#Data Center Storage Market

[reasonsforhope]

Green energy is in its heyday. 

Renewable energy sources now account for 22% of the nation’s electricity, and solar has skyrocketed eight times over in the last decade. This spring in California, wind, water, and solar power energy sources exceeded expectations, accounting for an average of 61.5 percent of the state's electricity demand across 52 days. 

But green energy has a lithium problem. Lithium batteries control more than 90% of the global grid battery storage market. 

That’s not just cell phones, laptops, electric toothbrushes, and tools. Scooters, e-bikes, hybrids, and electric vehicles all rely on rechargeable lithium batteries to get going. 

Fortunately, this past week, Natron Energy launched its first-ever commercial-scale production of sodium-ion batteries in the U.S. 

“Sodium-ion batteries offer a unique alternative to lithium-ion, with higher power, faster recharge, longer lifecycle and a completely safe and stable chemistry,” said Colin Wessells — Natron Founder and Co-CEO — at the kick-off event in Michigan. 

The new sodium-ion batteries charge and discharge at rates 10 times faster than lithium-ion, with an estimated lifespan of 50,000 cycles.

Wessells said that using sodium as a primary mineral alternative eliminates industry-wide issues of worker negligence, geopolitical disruption, and the “questionable environmental impacts” inextricably linked to lithium mining. 

“The electrification of our economy is dependent on the development and production of new, innovative energy storage solutions,” Wessells said. 

Why are sodium batteries a better alternative to lithium?

The birth and death cycle of lithium is shadowed in environmental destruction. The process of extracting lithium pollutes the water, air, and soil, and when it’s eventually discarded, the flammable batteries are prone to bursting into flames and burning out in landfills. 

There’s also a human cost. Lithium-ion materials like cobalt and nickel are not only harder to source and procure, but their supply chains are also overwhelmingly attributed to hazardous working conditions and child labor law violations. 

Sodium, on the other hand, is estimated to be 1,000 times more abundant in the earth’s crust than lithium. 

“Unlike lithium, sodium can be produced from an abundant material: salt,” engineer Casey Crownhart wrote ​​in the MIT Technology Review. “Because the raw ingredients are cheap and widely available, there’s potential for sodium-ion batteries to be significantly less expensive than their lithium-ion counterparts if more companies start making more of them.”

What will these batteries be used for?

Right now, Natron has its focus set on AI models and data storage centers, which consume hefty amounts of energy. In 2023, the MIT Technology Review reported that one AI model can emit more than 626,00 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent. 

“We expect our battery solutions will be used to power the explosive growth in data centers used for Artificial Intelligence,” said Wendell Brooks, co-CEO of Natron. 

“With the start of commercial-scale production here in Michigan, we are well-positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for efficient, safe, and reliable battery energy storage.”

The fast-charging energy alternative also has limitless potential on a consumer level, and Natron is eying telecommunications and EV fast-charging once it begins servicing AI data storage centers in June. 

On a larger scale, sodium-ion batteries could radically change the manufacturing and production sectors — from housing energy to lower electricity costs in warehouses, to charging backup stations and powering electric vehicles, trucks, forklifts, and so on. 

“I founded Natron because we saw climate change as the defining problem of our time,” Wessells said. “We believe batteries have a role to play.”

-via GoodGoodGood, May 3, 2024

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Note: I wanted to make sure this was legit (scientifically and in general), and I'm happy to report that it really is! x, x, x, x

[electronalytics]

Enterprise Hard Disk Market Statistics, Segment, Trends and Forecast to 2032

An enterprise hard disk is a type of high-performance storage device designed for use in enterprise-level environments, where reliability, durability, and fast data access speeds are critical. These hard disks are typically used in servers, data centers, and other high-performance computing applications, where they are used to store large amounts of data and provide fast access to that data.

Enterprise hard disks are typically available in both SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) and SATA (Serial ATA) interfaces, and they come in a range of storage capacities. They are also designed to operate in high-temperature and high-vibration environments, which makes them suitable for use in data centers and other industrial settings.

One key feature of enterprise hard disks is their high reliability. They are designed with advanced error correction mechanisms and other technologies to minimize the risk of data loss due to hardware failure. Many enterprise hard disks also come with built-in redundancy features, such as RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks), which provides additional protection against data loss.

The estimated market size for the Enterprise Hard Disc Drives (HDD) Market is provided in terms of both value (million USD) and volume (K Units). Enterprise Hard Disc Drives (HDD) market size has been estimated and validated using both top-down and bottom-up methodologies. These approaches have also been used to estimate the size of numerous additional dependent submarkets within the overall market. Secondary research has been used to identify the major market participants, and primary and secondary research has been used to estimate their market shares. Both confirmed secondary sources and primary sources have been used to calculate all percentage shares, splits, and breakdowns.

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[imr-riya]

Data Center Storage Market Study for 2022 to 2028 Providing Information on Growth Drivers, and Industry Analysis

The Data Center Storage Market Is Expected To Grow At A Significant Growth Rate Over The Forecast Period 2022-2028, Considering Base Year As 2021.

The tools and technologies used in data centers to maintain and keep an eye on the storage resources and infrastructure are referred to as Data Center Storage. Tap drives, hard disc drives, NAS, RAID, and SAN are a few tools and technologies used in data center storage, along with others. All the parts utilized for storage are regarded as being a part of the infrastructure of the data center. One of the key reasons propelling the expansion of the data center storage market is the increase in global investments in hyperscale data centers. The surge in demand for more cutting-edge edge platforms and the rise in demand for SAN, a high-speed network that connects various data storage devices with accompanying servers and other computer devices, are driving the market's expansion. The market is also influenced by an increase in data generation in end-user industries like telecommunication, manufacturing, and energy as well as an increased focus on building new edge computing platforms to aid their clients in improving data management capabilities at the edge of the network.

