Mary Branscombe

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Supercomputers
The CIO's Guide to Migrating HPC Workloads to the CloudThe CIO's Guide to Migrating HPC Workloads to the Cloud
byMary Branscombe
Jan 27, 2023
11 Min Read
OpenAI Co-Founder and CEO Sam Altman speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019.
AI Data Centers
Microsoft Says It’s Built a Top-Five Supercomputer in the Cloud for AIMicrosoft Says It’s Built a Top-Five Supercomputer in the Cloud for AI
byMary Branscombe
May 21, 2020
5 Min Read

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaking at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona
Hyperscalers
Azure Edge Zones: Microsoft’s Plan to Dominate Edge Computing and 5G
Azure Edge Zones: Microsoft’s Plan to Dominate Edge Computing and 5G
May 4, 2020
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10 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
A contract crew for Verizon, works on a cell tower to update it to handle the new 5G network in Orem, Utah on December 10, 2019.
Networking
Mobile Network Trombones are Way Out of Tune With the 5G Symphony
Mobile Network Trombones are Way Out of Tune With the 5G Symphony
Mar 19, 2020
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7 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
A look inside an EdgeMicro container housing a data center for edge computing.
Cloud
Cloudflare’s Current Expansion Is Different from the Others
Cloudflare’s Current Expansion Is Different from the Others
Mar 12, 2020
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8 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
A photovoltaic power station in Guangdong, China, 2019
Sustainability
Why Green Colocation Isn't a Mainstream Product
Why Green Colocation Isn't a Mainstream Product
Feb 10, 2020
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11 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Azure’s Hardware Security Feature Takes Cues from Xbox One
Hyperscalers
Azure’s Hardware Security Feature Takes Cues from Xbox One
Azure’s Hardware Security Feature Takes Cues from Xbox One
Jan 30, 2020
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4 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
The roof of a Google data center in Singapore
Hyperscalers
Google’s Solar Deal for Nevada Data Center Would Be Largest of Its Kind
Google’s Solar Deal for Nevada Data Center Would Be Largest of Its Kind
Jan 15, 2020
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5 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Network cables and routers in a telecom distribution center
Hyperscalers
Detangling the Many Ways of Plugging into Azure
Detangling the Many Ways of Plugging into Azure
Dec 19, 2019
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5 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
A visitor looks at a model of a ThalesAlenia SES-17 satellite at Satellite2019 in Washington, DC, in May 2019.
Networking
Why on Earth Would You Make Satellites Part of Your Cloud Network?
Why on Earth Would You Make Satellites Part of Your Cloud Network?
Oct 29, 2019
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3 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Intel's Optane DC Persistent Memory
Data Storage
How the Latest NVMe Specs Make Flash Storage in the Data Center Better
How the Latest NVMe Specs Make Flash Storage in the Data Center Better
Oct 23, 2019
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6 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Data library - tape storage
Data Storage
Most of Your Data Is on the Wrong Storage Tier. Spectra Logic Thinks It Can Help
Most of Your Data Is on the Wrong Storage Tier. Spectra Logic Thinks It Can Help
Sep 13, 2019
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4 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Ethernet cables
Networking
Why SD-WAN Is Taking Over Enterprise Networks
Why SD-WAN Is Taking Over Enterprise Networks
Sep 3, 2019
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5 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Why It’s a Good Idea to Start Thinking About Quantum-Safe Cryptography Now
Supercomputers
Why It’s a Good Idea to Start Thinking About Quantum-Safe Cryptography Now
Why It’s a Good Idea to Start Thinking About Quantum-Safe Cryptography Now
Aug 23, 2019
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6 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Microsoft Azure hardware on display at the OCP Summit 2019
Cloud
How the New Azure Ultra Disk Storage Delivers On-Prem Latency in the Cloud
How the New Azure Ultra Disk Storage Delivers On-Prem Latency in the Cloud
Aug 19, 2019
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4 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Inside an Equinix data center in Pantin, France
Data Storage
What Switching to NVMe Means for the Data Center
What Switching to NVMe Means for the Data Center
Aug 9, 2019
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7 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Microsoft Azure hardware on display at the OCP Summit 2019
Networking
Is SONiC, the Open Source Network OS, Ready for Mainstream?
Is SONiC, the Open Source Network OS, Ready for Mainstream?
Jul 22, 2019
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8 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Reef shark
Cloud
Staving Off Shark Attacks While Waiting for Concrete to Dry
Staving Off Shark Attacks While Waiting for Concrete to Dry
Jun 20, 2019
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3 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Equipment in an Open19 cage, inside a rack by Rittal
Edge Data Centers
As German Factories Get Smarter, Open19 May Play a Big Role
As German Factories Get Smarter, Open19 May Play a Big Role
Jun 18, 2019
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6 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Data center network
Networking
