Turning migration into modernization

Published: 2 October 2025
Categories: MIT Tech Review

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In late 2023, a long-trusted virtualization staple became the biggest open question on the enterprise IT roadmap.

Amid concerns of VMware licensing changes and steeper support costs, analysts noticed an exodus mentality. Forrester predicted that one in five large VMware customers would begin moving away from the platform in 2024. A subsequent Gartner community poll found that 74% of respondents were rethinking their VMware relationship in light of recent changes. CIOs contending with pricing hikes and product roadmap opacity face a daunting choice: double‑down on a familiar but costlier stack, or use the disruption to rethink how—and where—critical workloads should run.

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“There’s still a lot of uncertainty in the marketplace around VMware,” explains Matt Crognale, senior director, migrations and modernization at cloud modernization firm Effectual, adding that the VMware portfolio has been streamlined and refocused over the past

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NSF National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-Corps (TM) Teams) program

Published: 1 October 2025
Categories: NSF Pgm Announcements

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U.S. National Science Foundation

Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships
     Translational Impacts

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization’s local time):

     Proposals Accepted Anytime

Table Of Contents

Summary of Program Requirements

Introduction Program Description Award Information Eligibility Information Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions Proposal Preparation Instructions Budgetary Information Due Dates Research.gov/Grants.gov Requirements NSF Proposal Processing and Review Procedures Merit Review Principles and Criteria Review and Selection Process Award Administration Information Notification of the Award Award Conditions Reporting Requirements Agency Contacts Other Information Important Information And Revision Notes

Proposers must have either 1) received a prior award from NSF in a scientific or engineering field relevant to the proposed innovation that is currently active or that has been active within five years from the date of the NSF National I-Corps Teams proposal submission or 2) have participated

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Accelerating Research Translation (ART)

Published: 30 September 2025
Categories: NSF Pgm Announcements

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This Track seeks to increase the capacity of only IHEs with low to medium RTRL. IHEs that are a good fit for this Track are those that have a low to moderate level of research activity and are in a position to identify high-promise discoveries/innovations, solicit disclosures of such discoveries/innovations, evaluate those discoveries/innovations and their product or service markets for protectability and product-market-fit potential, and protect  IP thereby incentivizing and initiating a pipeline for subsequent translation activity to de-risk technologies, conduct proof-of-concept work, and advance technologies through partnership or new venture creation. Developing the building blocks for identification, pipeline development, evaluation, and IP protection activity is the primary aim of the ACT Track. Specifically, the primary goals of this Track are to build capacity and infrastructure for technology transfer units to develop a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, grow innovation management capacity and process-supported

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Designing CPUs for next-generation supercomputing

Published: 30 September 2025
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In Seattle, a meteorologist analyzes dynamic atmospheric models to predict the next major storm system. In Stuttgart, an automotive engineer examines crash-test simulations for vehicle safety certification. And in Singapore, a financial analyst simulates portfolio stress tests to hedge against global economic shocks. 

Each of these professionals—and the consumers, commuters, and investors who depend on their insights— relies on a time-tested pillar of high-performance computing: the humble CPU. 

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With GPU-powered AI breakthroughs getting the lion’s share of press (and investment) in 2025, it is tempting to assume that CPUs are yesterday’s news. Recent predictions anticipate that GPU and accelerator installations will increase by 17% year over year through 2030. But, in reality, CPUs are still responsible for the vast majority of today’s most cutting-edge scientific, engineering, and research workloads. Evan Burness, who leads Microsoft Azure’s HPC and AI product teams, estimates that CPUs

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