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Is It Time for Robbins to Move On at Cisco?

The buzz on the street is that Robbins is close to retirement...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

November 05, 2024

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Cisco Shrinks Campus and Cuts Staff, Ending an Era

Cisco has laid off a significant portion of the workforce and is shuttering offices in San Jose. But is that enough?...

By: Mary Jander

October 17, 2024

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Will the Cisco Reorg Work?

Cisco is in the midst of the largest reorg in years. Will it work?...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

September 04, 2024

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HPE's Future Hangs on Stalled Juniper Deal

For HPE's networking ambitions, the Juniper merger can't happen fast enough...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

December 11, 2024

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Hyperscalers Continue to Hyperspend on AI

Cloud hyperscalers continue to spend big on AI, prompting questions about the future of their capital spending...

By: Mary Jander

November 12, 2024

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NVIDIA Has Joined the Ultra Ethernet Consortium

NVIDIA quietly joined the Ultra Ethernet Consortium, signaling that it's growing more enthusiastic about Ethernet for AI networking...

By: Mary Jander

September 10, 2024

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System Initiative Stalks HashiCorp Out of Stealth

System Initiative, a maker of IaC tools, aims to become the developer's friend with a visual, multiplayer approach...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

September 25, 2024

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NVIDIA Ethernet Drives xAI's Supercomputer

NVIDIA's Spectrum-X Ethernet networking technology is at the heart of the world's largest AI cluster, xAI's Colossus, proving NVIDIA's more than an "InfiniBand only" provider...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

November 07, 2024

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GEICO Shows the Way to Repatriation

GEICO and 37signals have gone public with dramatic evidence of savings from cloud repatriation resulting from high operational costs...

By: Mary Jander

October 22, 2024

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Nokia Gains Big with CoreWeave’s AI Networking Deal

Nokia wins big with a CoreWeave cloud AI deal that Wall Street analysts say might be worth $200 million to $300 million ...

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September 16, 2024

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Barclays Expands a Hybrid Cloud Deal with HPE

The UK’s Barclays bank has extended a ten-year contract with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for management of its multicloud and hybrid cloud estate...

By: Mary Jander

September 23, 2024

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The Secret Behind Arista's AI Ethernet Success

Arista's hyperscaler gains show that Ethernet can scale for AI ...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

December 12, 2024

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ZEDEDA and Edge Impulse Bring ML to the Edge

ZEDEDA now integrates software from Edge Impulse, a startup specializing in machine learnings model development for edge applications...

By: Mary Jander

September 26, 2024

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CTERA Adds AI Smarts to Object File System

CTERA has extended its global file system to AI models in a new platform that features intelligent agents for model querying...

By: Mary Jander

October 09, 2024

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File Systems Prep Hybrid Cloud Storage for AI

CTERA, Nasuni, and Panzura are leading a flock of enterprise file systems designed to help bring AI to hybrid and multicloud enterprise environments...

By: Mary Jander

July 22, 2024

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Inside JCI's Data Streaming Deal with Redpanda

Confluent losing JCI to Redpanda is indicative of the new economics of data streaming ...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

September 11, 2024

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Microsoft, BlackRock, and NVIDIA are the Big Names in GAIIP

The new GAIIP investment partnership will rely on NVIDIA's advice. That could be a big win for the company's accelerated computing technologies...

By: Mary Jander

September 18, 2024

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Lumen Picks Blue Planet to Prep Inventory for AI

Lumen has picked intelligent inventory software from Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, to help deliver hyperscaler and enterprise AI networks....

By: Mary Jander

August 22, 2024

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Pulumi Beefs Up IaC Platform with Security, Insights

Pulumi launches its ESC and Insight security and cloud automation products...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

September 18, 2024

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Aryaka Expands SASE Network with CASB

Aryaka continues its march toward fully integrated networking and SASE by adding CASB and other features...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

October 08, 2024

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2024 SD-WAN/SASE Managed Services Survey Report

See what end users are looking for from SASE/SD-WAN services, according to our 2024 survey of 192 experts...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

July 24, 2024

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ClearBlade Takes IoT to New Level

Internet of Things (IoT) system provider ClearBlade has released additions to its products, incorporating more security, performance, and AI into its platform...

