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MacStadium Secures Two Patents to Further Expand Innovation Across Apple Enterprise Cloud Deployments

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

MacStadium’s helmets, which sit atop a Mac mini or Mac Studio, are specifically designed to retrofit the company’s current shelving offering.

Key Points: 
  • MacStadium’s helmets, which sit atop a Mac mini or Mac Studio, are specifically designed to retrofit the company’s current shelving offering.
  • Leveraging 3D printing technology to rapidly prototype and refine the design, this innovation dramatically reduces time-to-market and yields very low cost per unit.
  • “MacStadium has been and remains at the forefront of Apple enterprise innovation.
  • The patents come after MacStadium announced Orka Workspace with Pulse , designed to enable high-definition audio and visual streaming on virtual Mac desktops via any HTML5-supported browser.

Apple Reveals Vision Pro Headset, Mac Upgrades, and More from WWDC 2023; More Info at B&H

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

NEW YORK, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- B&H is pleased to announce that on Monday, June 5, 2023, Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) showcased a slate of brand-new hardware, including a 15" MacBook Air, a Mac Studio with M2 Max, and the latest Apple silicon called M2 Ultra, which finds its way to both the Mac Studio and Mac Pro. The remainder of the event focused on the latest features heading to iOS 17, iPadOS, and macOS, such as a mental health-focused daily journaling tool for the iPhone alongside several other quality-of-life-based updates.

Key Points: 
  • Apple is also kicking off the long-awaited mixed reality headset officially called the Apple Vision Pro.
  • This WWDC marked the addition of a Apple 15" version of the MacBook Air , which claims the title of lightest MacBook in the Apple family.
  • According to Apple, the new Air is 12x faster than its fastest Intel®-based Air and twice as fast as a comparable Core™ i7-powered PC.
  • M2 Ultra is also coming to the Mac Pro for users who need all that performance alongside PCIe expansion.

Apple introduces M2 Ultra

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Apple® today announced M2 Ultra, a new system on a chip (SoC) that delivers huge performance increases to the Mac® and completes the M2 family.

Key Points: 
  • Apple® today announced M2 Ultra, a new system on a chip (SoC) that delivers huge performance increases to the Mac® and completes the M2 family.
  • M2 Ultra consists of 134 billion transistors — 20 billion more than M1 Ultra.
  • 3 Testing was conducted by Apple in April 2023 using preproduction Mac Studio systems with Apple M2 Ultra, 76-core GPU, and 192GB of RAM, as well as a PC system with NVIDIA RTX A6000 graphics with 48GB GDDR6.
  • Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac Studio, Mac Pro, UltraFusion, and ProRes are trademarks of Apple.

Blackmagic Design Announces New DeckLink IP HD

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Sunday, April 16, 2023

DeckLink IP HD features 3 channels of capture and playback to 2110 IP broadcast systems via a single RJ45 style Ethernet connection.

Key Points: 
  • DeckLink IP HD features 3 channels of capture and playback to 2110 IP broadcast systems via a single RJ45 style Ethernet connection.
  • DeckLink IP HD Optical features 3 channels of capture and playback to 2110 IP broadcast systems via an SFP based optical fiber Ethernet connection.
  • Plus DeckLink IP HD and DeckLink IP HD Optical are low profile, so they can be installed in rack mount servers.
  • Product photos of the DeckLink IP, as well as all other Blackmagic Design products, are available at www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/images .

MacStadium Announces Inaugural User Conference, Showcases World-Class Enterprise Mac Virtualization and Cloud Solutions for macOS

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

The companys invitation-only 2022 MacStadium User Conference will highlight its proprietary enterprise Mac virtualization and cloud solutions.

Key Points: 
  • The companys invitation-only 2022 MacStadium User Conference will highlight its proprietary enterprise Mac virtualization and cloud solutions.
  • Among them is MacStadiums proprietary Orchestration of Kubernetes on Apple (Orka) platform that uniquely solves Mac DevOps and Mac virtualization complexities and IT teams Mac virtual-desktop needs.
  • MacStadium also boasts a first-to-market, rackable Mac Studio cloud solution and can reduce IT employee on-boarding by eight to 12 weeks.
  • Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Atlanta, MacStadium is a software-as-a-service leader delivering scalable and secure enterprise cloud solutions exclusively for macOS.

