Computer data storage

Turbocharging the Engine: KX Unleashes AI-First Transformation with kdb+

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

“For three decades, kdb+ has been at the core of our innovation, empowering the transformation of data into actionable insights.

Key Points: 
  • “For three decades, kdb+ has been at the core of our innovation, empowering the transformation of data into actionable insights.
  • This new version of kdb+ reaffirms our commitment to delivering simplicity, performance, and efficiency across the KX product suite, driving forward the AI-first ambitions of global organizations.
  • The latest enhancements to kdb+ are designed to efficiently manage and analyze the vast datasets needed for generative AI with unparalleled efficiency and scalability.
  • Customers will realize significantly faster data ingestion rates, enhanced query execution speeds, and a marked decrease in storage expenditure.

StorPool Improves Support for VMware Alternative Apache CloudStack

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

StorPool Storage today announced that it has extended the capabilities of its Apache CloudStack integration in light of skyrocketing demand from VMware customers.

Key Points: 
  • StorPool Storage today announced that it has extended the capabilities of its Apache CloudStack integration in light of skyrocketing demand from VMware customers.
  • CloudStack is becoming increasingly popular with VMware customers looking to reduce vendor lock-in, optimize the cost of their IT environments, and future-proof their businesses.
  • StorPool extends the HA feature by adding a mechanism that overcomes the NFS primary storage heartbeat dependency to extend KVM host high availability for non-NFS storage in Apache CloudStack environments.
  • Future enhancements will support KVM host HA for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) deployments with CloudStack compute and StorPool storage running concurrently on the same servers.

Intel Unleashes 2.7x Performance per Rack Improvement for 5G Core

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Monday, February 26, 2024

“Communication service providers require greater infrastructure efficiency as 5G core networks continue to build out.

Key Points: 
  • “Communication service providers require greater infrastructure efficiency as 5G core networks continue to build out.
  • With the majority of 5G core networks deployed on Intel Xeon processors today, Intel is uniquely positioned to address these efficiency challenges.
  • Intel Xeon next-gen processors, code-named Sierra Forest, launching later this year will offer up to 288 cores and help operators recognize a 2.7x performance per rack1 improvement – an industry leading performance per rack for 5G Core workloads2.
  • Intel is collaborating closely with operators and 5G core software suppliers to deploy the new processors and Intel Infrastructure Power Manager software.

Mavenir in Collaboration with Intel Delivers Optimised Performance and Power Efficiency for 4G and 5G Open vRAN Solution

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Saturday, February 24, 2024

The move to Intel’s recent processors for vRAN marks the latest solution optimisation for Mavenir, which has driven Open RAN momentum through three generations of Intel Xeon Scalable processors.

Key Points: 
  • The move to Intel’s recent processors for vRAN marks the latest solution optimisation for Mavenir, which has driven Open RAN momentum through three generations of Intel Xeon Scalable processors.
  • Mavenir's Open vRAN solution, powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost, offers an exceptional suite of performance, functionality, and integrated artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) application for the next generation 4G and 5G networks.
  • Mavenir has built a close and long-standing technology collaboration with Intel, and the adoption of Intel’s processors enables the development of more efficient and cost-effective RANs.
  • BG Kumar, President, Access Networks, Platforms and Digital Enablement for Mavenir commented: “Mavenir values our ongoing collaboration with Intel, which is leading the industry in driving forward high-performance and sustainable Open vRAN solutions for 4G and 5G networks.

Hammerspace Unveils the Fastest File System in the World for Training Enterprise AI Models at Scale

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

A Hyperscale NAS architecture provides the best architecture for training effective models, speeding time-to-market and time-to-insight, and ultimately deriving business value from data.

Key Points: 
  • A Hyperscale NAS architecture provides the best architecture for training effective models, speeding time-to-market and time-to-insight, and ultimately deriving business value from data.
  • “These organizations require the performance and cost-effective scale of HPC parallel file systems and must meet enterprise requirements for ease of use and data security.
  • Hyperscale NAS is a fundamentally different NAS architecture that allows organizations to use the best of HPC technology without compromising enterprise standards.”
    The Hyperscale NAS architecture has now been proven to be the fastest file system in the world for enterprise and web-scale AI training.
  • It's the system used for training large language models (LLMs) and is now being used in businesses for computing with GPUs and training generative AI models.

Kawasaki Robotics partners with Olis Robotics to offer remote monitoring and control of its industrial robots

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Olis Robotics , a leader in the remote error recovery for industrial robots, announces a new partnership with Kawasaki Robotics Inc. , a leading supplier of industrial robots and automation systems, to offer their customers the ability to restart production faster, reduce troubleshooting and downtime costs by up to 90%, and gain access to expert support quickly.

