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Microsoft has signed deal with CoreWeave for AI computing power, say sources
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Microsoft has signed deal with CoreWeave for AI computing power, say sources by Paul Hill Microsoft has signed a deal with CoreWeave, a provider of AI computing power, that could be worth billions of dollars over a number of years. The news was disclosed by sources familiar with the matter, to CNBC. While Microsoft and CoreWeave have failed to confirm the information, the sources told CNBC that the deal was made to ensure that OpenAI’s ChatGPT had enough computing power going forward. Through a partnership with Microsoft, OpenAI currently uses Microsoft Azure infrastructure to run ChatGPT, which is resource intensive. It seems that the agreement was made earlier this year. In recent weeks, we’ve seen the price of NVIDIA’s shares rocket up as investors anticipate higher earnings for the company on the back of generative AI services like ChatGPT. CoreWeave offers cloud computing services also powered by NVIDIA hardware. The revelation about this deal comes just one day after CoreWeave announced that it had secured $200 million in a Series B funding extension, bringing the round’s total to $421 million. The $200 million was invested by Magnetar Capital. According to CoreWeave, the funding is helping it fill a gap in the market that legacy cloud computing providers are struggling to fill. “By combining easy access to high-powered GPUs for training AI models with fast and flexible infrastructure and by focusing on a specific type of compute, CoreWeave continues to differentiate itself from other companies in the space,” said Ernie Rogers, Magnetar’s chief operating officer. “Magnetar believes CoreWeave sits in a sweet spot for enabling world-class results across a number of industries. We are proud to have been the lead investor for CoreWeave’s Series B funding round and its extension.” Now that knowledge of this agreement is public, it could add even more fuel to NVIDIA’s stock price as it suggests the company could see even more demand for its products as CoreWeave seeks to provide resources for Microsoft and OpenAI. Source: CNBC -
Save 96% off this 2023 Ultimate Cloud Foundation Certification Bundle
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Save 96% off this 2023 Ultimate Cloud Foundation Certification Bundle by Steven Parker Kickstart your career in IT & become a tech expert with 5 courses on CompTIA Cloud, AWS, & Azure Today's highlighted deal comes via our Online Courses section of the Neowin Deals store where you can save 96% off this 2023 Ultimate Cloud Foundation Certification Bundle. This bundle consists of the following courses: CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) iCollege 26 Lessons (8.15h) CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) iCollege 29 Lessons (23.06h) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) iCollege 49 Lessons (12.22h) Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) (v2) iCollege 53 Lessons (6.47h) Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) iCollege 60 Lessons (32.58h) Here's the deal: This 2023 Ultimate Cloud Foundation Certification Bundle normally costs $1,495 but it can be yours for just $49.99, that's a saving of $1,445.01 (96% off). For a full description, specs, and instructor info please click the link below. Ultimate Cloud Foundation Certification Bundle for $49.99 More Neowin Deals. We post these because we earn commission on each sale so as not to rely solely on advertising, which many of our readers block. It all helps toward paying staff reporters, servers and hosting costs. Other ways to support Neowin The above deal not doing it for you, but still want to help? Check out the links below. Check out our partner software in the Neowin Store Buy a T-shirt at Neowin's Threadsquad Subscribe to Neowin - for $14 a year, or $28 a year for an ad-free experience Disclosure: An account at Neowin Deals is required to participate in any deals powered by our affiliate, StackCommerce. For a full description of StackCommerce's privacy guidelines, go here. Neowin benefits from shared revenue of each sale made through our branded deals site. -
Amazon's cloud computing unit plans to invest €2.5bn in Spain, boost job creation
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Amazon's cloud computing unit plans to invest €2.5bn in Spain, boost job creation by Hemant Saxena Amid recent news of Amazon laying off thousands of employees, the company has made a new announcement. The U.S.-based company is investing an amount of €2.5 billion in Spain over the coming 10 years, this will support 1,300 full-time jobs in the country. Besides accelerating digital transformation and creating a local tech community in the region, the investment will likely add €1.8 billion to the Spanish gross domestic product. Cloud computing refers to the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet. It eliminates the need to purchase, own or maintain any physical data centers and servers. As such, you can access technology services, like storage, databases, etc. on an as-needed basis from the service providers. Currently, Amazon's cloud computing unit - AWS (Amazon Web Services) occupies the largest share of cloud platforms adopted worldwide. It is then followed by Microsoft (Azure) and Google (Google Cloud Platform). Amazon claims that the expansion of its cloud computing services in Spain will drive innovation by offering businesses even greater choices for running their applications and serving end users from data centers located in the region. AWS Cloud spans 93 Availability Zones within 29 geographic regions around the world. The company has announced plans for 18 more Availability Zones and 6 more AWS Regions in Australia, Canada, India, Israel, New Zealand, and Thailand. -
Microsoft is working with Nvidia to build confidential GPUs in the cloud
