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Maison Edwards

Maison Edwards has a dedicated following interested in a wide range of IT-related topics, which include, Cloud, Data Centres and Virtualization, Enterprise Applications, and Storage. Of particular interest to his audience are the ways these technologies build and rely on each other, which Maison is easily able to communicate through his writings. A particular highlight of his work is the ways in which it has been able to help organizations accelerate their migration to cloud and to realize the benefits of infrastructure modernization. 
Will Your CIO Survive the AI Reckoning of 2026?
Cloud
Will Your CIO Survive the AI Reckoning of 2026?

The End of the Honeymoon: AI Demands Results The era of unbridled AI experimentation is drawing to a close, replaced by an unforgiving C-suite mandate for tangible, quantifiable results. After years of developing playbooks, monitoring a volatile vendor market, and celebrating proof-of-concept projects, executive leadership is ready for a return on its massive technological investment. For Chief Information Officers, this

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Data Center Scarcity Redefines Enterprise Strategy
Data Centres and Virtualization
Data Center Scarcity Redefines Enterprise Strategy

The Dawn of a New Constraint: Navigating the Digital Infrastructure Bottleneck For decades, enterprise technology strategy operated on a simple assumption: digital infrastructure, whether owned or rented, would be readily available to meet demand. The primary challenge was forecasting internal needs, not questioning the external supply. That era is definitively over. A critical divergence is emerging between the vast amount

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Trend Analysis: Agentic AI Adoption
AI and ML
Trend Analysis: Agentic AI Adoption

The long-held corporate belief that artificial intelligence exists merely to streamline operations and cut costs is rapidly becoming a relic of a bygone strategic era. A profound paradigm shift is underway, as global businesses are no longer satisfied with incremental gains in efficiency. Instead, they are harnessing AI as a primary engine for substantial growth and deep-seated innovation. This analysis

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Is Columbia County The Next Data Center Battleground?
Data Centres and Virtualization
Is Columbia County The Next Data Center Battleground?

A Digital Tsunami Meets a Community’s Resolve In the quiet, rolling landscape of Columbia County, Georgia, a modern-day land rush is unfolding. This isn’t for gold or oil, but for the new currency of the 21st century: data. Three colossal data center proposals, promising to transform the Augusta-adjacent region into a digital infrastructure hub, have run headlong into a wall

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Politicians Push to Halt AI Data Center Boom
Data Centres and Virtualization
Politicians Push to Halt AI Data Center Boom

The insatiable energy and water demands of the artificial intelligence revolution are colliding with a new wall of political resistance, as a growing movement seeks to pump the brakes on the explosive growth of AI data centers. A recent proposal in Wisconsin by gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong for a statewide moratorium on new data center construction has crystallized a national

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Trend Analysis: Generative AI Infrastructure
Data Centres and Virtualization
Trend Analysis: Generative AI Infrastructure

The battle for artificial intelligence supremacy is no longer confined to the abstract realm of algorithms and code; it is now being waged with concrete, steel, and silicon on an unprecedented scale. In this high-stakes race, Elon Musk’s xAI is making a colossal $20 billion bet on a new data center in Mississippi, signaling a critical trend: the frantic, large-scale

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Toyama to Host Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus
Data Centres and Virtualization
Toyama to Host Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus

A monumental shift in Japan’s technological landscape is underway as Toyama Prefecture, a region more commonly celebrated for its stunning natural beauty and traditional industries, prepares to become the home of a gigawatt-scale data center campus. This ambitious project signals a strategic pivot not just for the prefecture but for the nation’s entire digital infrastructure strategy, aiming to decentralize critical

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Why Is Ohio’s Data Center Boom Moving South?
Data Centres and Virtualization
Why Is Ohio’s Data Center Boom Moving South?

Why Is Ohio’s Data Center Boom Moving South The familiar silhouette of data centers rising against the central Ohio skyline is beginning to cast a much longer shadow, stretching southward into regions previously untouched by the state’s digital infrastructure boom. For years, the area around Columbus has been the undisputed epicenter of cloud computing investment in the state, attracting tech

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Aumovio Scales Autonomous Vehicle Testing in the Cloud
Cloud
Aumovio Scales Autonomous Vehicle Testing in the Cloud

The race to full autonomy is no longer won on the test track alone but in the vast, distributed server farms of the cloud, where millions of miles are driven before a single wheel ever touches asphalt. This fundamental transformation from a hardware-centric challenge to a data-intensive computational problem is redefining the automotive industry. Aumovio’s strategic partnership with Amazon Web

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Can Flexera Master Data Cloud and AI Costs?
Cloud
Can Flexera Master Data Cloud and AI Costs?

The relentless pursuit of artificial intelligence has unlocked unprecedented innovation for businesses globally, yet beneath this wave of progress lurks a silent financial undertow capable of sinking even the most ambitious technology budgets. As organizations increasingly leverage powerful data cloud platforms to fuel machine learning models and next-generation analytics, they are confronting a startling new reality of complex, unpredictable, and

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Next-Generation Data Science Laptops – Review
Data Science
Next-Generation Data Science Laptops – Review

The long-held assumption that a data scientist’s primary tool must be a monument to raw graphical power is rapidly becoming a relic of a bygone era in computing. The modern data science laptop represents a significant advancement in mobile computing for technical professionals, reflecting a deeper understanding of real-world workflows. This review will explore the evolution of this technology, its

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Cloud-Based DDoS Mitigation – Review
Cloud
Cloud-Based DDoS Mitigation – Review

The digital infrastructure that underpins modern society is facing an onslaught of cyber-attacks so vast and complex that they threaten the very continuity of online services, making robust, intelligent defense mechanisms more critical than ever. Cloud-based DDoS mitigation represents a significant advancement in this cybersecurity arms race. This review will explore the evolution of the technology, its key features, performance

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