Data center storage refer to the type of tools and technologies that are utilized within data center to manage and monitor the storage resources and infrastructure. Some of utilities and technologies used in data center storage include tap drives, hard disk drives, NAS, RAID and SAN among others. These are considered part of the data center infrastructure and all the components which are used in storage. 

[gothhabiba]

"Who Profits" Research Center is an online database and set of educational tools about how corporations (Israeli and international) profit from Israel's occupation of Palestine and the Syrian Golan.

Corporate involvement page

Breaks down how the occupation allows for:

economic exploitation (through exploitation of labor, the Palestinian captive market, and exploitation of occupied resources);

enterprise and construction in settlements; and

the use of Palestinians as a testing ground for various forms of population control (including surveillance technology that can then be sold elsewhere).

Corporate database

A database of companies complicit in Israeli occupation. There is a list as well as searching functionality. Here, for example, is the page for HP, which explains their providing of servers for the "Aviv" Israeli population registry, server maintenance to the Israeli police, servers and data storage to the Israeli biometric database, and equipment maintenance to the Israeli prison service (IPS).

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Canary Media:

Texas has become an all-around clean energy juggernaut, thanks to its lax permitting regime, fast grid-interconnection process, competitive energy market, and ample amount of solar- and wind-friendly land.

Its plans for the next year and a half underscore that status. As of July, the state intended to build 35 gigawatts of clean energy over 18 months, more than the next nine states combined, according to a Cleanview analysis of U.S. Energy Information Agency data.

Texas has long been the biggest player in U.S. wind energy. But in recent years, energy developers have raced to build solar in Texas too. Five years ago, the state had connected just 2.4 gigawatts of utility-scale solar to its grid; as of this past June, it had installed almost 22 GW of solar, per an American Clean Power report released this week. That’s nearly 10 times as much as back in 2019, and enough to propel Texas past California for large-scale solar installations.

Now Texas is writing its next chapter on clean energy: The state has become the nation’s hottest market for grid batteries as energy developers chase after its cheap solar and wind energy.

Given its staggering construction plans, Texas is set to only further solidify its place at the top of the clean energy leaderboard. But the rapid rise of the state’s clean energy sector has not yet yielded an outright energy transition, as the writer Ketan Joshi points out.

Though Texas has built more large-scale clean energy than any other state in absolute terms, it lags behind California — and plenty others — in terms of how clean its grid actually is. The Golden State met over half its electricity needs with renewables in 2023, per Ember data, while clean sources generated just 28 percent of Texas’ power. Electricity produced in the Lone Star State remains slightly more carbon intensive compared with the U.S. average.

Part of the story here is that, largely thanks to data centers and bitcoin mines, Texas is seeing some of the fastest growth in electricity demand of any state. That means much of the new solar, wind, and battery storage it’s building is just meeting new demand and not necessarily booting dirty energy off the grid.

The other hurdle preventing Texas from cleaning up its grid faster is the entrenchment of the fossil fuel industry in its local politics. Last year, the state passed a law creating a taxpayer-funded program to give energy developers billions of dollars in low-interest loans to build several gigawatts’ worth of new fossil-gas power plants.

In other words, the Lone Star state’s fossil fuel buildout isn’t ending even as its clean energy sector takes off. For Texas to be considered a true leader on decarbonizing the power sector — and not just a state that builds lots of everything — that will need to change. 

[mariacallous]

What would you want to tell the next U.S. president? FP asked nine thinkers from around the world to write a letter with their advice for him or her.

Dear Madam or Mr. President,

Congratulations on your election as president of the United States. You take office at a moment of enormous consequence for a world directly impacted by the twin challenges of energy security and climate change.

Democrats and Republicans disagree on many aspects of energy and climate policy. Yet your administration has the chance to chart a policy path forward that unites both parties around core areas of agreement to advance the U.S. national interest.

First, all should agree that climate change is real and worsening. The escalating threat of climate change is increasingly evident to anyone walking the streets of Phoenix in the summer, buying flood insurance in southern Florida, farming rice in Vietnam, or laboring outdoors in Pakistan. This year will almost certainly surpass 2023 as the warmest year on record.

Second, just as the energy revolution that made the United States the world’s largest oil and gas producer strengthened it economically and geopolitically, so will ensuring U.S. leadership in clean energy technologies enhance the country’s geostrategic position. In a new era of great-power competition, China’s dominance in certain clean energy technologies—such as batteries and cobalt, lithium, graphite, and other critical minerals needed for clean energy products—threatens America’s economic competitiveness and the resilience of its energy supply chains. China’s overcapacity in manufacturing relative to current and future demand undermines investments in the United States and other countries and distorts demand signals that allow the most innovative and efficient firms to compete in the global market.

Third, using less oil in our domestic economy reduces our vulnerability to global oil supply disruptions, such as conflict in the Middle East or attacks on tankers in the Red Sea. Even with the surge in U.S. oil production, the price of oil is set in the global market, so drivers feel the pain of oil price shocks regardless of how much oil the United States imports. True energy security comes from using less, not just producing more.

