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Looking at both sides of Cohesity’s acquisition of Veritas’ data protection unit
Softbank Group Corp.-backed Cohesity Inc. today boldly announced its intent to acquire the Veritas Technologies LLC‘s data protection business for $3 billion. The purchase will be funded one-third with equity, and the other two-thirds will be debt-financed through Haveli Investments, Premji Invest and Madrona Venture Group. When the deal closes, the combined organization will have revenues ...
Equinix and Nvidia partner to simplify the deployment of AI infrastructure
Digital infrastructure company Equinix Inc. recently launched a private cloud service that allows organizations to manage their own Nvidia Corp. DGX supercomputing infrastructure for building custom generative artificial intelligence models. Operated by Equinix, the new service integrates Nvidia’s DGX systems, networking, and AI Enterprise software, a suite of tools for deploying AI applications. The potential ...
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Analyzing all the security and AI news from Cisco Live EMEA 2024
As usual, Cisco Systems Inc.‘s annual user conference, Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam, serves as a platform for the networking giant to release the latest innovations across many of its product lines. Although this event is considerably smaller than the U.S. Cisco Live, it’s important for the company as Europe, the Middle East and Africa ...
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Stop using servers to do things they’re not good at: How DPUs can change the data game
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result, it might be time to stop trying to get servers to do something they’re not designed to do. Servers are effective at many things but were never designed for the rigors of software-defined networking, storage and security. Servers excel ...
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Hitachi Vantara and Cisco expand hybrid cloud partnership to reduce complexity and costs
The partnership between Hitachi Ltd. and Cisco Systems Inc. goes back a couple of decades. Last year, the two firms announced a strategic partnership agreement. Yesterday they deepened the deal to include a new hybrid cloud services suite focusing on enterprise data management. The services, dubbed Hitachi EverFlex with Cisco Powered Hybrid Cloud, combine automation ...
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Extreme Networks goes deep on the cloud and subscriptions
The networking industry has been going through a major shift – the transition to the cloud. The term “cloud” was once foreign to network managers, but an increasingly dynamic and distributed workforce accelerated by the pandemic has forced network engineers to do things differently. The cloud removes the burden of managing the network box-by-box by ...
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Reagan foundation turns to HPE Aruba for its next-generation network
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute has a history of hosting Republican presidential debates at the Reagan Library. However, for the most recent Republican presidential debate on Sept. 27, 2023, the foundation faced the unique challenge of doubling its wireless network capacity. This was necessary to facilitate a live network feed for the debate ...
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Zscaler’s single-vendor zero-trust SASE brings a new approach to an old problem
The rise of hybrid work and distributed applications has created a problem that’s not so new but has been exacerbated. On-premises security has been the de facto deployment model for decades, but as businesses have become more distributed, on-premises have struggled to meet security demands. The pandemic-induced hybrid work model underscores the difficulty of putting ...
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ZK Research’s five top sports technology picks from CES
Although I cover primarily corporate technology, sports technology has always interested me. At the recent CES consumer electronics show that I attended, I was looking for interesting tech that can change how people play and compete. Here are my top five picks with one bonus failure. Livall Smart Cycling Helmet The bike helmet is a ...
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Nvidia: AI fuels tech transformation for retail and consumer packaged goods
Artificial intelligence is on the verge of a significant growth spurt in retail, according to a new report from Nvidia Corp. In conjunction with its NRF 2024 activities, Nvidia released its first “State of AI in Retail and CPG” report Tuesday. The study shows a bullish outlook for AI, with more than 60% of retailers saying they’ll ...