The UK government’s G-Cloud purchasing agreement was hailed – from the time of its launch in spring 2012 – as a model for how all government departments would buy their IT. G-Cloud contracts were initially capped at 12 months in length, to give buyers the freedom to switch out their cloud providers regularly for cost…
The UK government’s G-Cloud procurement framework: Everything you need to know Read More »
We’re here in sunny San Jose California for the return of an event that’s been a long-time coming: NVIDIA’s in-person GTC. The Spring 2024 event, NVIDIA’s marquee event for the year, promises to be a big one for NVIDIA, as the company is due to deliver updates on its all-important datacenter accelerator products – the…
The NVIDIA GTC 2024 Keynote Live Blog (Starts at 1:00pm PT/20:00 UTC) Read More »
Cloud-first IT strategies seem to be falling out of favour with technology decision-makers and business leaders, suggests data from the TechTarget/ESG 2024 Technology Spending Intentions study. More than 1,400 technology decision-makers and business leaders participated in the study, which aims to shine a light on the IT investment priorities of enterprises around the world over…
The Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) has announced this week that the next-generation interconnection consortium has grown to 55 members. And as the group works towards developing the initial version of their ultra-fast Ethernet standard, they have released some of the first technical details on the upcoming standard. Formed in the summer of 2023, the UEC aims…
Being the first company to ship HBM3E memory has its perks for Micron, as the company has revealed that is has managed to sell out the entire supply of its advanced high-bandwidth memory for 2024, while most of their 2025 production has been allocated, as well. Micron’s HBM3E memory (or how Micron alternatively calls it,…
Micron Sells Out Entire HBM3E Supply for 2024, Most of 2025 Read More »
The UK government insists it is already acting “responsibly” in the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) and military artificial intelligence (AI), following a warning from Lords to “proceed with caution”. However, critics say the government is failing to engage with alternative ethical perspectives, and that the response merely confirms its commitment to the…
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Nowadays many cloud service providers design their own silicon, but Amazon Web Services (AWS) started to do this ahead of its rivals and by now its Annapurna Labs subsidiary develop processors that can well compete with those from AMD and Intel. This week AWS introduced its Graviton4 SoC, a 96-core ARM-based chip that promises to…
Amazon Unveils Graviton4: A 96-Core ARM CPU with 536.7 GBps Memory Bandwidth Read More »
Amazon Web Services this week introduced Trainium2, its new accelerator for artificial intelligence (AI) workload that tangibly increases performance compared to its predecessor, enabling AWS to train foundation models (FMs) and large language models (LLMs) with up to trillions of parameters. In addition, AWS has set itself an ambitious goal to enable its clients to…
Amazon’s Trainium2 AI Accelerator Features 96 GB of HBM, Quadruples Training Performance Read More »
The Post Office has extended a controversial agreement with IT supplier Fujitsu that will see it support two datacentres to the end of March 2025, at a total additional cost of £36m. Combined with an announcement earlier this year that a services contact with Fujitsu to support the Post Office’s branch accounting system, Horizon, was…
Controversial Fujitsu contract with Post Office extended again Read More »
The rise of cloud services and internet connectivity means that (almost) all business solutions are now software. Developers are fortunate to live in a time where there is a steady flow of new tools to support the creative development process. They empower engineers to experiment with ideas, which is ultimately a great thing for the…
The future of business software will put users front and centre Read More »
