Arista announces AI networking agent, Nvidia and Vast partnerships
Arista Networks is developing a software-based agent to help efficiently tie together the network and server systems in large AI clusters. As part of that development, Arista collaborated with...
View ArticleCisco gears up to capitalize on Splunk deal, AI revolution
Supply chain challenges. A February announcement that 5% of the workforce was being laid off as part of a global restructuring. Revenue in the latest quarter declining 13% (27% in networking) compared...
View ArticleAlibaba Cloud is betting on emerging markets with massive price cuts
Alibaba’s recent move to reduce prices of several cloud services, including compute, storage, and database offerings among others, is seen by experts as a strategy to attract new customers in emerging...
View ArticleAT&T taps Cisco fixed 5G wireless gateways for WAN service
Cisco Meraki rolled out 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) gateways, and AT&T said it will use them to offer a new service for business branch offices. The new Meraki MG cellular MG52 and MG52E...
View ArticleEveryone but Nvidia joins forces for new AI interconnect
A clear sign of Nvidia’s dominance is when Intel and AMD link arms to deliver a competing product. That’s what happened this week when AMD and Intel – along with Broadcom, Cisco, Google, Hewlett...
View ArticleSingapore government pushes energy-efficient data center plan
The Singapore government is advancing a green data center strategy in response to rising demand for computing resources, driven in large part by resource-hungry AI projects. The city state aims to...
View ArticleNvidia unveils new Blackwell systems, accelerates release of Spectrum-X...
Nvidia has unveiled new Blackwell-powered systems that, it said, will allow enterprises to “build AI factories and data centers to drive the next wave of generative AI breakthroughs.” The systems...
View ArticleHPE Aruba aims to simplify private 5G for enterprises
HPE Aruba is offering a new private 5G service it says will be as easy to deploy and manage as many Wi-Fi services. The HPE Aruba Networking Enterprise Private 5G package (P5G) comes with an...
View ArticleMicrosoft lays off staffers from its Azure division
Microsoft has confirmed that it was laying off staffers from its Azure unit but did not provide an accurate number of employees affected. “Organizational and workforce adjustments are a necessary and...
View ArticleAI is wild card in data center energy demand, say electricity researchers
Data centers could consume upwards of 9% of US electricity generation by 2030, more than double the amount currently used, although the role AI contributing to the demand, a new study has found. In...
View ArticleAMD updates Instinct data center GPU line
Computex 2024 is taking place in Taiwan this week, which means lots of hardware news as the OEM and parts suppliers of the world gather to show off their latest wares. Nvidia unveiled new Blackwell...
View ArticlePipe viewer: Using the pv command on Linux
The pv command is a rather unusual Linux command, but it can provide some insights into commands, especially those that send data through pipes. This includes some visual feedback that can sometimes...
View ArticleCisco shows off new AI features to secure data flows
Cisco has offered more detail on its plans to integrate artificial intelligence into what is still one of the largest product portfolios in the tech industry. There was no single blockbuster...
View ArticleJuniper tunes AI to find and fix SD-WAN, WAN routing problems
Juniper Networks continues to deliver on its overarching enterprise AI plans, this time adding features that will help customers proactively spot and fix WAN routing, SD-WAN and SASE problems. The...
View ArticleCisco Live: AI takes center stage
LAS VEGAS – Cisco put AI front and center at its Live customer conclave this week, touting new networking, management and security products, along with partnerships and investments it expects will...
View ArticleBuyer’s guide: Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE)
What today is known as secure service edge (SSE) started under a different name — secure access service edge (SASE) — with a slightly different meaning. But both terms are relevant today. In 2019,...
View ArticleCisco debuts CCDE-AI Infrastructure certification
Two little letters are dominating Cisco’s annual Cisco Live conference this week in Las Vegas, where the networking giant continues to reveal AI-related product updates as well as a new certification...
View ArticleIntel launches sixth-generation Xeon processor line
Intel formally announced the Xeon 6 line of server chips featuring two types of cores and a variety of configurations supporting multiple use cases. But the main emphasis is on AI. In a first for the...
View ArticleConverting between uppercase and lowercase on the Linux command line
There are many ways to change text on the Linux command line from lowercase to uppercase and vice versa. In fact, you have an impressive set of commands to choose from. This post examines some of the...
View ArticleCisco steps up full-stack observability play with Splunk tie-ins
An indication of how impactful the Splunk buy could be for Cisco and its customers can be seen in the companies’ plans to integrate their observability platforms. At this week’s Cisco Live event,...
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