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Microsoft is working with Nvidia to build confidential GPUs in the cloud by Usama Jawad Many organizations, both big and small, utilize the cloud for their data-related needs in storage and AI solutions. In order to secure the privacy and security of sensitive data, it is essential to use confidential computing. For those unaware, this is basically a set of hardware and software controls that governs how the data is being shared and used, as well as how data owners can validate these processes. Intel and AMD CPUs already enable the creation of trusted execution environments (TEEs) to power confidential computing at a CPU-level. TEEs ensure that the data remains encrypted at rest, in transit, and even in use. It also offers remote attestation to validate the configuration of the hardware and and grant data access only to required algorithms. Microsoft's confidential computing solutions on Azure utilize the same principles too. However, existing solutions are tied to TEEs being built in CPUs, so Microsoft is now looking to extend this boundary to GPUs as well, making sure that data can be securely offloaded to more powerful hardware for computation needs. This is even more important when it comes to AI workloads for organizations, and Microsoft is collaborating with Nvidia on this front. Microsoft has noted that this is not a simple implementation as it needs to protect GPUs from various attacks while ensuring that Azure host machines have adequate control for administrative activities. Even at a hardware level, the implementation should not have negative impact on thermals and performance, and ideally, should not require changes to the existing GPU microarchitecture either. The company's vision includes the following capabilities for confidential GPUs: A new mode where all sensitive state on the GPU, including GPU memory, is isolated from the host A hardware root-of-trust on the GPU chip that can generate verifiable attestations capturing all security sensitive state of the GPU, including all firmware and microcode Extensions to the GPU driver to verify GPU attestations, set up a secure communication channel with the GPU, and transparently encrypt all communications between the CPU and GPU Hardware support to transparently encrypt all GPU-GPU communications over NVLink Support in the guest operating system and hypervisor to securely attach GPUs to a CPU TEE, even if the contents of the CPU TEE are encrypted Microsoft has stated that it has already built confidential computing capabilities in Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPUs on Azure. This has been done through a new feature called Ampere Protected Memory (APM). The implementation details are highly technical in nature and you can check them out here. This solution is now available in private preview through Azure Confidential GPU VMs. Organizations can use VMs with up to four Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPUs for their Azure workloads at this point. Microsoft's next steps include ensuring the broader adoption of these practices and working with Nvidia on its Hopper architecture for further enhancements to the existing implementation. -
Intel's 'Project Endgame' is a low-latency, cloud computing platform with Arc GPUs [Update]
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Intel's 'Project Endgame' is a low-latency, cloud computing platform with Arc GPUs [Update] by Alap Naik Desai Intel is quite confident about its upcoming Arc GPUs. The company is even planning a cloud-based remote computing platform based on the Arc discrete GPU architecture. Intel’s "Project Endgame" appears to be a multi-role or multi-purpose platform that could offer a variety of graphics-intensive services through the internet. Intel’s latest investor note indicates the company is “on track” to release products that come under the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group (AXG). As the name suggests, the Visual Compute Roadmap and Strategy discusses the company’s plans for its GPUs. It mentions “Project Endgame”: Project Endgame: Project Endgame will enable users to access Intel Arc GPUs through a service for an always-accessible, low-latency computing experience. Project Endgame will be available later this year. It is apparent that Intel’s upcoming service will be powered by its own Arc discrete graphics cards. The name and description also hint at a cloud-hosted, game streaming service. However, Intel doesn’t make it clear if the service will be geared towards gaming or computing. As Project Endgame merely received two short lines of description, it is difficult to ascertain what exactly Intel is planning. The company has mentioned that Endgame will give users access to Intel Arc GPUs through a cloud service, providing a low-latency computing solution without having the required hardware at users’ premises. This seems a lot like NVIDIA GeForce Now, Amazon Luna, Microsoft xCloud, Sony PlayStation Now, Google Stadia, and so on. However, Intel has clearly refrained from explicitly stating that Project Endgame will be aimed at gamers. Moreover, there are many remotely-hosted game streaming services. Hence, it is quite likely that Intel could offer cloud-based computing solutions to workstations, perhaps similar to Microsoft Windows 365. If Intel’s Arc GPUs are powerful, they could offer capable GPU power to low-powered desktop or laptop computers through the internet. Intel’s Arc GPUs are the company’s big bet this year. This year’s iterations might not compete with the top-end models in the NVIDIA GeForce RTX series. However, they could certainly help the company secure a place in the discrete GPU market, currently dominated by NVIDIA and AMD. [Update] Intel seems to have two possible use-cases in the immediate future. The company could lend the power of Arc GPUs to run hosted Metaverse experiences and/or offer Web3/crypto services. The company has apparently indicated it is prioritizing Web3/crypto programmable GPU functionality from the Arc GPUs. (Thanks Nas for the tip) Source: Digital Trends -
Top 5 Ways that Network Security is Different in Public Clouds - Free eBook