Key Points: 
  • Olis Robotics , a leader in the remote error recovery for industrial robots, announces a new partnership with Kawasaki Robotics Inc. , a leading supplier of industrial robots and automation systems, to offer their customers the ability to restart production faster, reduce troubleshooting and downtime costs by up to 90%, and gain access to expert support quickly.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240222231100/en/
    The Olis remote monitoring and error recovery solution is available with all Kawasaki robot models starting Q2, 2024.
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    Olis users connect directly to their robots through an on-premises device via a secure connection, avoiding the risks and complexities associated with cloud-based systems.
  • To ensure physical safety, Olis is designed to always obey the robot controller’s safety restrictions.

Renesas Develops Embedded MRAM Macro that Achieves over 200MHz Fast Random-Read Access and a 10.4 MB/s Fast Write Throughput for High Performance MCUs

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

It achieves a random read access frequency of over 200 MHz and a write throughput of 10.4-megabytes-per-second (MB/s).

Key Points: 
  • It achieves a random read access frequency of over 200 MHz and a write throughput of 10.4-megabytes-per-second (MB/s).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240221234586/en/
    Renesas test chip with breakthrough fast write and fast read technology.
  • As IoT and AI technologies continue to advance, MCUs used in endpoint devices are expected to deliver higher performance than ever.
  • To address these challenges, Renesas has developed the following new circuit technologies to achieve faster read and write operations in MRAM.

Arcitecta Unveils New Capabilities for Cross-Global Collaboration, Allowing Customers to Focus on the Value of Data, Not Its Management

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Monday, February 19, 2024

Highspeed data transmission is a crucial component of modern data management and storage fabrics to enable a global mesh of managed data.

Key Points: 
  • Highspeed data transmission is a crucial component of modern data management and storage fabrics to enable a global mesh of managed data.
  • Livewire was initially designed for high-latency, high-performance network environments and wide-area networks (WAN) with latencies exceeding 200 milliseconds.
  • The new Mediaflux Livewire enhancements solve the problem of transmitting large amounts of data over very low-bandwidth and unreliable network connections.
  • Livewire is integrated within the Mediaflux metadata-driven ecosystem, allowing all Mediaflux systems and capabilities to seamlessly work together across different network topologies.

Huawei Announces Flash Forward Action Plan to Help Enterprises Address Data Challenges in the Intelligent Era

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

BARCELONA, Spain, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At MWC Barcelona 2024, Huawei unveiled its Flash Forward action plan, which promotes actions related to three key areas, namely, all flash for all scenarios, greenness and sustainability, and data resilience and reliability, to help enterprises address various data challenges in the intelligent era.

Key Points: 
  • BARCELONA, Spain, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At MWC Barcelona 2024, Huawei unveiled its Flash Forward action plan, which promotes actions related to three key areas, namely, all flash for all scenarios, greenness and sustainability, and data resilience and reliability, to help enterprises address various data challenges in the intelligent era.
  • Thanks to its high performance, low power consumption, and high reliability, flash storage is now widely used in multiple core-enterprise-application scenarios.
  • According to Gartner, the global all-flash storage market will account for more than 90% of the storage market by 2026.
  • Michael Qiu, President of Huawei Global Data Storage Marketing & Solution Sales, said, "We hope to inspire customers in various industries to build an efficient, green, resilient, and reliable data infrastructure through our actions related to Flash Forward action plan.

Kingland launches Data Refinery as a next generation data platform

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa and FORT MYERS, Fla., Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kingland Systems ("Kingland"), a leading enterprise data, risk, and compliance software provider, announces the launch of Data Refinery, a cloud-based data & analytics platform that enables enterprises to manage end-to-end data refinement activities.

Key Points: 
  • CLEAR LAKE, Iowa and FORT MYERS, Fla., Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kingland Systems ("Kingland"), a leading enterprise data, risk, and compliance software provider, announces the launch of Data Refinery, a cloud-based data & analytics platform that enables enterprises to manage end-to-end data refinement activities.
  • With the Data Refinery platform, enterprises can aggregate and analyze, prepare and blend, and remediate data for higher-value use.
  • The Data Refinery Platform represents Kingland's 5th generation of software, designed to the unique needs of large enterprises operating in data-intensive, highly-regulated industries.
  • Only Kingland Data Refinery connects critical data, core systems, and disparate data tools to orchestrate efficient data projects in a governed, secure, and repeatable way.