Lenovo announces a pair of solutions for enterprises building end-to-end applications leveraging Microsoft Azure-- the ThinkAgile MX1021 and ThinkSystem DM7100, both providing validated solutions for cloud tiering.

“At a time when the speed and agility of processes critically impacts your daily business operations, our customers demand more powerful, secure and flexible solutions,” the company says. “Lenovo’s technology architecture is purpose-built to deliver real-time, valuable insights from edge to core to cloud, enabling a new era of intelligence where customers can fully realize the potential of the data at their disposal.”

The ThinkAgile MX1021 uses Azure Stack HCI solutions to allow enterprises to move compute to the edge and act on data as soon as it is created. For example, it allows retailers to reduce inventory losses by analysing customer sentiment analysis data in realtime at the edge. In manufacturing, edge servers can collect sensor data, enabling realtime monitoring to increase efficiency and productivity. Healthcare organisations can combine the ThinkAgile MX1021 with Azure Stack Hub and Azure IoT Hub to tier medical data and increase the efficiencyof clinical, customer and operational analytics.

Applications are core to successful digital transformation efforts, VMware says as it announces the Tanzu portfolio for modern applications and Cloud Foundation 4 with Tanzu, the automated, turnkey hybrid coud platform.

“Today, we bring to market a comprehensive portfolio for modern apps to help customers accelerate their pace of innovation,” the company says. “VMware gives developers the freedom to deliver apps to any cloud, remove barriers to Kubernetes adoption, and help IT administrators transform their skills in support of a new wave of modern apps.”

The Tanzu portfolio offers solutions to help customers automate the modern app lifecycle, run Kubernetes across clouds, and unify and optmise multi-cloud operations. One such service is Kubernetes Grid, a Kubernetes runtime allowing customers install and run a multi-cluster Kubernetes environment on infrastructure of choice. It includes industry-standard open source technology, is packaged for enterprise readiness, and fully supported by VMware.

Digital services and consulting provider Infosys forms a global alliance with IBM to help enterprises accelerate digital transformation efforts using the IBM public cloud.

The collaboration will also help enterprises in highly regulated industries, such as financial services, insurance and healthcare, to transition, modernise and transform enterprise workloads and applications by tapping into the security and enterprise capabilities of the IBM public cloud. In addition, Infosys will offer access to the Red Hat portfolio of open source offerings on the IBM public cloud, providing enterprises a greater level of scale, resources and capabilities in cloud-driven digital transformation.

Often considered a simple device ideal for something like a home server, the Raspberry Pi 4 holds professional potential when used in "Remote" mode. Enter French server specialist Ikoula, who uses the micro-PC in an IPv6 & IPv4 micro server.

The micro server combines the Raspberry Pi 4 with professional infrastructure and 24/7 support, making a versatile and low-cost micro server. The Raspberry Pi runs remotely, and users get the benefit of the security system of a datacentre, a support team available at all times, and a network with asynchronous 1Gbps bandwidth.