IT Infrastructure Round-Up: Emerging Trends in Infrastructure and Connectivity (Nov 2024)
November was a busy month of announcements in infrastructure and connectivity, revealing a convergence of innovation to meet the stringent demands of AI-driven workloads, scalability, and cost efficiency.
SC24: Shaping the Future of IT with High-Performance Computing and AI
Last week’s Supercomputing 2024 (SC24) conference in Atlanta brought together IT leaders, researchers, and industry innovators to unveil advancements in HPC and AI, with even a little quantum computing thrown in.
OCP Global Summit 2024: Key Announcements
At the recent OCP Global Summit 2024, the organization unveiled several major initiatives highlighting OCP’s commitment to driving innovation and fostering collaboration in the tech ecosystem. This includes expanding its AI Strategic Initiative with contributions from NVIDIA and Meta, new alliances for sustainability and standardization, and the launch of an open chiplet marketplace.
Research Note: Supermicro’s New Datacenter Scale Liquid Cooling
Supermicro recently announced a comprehensive, end-to-end liquid cooling solution for data centers. The solution encompasses critical hardware components such as Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs), cold plates, Coolant Distribution Manifolds (CDMs), cooling towers, and integrated management software.
Research Brief: Impact of New VMware Bundles & Pricing
This Research Brief explores the impact of VMware’s recent announcements of its consolidated its offerings into two primary bundles, while also adjusting price.
Dell Partners with Hugging Face & Meta for Enterprise AI
Dell and Hugging Face are working together to aid enterprise adoption of AI by providing a platform where businesses can easily select, deploy, and fine-tune AI models for their specific use cases using Dell’s infrastructure.
Research Note: AMD’s new MI300X & MI300A AI Accelerators
AMD recently announced its new MI300x and MI300a AI accelerators, its most significant challenge to NVIDIA yet.
Research Note: Lenovo Fiscal Q2 2024 Earnings
This Research Note explores Lenovo Group Limited’s financial and operational performance across its distinct business units in its Fiscal Q2 2024. Focusing on the Solutions and Services Group (SSG), Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), and Intelligent Device Group (IDG), looking at each business unit’s contributions to Lenovo’s overall business strategy.