At Open Compute Summit this past week, key trends shaping the future of computing and infrastructure were discussed. One major concern is the global data center energy consumption, which is projected to triple by 2030, highlighting the urgent need for more efficient energy solutions. As technology advances, the shift from a 3nm process to a 2nm process is proving costly, with design costs estimated to reach a staggering $725 million, according to ARM. In response to both power demands and design challenges, liquid cooling is gaining momentum, emerging as a vital technology to improve efficiency and manage the increasing heat output from advanced computing systems. This and more on The Rundown.
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1:36 – BMC Starts Two New Companies
BMC announced plans to create two independent companies, BMC and BMC Helix, to accelerate growth and better serve customers. BMC will focus on its Intelligent Z Optimization and Digital Business Automation units, while BMC Helix will drive innovation in digital service and operations management using AI. The transition is set to begin in early 2025, following BMC’s strong track record of growth and market leadership.
Read More: BMC Announces the Creation of Two Independent Companies
4:06 – CEO Indicted for Fraud
The chief executive of an IT services company was indicted Wednesday for duping the Securities and Exchange Commission into believing his company’s data center was certified at the highest rating level for reliability for managing sensitive government data. Justice Department officials contend Deepak Jain created a company in Maryland called Uptime Council to inspect and audit data centers for customers including the SEC that, from 2012 through 2018, paid Jain’s company approximately $10.7 million for the use of a data center in Beltsville, Md.
7:10 – Microsoft goes Agentic AI
Microsoft is jumping into the AI agent field in November, with public agents for enterprises like McKinsey, bringing the largest software company to the agentic AI race. This means stiff competition for Salesforce, ServiceNow and others.
Read More: Microsoft to roll out new autonomous AI agents next month, fending off challenge from Salesforce
10:37 – Amazon Teams Up with US Department of Justice
News broke last week that the US Department of Justice had taken down Anonymous Sudan, a pair of professional criminals that were selling their services. Their particular specialization was using Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks to take down sites on demand for as little as $100 per day. One of the major contributors to the arrest of Anonymous Sudan was AWS. Tom School, Distinguished Engineer, started detecting traffic back in June of 2023 and used internal AWS tools to identify the proxy servers used by the group so they could be identified as soon as new one popped up.
Read More: Amazon helps the US Department of Justice thwart international cybercriminal group Anonymous Sudan
14:30 – Perplexity Is getting Sued by Media Giants
Perplexity AI was sued by News Corp this week, after the New York Times did so last week, for allegedly scraping their news content and using it in their AI models. The IP lawsuits underscore the tensions between news organizations and companies like Perplexity.
Read More: Perplexity is sued by Dow Jones and ‘New York Post’ for copyright infringement
16:44 – Sophos Acquires Secureworks
Sophos has announced they are aquiring XDR vendor Secureworks. The deal, valued at $859 million or $8.50 per share, is an all-cash transaction expected to close in early 2025. Sophos said they are looking to expand their offerings around XDR and provide solutions at different organization sizes from enterprise to SMB. Secureworks had been acquired by Dell back in 2011 and had an IPO in 2015. Dell had been looking to sell Secureworks as early as 2019 and had engaged investment bankers to explore sale and takover options for Secureworks.
20:00 – Exciting Developments from Open Compute Summit
At Open Compute Summit this past week, key trends shaping the future of computing and infrastructure were discussed. One major concern is the global data center energy consumption, which is projected to triple by 2030, highlighting the urgent need for more efficient energy solutions. As technology advances, the shift from a 3nm process to a 2nm process is proving costly, with design costs estimated to reach a staggering $725 million, according to ARM. In response to both power demands and design challenges, liquid cooling is gaining momentum, emerging as a vital technology to improve efficiency and manage the increasing heat output from advanced computing systems.
Read More: Key Takeaways from OCP Global Summit 2024
Read More: Liquid Cooling Takes Center Stage at OpenCompute Summit 2024
31:41 – The Weeks Ahead
Cloud Field Day 21 – October 23 – 24
Networking Field Day 36 – November 6 – 7
AppDev Field Day 2 – November 12 – 13
Mobility Field Day 12 – November 20 – 21
Gestalt IT and Tech Field Day are now part of The Futurum Group.
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