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Cloud computing: Cloud providers seeing accelerated growth owing to the pandemic

"All of the cloud providers, whether it is in the alternative sector or the hyperscalers, have seen increased growth rates during the pandemic as remote work, streaming media and online education exploded," said Blair Lyon, VP, Cloud Experience, Linode. He said that the company has seen a growth in larger workloads being moved to the independent open cloud provider as a result of the pandemic. When interacting with clients, he said these companies accelerated their cloud journeys owing to Covid-19. Liking this story?Get one mail covering top tech news of the day in under 5 minutes!Thank you for subscribing to Tech Top 5We'll soon meet in your inbox.Please wait... "Linode's sweet spot is typically small to medium size businesses and startups. We have seen several larger companies moving their workloads to Linode over the last year," he said. "Due...

Informatica Speeds Cloud-Native Enterprise Data Management with NVIDIA Accelerated Computing

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Informatica, the enterprise cloud data management leader, today announced the availability of its serverless, Spark-based Cloud Data Integration engine that offers accelerated performance using the NVIDIA RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark with NVIDIA accelerated computing. For the first time users have access to end-to-end machine learning operations (MLOps) capabilities by operationalizing machine learning models, and to the power of data management with the scalability and speed delivered by RAPIDS data science software and NVIDIA infrastructure. This is a big milestone on the road toward data democratization and a critical step to scale up digital transformation efforts. According to Gartner, "Forty-one percent of employees outside of corporate IT are no longer just 'end users' of...

F5 Annual Survey Highlights Accelerated App Modernization and Edge Computing

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced the availability of its 2021 State of Application Strategy report. In its seventh iteration, this annual survey identifies several converging trends, many of which have been significantly impacted as organizations revamp digital experiences to address the evolving realities of COVID-era consumers. Companies have significantly sped up their digital transformation efforts in the past year, a theme anticipated to persist beyond the pandemic. With limited in-person interactions, applications—and the digital experiences they facilitate—have become synonymous with an organization’s presence and ability to thrive. “This year’s report highlights the many contrasting priorities that IT teams are currently facing. Of course, there’s the familiar one of flexibility and convenience...

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Cloud computing: Cloud providers seeing accelerated growth owing to the pandemic

Informatica Speeds Cloud-Native Enterprise Data Management with NVIDIA Accelerated Computing

F5 Annual Survey Highlights Accelerated App Modernization and Edge Computing