📅 - Finance leaders across the U.S. are shifting strategic priorities in 2025, placing renewed emphasis on technology investment despite a sharp drop in economic optimism, according to a new survey from Grant Thornton. The firms first quarterly CFO survey of the year revealed that just 47% of chief financial officers (CFOs) expressed optimism about the U.S. economy - a 21-point decline from the previous quarter and the lowest level in two and a half years.
This significant shift in sentiment is largely attributed to mounting concerns over tariffs, labor availability, and the evolving stance of the new U.S. administration on immigration enforcement. These factors have introduced greater [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - IBM Expands As-a-Service Portfolio with Ceph Storage - IBM has unveiled IBM Storage Ceph as a Service, expanding its suite of on-premises infrastructure offerings delivered through a flexible, as-a-service model. This move complements existing solutions like IBM Power as a Service, which enables consumption-based access to distributed computing infrastructure in more adaptable form factors.
The development comes as enterprises increasingly prioritize service-based consumption models, especially for critical workloads.
According to a recent IDC report, 80% of IT buyers are expected to prefer service-based models for key workloads by 2028. This trend is being driven by a confluence of factors including the need for improved operational [...]
📅 - DataBank, Gigabit Fiber Extend Dallas Lease, Expand Network Partnership - Enterprise-focused data center operator DataBank and metro fiber provider Gigabit Fiber have announced an extension of their long-standing lease at 400 S. Akard Street in downtown Dallas. The enlarged contract would strengthen the businesses' growing business partnership by giving them more room and authority.
Gigabit Fiber owns and operates more than 1,000 route miles of deep fiber and conduit systems in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and South Texas. The extended lease reinforces a strategic alliance that has evolved over more than two decades.
The move signals continued investment in the regions digital infrastructure and deepens both companies' commitment to building a [...]
📅 - Legrand Acquires Computer Room Solutions (CRS) in Australia - Legrand, a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, has announced its acquisition of Computer Room Solutions (CRS), marking another step in its ongoing bolt-on acquisition strategy. The move is aimed at strengtheningLegrands footprint in the high-growth data center market, particularly in the Oceania region.
With its headquarters in Mascot, Sydney, CRS is a well-known supplier of mission-critical infrastructure solutions for high-density IT settings, including data centers. About 80 specialists work for the organization, which generates about 30 million in sales annually. CRS offers highly designed solutions that meet the changing demands of business, cloud, [...]
Lumai, a spinout from the University of Oxford, has announced a funding round of more than $10 million to advance its pioneering opticalAI accelerator technology. The capital injection will be used to expand Lumais presence in the U.S., triple the size of its team, and accelerate product development.
The companys core innovation lies in its approach to optical computing - using light instead of electrons to carry out the complex matrix multiplications at the heart of AI processing. This method promises to reduce energy consumption dramatically, a critical advantage as the data center industry braces for massive growth and rising energy demands.
The round was [...]
📅 - Zultys announced the debut of its Hardware as a Service (HaaS) product - HaaS is a premise-based deployment that may be offered as a fully hybrid unified communications solution or only using premise hardware. By offering business phone services and fixed per-user, per-month pricing, it mimics the conventional UCaaS delivery model and provides clients with a flexible substitute for significant capital investments.
HaaS customers may enjoy the complete control of an on-premise system with the agility of the cloud thanks to Zultys' unique offering of the same product, interface, and user experience across all deployment types. Customers may now get a high-performance, enterprise-grade business communication solution, including phones and PBX equipment, via a [...]
Rescale, a digital engineering platform focused on accelerating innovation and scientific discovery, has secured $115 million in a Series D funding round, bringing its total funding to over $260 million. The new capital will be used to further develop Rescales platform across several key areas.
It includes the rollout of additional high-performance computing workflows and technologies, expanding its AI-native capabilities such as automated data tagging and model search, and enhancing security compliance, especially for government and defense customers.
Rescale also plans to grow its ecosystem of more than 1,250 specialized engineering applications and extend [...]
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