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Top 5 Ways that Network Security is Different in Public Clouds - Free eBook by Steven Parker Claim your complimentary eBook for free today, before the offer expires! Migrating to Cloud? Understand 5 Major Differences Between Traditional Network Security vs Public Cloud Network Security. Implementing Network Security in a Multi-Cloud Environment Is a Big Change. Most enterprises are trying to adapt network security for their apps in multiple public clouds. While remaining a critical domain for security, there are major differences between network security on-premises and in public clouds - across architecture, infrastructure, and operations. We cover the top 5 differences discovered in customer conversations, what they mean, and provide recommendations on how to adapt. For most, after a period of adaptation, network security will be better, faster, and cheaper - but getting there will require some work. Valtix can help accelerate that work and get organizations there sooner. Learn how: Network security in the cloud is more relevant than ever. Scope, scale, and speed of cloud is different. Posture management as a cloud security strategy is insufficient. Download the free eBook today! How to get it Please ensure you read the terms and conditions to claim this offer. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this free offer. If you have previously made use of these free offers, you will not need to re-register. While supplies last! Free eBook: Top 5 Ways that Network Security is Different in Public Clouds Not for you? That's OK, there are other free eBooks on offer you can check out here. Ivacy VPN - 5 years at 87% off NordVPN - 2 years at up to 68% off Private Internet Access VPN - subscriptions at up to 79% off Unlocator VPN or SmartDNS - unblock Geoblock with 7-day free trial Subscribe to Neowin - for $14 a year, or $28 a year for Ad-Free experience Disable Sponsored posts · Neowin Deals · Free eBooks · Neowin Store Disclosure: A valid email address is required to fulfill your request. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this offer. By submitting a request, your information is subject to TradePub.com's Privacy Policy. -
Why Cloud Must Be a Part of Your Data/Analytics Strategy - Free OnDemand WebCast
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Why Cloud Must Be a Part of Your Data/Analytics Strategy - Free OnDemand WebCast by Steven Parker Claim your complimentary OnDemand Webcast for free, before the offer expires. Vikram Marathe, VP Data Platforms at WarnerMedia shares how cloud makes it possible to try out and iterate quickly with many different solutions and allows access to highly scalable compute and storage on demand. Quartz Network partners with top business executives to provide on demand education to help drive business forward. Membership includes access to: Q/N Solutions: the first B2B buying software for researching and finding enterprise tech in minutes Q/N Events: solutions-focused executive Summits voted #1 for the past 15+ years Q/N Presentations: strategy & straight talk with today’s leading executives By registering to watch this content, you’ll join a community of 10,000+ senior executives with full access and at no cost. How to get it Please ensure you read the terms and conditions to claim this offer. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this free offer. If you have previously made use of these free offers, you will not need to re-register. While supplies last! Why Cloud Must Be a Part of Your Data/Analytics Strategy Not for you? That's OK, there are other free eBooks on offer you can check out here. Ivacy VPN - 5 years at 87% off NordVPN - 2 years at up to 68% off Private Internet Access VPN - subscriptions at up to 79% off Unlocator VPN or SmartDNS - unblock Geoblock with 7-day free trial Subscribe to Neowin - for $14 a year, or $28 a year for Ad-Free experience Disable Sponsored posts · Neowin Deals · Free eBooks · Neowin Store Disclosure: A valid email address is required to fulfill your request. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this offer. By submitting a request, your information is subject to TradePub.com's Privacy Policy. -
Download the free SUSE Guide to Edge Computing in a Cloud Native World
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Download the free SUSE Guide to Edge Computing in a Cloud Native World by Steven Parker Claim your complimentary eBook for free, before the offer expires. An edge solution needs to accommodate growth from 10s to 100s to 1000s and beyond but the challenge quickly becomes one of “Management at Scale”. But you can have full lifecycle management for the Edge. What’s Inside: An overview of SUSE’s approach to a fully-managed edge solution that is Kubernetes-ready, an infrastructure layer built for the Edge, with near-zero maintenance A discussion of industry trends driving the adoption of cloud native, open source, enterprise-grade products Success stories of emerging use cases for running Kubernetes and Linux at the Edge In a world where the future of technology starts today, this guide can help your organization stay a step ahead of the rest. Download today! How to get it Please ensure you read the terms and conditions to claim this offer. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this free offer. If you have previously made use of these free offers, you will not need to re-register. While supplies last! The SUSE Guide to Edge Computing in a Cloud Native World Not for you? That's OK, there are other free eBooks on offer you can check out here. Ivacy VPN - 5 years at 87% off NordVPN - 2 years at up to 68% off Private Internet Access VPN - subscriptions at up to 79% off Unlocator VPN or SmartDNS - unblock Geoblock with 7-day free trial Subscribe to Neowin - for $14 a year, or $28 a year for Ad-Free experience Disable Sponsored posts · Neowin Deals · Free eBooks · Neowin Store Disclosure: A valid email address is required to fulfill your request. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this offer. By submitting a request, your information is subject to TradePub.com's Privacy Policy. -
Microsoft's Azure Quantum to provide Rigetti quantum computers in the cloud next year
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Microsoft's Azure Quantum to provide Rigetti quantum computers in the cloud next year by Paul Hill The quantum computing company, Rigetti, has announced that its full-stack quantum computing solution will be available on Microsoft's Azure Quantum service in the first quarter of 2022. Rigetti’s use of superconducting qubits apparently gives its computer quicker execution times and greater scaling when compared with other commercially available quantum computing solutions. Commenting on the news, Krysta Svore, General Manager of Microsoft Quantum, said: “Rigetti’s scalable approach to superconducting quantum computers will create new opportunities for the Azure Quantum development community. We’re working closely with Rigetti to deliver hybrid quantum-classical computing with the performance to tackle problems that were previously out of reach.” In related news, Rigetti is at Q2B 2021, a quantum computing conference, this week and it will be demonstrating a quantum chemistry algorithm using Microsoft’s quantum intermediate representation (QIR), running on a Rigetti quantum computer in the cloud. Through the QIR Alliance, both Rigetti and Microsoft are working to make quantum computing more interoperable which will reduce development work for all those in the space. These developments are yet another step towards ‘quantum advantage’ where quantum computers perform tasks that no classical computer can in a feasible amount of time. Last week, IDC predicted quantum computing spending would reach $8.6 billion in 2027 and that classical computing will ‘run out of steam’. -
