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  • Vultr Now Using AMD EPYC Over Intel As Default Option

    Vultr Now Using AMD EPYC Over Intel As Default Option

    Cloud provider Vultr has begun offering AMD virtual machines (VMs), a significant departure from its past.

    Vultr previously only offered Intel VMs, but the company has begun deploying AMD EPYC, thanks to the performance the platform offers. In fact, AMD’s platform is now the one Vultr will recommend as its default option.

    “This is the first time we’ve offered AMD processor-powered virtual machines, and given their exceptional performance, these VMs are now our default, and recommended option for most users,” reads the company’s statement.

    “AMD has pushed the performance and technology capabilities of the EPYC family of processors over the last few years. 3rd generation EPYC processors, which power our new VMs, continue that trajectory, providing up to 64 cores in a single CPU. The particular 3rd Gen EPYC processors that underpin our new VMs are powered by AMD’s Zen 3 microarchitecture, which delivers fantastic performance per core along with a maximum frequency of 3.675GHz.”

    For customers that still want Intel, Vultr will continue to support them. Nonetheless, the switch to AMD as its default option is certainly a big win for AMD.

  • Akamai Buying Linode For $900 Million

    Akamai Buying Linode For $900 Million

    Akamai Technologies, Inc. has entered an agreement to buy private-owned Linode for $900 million.

    Linode is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider, based in the US. Founded in 2003, the company offers a range of services, but is especially popular for its Linux-powered virtual machines. The company competes in the same market as much larger companies, such as Microsoft, AWS and Google.

    Linode sees the acquisition as the best way for it to continue to scale and widen its reach.

    “When we started to look at our long term roadmap and how to deliver the best possible customer experience, we knew it would require more — more network, more security, more scale,” writes Linode founder and CEO Christopher Aker. “Those are things Akamai does better than anyone. Applications and data are increasingly pushing out to the edge where you need a wider span of resiliency, reach, low latency, and security. Combining the things Akamai does well with the things Linode does well brings these together under one roof at massive scale, creating the world’s most distributed compute platform — from core to edge.”

    For its part, Akamai sees the acquisition as a way to become “world’s most distributed compute platform,” thanks to Linode’s solid reputation for making cloud computing easy for just about everyone.

    “The opportunity to combine Linode’s developer-friendly cloud computing capabilities with Akamai’s market-leading edge platform and security services is transformational for Akamai,” said Dr. Tom Leighton, chief executive officer and co-founder, Akamai Technologies. “Akamai has been a pioneer in the edge computing business for over 20 years, and today we are excited to begin a new chapter in our evolution by creating a unique cloud platform to build, run and secure applications from the cloud to the edge. This a big win for developers who will now be able to build applications on a platform that delivers unprecedented scale, reach, performance, reliability and security.”

    Akamai is already the 800-lb gorilla in the CDN market. The the Linode acquisition will only help the company become even more formidable.

    The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022.