Fourth, energy security risks extend beyond geopolitics and require investing adequately in domestic energy supply to meet changing circumstances. Today, grid operators and regulators are increasingly warning that the antiquated U.S. electricity system, already adjusting to handle rising levels of intermittent solar and wind energy, is not prepared for growing electricity demand from electric cars, data centers, and artificial intelligence. These reliability concerns were evident when an auction this summer set a price nine times higher than last year’s to be paid by the nation’s largest grid operator to power generators that ensure power will be available when needed. A reliable and affordable power system requires investments in grids as well as diverse energy resources, from cheap but intermittent renewables to storage to on-demand power plants.

Fifth, expanding clean energy sectors in the rest of the world is in the national interest because doing so creates economic opportunities for U.S. firms, diversifies global energy supply chains away from China, and enhances U.S. soft power in rapidly growing economies. (In much the same way, the Marshall Plan not only rebuilt a war-ravaged Europe but also advanced U.S. economic interests, countered Soviet influence, and helped U.S. businesses.) Doing so is especially important in rising so-called middle powers, such as Brazil, India, or Saudi Arabia, that are intent on keeping their diplomatic options open and aligning with the United States or China as it suits them transactionally.

To prevent China from becoming a superpower in rapidly growing clean energy sectors, and thereby curbing the benefits the United States derives from being such a large oil and gas producer, your administration should increase investments in research and development for breakthrough clean energy technologies and boost domestic manufacturing of clean energy. Toward these ends, your administration should quickly finalize outstanding regulatory guidance to allow companies to access federal incentives. Your administration should also work with the other side of the aisle to provide the market with certainty that long-term tax incentives for clean energy deployment—which have bipartisan support and have already encouraged historic levels of private investment—will remain in place. Finally, your administration should work with Congress to counteract the unfair competitive advantage that nations such as China receive by manufacturing industrial products with higher greenhouse gas emissions. Such a carbon import tariff, as proposed with bipartisan support, should be paired with a domestic carbon fee to harmonize the policy with that of other nations—particularly the European Union’s planned carbon border adjustment mechanism.

Your ability to build a strong domestic industrial base in clean energy will be aided by sparking more domestic clean energy use. This is already growing quickly as market forces respond to rapidly falling costs. Increasing America’s ability to produce energy is also necessary to maintain electricity grid reliability and meet the growing needs of data centers and AI. To do so, your administration should prioritize making it easier to build energy infrastructure at scale, which today is the greatest barrier to boosting U.S. domestic energy production. On average, it takes more than a decade to build a new high-voltage transmission line in the United States, and the current backlog of renewable energy projects waiting to be connected to the power grid is twice as large as the electricity system itself. It takes almost two decades to bring a new mine online for the metals and minerals needed for clean energy products, such as lithium and copper.

The permitting reform bill recently negotiated by Sens. Joe Manchin and John Barrasso is a good place to start, but much more needs to be done to reform the nation’s permitting system—while respecting the need for sound environmental reviews and the rights of tribal communities. In addition, reforming the way utilities operate in the United States can increase the incentives that power companies have not just to build new infrastructure but to use existing infrastructure more efficiently. Such measures include deploying batteries to store renewable energy and rewiring old transmission lines with advanced conductors that can double the amount of power they move.

Grid reliability will also require more electricity from sources that are available at all times, known as firm power. Your administration should prioritize making it easier to construct power plants with advanced nuclear technology—which reduce costs, waste, and safety concerns—and to produce nuclear power plant fuel in the United States. Doing so also benefits U.S. national security, as Russia is building more than one-third of new nuclear reactors around the world to bolster its geostrategic influence. While Russia has been the leading exporter of reactors, China has by far the most reactors under construction at home and is thus poised to play an even bigger role in the international market going forward. The United States also currently imports roughly one-fifth of its enriched uranium from Russia. To counter this by building a stronger domestic nuclear industry, your administration should improve the licensing and approval process of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and reform the country’s nuclear waste management policies. In addition to nuclear power, your administration should also make it easier to permit geothermal power plants, which today can play a much larger role in meeting the nation’s energy needs thanks to recent innovations using technology advanced by the oil and gas sector for shale development.

Even with progress on all these challenges, it is unrealistic to expect that the United States can produce all the clean energy products it needs domestically. It will take many years to diminish China’s lead in critical mineral supply, battery manufacturing, and solar manufacturing. The rate of growth needed in clean energy is too overwhelming, and China’s head start is too great to diversify supply chains away from it if the United States relies solely on domestic manufacturing or that of a few friendly countries. As a result, diminishing China’s dominant position requires that your administration expand economic cooperation and trade partnerships with a vast number of other nations. Contrary to today’s protectionist trends, the best antidote to concerns about China’s clean technology dominance is more trade, not less.

Your administration should also strengthen existing tools that increase the supply of clean energy products in emerging and developing economies in order to diversify supply chains and counter China’s influence in these markets. For example, the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. (DFC) can be a powerful tool to support U.S. investment overseas, such as in African or Latin American projects to mine, refine, and process critical minerals. As DFC comes up for reauthorization next year, you should work with Congress to provide DFC with more resources and also change the way federal budgeting rules account for equity investments; this would allow DFC to make far more equity investments even with its existing funding. Your administration can also use DFC to encourage private investment in energy projects in emerging and developing economies by reducing the risk investors face from fluctuations in local currency that can significantly limit their returns or discourage their investment from the start. The U.S. Export-Import Bank is another tool to support the export of U.S. clean tech by providing financing for U.S. goods and services competing with foreign firms abroad.

