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📅 May 6, 2025 - CEOs Double Down on AI Amid Enterprise Challenges - IBM Study - CEOs surveyed in a recent global study by theIBMInstitute for Business Value are dedicated to promoting AI solutions throughout their company, despite the obstacles posed by the rapid adoption of new technologies.

Executive respondents to the IBM CEO study, which polled 2,000 CEOs worldwide, stated that they are actively embracing AI agents now and are ready to deploy them at scale, and they anticipate that the growth rate of AI investments will more than double over the next two years.

The results show that 72% of CEOs believe their company's private data is essential to maximizing the potential of generative AI, and 68% of CEOs stated that integrated enterprise-wide data architecture [...]

📅 May 6, 2025 - Cloud-Native Security Market Growing Twice as Fast as Public Cloud - The Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) market is expected to grow at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22 percent, expanding nearly twice as fast as the public-cloud infrastructure as a whole. This is according to a recent report from Dell'Oro Group, provider ofof market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries.

Spending on CNAPP solutions has increased quickly as businesses scramble to plug growing security flaws in multiple cloud estates.

Mauricio Sanchez, Senior Director, Enterprise Security and Networking at Dell'Oro Group, stated, "Businesses are voting with their wallets: cloud security is no longer a [...]

📅 May 6, 2025 - Acres.com Unveils Index to Predict Future Data Center Land Demand - Land intelligence platform Acres.com has launched the Acres Data Center Index, a new predictive tool aimed at helping data center investors, developers, and infrastructure providers identify prime land opportunities well ahead of public project announcements. The tool offers early visibility into infrastructure development, power availability, and property acquisition activity - particularly in regions targeted by hyperscale data center operators.

With data center expansion accelerating, particularly in response to artificial intelligence and cloud-driven demand, energy availability and real estate suitability have become critical factors in site selection. The Acres Data Center Index is [...]

📅 May 7, 2025 - LCL Launches Belgiums Largest Off-Site CPPA Solar Park - Belgium-based data center company LCL has taken a major step forward in its sustainability strategy with the launch of a pioneering 3.4 MW solar park, now operational on the rooftops of four agricultural sites across East and West Flanders. The 3 million investment marks a first-of-its-kind off-site corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) for solar energy in the country.

It is signaling a new model for how data center opersators can collaborate with local communities to accelerate the energy transition.

Spanning a total roof surface area of approximately 30,000 square meters, the installation includes some 6,000 photovoltaic panels distributed across buildings at farms in Langemark and [...]

📅 May 7, 2025 - Cloudflare, Tech Giants Team Up to Power Secure AI with Claude - Several major software companies - including Asana, Atlassian, Block, PayPal, Sentry, and Stripe - are partnering with Cloudflare to deliver seamless and secure AI experiences powered by Claude, Anthropics conversational AI assistant. These collaborations aim to redefine how users interact with business software by allowing AI to perform tasks across applications on the users behalf, without requiring them to switch between tabs or platforms.

This shift is enabled by Cloudflare Workers and a new technical standard known as MCP (Managed Component Protocol), developed by Anthropic. MCP allows Claude and similar AI tools to connect directly to enterprise software platforms where company data [...]

📅 May 7, 2025 - NetApp and Intel Launch AIPod Mini to Simplify AI for Business Teams - NetApp, in collaboration with Intel, has introduced the AIPod Mini, a compact AI inferencing solution designed to help individual business units deploy artificial intelligence efficiently, affordably, and securely. The launch responds to the growing demand from organizations seeking to embed AI into their operations without the cost and complexity that typically come with enterprise-scale AI projects.

While AI has become central to productivity and data-driven decision-making across sectors, its deployment at the departmental level remains a challenge. Research from Harvard Business School indicates that professionals using AI tools can increase project efficiency by over 25% and complete [...]