UK's sixth biggest bank forms partnership with Microsoft by Paul Hill Microsoft has announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Virgin Money UK, the sixth biggest bank in the United Kingdom. It said that they’ve agreed to work on a cloud-based platform that will make Virgin Money UK more agile and productive. Virgin Media UK, which boasts six million customers, will move on-premise workloads to Microsoft’s Azure platform. It hopes it can use Microsoft’s tools and services to implement a more straightforward IT infrastructure that’s easier to scale to support future growth, efficiency and improve software development times. Commenting on the announcement, David Duffy, Chief Executive of Virgin Money UK, said: “This partnership with Microsoft is an important element of our digital first strategy. The partnership will drive efficiencies by simplifying our existing IT infrastructure and enable faster development times to help us grow, while empowering our colleagues to build a market-leading digital customer experience at scale.” The announcement by the two companies comes just a month after Microsoft said it was working with Virgin Money UK, among others, on Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services, a cloud offering tailored to banks and other financial institutions.
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Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu Pro now available through Azure
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Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu Pro now available through Azure by Paul Hill Canonical has announced that customers can now use Microsoft SQL Server with Ubuntu Pro on Microsoft Azure. The solution uses Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS as the base and is capable of running SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2019. Canonical said that SQL Server Web, Standard and Enterprise editions are all supported and can run on both Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS. Commenting on today’s announcement, Alex Gallagher, VP Cloud Alliances at Canonical, said: “Our customers need ways to run enterprise-grade, highly demanding and business critical data workloads on Ubuntu. This need is fully addressed with Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu Pro and Azure. This solution is a logical extension of our continued collaboration with Microsoft.” In terms of security updates, users will get 10 years of maintenance updates for Ubuntu and 10 years of extended security coverage for a range of open source programs. If you ever need help with the service, both Canonical and Microsoft will offer technical support – this is good because both Microsoft and Canonical software is being used and one or the other firm may provide you with more help based on your problem. If you’d like to learn more about getting started with Ubuntu Pro on Azure, head over to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. For Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS, prices start at just $0.002 per hour making it affordable for businesses. -
Cloud Computing For Dummies, 2nd Edition ($21 Value) - Free eBook
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Cloud Computing For Dummies, 2nd Edition ($21 Value) - Free eBook by Steven Parker Get your head--and your business--into the Cloud. Claim your complimentary eBook (worth $21) for free today, before the offer expires! Cloud computing is no longer just a clever new toy in the world of IT infrastructure. Despite the nebulous name, it’s become a real and important part of our information architecture—and tech professionals who ignore it or try to skim their way through risk falling behind rapidly. The new edition of Cloud Computing For Dummies gets you up to speed fast, clarifying your Cloud options, showing you where can save you time and money, giving you ways to frame your decisions, and helping you avoid weeks of research. In a friendly, easy-to-follow style, Cloud Computing For Dummies, 2nd Edition demystifies the Cloud’s virtual landscape, breaking up a complex and multi-layered topic into simple explanations that will make the various benefits clear and ultimately guide you toward making the most appropriate choices for your organization. Know the business case for the Cloud Understand hybrid and multi-cloud options Develop your Cloud strategy Get tips on best practices The Cloud is everywhere, and it can deliver amazing benefits to our lives and businesses. Get a much clearer vision of exactly how with Cloud Computing For Dummies—and you’ll begin to see that the sky really is the limit! Offer expires on Aug 18. How to get it Please ensure you read the terms and conditions to claim this offer. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this free offer. If you have previously made use of these free offers, you will not need to re-register. While supplies last! Cloud Computing For Dummies, 2nd Edition ($21 Value) - Free eBook Offered by Wiley, view other free resources | Limited time offer Not for you? That's OK, there are other free eBooks on offer you can check out here. Ivacy VPN - 5 years at 87% off NordVPN - 2 years at up to 68% off Private Internet Access VPN - subscriptions at up to 79% off Unlocator VPN or SmartDNS - unblock Geoblock with 7-day free trial Subscribe to Neowin - for $14 a year, or $28 a year for Ad-Free experience Giveaways: Apple Giveaway | Gaming Giveaway | Amazon Giveaway Disable Sponsored posts · Neowin Deals · Free eBooks · Neowin Store Disclosure: A valid email address is required to fulfill your request. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this offer. By submitting a request, your information is subject to TradePub.com's Privacy Policy. -
The world's first diamond-based quantum accelerator to be deployed in Perth
