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1 week ago | 
informationweek.com | Shane Snider
The Trump administration’s on-again-off-again tariffs on global trade partners have roiled markets worldwide, but IT leaders also face a difficult task in budgeting for the year ahead. Shane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeekPresident Donald Trump’s trade policies -- particularly with major tech exporter China -- stand to have a big impact on IT department budgets.
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1 month ago | 
informationweek.com | João-Pierre Ruth |Shane Snider
Is putting a data center under the ocean or in orbit just a novelty or a future-forward idea? For a CIO, CTO, or CISO, does it matter if the data centers their organizations rely on are located in exotic, remote locations? Data centers have been installed undersea and now in space -- do these exotic locations seem more like a novelty than a benefit to enterprise operations?
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1 month ago | 
informationweek.com | Shane Snider
Just one month into his new role as chief information officer, Red Hat’s Marco Bill is already helping the company reach for the stars -- literally. From a unique space collaboration, to helping businesses navigate their AI ambitions, to rolling with quickly emerging technologies, Bill is forging ahead in his new role. The Raleigh N.C.-based open-source software giant recently announced a new collaboration with Axiom Space to run a data center on the International Space Station.
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1 month ago | 
informationweek.com | Shane Snider
The Trump administration on Tuesday pulled the trigger on promised tariffs targeting goods and services from China, Mexico, and Canada, escalating new conflicts with America’s top three trade partners. Goods and services from Mexico and Canada will face tariffs of 25%, while Chinese goods will face an additional 10% (on top of the 10% announced a month ago). Those tariffs will be paid by importers, who will likely pass price increases onto consumers.
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1 month ago | 
informationweek.com | Shane Snider
The announcement includes building a 250,000-square-foot facility in Houston, Texas to assemble artificial intelligence servers. Shane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeekApple on Monday announced a plan to spend $500 billion to bolster its artificial intelligence ambitions that will add 20,000 research and development jobs in the US over the next four years.
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2 months ago | 
informationweek.com | Shane Snider
Microsoft says it created a “new state of matter” to power a chip that will allow quantum computers to process a million “qubits” that can tackle problems out of reach for even all of today’s modern computers combined. Shane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeekTech giant Microsoft on Wednesday revealed its Majorana 1, a palm-sized “topoconductor” chip that uses a new type of matter as a conductor will allow quantum systems to solve incredibly complex problems.
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2 months ago | 
informationweek.com | Shane Snider
The company’s plan to go private worries some cybersecurity experts, who say the move may lead to less transparency. Not so, says SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna. Shane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeekObservability and IT management software company SolarWinds shocked the IT community with last week’s announcement that it would go private after a $4.4 billion acquisition by private equity firm Turn/River Capital.
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2 months ago | 
informationweek.com | Shane Snider
With enterprise AI demand surging, a shortage of powerful semiconductors needed to run AI tools may be on the horizon. How will that impact your organization’s budget? Shane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeekWith companies racing to add generative AI (GenAI) capabilities to their business arsenal, ammo may be running low as AI chip demand is on pace to outpace supply -- a concern that may have IT leaders looking for creative solutions in the coming years.
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2 months ago | 
informationweek.com | Shane Snider
As enterprises race to implement AI strategies, the crucial step of preparing data could be creating a major hurdle. Shane Snider, Senior Writer, InformationWeekDuring many major tech conferences and events in 2024, talk of implementing artificial intelligence was a common theme as IT leaders are tasked with creating new GenAI tools for business. But a common refrain was the need to prepare data for machine learning. That need for clean data may slow AI launch efforts and add to costs.
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2 months ago | 
informationweek.com | Shane Snider
President Donald Trump is set to enforce major tariffs on trade partners Tuesday and signaled tariffs for the EU and more -- a move that sent stocks crashing on Monday over uncertainty and broad trade war will mean for consumers and businesses. Canada and Mexico will pay 25% duties on exports to the US, and China will face a 10% levy. Canada and Mexico have announced plans to retaliate, with the former promising its own tariff of 25% on $155 billion of US-imports.