Need a Bigger and Badder Network? Try Using Microsoft’s
Need a Bigger and Badder Network? Try Using Microsoft’s
Jun 13, 2019
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5 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Microsoft Azure hardware on display at the OCP Summit 2019
AI Data Centers
Why Microsoft Is Betting on FPGAs for Machine Learning at the Edge
Why Microsoft Is Betting on FPGAs for Machine Learning at the Edge
May 29, 2019
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6 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
How Intel’s Latest Data Center Chips Can Be Tuned as Workloads Change
Data Center Chips
How Intel’s Latest Data Center Chips Can Be Tuned as Workloads Change
How Intel’s Latest Data Center Chips Can Be Tuned as Workloads Change
Apr 30, 2019
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7 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Network cables in a data center
Networking
SmartNICs are Complicated, So Intel Pitches NICs That are Smart Enough
SmartNICs are Complicated, So Intel Pitches NICs That are Smart Enough
Apr 2, 2019
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5 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
One of many Olympus servers on display at the Microsoft stand at the 2019 OCP Summit in San Jose, California
Cooling
Testing Liquid Cooling for Azure Data Centers, Microsoft Says It's Not Ready to Dive In
Testing Liquid Cooling for Azure Data Centers, Microsoft Says It's Not Ready to Dive In
Apr 1, 2019
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6 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Network switch
Networking
Do Smart Network Cards Have a Future Outside the Hyperscale Data Center?
Do Smart Network Cards Have a Future Outside the Hyperscale Data Center?
Feb 27, 2019
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6 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Hard drives being recycled
Management
The High Cost of Data Center Clutter
The High Cost of Data Center Clutter
Feb 7, 2019
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6 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
AWS cloud pavilion cebit 2016
Outages
AWS Designs New Backup Service to Play Nice With Third-Party Tools
AWS Designs New Backup Service to Play Nice With Third-Party Tools
Jan 29, 2019
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5 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Toshiba headquarters in Tokyo, 2015
Next Gen Data Centers
Toshiba Forgoes Next-Gen Recording Tech in Designing Its First 16TB Drive
Toshiba Forgoes Next-Gen Recording Tech in Designing Its First 16TB Drive
Jan 16, 2019
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7 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Panel, mainframe
Build & Design
Future Facilities Improves Data Center ‘Digital Twin’ Capabilities
Future Facilities Improves Data Center ‘Digital Twin’ Capabilities
Jan 5, 2019
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4 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
An Open19 brick
Servers
Packet Readies Custom Open19 Servers for the Edge
Packet Readies Custom Open19 Servers for the Edge
Dec 21, 2018
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6 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Fiber optic equipment in a data center
Networking
Service Meshes are Getting Hot in the Enterprise, and VMware Is Listening
Service Meshes are Getting Hot in the Enterprise, and VMware Is Listening
Dec 18, 2018
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5 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Data library - tape storage
Hyperscalers
Is AWS Glacier Deep Archive the Tape Killer?
Is AWS Glacier Deep Archive the Tape Killer?
Dec 6, 2018
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4 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
The Open19 data cable
Edge Data Centers
Why Open19 Is Being Designed as an Edge Data Center Standard
Why Open19 Is Being Designed as an Edge Data Center Standard
Nov 30, 2018
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5 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Perforated data center floor tile
Cooling
Not Just for Google: ML-Assisted Data Center Cooling You Can Do Today
Not Just for Google: ML-Assisted Data Center Cooling You Can Do Today
Nov 9, 2018
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6 Min Read
byMary Branscombe
Data center electrical
AI Data Centers
How Machine Learning Is Used to Manage Data Center Power Today
How Machine Learning Is Used to Manage Data Center Power Today
Nov 9, 2018
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5 Min Read
byMary Branscombe

Editor's Choice

US city in a heat wave
Outages
How Heat Waves and AI Challenges Are Piling Pressure on Data CentersHow Heat Waves and AI Challenges Are Piling Pressure on Data Centers
byNathan Eddy
Jul 24, 2024
6 Min Read
Data Center Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) will help the industry improve its sustainability profile.
Green Materials
Data Center Industry Calls for Environmental ‘Nutrition Labels’ to Cut Carbon EmissionsData Center Industry Calls for Environmental ‘Nutrition Labels’ to Cut Carbon Emissions
byJames Walker, Dayneé Alejandra Rosales
Jul 17, 2024
4 Min Read
AI data center construction cranes
Data Center Construction
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3 Min Read
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Industry Voices

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AI Data Centers
Nvidia Partner SMC Raising $950 Million to Tap AI Server BoomNvidia Partner SMC Raising $950 Million to Tap AI Server Boom
byBloomberg News
Jul 26, 2024
2 Min Read
Data center news roundup
Build & Design
Data Center News Roundup: H2 Reports Released, Heat Waves Add to Industry WoesData Center News Roundup: H2 Reports Released, Heat Waves Add to Industry Woes
byJames Walker
Jul 26, 2024
4 Min Read
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