Despite this country’s deep divisions and polarization, leaders of both parties should agree that bolstering clean energy production in the United States and in a broad range of partner countries around the world is in America’s economic and security interests.

I wish you much success in this work, which will also be the country’s success.

[0perfectimperfections0]

Hi fellow doll, I hope you're doing fine. I've been quite busy lately, college and life in general have been kicking my ass, so I was forced to take a step back from social media for a while to try to contain the chaos.

Firstly, I'd like to share a fun fact with you! I don't know if you're aware but did you know that Lou's Mansion has a Pool? You can see it more clearly in the Mansion's Concept Designs/Art on this site:

•https://www.claytonstillwell.com/ugly-dolls#23

However, the real reason for this ask is to present a possible answer/theory in regards to how the doll-sized phones came to be in the world of your stories (you can tell this is still related to our chat on Wattpad).

Recently, I came across the images you're seeing on Pinterest. They're Wide/Aerial Views of the Institute of Perfection and one thing that immediately stood out to me is that Giant Eye-Catching Dome behind the TV.

I mean what's its purpose, why is it even there to begin with and what's inside of it? I've been thinking about this for a while and would like to hear your thoughts about it as well, if you're willing to share them.

By any chance, have you seen the movie Wreck-it Ralph? There was a part where the villain enters the code of the game he's in and I think the Dome's purpose could follow a similar, if not equal, vein.

Now that I think about it, Lou and Vanellope's circunstances are almost identical, trapped in the same place for years without the option to leave, simply because of who they are and the traits they were born with, but didn't choose to have.

Sorry, I let my mind run on tangent there for a while, it wanders frequently which makes it hard to keep track of my line of thought.

To circle back to the main topic of discussion, what if the Dome is a Central Station of the Institute, like a Panel or Center for Command Control (or Command Control Center)? CCC for short? Ok, I'll stop trying to be funny...

Perhaps it could be a subroutine of the factory's software, a program linked to its network and wifi that contains all guidelines and rules that govern the Institute and must be followed and executed to keep it functional - a blueprint if you will - and is in charge of all commands, protocols, activities and operations being compiled and run by its machinery, such as the doll-scanner, the robots, the washing machine, the recycling, the Gauntlet plus the mechanical baby and dog and the Portal, just to name a few.

This means that it'd also take care of overseeing the integrity and performance of said machinery as well as its maintenance. It'd even be responsible for generating clouds and the artificial weather because apparently weather is still a thing, even though the Institute is inside of a factory.

I wonder if this subroutine would be run by an AI or simply an intelligent system/computer program. This world's version of Siri? 🤣

Or maybe I'm greatly exaggerating its function/letting my imagination run wild and it literally only gives Electricity for TV and Institute. Where was I going with this? /were we again?

Morever, it could be a storage unit that contains all collected, analysed and reviewed data regarding the inhabitants of the Institute and their responses, physical or emotional, to certain pre-determined stimuli.

It could also have a list of the factory's Perfection Standards: what consists/constitutes a Perfect Doll / product, its traits...

what can go to the market and which flaws/imperfections can't be ignored/overlooked and have to go to the recycling immediately, kinda like separating fruit/food

To sum up, it's the Institute's "rulebook", but instead of being specifically made for the prototype, it's more expansive and focuses on the Institute as a whole.

After the events of the movie, dolls with engineer role job created phones with recicled parts dangerous/turned the recycling into a good thing/while recycling was turned of and parts are human sized, plenty to spare and create phone since dolls come back now, have free time to assemble the parts and construct them and connected them to the signals/frequency emitted by the dome or they hack/steal or find out the password/'hijack' the signals🤣, use it to make them connect with each other but can't enter the dome without proper authorizations/permissions

Fun fact #2: Lou animatronic, would be a hipocrite if he called the Uglydolls "Ugly" has never seen a Mirror before

•https://www.indigobluepencil.com/ugly

Scroll almost to the middle (pre-planned concepts: dome by TV and washing machine, Big baby, Lou, Mandy, Tuesday and Kitty, Victoria, Perfection Council/of Dolls=board of investors directors reference)

•https://www.scottfassett.com/uglydolls-gallery

Had to restart Two Times... I hope you found this ask both entertaining and informative. Hopefully it'll give you Inspiration for your stories...

Okay, I had to do quite a bit of research and asked someone who knows a lot more about computers than I do.

So, I do agree that the dome has an electronic purpose. It really surprises me that STX animated an entire dome within the Institute and literally spoke nothing of it or what's inside of it. Like, seriously, it's huge and can't just be empty on the inside.

My theory, after some research, is that the inside of the dome is essentially a hard drive computer tower. For you younger folk who weren't raised in a 90's home, here's what I'm talking about:

These things right here used to be what would get hooked up to older Dell/Windows computers. The ones that weighed, like, 50 pounds and took up an entire desk.

Instead of a dvd player (which I didn't get one until maybe 8 years old) I would stick my Kidz Bop cd or movie into that slot at the top and watch the movie on the computer with Video Player.

Count your blessings.

But this is what I believe is inside that dome. These things are what holds the CPU (central processing unit), GPU (graphic processing unit), and stores the memory, data, audio, and everything of the computer.

@natalie-the-writer and I have a running fanon that the company is older. The technology is older, the building is older, and everything is set in a pretty retro time period. So, this hard drive tower is connected to those bulky take-up-all-the-space-on-the-desk-computers.

The GPU in this system is also what control the day/night cycle in the Institute and the weather. It essentially simulates a troposphere and an environment that makes the dolls comfortable and prepared for the Big World.