OWC Introduces Flex 1U4 4-Bay Thunderbolt Rackmount Storage and Docking Solution

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

OWC, the premier zero-emissions Mac and PC technology company, and a respected provider of Memory , External Drives , SSDs , Mac & PC Docking Solutions , Network Attached Storage , and Performance Upgrade Kits , announces the OWC Flex 1U4 4-Bay Thunderbolt rackmount storage and docking Solution.

Key Points: 
  • OWC, the premier zero-emissions Mac and PC technology company, and a respected provider of Memory , External Drives , SSDs , Mac & PC Docking Solutions , Network Attached Storage , and Performance Upgrade Kits , announces the OWC Flex 1U4 4-Bay Thunderbolt rackmount storage and docking Solution.
  • The OWC Flex 1U4 is a highly flexible professional-grade 4-bay Thunderbolt storage and docking solution for gaining powerful new rackmount workflow possibilities.
  • With FLEX in its name, you can count on the OWC Flex 1U4 to be your rackmount workflow game-changer.
  • OWC ThunderBay Flex 8: Take control of your media workflow with the worlds first 3-in-1 Thunderbolt storage, docking, and PCIe expansion desktop solution.

High-End Server Market - Evolving Opportunities with Acer Inc. and Apple Inc.|38% of Growth to Originate from North America |17000+ Technavio Reports

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

NEW YORK, March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 38% of the growth will originate from North America for the high-end server market.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 38% of the growth will originate from North America for the high-end server market.
  • The US isthe key market for high-end servers in North America.
  • Market growth in this region will be fasterthan the growth of the market in South America and MEA.
  • One of the main drivers of high-end server market growth is the increased demand for edge computing.

AMD Radeon™ PRO W6600X GPU for Mac Pro Unleashes New Creative Possibilities for Design and Content Creation Professionals

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced availability of the new AMD Radeon™ PRO W6600X GPU for Mac Pro, developed to help professional users push the limits of what is possible. Built on the award-winning AMD RDNA™ 2 architecture, AMD Infinity Cache™ and other advanced technologies, the new GPU delivers stunning visuals and exceptional performance to power a variety of today’s popular professional applications and workloads.

Key Points: 
  • AMD Radeon PRO W6000X Series GPUs provide several graphics options for Mac Pro, which is engineered for extreme performance, expandability and configurability.
  • The new AMD Radeon PRO W6600X GPU delivers an outstanding combination of image quality and exceptional performance, helping enable Mac Pro users to achieve amazing levels of productivity and creativity.
  • Users can also select from several other powerful AMD GPUs to power an extensive range of professional workloads, including the previously announced AMD Radeon PRO W6900X, AMD Radeon PRO W6800X and AMD Radeon PRO W6800X Duo GPUs.
  • The AMD Radeon PRO W6600X GPU completes the AMD Radeon PRO W6000X product family, providing a mid-range solution with great performance for graphics-rich content creation, said Scott Herkelman, senior vice president and general manager, Graphics Business Unit at AMD.

Apple Unveils M1 Ultra, the World’s Most Powerful Chip for a Personal Computer

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220308005930/en/
    M1 Ultra is the worlds most powerful and capable chip for a personal computer.
  • With its powerful CPU, massive GPU, incredible Neural Engine, ProRes hardware acceleration, and huge amount of unified memory, M1 Ultra completes the M1 family as the worlds most powerful and capable chip for a personal computer.
  • To build M1 Ultra, the die of two M1 Max are connected using UltraFusion, Apples custom-built packaging architecture.
  • Apple has introduced Apple silicon to nearly every Mac in the current lineup, and each new chip M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, and now M1 Ultra unleashes amazing capabilities for the Mac.

High-End Server Market - Evolving Opportunities with Acer Inc. and Apple Inc. |38% of Growth to Originate from North America |17000+ Technavio Reports

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 38% of the growth will originate from North America for the high-end server market.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 38% of the growth will originate from North America for the high-end server market.
  • The US isthe key market for high-end servers in North America.
  • Market growth in this region will be fasterthan the growth of the market in South America and MEA.
  • Data Center Server Market -The data center server market size is expected to reach a value of USD 83.91 billion, at a CAGR of 15.17%, during 2021-2025.