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Gartner Predicts 9.8% Growth in Global IT Spending for 2025
📅 - Global IT spending is projected to reach $5.61 trillion in 2025, marking a 9.8% increase from 2024, according to Gartners latest forecast. While budget increases for CIOs signal positive momentum, much of this growth will be absorbed by rising prices in recurrent spending, warns John-David Lovelock, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner.
"Budget increases will largely counterbalance price hikes in ongoing expenditures," said Mr. Lovelock. "This dynamic will skew the balance between nominal and real IT spending, leading CIOs to revise their actual budget expectations." Generative AIs Influence on IT Investment Generative AI (GenAI) is set to play a significant role in IT spending, though the [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - RETN Connects Greece to its Pan-Eurasian Network - RETN, a leading independent European provider of global network services, has launched its first Point of Presence (PoP) in Greece, strategically located at the Balkan Gate Data Centre in Thessaloniki. This new PoP establishes a crucial connection to RETNs DWDM backbone via a protected wavelength path seamlessly linked to its regional hub in Sofia.
This move strengthens RETN's Pan-Eurasian network, bridging connectivity between the Mediterranean and Balkan regions.
The Thessaloniki PoP offers Layer 3 IP Transit/DIA and Layer 2 VPN services, delivering reliable, scalable, and secure connectivity options to businesses and telecommunications providers in Greece. This expansion marks a [...]
📅 - OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle Launch $500B AI Data Center Initiative in US - OpenAI has unveiled ambitious plans to develop multiple AI data centers across the United States in partnership with Oracle and SoftBank. The initiative, known as the Stargate Project, will begin with a significant data center deployment in Texas, with additional facilities planned in other states. Over the next four years, the collaborative effort is set to invest up to $500 billion, with an initial $100 billion already committed.
The announcement was made at a White House press conference, where U.S. President Donald Trump highlighted the investments potential to bolster U.S. infrastructure and reindustrialization. Key figures in attendance included Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, [...]
📅 - GoDaddy Donates $500K to Empower WordPress Community - Through these efforts, the WordPress platform is developed and people are given the flexibility to modify and enhance this open source program to meet their own needs without any restrictions.
"Every year in a variety of ways, including time and financial contributions, GoDaddy and its staff demonstrate their deep concern for the WordPress community," stated Paul Bindel, President of Partners at GoDaddy. "We're focused on continuing to enhance our industry-leading WordPress platform and hope our investment of $520,000 helps other valued members of the community sustain their contributions throughout 2025 and beyond." GoDaddy Backs Numerous Important WordPress Community Initiatives Apart [...]
📅 - Flexential, Lonestar Partners for Spaces First Commercial Data Center - Flexential, a leading provider of secureddata center colocationsolutions, has joined forces with Lonestar, a pioneer in lunar infrastructure and Resiliency as a Service (RaaS). The collaboration will support Lonestar's upcoming Freedom mission, marking its second data center deployment to the Moon. This initiative, in partnership with Intuitive Machines and SpaceX, paves the way for Lonestars ultimate goal of establishing a data center on the lunar surface.
Flexential will provide colocation, interconnection, and professional services to support Lonestars mission control platform. The services will be based out of Flexentials Tampa data center, chosen for its proximity to Floridas Space [...]
📅 - StorONE Extends ONE Storage Platform with Kubernetes Integration - StorONE incorporates Kubernetes into its core platform, guaranteeing simplicity, efficiency, and scalability for containerized applications, in contrast to providers creating stand-alone Kubernetes solutions or specialized tools that make operations more difficult. By using a single platform, all clients may upgrade to the most recent version and take use of Kubernetes features as part of their existing license at no cost. Additionally, StorONE's whole portfolio of enterprise-grade services, including as data security, protection, and snapshots in Kubernetes settings, are made available to clients. The Unified Platform Strategy: Promoting Innovation Gal Naor, CEO of StorONE, stated, "We [...]
📅 - C3ntro Telecom Upgrades Mexico Data Center with Infinera GX Series - Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) made this announcement. To satisfy its clients' growing needs, the network will be expanded to include new and improved data center services in strategic Mexican areas.
In order to provide seamless, low-latency data center interconnectivity, C3ntro Telecom, a licensed Mexican operator, offers dark fiber and wavelength services along with a carrier-grade fiber network that spans 3,000 km of Mexico's most important cities. Designed specifically for cloud service providers, carriers, and hyperscalers, it provides redundant infrastructure to support both current and future facilities.
C3ntro Telecom is able to modernize its network with Infinera's GX Series technology [...]
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