The CPU is how the data is transferred. Info from the robots is controlled and processed, the Individualization scanners are monitored, the portal is opened and closed, the TV runs, and the holographic tutorials Moxy and her friends see in the beginning are kept on, all of it.

It basically functions as the brain of the Institute, but the sole controller and monitor of it is the CEO (Greyson Everett).

I also like to think that Lou's microchip (another fanon thought between Natalie and I) is also monitored via this hard drive tower. Any information that Lou learns and processes is sent into separate files on the computers back in the company building.

This is why in my Shell-Shock series, when Lou's emotions go south, the Institute begins to get windy when he's hyperventilating or rains when he cries. The ground trembles when he has body tremors and the lights flicker when his powers are used. He is literally connected to the whole Institute because his microchip and its data accidentally grow and manifest themselves into the files of the other Institute functions. His programming basically goes rogue and infects the Institute system like a virus.

I'm veering toward the explanation that results in Lou being the first successful form of Artificial Intelligence. But, for the moment, he is basically acting like a virus and it's not until he learns to control this new system he's connected to that it stops becoming a deadly thing.

[exeggcute]

good stuff from wired. it's far too easy to forget that all of the data you send and receives goes somewhere—real tangible servers that people have to build and maintain, supported by both digital and physical infrastructure with not-at-all negligible financial and environmental costs—including the post you're reading right now.

some highlights:

[The tech industry has] trained us to upload, download, stream, post, and share to infinitum. In turn, we have come to expect seamless and instant access to digital content anytime, anywhere, as if data were immaterial. [...] A typical data center spans about 100,000 square feet, but I have been inside of facilities that are the size of a small home or as large as a university campus. The average data center can consume as much electricity as a small city in order to power and cool its computing equipment, drawing energy from electrical grids that in many parts of the world are coal-fired. To maintain our expectations for constant availability without as much as a hiccup, data centers run diesel generators in a state of hot-standby to supply power in the event of an electrical grid failure. [...] The International Data Corporation, a “global provider of market intelligence” for IT professionals and executives, estimates that digital data storage capacity may have to double or triple by 2030 to meet rising global demands for data storage. By the end of this decade, some estimate that cloud infrastructures will gobble up 20 percent of the world’s energy resources. (These figures, however, are speculative, provisional, and reliant on quantification schemes that are themselves highly contested given the opacity of the privately owned infrastructures behind the cloud and the complexity of variables involved.) [...] The cloud, as I have seen it, is already broken, already breaking. There are no easy techno-fixes that can save us, because the problem we are facing is not an engineering problem, but a cultural one. We suffer from a deficit of imagination because capitalism has conditioned us to think of the digital as inexhaustive and instant, to think of ourselves as consumers rather than stewards, to think of the cloud as a service rather than a community.

[techytoolzataclick]

Top Futuristic AI Based Applications by 2024

2024 with Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the backdrop of what seems to be another revolutionary iteration across industries. AI has matured over the past year to provide novel use cases and innovative solutions in several industries. This article explores most exciting AI applications that are driving the future.

1. Customized Chatbots

The next year, 2024 is seeing the upward trajectory of bespoke chatbots. Google, and OpenAI are creating accessible user-friendly platforms that enable people to build their own small-scale chatbots for particular use cases. These are the most advanced Chatbots available in the market — Capable of not just processing text but also Images and Videos, giving a plethora of interactive applications. For example, estate agents can now automatically create property descriptions by adding the text and images of listings thatsurgent.

2. AI in Healthcare

AI has found numerous applications in the healthcare industry, from diagnostics to personalized treatment plans. After all, AI-driven devices can analyze medical imaging material more accurately than humans and thus among other things help to detect diseases such as cancer at an early stage. They will also describe how AI algorithms are used to create tailored treatment strategies personalized for each patient's genetics and clinical past, which helps enable more precise treatments.

3. Edge AI

A major trend in 2024 is Edge AI It enables computer processing to be done at the edge of a network, rather than in large data centers. Because of its reduced latency and added data privacy, Edge AI can be used in applications like autonomous vehicles transportations, smart cities as well as industrial automation. Example, edge AI in autonomous vehicles is able to get and process real-time data, increasing security by allowing faster decision-making.

4. AI in Finance

Today, the financial sector is using AI to make better decisions and provide an even stronger customer experience. Fraud detection, risk assessment and customised financial advice have introduced insurance into the AI algorithm. AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants are now common enough to be in use by 2024, greatly assisting customers stay on top of their financial well-being. Those tools will review your spending behavior, write feedback to you and even help with some investment advices.

5. AI in Education

AI is revolutionizing education with individualized learning. These AI-powered adaptive learning platforms use data analytics to understand how students fare and produces a customised educational content (Hoos, 2017). This way, students get a tailored experience and realize better outcomes. Not only that, AI enabled tools are also in use for automating administrative tasks which shortens the time required by educators on teaching.

6. AI in Job Hunting

This is also reverberating in the job sector, where AI technology has been trending. With tools like Canyon AI Resume Builder, you can spin the best resumé that might catch something eye catchy recruiter among a dozen others applications he receives in-between his zoom meeting. Using AI based tools to analyze Job Descriptions and match it with the required skills, experience in different job roles help accelerating the chances of a right fit JOB.

