to generate between $225 million and $250 million in revenue by fiscal year 2026, highlighting its growing relevance in the mobility sector.

The transaction reflects Infineons intent to strengthen [...]

Colt DCS Expands with 117MW Across New Frankfurt and Berlin Sites - 📅 Apr 9, 2025 - Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), global provider of large-scale enterprise andhyperscale data center infrastructure, has announced plans to construct four new colocation data centers in Germany. The expansion represents a significant 2 billion investment into one of Europes most critical digital economies and will increase the companys total data center capacity in the country to 176 megawatts (MW).

The new facilities, named Berlin 1, Berlin 2, Frankfurt 4, and Frankfurt 5, will be situated across these two major German cities. The Berlin sites will occupy 9.5 acres and deliver a combined IT capacity of 54MW. The Frankfurt locations, which remain strategically important as part of [...]

i2Coalition Selects HostingJournalist News Magazine to Boost Member Advocacy - 📅 Apr 8, 2025 - Photo: This collaboration with media partner HostingJournalist strengthens our members advocavy and our collective voice in the industry, says Christian Dawson, Executive Director of i2Coalition.

i2Coalition now offers its more than 85 members low-threshold access to the HostingJournalist.com news platform through which members can self-publish their business content instantly alongside the editorial news.

i2Coalition collaborates with lawmakers and industry leaders to advocate for its members that include AWS, Google, DigitalOcean, OVHcloud, Newfold Digital, Cloudflare, Namecheap, GoDaddy, WebPros, Tucows, Bluehost, HostGator, DreamHost, Hostinger and others, ensuring these Internet [...]

IBM Launches z17 Mainframe to Deepen AI Integration in Enterprise IT - 📅 Apr 8, 2025 - IBM has officially introduced the latest evolution of its iconic mainframe series: the IBM z17. This new system is not just an upgrade - it's a transformation, purpose-built to meet the rapidly growing demands of artificial intelligence in enterprise environments. From hardware and software to operational intelligence, the z17 is designed to position AI at the heart of business-critical computing, redefining whats possible in transaction-heavy environments.

The system is powered by IBMs new Telum II processor, a second-generation chip featuring an on-chip AI accelerator that significantly boosts inference capabilities. According to IBM, the z17 can perform 50% more AI inference operations [...]