Equinix and VMware introduce bare-metal solution for VMware Cloud
Equinix is partnering with VMware to provide a bare-metal solution for VMware Cloud. The option is attractive for customers looking to deploy applications with higher performance and cost savings.
The partnership amounts to a combination of Equinix Metal's bare metal-as-a-service with VMware's c... Read more
Study finds Intel CPU interconnects open to exploitation by malware
According to academic researchers the exploits of Intel CPU's can leak encryption keys and other vital information.
This week The Register reported that post-graduate researchers in the USA have found a new way for malefactors to exploit Intel CPUs.
Doctoral student Riccardo Paccagnella, mast... Read more
SOHO combines Azure and Oracle Cloud via interconnect
Setting up a so-called interconnect between the Microsoft Azure Cloud and the Oracle Cloud has been possible for some time now. This gives you a fast private connection between the two cloud environments and enables applications to be active in both environments. This feature is not yet very well k... Read more
Nvidia closes acquisition of Mellanox for 6.9 billion dollars
Nvidia has completed the acquisition of Mellanox for an amount of 6.9 billion dollar. The acquisition was announced last year.
On the 17th of April, Nvidia announced that the agreement had been approved by all relevant authorities to proceed. The China State Administration for Market Regulati... Read more
Intel shrugs faster CXL interconnect for data centers
Intel and other technology companies join forces in a consortium to develop Compute Express Link. This is a new standard for high-speed interconnects between cpus and purpose-built accelerator chips in data centres.
Compute Express Link (CXL) was born four years ago within Intel and is now being lau... Read more