7. Artificial Intelligence in Memory & Storage Solutions

Leading AI solutions provider Innodisk presents its own line of memory and storage with added in-house designed AI at the recent Future of Memory & Storage (FMS) 2024 event. Very typically these are solutions to make AI applications easier, faster and better by improving performance scalability as well on the quality. This has huge implications on sectors with substantial data processing and storage demands (healthcare, finance, self-driving cars).

Conclusion

2024 — Even at the edge of possible, AI is revolutionizing across many industries. AI is changing our lives from tailored chatbots and edge AI to healthcare, finance solutions or education and job search. This will not only improve your business profile as a freelancer who create SEO optimized content and write copies but also give your clients in the writing for business niche some very useful tips.

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AWS Unveiled: Exploring the Boundless Horizons of Cloud Computing

Introduction: Embarking on the AWS Expedition

In the ever-evolving digital sphere, Amazon Web Services (AWS) emerges as a formidable player, revolutionizing the landscape of cloud computing and redefining the way businesses operate in the digital era. Offering an extensive array of cloud services, AWS serves as a catalyst for innovation, empowering organizations to scale, adapt, and thrive in a rapidly changing environment. Let's embark on an expedition into the realm of AWS, unraveling its diverse offerings and uncovering the transformative potential it holds for businesses across industries.

Decoding AWS: A Gateway to Digital Transformation

Amazon Web Services, or AWS, represents a comprehensive suite of cloud computing solutions provided by Amazon. Designed to meet the diverse needs of businesses, AWS offers a plethora of services spanning compute, storage, databases, machine learning, and more. By leveraging the power of the cloud, organizations can access scalable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions without the burden of managing physical infrastructure.

Exploring the Versatility of AWS: A Closer Look at Key Benefits

Unmatched Scalability: At the heart of AWS lies its unparalleled scalability, enabling businesses to seamlessly adjust their infrastructure to accommodate fluctuating demands. Whether faced with rapid growth or sudden spikes in traffic, AWS empowers organizations to scale their resources dynamically, ensuring optimal performance and resource utilization.

Cost-Efficient Operations: AWS adopts a pay-as-you-go pricing model, eliminating the need for upfront investments in infrastructure. By paying only for the resources they consume, organizations can optimize costs, improve budgetary predictability, and allocate resources more efficiently, thereby driving significant cost savings over time.

Global Accessibility: With a global network of data centers spanning multiple regions, AWS offers businesses unparalleled accessibility to cloud services from anywhere in the world. This global infrastructure enables organizations to deploy applications closer to their end-users, reducing latency, and enhancing the overall user experience.

Robust Security Measures: Security is paramount in the digital age, and AWS prioritizes data protection through robust encryption, identity management, and compliance certifications. By adhering to stringent security standards, AWS ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data, instilling confidence in businesses and customers alike.

Tailored Solutions for Every Need: AWS provides businesses with a diverse portfolio of services and tools, allowing them to customize their cloud environment to suit their specific requirements. Whether it's compute, storage, analytics, or machine learning, AWS offers a comprehensive suite of solutions tailored to address the unique needs of every organization.

Driving Innovation and Agility: AWS fuels innovation by granting access to cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and IoT. Through services like AWS Lambda and Amazon SageMaker, organizations can experiment, iterate, and innovate at an accelerated pace, gaining a competitive edge in the market and driving digital transformation.

Conclusion: Embracing the AWS Advantage for Future Growth

In conclusion, Amazon Web Services (AWS) represents a gateway to limitless possibilities, offering businesses the tools, resources, and agility they need to thrive in the digital age. By harnessing the power of AWS, organizations can unlock new opportunities, drive innovation, and achieve unparalleled scalability and efficiency in their operations. Whether you're a startup striving for rapid growth or an enterprise seeking to optimize costs, AWS provides the foundation for success in today's dynamic business landscape. So, seize the moment, embrace the AWS advantage, and embark on a journey of endless growth and innovation.

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Introduction to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Overview of REITs

An organization that owns, manages, or finances real estate that generates revenue is known as a real estate investment trust, or REIT. Like mutual funds, REITs offer an investment opportunity that enables regular Americans, not just Wall Street, banks, and hedge funds, to profit from valuable real estate.  It gives investors access to total returns and dividend-based income, and supports the expansion, thriving, and revitalization of local communities.

Anyone can engage in real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the same manner as they can invest in other industries: by buying individual firm shares, through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), or mutual funds. A REIT’s investors receive a portion of the revenue generated without really having to purchase, operate, or finance real estate. Families with 401(k), IRAs, pension plans, and other investment accounts invested in REITs that comprise about 150 million Americans.

Historical Evolution

1960s - REITs were created

When President Eisenhower passes the REIT Act title found in the 1960 Cigar Excise Tax Extension into law, REITs are established. Congress established REITs to provide a means for all investors to participate in sizable, diversified portfolios of real estate that generate income.

1970s - REITs around the world

In 1969 The Netherlands passes the first piece of European REIT legislation. This is when the real estate investment trusts model started to spread over the world; shortly after, in 1971, listed property trusts were introduced in Australia.

1980s - Competing for capital

1980s saw real estate tax-sheltered partnerships expanding at this time, raising billions of dollars through private placements. Because they were and are set up in a way that prevents tax losses from being "passed through" to REIT shareholders, REITs struggle to compete for capital.

1990s - First REIT reaches $1 billion market cap

In December 1991 the New Plan achieves $1 billion in equity market capitalization, becoming the first publicly traded REIT to do so. Centro Properties Group, based in Australia, purchased New Plan in 2007.

