James Sanders is a Research Analyst on the Cloud & Managed Services Transformation team at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. His research examines multi/hybrid cloud deployment strategies and the cloud resource management tools required to contain the increasing complexity of enterprise cloud deployments.
James also contributes to 451 Research's Center of Excellence for Quantum Technology, covering qubit architectures for quantum computers, quantum algorithms/programs and developer tools, and control plane hardware. Quantum computing is an entrant in a broader category of cloud-enabled differentiated silicon, including alternative instruction set architectures (ISAs) for enterprise computing – e.g., POWER, Arm, RISC-V, and FPGA/ASIC solutions – and compute accelerators such as GPUs and in-memory computing. These technologies are increasingly vital for realizing increased performance in a post-Moore's-Law landscape.
Prior to 451 Research, James was a technology journalist for CBS Interactive, covering cloud computing, open source software and hardware, programming trends, quantum computing, and mobile and satellite communication, as well as the impact of globalization on the tech industry, with a focus on Asia.
James is a graduate of Wichita State University.
The company operates a cloud object storage service called B2 Cloud Storage, with both a native and S3-compatible API, making it a suitable drop-in replacement to AWS S3. Backblaze aims to make storing and using data easy by reducing the complexity, thus reducing potential for customer error.
The rise of cloud computing prompted heightened interest in security. The remotely hosted, multi-tenant properties of cloud raised concerns that security is impossible to ensure; guest workloads cannot be completely isolated, leaving data open to inspection by cloud platform operators.
While using technology to achieve an intended outcome is top of mind for IT decision-makers, focus is turning toward the environmental impact of the overall enterprise IT estate. Amazon has committed to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, pledging to utilize 100% renewable energy by 2030 and detailing progress toward reaching that goal by 2025.
The company is pushing the capabilities of the heretofore predominately embedded and IoT-focused RISC-V ISA further into visibility with the introduction of the SiFive Performance and SiFive Intelligence processor lines. The latter integrates RISC-V vector extensions and SiFive's proprietary vector extensions for use with AI/ML applications.
AMD and Intel have separate strategies to confer a greater degree of flexibility in chip design. Accommodating the integration of components from disparate sources allows for chips that utilize best-in-class design for a specific functionality, across all of the components on a chip.
The initial conceit of cloud computing was the ability to consume standard hardware and software on demand, but cloud platforms are aiming to differentiate using custom silicon to deliver higher workload performance, reduce operational costs, and provide lower-cost, high-performance options for cloud consumers. Here we focus on alternative compute architectures intended for cloud deployment by hardware vendors and stakeholders.
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