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Hyperion Research Invites Submissions for HPC Innovation Excellence Awards
September 30th, 2021
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 30, 2021 -- Hyperion Research and the HPC User Forum Steering Committee are now accepting submissions for the 18th round of the HPC Innovation Excellence Awards. The program started in 2011 and has recognized nearly 100 ...
Google Cloud Leverages 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Processors in New VMs
September 30th, 2021
Sept. 30, 2021 -- Google Cloud announced the forthcoming public preview of its Computing Engine N2 machine family that is powered by 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named “Ice Lake”). Google Cloud’s N2 virtual machines (VMs) offer 30 ...
Tencent Cloud Launches Certification Programs for Beginner and Advanced Cloud Practitioners
September 30th, 2021
HONG KONG, Sept. 30, 2021 -- Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, today announced the launch of cloud courses aimed at both beginner and advanced practitioners on online learning platform Coursera, with opportunities to get ...
AI Chipmaker Hailo & MicroSys Electronics Launch AI Platform
September 30th, 2021
MUNICH and TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 30, 2021 -- MicroSys Electronics announced today its partnership with leading AI (Artificial Intelligence) chipmaker Hailo to launch its miriac AIP-LX2160A embedded platform hosting up to 5 integrated Hailo-8 AI accelerator modules. The new edge server-grade AI solution enables high-performance and scalable ...
IBM Elects Al Zollar to its Board of Directors
September 30th, 2021
ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 30, 2021 -- The IBM board of directors has elected Al Zollar to the board, effective October 25, 2021. Al Zollar, 67, a former director of Red Hat, brings deep technical knowledge and experience to the ...
Speedata Exits Stealth with $70M to Accelerate Big Data Analytics
September 30th, 2021
NETANYA, Israel, Sept. 30, 2021 -- Speedata, whose first-of-its-kind Analytics Processing Unit (APU) is designed to accelerate big data analytic workloads across industries, today announced a $55 million Series A round led by Walden Catalyst Ventures, 83North, and Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), with participation from existing investors Pitango ...
DataRobot Launches Citizen Data Scientists Professional Certification
September 30th, 2021
BOSTON, Sept. 30, 2021 -- AI Cloud leader DataRobot today launched its first professional certification for Citizen Data Scientists, the Citizen Data Scientists Professional Certification. This new addition to the DataRobot University (DRU) curriculum puts the power of DataRobot’s AI Cloud in the ...
Kore.ai Raises $70 Million in Growth Financing
September 30th, 2021
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 29, 2021 -- Kore.ai, a top conversational AI software company, today announced it has raised $50 million in Series C funding led by Vistara Growth and PNC, with additional participation from NextEquity Partners, Nicola Wealth and ...
AMD, Google Cloud Announce New VMs Powered by 3rd Gen EPYC Processors
September 30th, 2021
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 30, 2021 -- AMD today announced Google Cloud is expanding its use of AMD EPYC processors with the preview of N2D Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by AMD EPYC 7003 Series processors. Utilizing the performance capabilities ...
Adaptive Computing Announces the GA Release of the On-Demand Data Center 6.0 Cloud Enablement Platform
September 29th, 2021
NAPLES, Fla., Sept. 29, 2021 — Adaptive Computing Enterprises, Inc., a trusted leader in High-Performance Computing and Enterprise Software, is pleased to announce the new version release of the On-Demand Data Center Intelligent Cloud Management Platform, which will make HPC in ...