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The world's first diamond-based quantum accelerator to be deployed in Perth by Ather Fawaz Australian startup Quantum Brilliance announced today that its diamond-based quantum accelerator is slated to be deployed at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Perth, Australia. The startup is backed by The Australian National University and the installation is a part of Pawsey's Quantum Pioneer Program, which aims to push quantum computing research in domains like machine learning, logistics, defense, aerospace, and finance. The firm expects to complete installation by June this year. Once that is done, Pawsey will become one of the few data centers in the world that currently house a ready-to-use quantum computer hosted on the cloud. The key thing to note about the startup's quantum accelerators is that they do not require cryogenic temperatures to operate optimally. By using the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in synthetic diamonds, Quantum Brilliance was able to mediate the effect of magnetic impurities and thermal vibrations in its accelerator. The firm debuted this system last year in March claiming that its qubits have the longest coherence time of any solid-state electron spin at room temperature. This is a concrete step towards the firm's aim to commercialize quantum computers and deploy them in data centers, hospitals, and mines for research, business, and traditional use cases. “It has been a privilege working towards this goal with the fantastic team at Pawsey. We are only starting to see how quantum accelerators can transform industries in Australia and around the world,” said Quantum Brilliance CEO Andrew Horsley, Ph.D. “Because of our unique diamond-based technology, customers can run our quantum computers themselves, and we provide them a full set of tools to explore how quantum can help create new capabilities. We are one of a very small handful of companies with the capability to deliver quantum computing hardware directly to customers.” “I am delighted to see active industry and researcher engagement with quantum computing,” said Pawsey’s Executive Director Mark Stickells. “We are excited to explore the potential of this technology for Australian researchers to further accelerate their scientific workflows using the potential of quantum computing within the advanced infrastructure of a national research supercomputing center.” -
Nokia partners with Microsoft to integrate Cloud RAN with Azure
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Nokia partners with Microsoft to integrate Cloud RAN with Azure by Paul Hill Nokia and Microsoft have formed a new partnership that will see Nokia integrate its Cloud RAN technology with Microsoft’s Azure to boost end-user functionality in business scenarios. The partnership is one part of Nokia’s strategy to partner with cloud providers to deliver for end-user businesses looking to monetise their 4G and 5G deployments. Commenting on the partnership, Yousef Khalidi, Corporate Vice President, Azure for Operators at Microsoft said: “Microsoft believes in the importance of an open and interoperable ecosystem of solutions on the Azure carrier grade platform. Our collaboration with Nokia across multiple potential use cases, based on specific customer demand, will provide operators with choices on how the best adopt cloud technology in concert with their 5G updates to drive new revenue streams, reduce cost and future proof their network investment.” Under the agreement, Nokia will combine its mobile networks solutions such as Cloud RAN, Open RAN, Radio Intelligent Controller (RIC) and multi-access edge cloud (MEC) with the Azure Private Edge Zone which enables data processing near to the end-users which solves any latency issues. Additionally, Nokia’s 5G RAN will be integrated with Azure 4G/5G core and the two firms will investigate how the Nokia AirFrame Open Edge server can be deployed as part of a telco edge strategy. Today’s announcement marks just the first steps of collaboration between the two companies; according to Nokia, they will also look into additional areas where they can work together including network slicing. -
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Save 98% off this 2021 Cloud Computing Architect Certification Bundle by Steven Parker Today's highlighted deal comes via our Online Courses section of the Neowin Deals store, where you can save 98% off this 2021 Cloud Computing Architect Certification Bundle. Be a savant in solving latency issues and improving overall tech processes with 21 hours of content on cloud computing, microservices, and machine learning. This bundle consists of the following courses: Cloud Computing for Beginners: Infrastructure as a Service Learn the Technology, Concept & Market Use Cases of Infrastructure as a Service Model in Public Cloud Computing Getting Started with Cloud Computing Start Your Journey In the Cloud Computing Revolution Becoming a Cloud Expert: Microsoft Azure IaaS, Level 1 Plan, Deploy, & Monitor Virtual Machines Becoming a Cloud Expert: Microsoft Azure IaaS, Level 2 Monitor the Performance, Health, & Availability of Azure Services and Your Cloud Resources Becoming a Cloud Expert: Microsoft Azure IaaS, Level 3 Design a Resilient & Scalable Cloud Solution Using Traffic Load Balancers, Availability Sets, and Scale Sets A Beginner's Guide to a Microservices Architecture Learn the Microservices overall Architecture, Building Blocks, Key Advantages, Challenges & Industry Case Studies Machine Learning for Absolute Beginners: Level 1 Learn the Basics of Machine Learning & AI Even with No Prior Knowledge Machine Learning for Absolute Beginners: Level 2 Learn the Python Fundamentals & Pandas Library for Data Science Projects Machine Learning for Absolute Beginners: Level 3 Master Data Visualization & Perform Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) Using Python, Matplotlib, and Seaborn Good to know Certificate of completion included Length of time users can access this course: lifetime Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase Updates included For a full description, specs, and instructor info, click here. Here's the deal: The 2021 Cloud Computing Architect Certification Bundle normally costs* $1,800, but you can pick it up for just $29.99 for a limited time - that represents a saving of $1,770.01 (98%) off. Get this deal, or learn more about it See all discounted Online Courses. This is a time-limited offer. Get $1 credit for every $25 