Infra
Micron to build $15B memory chip fab in Idaho
Micron Technology Inc. today announced plans to build a new memory chip plant, or fab, in Idaho at a cost of about $15 billion. Boise, Idaho-based Micron is a major provider of DRAM and…
Big Data
Could Cohesity mature into the new VMware or AWS? New CEO Sanjay Poonen weighs in
Just over a year ago, Sanjay Poonen (pictured) was in the running to replace Pat Gelsinger as the chief executive officer of VMware Inc. Instead, he hung up his chief operating officer credentials and took…
Cloud
Google Cloud and VMware leverage infrastructure to meet past and future needs for enterprise customers
In the 1999 sci-fi action thriller “The Matrix,” one of the lead characters confronts a choice between taking a red pill to learn a life-changing truth about the future or a blue pill that…
Policy
US restricts exports of advanced AI chips to China and Russia
The U.S. government has implemented new restrictions that will limit exports of advanced artificial intelligence chips to China and Russia. Nvidia Corp., the leading maker of AI chips, disclosed in a Wednesday regulatory filing…
Big Data
Exposing three misconceptions blocking orgs from maximizing their data potential
It’s been over a decade since a disillusioned Jeff Hammerbacher told Businessweek he was quitting Facebook (Meta Platforms Inc.) because “the best minds of my generation are thinking about how to get people to click…
Blockchain
California passes crypto regulation bill similar to New York ‘BitLicense’
By Kyt Dotson
The California State Assembly has unanimously passed the Digital Financial Assets Bill, which will create tighter regulations for cryptocurrency firms in the state and require stablecoins to be issued from a bank. The bill…
Policy
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition may face new antitrust probe in the UK
The U.K’s antitrust regulator has indicated that it may launch a new antitrust investigation into Microsoft Corp.’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. for $68.7 billion. The regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, announced the…
Emerging Tech
VMware strengthens partnerships, product line to further its multicloud mission
If we look back to last year, VMware Inc. was one of the first companies to acknowledge the cloud chaos currently underway and work toward easing that pain point with its cross-cloud solutions. Now,…
Cloud
Nutanix CEO says demand slowdown hasn’t materialized
By Paul Gillin
While basking in the glow of a fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report that blew away analysts’ expectations, Nutanix Inc. CEO Rajiv Ramaswami is remaining cautious about predicting an end to the supply chain shortages that…
Apps
Fiber backbone to be the forefront of Fourth Industrial Revolution
Acquiring, analyzing and then acting on data are among the fundamentals behind how a company shifts to technology and digitization, according to an executive at a company that was, until recently, known simply as a…