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 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 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 availability is slowing data center builds
The data center market in North America continues to grow at a rapid pace, but construction timelines are increasing so much that data center technology is at risk of being obsolete by the time new...
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...
View ArticleAI spending to reach $1.5 trillion this year, Gartner says
Companies can no more sit out the AI hype than they could the internet or cloud, according to the latest from Gartner. The market research firm expects global spending on artificial intelligence (AI)...
View ArticleCisco strengthens integrated IT/OT network and security controls
Cisco has plans to deliver the same network and security architecture it offers for IT infrastructure to the operational technology (OT) world of warehouses, distribution centers, utility substations,...
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Ethernet, InfiniBand, and Omni-Path battle for the AI-optimized data center
One of the most fundamental units of networking are the interconnect networking technologies — the protocols and frameworks that enable one device to connect to another in a standardized way. In...
View ArticleIntel will design CPUs with Nvidia NVLink in return for $5 billion investment
Intel will collaborate with Nvidia to design CPUs with Nvidia’s NVLink high-speed chip interconnect, it said Thursday — just months after committing to co-develop a competing interconnect, UALink,...
View ArticleIntel: Latest news and insights
Intel is hoping for a turnaround under its new CEO, Lip-BuTan. Intel’s Q1 2025 revenue was $12.7 billion, flat year-over-year. While its Client Computing Group (CCG) revenue dropped 8%, the Data...
View ArticleObservability platforms gain AI capabilities
Observability providers LogicMonitor and Honeycomb have each announced new and updated capabilities that tap into the power of artificial intelligence to deliver predictive insights, reduce alert...
View ArticleUpscale emerges from stealth with $100 million seed and plans to democratize...
AI workloads have fundamentally changed networking requirements, creating an opening that Upscale AI aims to exploit. The startup emerged from stealth this week with $100 million in funding to...
View ArticleNvidia reportedly acquires Enfabrica CEO and chip technology license
Nvidia has hired away the CEO and other staff of chip interconnect maker Enfabrica, and licensed its core technologies in a deal worth over $900 million, according to reports from CNBC and The...
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