spent · Give $10, Get $10 · 10% off for first-time buyers. Not for you? That's OK, there are other deals on offer you can check out here. Home Gym Giveaway | Ultimate Gaming Giveaway (feat. PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X) Ivacy VPN - 5 year subscription for just $1 per month NordVPN - 2 year subscription at up to 68% off Private Internet Access VPN - subscriptions at up to 71% off Unlocator VPN or SmartDNS - unblock Geoblock with 7-day free trial Neowin Store for our preferred partners. Subscribe to Neowin - for $14 a year, or $28 a year for Ad-Free experience Disable Sponsored posts · Neowin Deals · Free eBooks · Neowin Store Disclosure: This is a StackCommerce deal or giveaway in partnership with Neowin; an account at StackCommerce is required to participate in any deals or giveaways. For a full description of StackCommerce's privacy guidelines, go here. Neowin benefits from shared revenue of each sale made through our branded deals site, and it all goes toward the running costs. -
Microsoft teams up with Cruise and GM to help commercialize self-driving vehicles
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Microsoft teams up with Cruise and GM to help commercialize self-driving vehicles by Hamza Jawad In recent months, Microsoft has formed cloud-centric partnerships with a variety of different firms, including Standard Chartered, Mastercard, PepsiCo, and more. Today, the tech giant has announced that it is teaming up with Cruise and General Motors (GM) to help commercialize the former's self-driving vehicles. This is not the first time the Redmond firm has aimed to accelerate the development of self-driving tech through different collaborations. As part of this team-up, Cruise has chosen Azure as its preferred cloud provider, with GM also leveraging it as its preferred public cloud provider. Cruise is hoping that the increased cloud computing capabilities on offer will help make the process of commercializing its unique autonomous vehicle solutions at scale more efficient. On the other end, Microsoft will be looking to enhance its product innovation by availing Cruise's industry expertise. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella commented on this collaboration in the following way: "Advances in digital technology are redefining every aspect of our work and life, including how we move people and goods. As Cruise and GM's preferred cloud, we will apply the power of Azure to help them scale and make autonomous transportation mainstream." In addition to this, Microsoft, GM, Honda, and institutional investors are also going to be making a combined equity investment in Cruise, standing at more than $2 billion, and pushing the post-money valuation of the self-driving car service to $30 billion. -
AWS announces two substantial updates to Amazon Braket
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AWS announces two substantial updates to Amazon Braket by Ather Fawaz Back in August, Amazon Braket hit general availability. The service provides remote access to quantum computing simulators and real quantum hardware hosted on the cloud. Since then, it's been integrated into high-end services like Orquestra to enable better quantum software development, especially for enterprise users. Building on this, AWS announced today that Amazon Braket will now support PennyLane, which is an open-source software framework for hybrid quantum computing and quantum machine learning applications. Image via PennyLane Braket's integration with PennyLane should allow customers to train quantum circuits the same way they would train a traditional neural network using common machine learning libraries due to PennyLane's native support for PyTorch and TensorFlow. AWS claims that the quantum circuit's training process will be sped up by up to ten times since the library exploits parallelism. PennyLane is pre-installed in Braket notebooks and you can also install the Braket-PennyLane plugin in your IDE. Once you do this, you can train quantum circuits as you would train neural networks, while also making use of familiar machine learning libraries such as PyTorch and TensorFlow. When you use PennyLane on the managed simulators that are included in Amazon Braket, you can train your circuits up to 10 times faster by using parallel circuit execution. Furthermore, AWS has expanded the choice of simulators available on Braket as well. In addition to the state vector simulator, which could simulate a 34-qubit quantum computer, the newly added tensor network simulator can simulate up to 50 qubits for certain circuits. It does so by constructing a graph of the quantum circuit to find an optimized way to process it. Amazon says that the new tensor network simulator is especially powerful for sparse circuits, circuits with local gates, and other circuits with inherent structure. Overall, this increased power should let customers explore and optimize quantum algorithms at a larger qubit scale. -
Microsoft unveils Azure Purview, a new data governance platform
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Microsoft unveils Azure Purview, a new data governance platform by Hamza Jawad In recent Azure news, Microsoft launched the Az Predictor to improve the usability of Azure PowerShell last month, while the renowned Battle Royale title PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was also announced to be getting hosted using the Redmond firm's cloud platform soon. Earlier this year, meanwhile, Microsoft announced deeper integration between Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI. Synapse Analytics, the data unifying service which combines data engineering, machine learning, and business intelligence capabilities to eliminate silos has now reached general availability. Alongside this announcement, Microsoft also unveiled Azure Purview, a unified data governance platform to automate the discovery of data and cataloging. The purpose of Purview is to allow the mapping of all data present within an organization, ensuring that companies can keep track of their data regardless of where it is stored. Data that is on-premises, across clouds, in Power BI, or in SaaS applications, can be protected using mechanisms built upon Microsoft's Information Protection solution. Over 100 AI classifiers that look for sensitive data, out-of-compliance data, and personally identifiable information (PII) have been utilized to help comprehend data exposures. The key components of Azure Purview have been noted as follows: Create a unified map of your data across hybrid sources Enable effortless discovery of trusted data Discover data that powers business insights Maximize the business value of SQL Server data Provide business context with a glossary of terms Gain insight into sensitive data across your organization To get started with Azure Purview, interested parties can check out its preview here. -