By: Mary Jander

October 02, 2024

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Cloud Tech Pro Q&A: Scott Robertson, Co-op Group

Scott Robertson, Principal Enterprise Architect, Foundation Technology, at Co-Op Group in the UK, talks hybrid cloud, cloud repatriation, and operating models...

By: Mary Jander

July 25, 2024

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CDNs Plunge into Red-hot Object Storage

Providers of content-delivery networks (CDNs) are increasingly adding cloud-native object storage to their roster of services...

By: Mary Jander

September 16, 2024

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Nokia Plugs EDA Into Lenovo for AI Management

Nokia's recent deal with Lenovo highlights growing promise for its management and networking of AI in the datacenter space....

By: Mary Jander

October 23, 2024

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Crowdstricken! A Lesson in Technology Risks from CrowdStrike

The CrowdStrike debacle has highlighted many ongoing risks in vendor concentration, supply-chain, and CI/CD practices...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

July 25, 2024

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Google Bets Big on AI Infrastructure

Google parent Alphabet is spending big on AI infrastructure. But major progress in enterprise AI cloud isn't yet underway...

By: Mary Jander

July 24, 2024

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Equinix Aims to Raise $15 Billion for AI Data Centers

Datacenter facilities market leader Equinix has entered a JV to raise at least $15 billion for building out hyperscale datacenters...

By: Mary Jander

October 01, 2024

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A New Look! Inside the Futuriom Upgrade

The new Futuriom.com has launched. Why we changed lots of things...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

October 22, 2024

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NVIDIA's Results Show AI Boom May Be Slowing

Despite strong results, investors were disappointed with NVIDIA's latest earnings report. It's time to get realistic about the AI market....

By: Mary Jander

August 29, 2024

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Nutanix Vaults 20% in Wake of VMware Buyout

Nutanix hits new highs in recurring revenue and cash flow after targeting VMware with promotions...

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August 29, 2024

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Q&A: Adam Stipkovits, Global Aluminum Manufacturing Company

Adam Stipkovits is a multicloud network architect with expertise in Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud. He spoke with us about his work and the industry...

By: Mary Jander

August 29, 2024

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Are the Hyperscalers Betting Too Much on AI?

There are signs that hyperscalers' investment in AI mirrors what the telcos spent on 5G. That may not be a fair comparison...

By: Mary Jander

August 08, 2024

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IBM Earnings Showcase AI and Automation

IBM's Q2 2024 earnings reveal solid progress in AI and in hybrid cloud automation...

By: Mary Jander

July 25, 2024

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Ciena Earnings Highlight Data Center Connectivity

Ciena's Q3 earnings beat analyst estimates, and the company predicts growth in datacenter connectivity as AI and cloud traffic grows...

By: Mary Jander

September 04, 2024

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NVIDIA Boosts AI Development for Enterprise Use

NVIDIA's unveiled NIM Agent Blueprints that bring readymade GenAI workflows to let enterprise customers develop "AI flywheels."...

By: Mary Jander

August 27, 2024

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Inside the Rise of AI Clouds Like CoreWeave and Lambda

Updated 11/14/2024 — Enterprises are finding an expanding host of choices for AI cloud services outside of the traditional public cloud hyperscalers. This segment is thriving...

By: Mary Jander

November 13, 2024

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What Can Stop Snowflake's Shares From Melting?

Snowflake beat earnings estimates and issued strong guidance, but that still didn't stop investors from selling...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

August 22, 2024

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AMD to Buy ZT Systems to Accelerate System Delivery

AMD's move to buy AI infrastructure design firm ZT Systems could boost its share of a market AMD estimates will be worth $400 billion by 2027...

By: Mary Jander

August 19, 2024

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Can Intel Be Saved? Inside Some Potential Solutions

The bad news just keeps coming for Intel. September will be a pivotal month as CEO Pat Gelsinger and the board meet to discuss its future. Will cost cutting be enough?...

