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Server and PC Hardware Prices Are Rising in 2026: What’s Driving It and What It Means for IT Budgets

Across the next 2–3 quarters (Q1–Q3 2026), many organizations should expect continued upward pressure on server and PC hardware pricing. The biggest near-term drivers are not always CPUs or chassis—pricing is being pushed primarily by memory (DRAM) and flash storage (NAND/SSD), compounded by AI-driven demand and procurement volatility. Executive Summary What’s Actually Getting More Expensive

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Veeam’s Acquisition of Securiti AI: Why It Matters for Backup, Security, Compliance, and AI at Scale

Enterprises are moving from “backup as an insurance policy” to “backup as a strategic data asset.” That shift is accelerating fast—and Veeam’s acquisition of Securiti AI is one of the clearest market signals yet. In late 2025, Veeam announced and completed its acquisition of Securiti AI for approximately $1.725B, positioning the combined portfolio around what

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AWS’s October 20, 2025 Outage: A Hard Reset on Single-Cloud Thinking

Why “too big to fail” is too big a risk—and how a private-cloud failover posture derisks your uptime, compliance, and brand equity Executive Summary On October 20, 2025, a major AWS US-EAST-1 incident degraded a wide swath of the internet—disrupting consumer apps, enterprise SaaS, and key public services. Amazon attributed the core fault to DNS

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Illustration showing VMware Cloud Director and Veeam Backup integration in a hybrid cloud environment, with connected virtual machines, data centers, and backup storage representing seamless data protection and recovery.

Veeam and VMware Cloud Director Integration: Simplifying Backup and Recovery in Multi-Tenant Clouds

In today’s hybrid-cloud landscape, enterprises are blending on-premises virtualization with hosted services from managed providers. VMware Cloud Director (formerly vCloud Director) enables service providers to deliver secure, multi-tenant virtual data centers (VDCs) to customers, while Veeam Backup & Replication provides proven backup and recovery for VMware workloads.Integrating the two delivers a powerful, service-provider-grade solution for

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Futuristic illustration showing Edge AI cloud infrastructure connecting smart devices, vehicles, and data centers — symbolizing how intelligent infrastructure brings computing closer to users.

AI-Native Cloud Infrastructure: The Next Frontier for Enterprise IT in 2025

Introduction In 2025, cloud infrastructure evolves beyond mere virtualization and scalability — we’re entering the era of AI-native cloud infrastructure, where artificial intelligence is deeply embedded at every layer of the stack: networking, compute, storage, security, and operations. For organizations architecting resilient and future-proof systems, AI-native clouds aren’t optional — they’re a strategic imperative. In

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Server and PC Hardware Prices Are Rising in 2026: What’s Driving It and What It Means for IT Budgets

Across the next 2–3 quarters (Q1–Q3 2026), many organizations should expect continued upward pressure on server and PC hardware pricing. The biggest near-term drivers are not always CPUs or chassis—pricing is being pushed primarily by memory (DRAM) and flash storage (NAND/SSD), compounded by AI-driven demand and procurement volatility. Executive Summary What’s Actually Getting More Expensive

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Veeam’s Acquisition of Securiti AI: Why It Matters for Backup, Security, Compliance, and AI at Scale

Enterprises are moving from “backup as an insurance policy” to “backup as a strategic data asset.” That shift is accelerating fast—and Veeam’s acquisition of Securiti AI is one of the clearest market signals yet. In late 2025, Veeam announced and completed its acquisition of Securiti AI for approximately $1.725B, positioning the combined portfolio around what

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AWS’s October 20, 2025 Outage: A Hard Reset on Single-Cloud Thinking

Why “too big to fail” is too big a risk—and how a private-cloud failover posture derisks your uptime, compliance, and brand equity Executive Summary On October 20, 2025, a major AWS US-EAST-1 incident degraded a wide swath of the internet—disrupting consumer apps, enterprise SaaS, and key public services. Amazon attributed the core fault to DNS

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Illustration showing VMware Cloud Director and Veeam Backup integration in a hybrid cloud environment, with connected virtual machines, data centers, and backup storage representing seamless data protection and recovery.

Veeam and VMware Cloud Director Integration: Simplifying Backup and Recovery in Multi-Tenant Clouds

In today’s hybrid-cloud landscape, enterprises are blending on-premises virtualization with hosted services from managed providers. VMware Cloud Director (formerly vCloud Director) enables service providers to deliver secure, multi-tenant virtual data centers (VDCs) to customers, while Veeam Backup & Replication provides proven backup and recovery for VMware workloads.Integrating the two delivers a powerful, service-provider-grade solution for

Read More  
Futuristic illustration showing Edge AI cloud infrastructure connecting smart devices, vehicles, and data centers — symbolizing how intelligent infrastructure brings computing closer to users.

AI-Native Cloud Infrastructure: The Next Frontier for Enterprise IT in 2025

Introduction In 2025, cloud infrastructure evolves beyond mere virtualization and scalability — we’re entering the era of AI-native cloud infrastructure, where artificial intelligence is deeply embedded at every layer of the stack: networking, compute, storage, security, and operations. For organizations architecting resilient and future-proof systems, AI-native clouds aren’t optional — they’re a strategic imperative. In

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