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Intel announces the eASIC N5X to power 5G, AI, cloud, and edge workloads
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Intel announces the eASIC N5X to power 5G, AI, cloud, and edge workloads by Ather Fawaz Customized hardware using FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) and ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) has demonstrated promising results in computationally expensive workloads in the past. As such, we're seeing increased usage of such technologies in the industry today. Today at the Intel FPGA Technology Day, Intel announced the eASIC N5X, its latest offering in the eASIC lineup, which is the firm's intermediary technology between FPGAs and standard-cell ASICs. The eASIC N5X is set to be the first structured eASIC with an Intel FPGA compatible hard processor system. Intel claims that it also offers up to 50% lower core power and lower cost compared to FPGAs, without sacrificing the time to market and lower non-recurring engineering of ASICs. This allows customers to create power-optimized, performant, and differentiated solutions. Intel believes that FPGAs offer the best time-to-market advantage and flexibility for custom designs. Pairing them up with ASICs would provide the optimal hardware-optimized performance at a lower price point. The eASIC N5X can also be paired with the Intel Agilex FPGA family to secure workflows with features like secure boot and strict authentication. Taken together, the new eASIC N5X will be geared specifically towards accelerating customized 5G, AI, cloud, and edge workloads. Further details can be found here. -
AWS Nitro Enclaves, a service for processing sensitive data, hits general availability
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AWS Nitro Enclaves, a service for processing sensitive data, hits general availability by Ather Fawaz Image via Wall Street Journal Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the general availability of AWS Nitro Enclaves, a specific subset of elastic compute cloud (EC2) instances that focus on processing sensitive data. With this release, AWS is targeting customers in industries like defense, entertainment, media, financial services, and sciences that use the computing power of AWS Cloud instances to process sensitive data. Unlike traditional EC2 instances, Nitro Enclaves do not host persistent storage, nor do they support external networking or provide administrator or operator access. This enables Nitro Enclaves in reducing the attack surface for applications with an isolated environment that is tailored to data processing use cases. This isolation means that applications running in an Enclave remain inaccessible to other users and systems, even to users within the customer’s organization. With this isolation, the AWS Nitro Enclave owner can start and stop, or assign resources to an Enclave, but even the owner cannot see what is being processed inside of AWS Nitro Enclaves. In addition to this, it borrows the Nitro Hypervisor technology from traditional EC2 instances to provide CPU and memory isolation for the Enclaves. AWS also launched the AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) for Nitro Enclaves that protects and manages SSL and TLS certificates for their web servers hosted on EC2 instances. Nitro Enclaves will support most of Intel and AMD-based EC2 instance types that are built on the AWS Nitro System. Support for AWS Graviton2-based instances is planned for some time in the first half of the next year. Nitro Enclaves will be available in most major AWS regions. Specific details on that can be found here. If you are interested in getting started with them, you may check out this web page. -
The Six Steps to Effective Cloud Governance - Free eBook
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The Six Steps to Effective Cloud Governance - Free eBook by Steven Parker Achieve the fastest path to successful cloud adoption through effective enterprise cloud governance.. Claim this complimentary White Paper for free today, before the offer expires. What's it about? Moving to cloud is essential for enterprises to compete and thrive. But most companies struggle to understand and manage their risk. Cloud presents critical governance challenges that, left unaddressed, threaten the financial health, regulatory compliance, reputation, and customer trust that are existential requirements for almost every organization. Fortunately, the experts at Concourse Labs have created a framework that enables enterprises to observe and manage their cloud risk. By implementing these six steps, companies can achieve effective governance in the cloud. The six steps presented here are a proven path to success. Download “The Six Steps to Effective Cloud Governance” to learn about: The critical and fundamental steps all enterprises should adopt on their digital transformation journey to avoid catastrophic business impact. How Concourse developed a six-step framework model that is continuous and ongoing, delivered via a unique SaaS platform that automates every aspect of cloud governance. The unique combination of innovative technology and deep enterprise that enables security teams to have the visibility and control they need, while freeing developers to innovate at cloud speed and scale. How to get it Please ensure you read the terms and conditions to claim this offer. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this free offer. If you have previously made use of these free offers, you will not need to re-register. While supplies last! >> The Six Steps to Effective Cloud Governance - Free eBook << Offered by Splunk, view other free resources | Limited time offer Not for you? That's OK, there are other free eBooks on offer you can check out here, but be aware that these are all time-limited offers. If you are uncomfortable sharing your details with a third-party sponsor, we understand. Or via our preferred partner: Buy a 2-year plan at NordVPN and get a 68% discount – $3.71 per month (total price is $89). #NordVPN #VPN https://t.co/Yv6oxsfwgS pic.twitter.com/4wmJC9LAbs — Neowin (@NeowinFeed) August 20, 2020 How can I disable these posts? Click here. Disclosure: A valid email address is required to fulfill your request. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this offer. By submitting a request, your information is subject to TradePub.com's Privacy Policy. -