By: Mary Jander

September 11, 2024

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CoreWeave Builds Ecosystem Momentum

AI-infrastructure-as-a-service provider CoreWeave has scored $650 million in a credit facility to expand its datacenter network and possibly enable IPO in 2025...

By: Mary Jander

October 16, 2024

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HPE Releases First Iteration of Private Cloud AI

HPE has delivered the first in a series of planned products jointly developed with NVIDIA. And it looks like a win for HPE. ...

By: Mary Jander

September 09, 2024

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CTP Q2 Update: AI Infrastructure Shifts Toward Inferencing

Hyperscalers continue to accelerate AI spending, but enterprises are pondering the next steps...

By: Mary Jander

August 06, 2024

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Alkira Beefs Up Security Stack with ZTNA

Alkira ramps up the security features of its cloud network with ZTNA...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

October 23, 2024

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Panzura Conducts Object Storage Symphony

Panzura has released Symphony, a platform that supports data from a variety of object storage systems, including ones from AWS, Azure, GCP, and Wasabi...

By: Mary Jander

September 26, 2024

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Multicloud Networking (MCN) and NaaS Survey Report 2024

Our 2024 MCN and NaaS survey report tells you what's happening in cloud networking...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

October 30, 2024

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F5 Teams with NVIDIA to Streamline AI

Application infrastructure provider F5 hitches its load balancing, policy management, and security to NVIDIA's BlueField-3 DPUs to improve AI efficiency...

By: Mary Jander

October 24, 2024

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Xscape Photonics Grabs $44 Million to Speed Up AI

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By: Mary Jander

October 15, 2024

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Cloudian Speeds Up Object Storage Links to GPUs

Cloudian's HyperStore object storage system supports NVIDIA's GPUDirect, bypassing the CPU and obviating the need for parallel file systems...

By: Mary Jander

November 18, 2024

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Mixed Bag in Cisco Earnings

Cisco earnings dropped again, though management is optimistic about AI and security...

By: Mary Jander

November 14, 2024

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The Futuriom 50: 2024 in Review

We take a close look back at how the Futuriom 50 private companies fared this past year—and what 2025 might bring...

By: Mary Jander

December 17, 2024

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Gelsinger's Surprise Intel Exit: What's it Mean?

Pat Gelsinger's departure from Intel won't be a magic cure for the company's many problems. Management must now do some deep soul-searching...

By: Mary Jander

December 02, 2024

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AWS Wrap: Blossoming AI Services and NVIDIA Alternatives

The AWS re:Invent 2024 conference is in full swing, and the theme is managing data for AI applications...

By: Mary Jander

December 04, 2024

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View Systems Releases AI Processing Platform

View Systems releases a platform that lets enterprises create GenAI queries against their own data, on premises or in the cloud...

By: Mary Jander

November 05, 2024

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Aviz Raises $17M, With Cisco and Qualcomm as Investors

Open networking startup has raised $17 million, with investors including Cisco ...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

November 22, 2024

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MinIO Adds AI Functions to Object Storage

MinIO has added a raft of AI functionality to its object storage platform for exabyte-level enterprise deployments...

By: Mary Jander

November 20, 2024

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Itential Boosts NetDevOps with Automation Service

Itential's newly available Automation Service streamlines the creation and deployment of network automations at scale...

By: Mary Jander

November 07, 2024

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Trends and Leaders in Platform Engineering and IaC

Our first report on platform engineering and infrastructure as code (IaC) takes a look at the growing movement to build a better cloud automation and management layer...

By: R. Scott Raynovich

November 20, 2024

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Scality Targets AI with RING Add-on

Scality says RING XP, an add-on to its object and file storage system, delivers microsecond response times for feeding AI modeling and fine-tuning workflows...

By: Mary Jander

October 31, 2024

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How Vultr Picked up $333M, with AMD Participating

AMD Ventures joined a round valuing Vultr at $3.5 billion, highlighting the red-hot market segment for cloud-based GPU services for AI training and inference...

By: Mary Jander

December 19, 2024

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NVIDIA Touts Ongoing AI Growth in Q3 Report

NVIDIA posts another strong quarter, though investors are greedy for more...

By: Mary Jander

November 21, 2024

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