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NetApp acquires DataPelago
NetApp has acquired DataPelago, a California-based AI data infrastructure company recognised for its innovative approach to eliminating data processing bottlenecks for AI and analytics workloads. The acquisition marks a foundational expansion of NetApp’ s portfolio, enabling GPU-accelerated data processing aligned directly with the storage layer. With this acquisition, NetApp establishes itself as the company that makes zero-copy activation of enterprise data for AI real.
AI is the defining platform shift of our era, but enterprises are discovering that their greatest bottleneck is preparing, governing, and activating their data fast enough to put AI into production. The key to accomplishing this objective is to enable accelerated computing where the data is created and stored. DataPelago solves this challenge by fundamentally reimagining where accelerated compute happens: at the data layer, not above it.
George Kurian, Chief Executive Officer at NetApp
“ As AI models and the chips that power them get ever more effective, enterprises need data infrastructure that is just as intelligent and powerful to harness the potential of their data,” said George Kurian, Chief Executive Officer at NetApp.“ NetApp is leading the industry in helping customers drive innovation and generate business value by giving them full command of their most important asset: their data. With DataPelago, we are extending our ability to help customers understand and process their data with the agility required to unleash competitive advantage.”
Syria advances digital tourism through Saudi tech partnership
Syria’ s Ministry of Tourism has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding( MoU) with three Saudi technology companies: Tamkeen, Cipher and Hawaz, to accelerate the Digital Transformation of the country’ s tourism sector through the development of an integrated digital ecosystem that enhances the visitor experience, strengthens institutional capability and enables data-driven tourism development. transformation is not simply a technology project – it is a strategic pillar of rebuilding a more competitive, resilient and future-ready tourism sector. Our ambition is not merely to keep pace with digital transformation, but to lead it across the tourism industry by building an integrated digital ecosystem powered by trusted data, robust governance and resilient cybersecurity. We want the Ministry of Tourism to serve as a benchmark for digital government in the tourism sector and to become the reference point for the wider tourism ecosystem.”
Under the agreement, the partners will develop a unified digital platform for tourism services and bookings alongside a national digital tourism portal providing comprehensive information on destinations, attractions and events across Syria.
Representing a major step in the Ministry’ s long-term digital transformation strategy, the MoU moves beyond administrative modernisation towards a fully integrated digital operating model for the tourism sector. It will improve service delivery, strengthen institutional performance and increase Syria’ s competitiveness as it repositions itself in regional and international tourism markets.
Commenting on the agreement, H. E. Mazen Al-Salhani, Minister of Tourism, said:“ Digital
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