2000s - REITs modernization act

President Clinton signed the REIT Modernization Act of 1999's provisions into law in December 1999 as part of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. The capacity of a REIT to establish one or more taxable real estate investment trusts subsidiaries (TRS) that can provide services to third parties and REIT tenants is one of the other things.

The diverse landscape of REIT investments

Real estate investing is a dynamic field with a wide range of options for those wishing to build wealth and diversify their holdings.

Residential REITs: This is an easy way for novices to get started in real estate investing, as single-family houses offer a strong basis. Purchasing duplexes or apartment buildings can result in steady rental income as well as possible capital growth.

Commercial REITs: This covers activities such as office building investments. They provide steady cash flow and long-term leases, especially in desirable business areas. Rental assets such as shopping centers and retail spaces are lucrative prospects and can appreciate value as long as businesses remain successful.

Specialty REITs: These include investments in healthcare-related properties such as assisted living centers or physician offices. Datacenter investments have become more and more common in the digital age because of the growing need for safe data storage.

Job profiles within REITs

Real estate investment jobs have many specifications, including:

Real estate analysts: The job of a real estate analyst is to find chances for purchasing profitable real estate. These analysts will require a strong skill set in financial modeling in addition to a solid understanding of the current markets. These analysts could also be involved in the negotiation of terms related to pricing and real estate transactions.

Asset managers: Opportunities in property trusts are plenty. The higher-level property management choices are made by asset managers. Since asset managers will be evaluating and controlling a property's operating expenses about its potential for income generation, they must possess a greater foundation in finance.

Property managers: REIT employment prospects include property managers. While some real estate investment trusts employ their property managers, others contract with outside businesses to handle their properties. Along with working with renters, property managers handle all daily duties required to keep up the property. 

Essential skills for success in REIT careers

Successful REIT careers require the development of several essential talents, three of which are listed below:

Financial acumen: Jobs in real estate finance involve investors with strong financial acumen who are better equipped to evaluate financing choices, cash flow forecasts, property valuations, and tax consequences. With this thorough insight, investors may make well-informed strategic decisions that optimize profits while also supporting their investing goals.

Market analysis skills: Real estate investors should cultivate an awareness of important market indicators and a keen sense of market conditions. Purchasing and managing profitable rental properties requires an accurate and detailed understanding of a possible market's amenities, dynamics, future potential, and relative risk.

Communication skills: Are a common attribute among successful real estate investors and are often ranked as the most important one. This is because effective interpersonal communication is crucial when investing in real estate. Working directly with a variety of industry professionals, including lenders, agents, property managers, tenants, and many more.

Global perspectives on REITs

International REIT Markets:

The US-based REIT method for real estate investing has been embraced by more than 40 nations and regions, providing access to income-producing real estate assets worldwide for all investors. The simplest and most effective approach for investors to include global listed real estate allocations in their portfolios is through mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

The listed real estate market is getting more and more international, even if the United States still has the largest market. The allure of the US real estate investment trusts strategy for real estate investing is fueling the expansion. All G7 nations are among the more than forty nations and regions that have REITs today.

Technological innovations in REIT operations

PropTech integration: Real estate investment managers can improve the efficiency of property acquisitions and due diligence procedures, which can lead to more precise assessments, quicker data processing, and better decision-making, all of which improve investment outcomes, by incorporating these PropTech platforms into their workflows.

Data analytics in real estate: Data analytics in real estate enables real estate professionals to make data-driven choices regarding the acquisition, purchase, leasing, or administration of a physical asset. To provide insights that can be put into practice, the process entails compiling all pertinent data from several sources and analyzing it.

Conclusion

REITs have a lot of advantages and disadvantages for professional development. They provide a means of incorporating real estate into an investment portfolio, but they could also produce a bigger dividend than certain other options. Since non-exchange-listed REITs do not trade on stock exchanges, there are certain risks associated with them. Finding the value of a share in a non-traded real estate investment trusts can be challenging, even though the market price of a publicly traded REIT is easily available. Buying shares through a broker allows you to invest in a publicly traded REIT that is listed on a major stock exchange. The bottom line for a REIT is that, in contrast to other real estate firms, it doesn't build properties to resell them.

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Navigating the Cloud: Unleashing the Potential of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

In the dynamic realm of technological progress, Amazon Web Services (AWS) stands as a beacon of innovation, offering unparalleled advantages for enterprises, startups, and individual developers. This article will delve into the compelling reasons behind the adoption of AWS and provide a strategic roadmap for harnessing its transformative capabilities.

Unveiling the Strengths of AWS:

1. Dynamic Scalability: AWS distinguishes itself with its dynamic scalability, empowering users to effortlessly adjust infrastructure based on demand. This adaptability ensures optimal performance without the burden of significant initial investments, making it an ideal solution for businesses with fluctuating workloads.

2. Cost-Efficient Flexibility: Operating on a pay-as-you-go model, AWS delivers cost-efficiency by eliminating the need for large upfront capital expenditures. This financial flexibility is a game-changer for startups and businesses navigating the challenges of variable workloads.

3. Comprehensive Service Portfolio: AWS offers a comprehensive suite of cloud services, spanning computing power, storage, databases, machine learning, and analytics. This expansive portfolio provides users with a versatile and integrated platform to address a myriad of application requirements.

4. Global Accessibility: With a distributed network of data centers, AWS ensures low-latency access on a global scale. This not only enhances user experience but also fortifies application reliability, positioning AWS as the preferred choice for businesses with an international footprint.

