In this cloud roundup: Enterprises gain access to Google’s Duet AI tools in Google Workspace; public cloud service spending is projected to reach $1.35 trillion in 2027; and the government of El Salvador teams up with Google Cloud.
Ericsson, AWS and Hitachi America R&D showcase smart factory potential
Collaboration focuses on real-time digital video, artificial intelligence (AI), and edge-to-cloud technologies across a private 5G wireless network. #pressrelease
Wind River: Rivals are a poor fit for the far edge
CaaS company Wind River says its platform now consumes just a single core in a server while competitors still need between four and six.
Nvidia’s fat margins are a worrying sign of its market power
The chipmaker seems to be the only beneficiary so far of all the investments being made to support generative artificial intelligence.
VMware launches Edge Cloud Orchestrator
VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator (formerly VMware SASE Orchestrator) will provide unified management for VMware SASE and the VMware Edge Compute Stack to bridge the gap between edge networking and edge compute. #pressrelease
Arm may struggle to justify a $60B valuation
An IPO prospectus filed by Japanese parent Softbank shows that revenues and profits fell last year and that success outside smartphones is far from guaranteed.
Liberty Global rips a page from Comcast’s X1 playbook
Liberty Global’s deal to hand off the operations and management of its Horizon video platform to Infosys is a cost-cutting move. But it might also pave the way for Horizon to be licensed to other service operators.
Wind River still flows on Intel, but it’s forked into Arm
Randy Cox of Wind River says inline accelerators are compatible with virtualization and cloud-native architecture, but he doubts they’re genuinely open.
Network X sets awards agenda
The Network X awards will be held at the Hotel de Ville as part of the Network X 2023 conference, which takes place October 24-26 at Porte de Versailles in Paris. #pressrelease
Cisco hails $500M in AI orders but outlook disappoints
Giant of Internet routers and switches sees opportunity in selling Ethernet fabrics for AI but guides for flattish sales this fiscal year.