Cloud in Education & Research

Taiwan builds AI supercomputer with NVIDIA and Foxconn

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 20 May 2025 07:53:34 +0000

Taiwan is planning to build a large-scale AI supercomputer as part of a collaboration between NVIDIA, Foxconn, and the National Science and Technology Council. The goal is to provide local researchers, startups, and industries easier access to high-performance computing for AI development. The system will be built on NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell platform and managed by […]

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4 in 5 IT leaders report AI skills shortage, despite rising investment in cloud technology

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:34:24 +0000

As AI continues to shape cloud strategies, UK IT leaders are prioritising investments in cloud technology, but they are also facing significant challenges. A recent survey conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Red Hat polled 609 IT managers across the UK and other major markets. More than 80% of IT managers report an urgent AI […]

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Generative AI is a top driver for cloud investments

Duncan MacRae — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:20:00 +0000

More than half (54%) of organisations say AI is the main driver of their cloud investments. This is according to a study by technology services and consulting company, Wipro, which has released its first ‘Pulse of Cloud’ report highlighting the evolving dynamics of cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across industries. ‘The Pulse of Cloud: […]

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JumpCloud Survey: Fears around shadow IT and demand for simplification

JumpCloud — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:35:06 +0000

The newest edition of JumpCloud‘s SME IT Trends Report, “Detours Ahead: How IT Navigates an Evolving World is out today. This biannual survey of IT teams at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) reveals how IT pros are responding to the growing threat of shadow IT and AI, how teams manage complicated device and IT environments, the […]

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Cloud continues to enable innovation in tough economic climate, says Cloud Industry Forum

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 20 May 2024 06:28:00 +0000

100% of organisations are now accessing cloud-based services to meet their needs, with the most common motivation being its potential to offer greater flexibility of IT spend, and its ability to make them more agile as a business. This is according to research from the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), which as published its latest research […]

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Half of EMEA cloud costs going to fees, but most plan to increase capacity

Duncan MacRae — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:20:00 +0000

European organisations are still beleaguered by storage bills as 50% of all cloud storage costs in EMEA go to data access and usage fees rather than capacity, according to the 2024 Global Cloud Storage Index from Wasabi Technologies. Still, EMEA companies see the value of cloud storage services and plan to increase their spend in […]

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Flexera 2024 State of the Cloud: Cost optimisation, FinOps and GenAI key takeaways

James Bourne — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:57:48 +0000

Flexera has admitted that 2024 is a ‘complex’ year for cloud adoption as the company publishes its latest State of the Cloud report – and while cost optimisation remains key, sustainability is slowly emerging as an important differentiator. The report – the 13th – is often regarded as a benchmark study for the industry, with […]

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64% of organisations see their use of multi-cloud increasing in the next two years

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 08:04:00 +0000

62% of organisations are currently using a multi-cloud environment, with a further 18% actively in the process of transitioning to a multi-cloud environment. This is according to OVHcloud’s recent executive report on the state of multi-cloud, which examined the views of more than 500 IT decision makers of large organisations in the UK. Matt Tebay, […]

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UK startups wasting over two weeks per year – costing the UK an estimated £37bn in GDP

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:00:37 +0000

UK startups and microbusinesses are wasting over two working weeks every year on admin tasks, including managing mobile phone contracts, choosing energy providers, and buying insurance – according to new research. The study, conducted by Beasy, which surveyed 500 business owners employing between 1-9 people, found that startup founders are spending an average of 5.5 […]

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UK tech spend grows at its third fastest rate in more than 15 years

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 08:48:21 +0000

Despite 90% of digital leaders in the UK expecting an economic downturn, tech spend this year is set to grow at its third fastest rate in over 15 years, More than half (52%) of digital leaders in the UK expect their technology budget to rise, and only around one in seven expect their budget to […]

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IDC predicts cloud infrastructure spending this year will hit $90.2B

Ryan Daws — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 15:59:56 +0000

IDC forecasts that cloud infrastructure spending will exceed $90 billion in 2022. In Q1 2022, IDC found that spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments – including dedicated and shared environments – increased 17.2 percent year-over-year to $18.3 billion. The firm’s analysts note the strong growth is despite “tight supply of some […]

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IBM transformation report establishes the dominance of hybrid cloud

Fin Strathern — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:29:28 +0000

IBM has found that only 3 percent of businesses still use a single private or public cloud in 2021, a drastic decrease from 29 percent in 2019. Such a shift marks the emergence of hybrid cloud models as the dominant IT architecture in cloud transformation. The global study was undertaken by the IBM Institute for […]

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