5. Security and Compliance Commitment: Security is at the forefront of AWS's priorities, offering robust features for identity and access management, encryption, and compliance with industry standards. This commitment instills confidence in users regarding the safeguarding of their critical data and applications.

6. Catalyst for Innovation and Agility: AWS empowers developers by providing services that allow a concentrated focus on application development rather than infrastructure management. This agility becomes a catalyst for innovation, enabling businesses to respond swiftly to evolving market dynamics.

7. Reliability and High Availability Assurance: The redundancy of data centers, automated backups, and failover capabilities contribute to the high reliability and availability of AWS services. This ensures uninterrupted access to applications even in the face of unforeseen challenges.

8. Ecosystem Synergy and Community Support: An extensive ecosystem with a diverse marketplace and an active community enhances the AWS experience. Third-party integrations, tools, and collaborative forums create a rich environment for users to explore and leverage.

Charting the Course with AWS:

1. Establish an AWS Account: Embark on the AWS journey by creating an account on the AWS website. This foundational step serves as the gateway to accessing and managing the expansive suite of AWS services.

2. Strategic Region Selection: Choose AWS region(s) strategically, factoring in considerations like latency, compliance requirements, and the geographical location of the target audience. This decision profoundly impacts the performance and accessibility of deployed resources.

3. Tailored Service Selection: Customize AWS services to align precisely with the unique requirements of your applications. Common choices include Amazon EC2 for computing, Amazon S3 for storage, and Amazon RDS for databases.

4. Fortify Security Measures: Implement robust security measures by configuring identity and access management (IAM), establishing firewalls, encrypting data, and leveraging additional security features. This comprehensive approach ensures the protection of critical resources.

5. Seamless Application Deployment: Leverage AWS services to deploy applications seamlessly. Tasks include setting up virtual servers (EC2 instances), configuring databases, implementing load balancers, and establishing connections with various AWS services.

6. Continuous Optimization and Monitoring: Maintain a continuous optimization strategy for cost and performance. AWS monitoring tools, such as CloudWatch, provide insights into the health and performance of resources, facilitating efficient resource management.

7. Dynamic Scaling in Action: Harness the power of AWS scalability by adjusting resources based on demand. This can be achieved manually or through the automated capabilities of AWS Auto Scaling, ensuring applications can handle varying workloads effortlessly.

8. Exploration of Advanced Services: As organizational needs evolve, delve into advanced AWS services tailored to specific functionalities. AWS Lambda for serverless computing, AWS SageMaker for machine learning, and AWS Redshift for data analytics offer specialized solutions to enhance application capabilities.

Closing Thoughts: Empowering Success in the Cloud

In conclusion, Amazon Web Services transcends the definition of a mere cloud computing platform; it represents a transformative force. Whether you are navigating the startup landscape, steering an enterprise, or charting an individual developer's course, AWS provides a flexible and potent solution.

Success with AWS lies in a profound understanding of its advantages, strategic deployment of services, and a commitment to continuous optimization. The journey into the cloud with AWS is not just a technological transition; it is a roadmap to innovation, agility, and limitless possibilities. By unlocking the full potential of AWS, businesses and developers can confidently navigate the intricacies of the digital landscape and achieve unprecedented success.

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Meta Unveils Centralized Ad Targeting and Data Privacy Controls for Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger

Introduction

This blog covers the importance of centralized data and social media advertising controls for advertisers, partners, and users. You’ll read about Facebook, IG, and Messenger data privacy and the role of platforms as ad blockers. As the Best Digital Marketing Company in Pune, we explain what a centralized system is, its benefits and risks, and how you can run one yourself or partner with an organization that has an operations center to provide remote maintenance services.

 What is a Centralized Data Structure?

A centralized data structure is software that stores data, including brands and products, on a server that you control. The data is organized into categories, each containing customer, product, or service information. Examples include an inventory management system for food and beverage businesses, an app data structure with user information for mobile apps, and an e-commerce product data structure with product details such as sales and price data.

Benefits of Centralized Data for Ads and Partners

Most of the benefits of a centralized data structure can be attributed to multiple factors, including reduced data management and an overall increase in transparency for all parties involved. 

- In a centralized data structure, all your data is organized and controlled by a single system. The data is then accessible via a central server that anyone with access to the Internet can access. 

- Centralized data storage solves many problems that traditional data storage systems cannot: - It provides granularity, which means you can assign a value of 0 to one and have it remain visible to all parties in the ad and marketing systems. 

- It is data-driven, meaning you can assign a low value to one event and see the full data across multiple ad pages. 

- It provides security since each record is encrypted with a key. This prevents anyone from accessing the data without a key and also helps prevent cross-referencing between records. 

- It provides transparency since each record is easily viewable by anyone with access to the Internet.

Risks of Virtual & Augmented Reality Ads

While centralized data can be a good thing in certain situations, it’s important to keep these bottom-line risks in mind: - Augmented reality ads are almost never fully transparent. The user first sees the ads in the form of VR/AR images. They are then augmented with voice-driven advertising that could be heard through a speaker or a web browser. - For the advertiser, the ads are often located in a remote location, which increases the risk of going viral. If people start sharing their ads online, the advertiser could be exposed to lawsuits or other such situations. - For the partner, the centralized data structure could be used to store sensitive information, like health and safety information and product information. That could contain a name, address, and other identification information.

Conclusion

 The biggest risk that investors can take with virtual and augmented reality ads is that they could spark a breach of data security. That could jeopardize the integrity of your brand and end in lost revenue. You can rest a little bit easier knowing that your data is safe and secure in the cloud.