Five Minute Briefing - Data Center
April 6, 2026
Five Minute Briefing - Data Center: April 6, 2026. Published in conjunction with SHARE Inc., a bi-weekly report geared to the needs of data center professionals.
News Flashes
IBM announced that 11 of its artificial intelligence (AI) and automation software solutions—including several products from the watsonx portfolio—have received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization. The 11 solutions are deployed exclusively on AWS GovCloud (U.S.), giving agencies secure access to these capabilities without having to manage the underlying infrastructure, and while meeting government compliance requirements, according to IBM.
IBM is partnering with Arm to develop new dual-architecture hardware that helps enterprises run future AI and data intensive workloads with greater flexibility, reliability, and security.
IBM announced the company recently published a playbook on maximizing business value with the mainframe. This shares IBM's proven approach for driving innovation with its clients, based on decades of experience. It starts with the most important step: choosing the best-fit platform for applications within a users' hybrid cloud environment.
Planon, a leading global provider of smart sustainable building management software, is introducing Planon for Data Centers, a solution to help operators safeguard uptime, reduce operational risk, and streamline mission critical operations across distributed facilities.
Think About It
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