Automated Cloud Governance: The ONUG Collaborative - Free White Paper
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Automated Cloud Governance: The ONUG Collaborative - Free White Paper by Steven Parker Claim this complimentary White Paper for free today, before the offer expires. What's it about? ONUG is the largest community of global 2000 IT executives, focused on advocacy for open, interchangeable and observable hardware and software solutions. The white paper is the first project to be released by ONUG Collaborative Automated Cloud Governance Working Group, which aims to identify and provide solutions to cross-industry enterprise issues. The white paper describes a framework to achieve automated cloud governance, address lack of cloud infrastructure visibility and ensure all aspects of the deployment pipeline are protected in today’s cloud era while also initiating an industry conversation concerning the critical role governance plays in all digital transformation projects. The Automated Cloud Governance white paper seeks to initiate an industry conversation on this critical topic. The white paper’s main objectives are to focus on the industry’s need for: Cloud transparency Cloud Standardization identity and data format Cloud security center framework standardization Concourse Labs was a key contributor to this whitepaper, and we hope you find this white paper to be an important resource in your journey to achieving successful digital transformation rapidly, safely, and with assurance. How to get it Please ensure you read the terms and conditions to claim this offer. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this free offer. If you have previously made use of these free offers, you will not need to re-register. While supplies last! >> Automated Cloud Governance: The ONUG Collaborative - Free White Paper << Offered by Splunk, view other free resources | Limited time offer Not for you? That's OK, there are other free eBooks on offer you can check out here, but be aware that these are all time-limited offers. If you are uncomfortable sharing your details with a third-party sponsor, we understand. Or via our preferred partner: Buy a 2-year plan at NordVPN and get a 68% discount – $3.71 per month (total price is $89). #NordVPN #VPN https://t.co/Yv6oxsfwgS pic.twitter.com/4wmJC9LAbs — Neowin (@NeowinFeed) August 20, 2020 How can I disable these posts? Click here. Disclosure: A valid email address is required to fulfill your request. Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this offer. By submitting a request, your information is subject to TradePub.com's Privacy Policy. -
IBM says its latest POWER10 CPUs are up to 20x faster than last generation
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IBM says its latest POWER10 CPUs are up to 20x faster than last generation by Sayan Sen IBM has unveiled its latest generation of POWER CPUs dubbed, unsurprisingly, the POWER10. Like previous-gen POWER9, which launched nearly three years ago, the new CPUs are also designed to improve AI processing and are to be deployed as hybrid cloud computing solutions. For example, according to IBM's own benchmark numbers, AI inferencing performance for 8-bit integer operations can be up to a whopping 20x faster than POWER9 solutions. Not only that, single-precision FP32 performance and half-precision BFloat16 performance also see enormous gains of 10x and 15x, respectively. IBM says that the new POWER10 chips are especially optimized to work with the Red Hat OpenShift platform. With POWER10, IBM is moving down to 7nm and will be utilizing Samsung's 7nm EUV node. With this, alongside architectural improvements in the mix, IBM says that its new POWER10 processors are up to three times more energy-efficient than last gen's. A new memory sharing technology called Memory Inception is being introduced by the company which will enable several POWER10 CPUs in a cluster to utilize the same memory pool, potentially increasing processing efficiency, and in turn, saving power. In terms of security, POWER10 features hardware-accelerated AES encryption, as well as newer security protocols like quantum-safe cryptography and fully homomorphic encryption. For added security, container isolation is also present that will prevent breaches from overflowing into other non-affected containers in the same VM space. Availability wise, enterprises and other customers should be able to get their hands on POWER10 systems in the second half of 2021. -
Azure Front Door and CDN Rules Engine now generally available
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Azure Front Door and CDN Rules Engine now generally available by Hamza Jawad In recent cloud-related news, Microsoft unveiled new Azure Machine Learning courses and scholarships on Udacity. The tech giant also signed a five-year deal with John Hopkins Medicine last week, centered around the utilization of Azure. Today, Microsoft has announced that the Rules Engine for Azure Front Door (AFD) and Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) has been made generally available. The capability first became available in preview for both services back in May. The Rules Engine essentially provides new rules to offer more control and customization over the content being made available to users, and other scenarios. For Azure Front Door, in particular, HTTP request-handling can be specified at the Edge. In the preview stage, lower rule limits were provided. However, following feedback, Microsoft has increased the rule limits to allow up to 25 rules per configuration, for a total of 10 configurations. This means that 250 rules can be created across AFD, without any additional charges. CDN limits have been similarly updated. Users were previously allowed to set five rules at no extra cost. Now, additional rules can be purchased as well, on top of the limit of five free ones already being available. Moreover, match conditions within each rule can now be set up to 10, alongside five actions per rule. You can learn more about the Rules Engine for AFD here, while the CDN Rules Engine documentation can be found here.