2025 global network outage report and internet health check
The reliability of services delivered by ISPs, cloud providers and conferencing services is critical for enterprise organizations. ThousandEyes, a Cisco company, monitors how providers are handling...
View ArticleVMware Explore 2025: Latest news and insights
VMware Explore 2025 kicked off on Aug. 25 in Las Vegas. VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 took center stage, with Broadcom sharing plans to make VCF an AI-native platform by including features such as GPU...
View ArticleNetwork jobs watch: Hiring, skills and certification trends
Network and infrastructure roles continue to shift as enterprises adopt technologies such as AI-driven network operations, multicloud networking, zero trust network access (ZTNA), and SD-WAN. Here’s a...
View ArticleVMware by Broadcom: Product, service and support news
News of Broadcom’s plans to acquire VMware triggered concerns among customers, partners, and industry watchers, many of whom recalled Broadcom’s track record with prior high-profile acquisitions,...
View ArticleNvidia rolls out new GPUs for AI inferencing, large workloads
Nvidia’s Rubin CPX chip combines Vera CPUs, Rubin GPUs and is aimed at massive-context processing Nvidia has taken the wraps off a new purpose-built GPU along with a next-generation platform...
View ArticleCadence adds Nvidia to digital twin tool for data center design
Cadence has updated to its Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform library with the addition of digital twins for Nvidia’s DGX SuperPOD with DGX GB200 systems. Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform is a...
View ArticleNew life for the mainframe: AI cost savings materialize, modernization...
Most mainframe customers are implementing generative AI on the mainframe, and they’re expecting their AI investments to drive significant cost savings and boost revenues, new research finds....
View ArticleCisco’s Splunk embeds agentic AI into security and observability products
Splunk, a Cisco company, unveiled at its .conf25 conference this week, agentic AI-powered security and observability capabilities designed to automate threat response, streamline IT operations, and...
View ArticleNvidia: Latest news and insights
With its legacy of innovation in GPU technology, Nvidia has become a dominant force in the AI market. Nvidia’s partners read like a technology who’s who list – e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft...
View ArticleMicrosoft finds possible solution to Azure capacity issues
Azure customers who have been struggling with capacity problems in Microsoft’s US East region are set to receive a timely boost. To meet the growing demand from its customers, Microsoft has entered...
View ArticleGoogle enlists new ‘free’ data transfer service as the EU Data Act deadline...
Google is rolling out a free data transfer service for enterprises in the EU and the UK as the deadline for key provisions of the EU Data Act targeting data interoperability to reduce vendor lock-in...
View ArticleHomeLM: A foundation model for ambient AI
The vision of Ambient AI in smart homes promises an intelligent system that understands and adapts to its occupants. Despite an abundance of smart devices offering varying capabilities, smart home...
View ArticleF5 to acquire CalypsoAI for advanced AI security capabilities
F5 today announced its intention to acquire for $180 million Dublin, Ireland-based CalypsoAI, a private company that delivers adaptive AI security capabilities that F5 says it will integrate into its...
View ArticleThere are 121 AI processor companies. How many will succeed?
More than 120 companies have been identified as making or threatening to make an AI processor of some form, from edge and IoT-class devices to hyperscale data center accelerators. Collectively, these...
View ArticleNetwork and cloud implications of agentic AI
Enterprises have always seen AI as specialized elements of a business process, not as some at-everyone’s-elbow assistant. That’s what enterprises call an “agent” AI model. Maybe it interacts directly...
View ArticleArista touts liquid cooling, optical tech to reduce power consumption for AI...
Arista Networks shared some of its plans to deliver liquid-cooled switches and racks that can significantly reduce power consumption in enterprise AI networks. At Arista’s recent Analyst Day event,...
View ArticleChina’s strike on Nvidia threatens global AI supply chains, sparking...
China has accused Nvidia of breaching its anti-monopoly law, a move that could disrupt the chipmaker’s global operations and heighten risks for enterprises dependent on its GPUs as US-China trade...
View ArticleArista continues to defy expectations, build enterprise momentum
When Arista Networks was founded in 2004, I was skeptical the company would have long-term success. Arista came to market solving the low-latency network problem, and it did so by building performant...
View ArticlePower shortages are the only thing slowing the data center market
The North America data center market continues to grow at a rapid pace, so much so that construction times are increasing to the point data centers are obsolete by the time they launch. The primary...
View ArticleIT professionals share biggest frustrations, wishes on IT Pro Day
IT professionals aren’t often asked their take on tech frustrations, end users, and dream gifts, but this year SolarWinds polled some 437 IT pros to learn what they think about the fun and not-so-fun...
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