Network World

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A reference architecture provides the full-stack hardware and software recommendations. Instead, storage hardware and software is left to Nvidia’s certified server partners, such as Dell Technologies, Pure Storage, and NetApp. The one thing that the reference architecture does not cover is storage, since Nvidia does not supply storage.

Architecture 395

Architecture Data Center Dell Storage 395

Network World

MARCH 6, 2025

There are numerous overall trends, experts say, including: AI everything: AI mania is everywhere and without high power hardware to run it, its just vapor. All the major players Nvidia, Supermicro, Google, Asus, Dell, Intel, HPE as well as smaller vendors are offering purpose-built AI hardware, according to a recent Network World article.

Trends 365

Trends Data Center Vmware Hardware 365

Network World

OCTOBER 10, 2024

fabric switch GPUs and AI acceleration technologies typically connect to a hardware motherboard via a PCIe (PCI Express) slot connection. Astera Labs has not announced plans to build their own physical chassis or rack-level hardware for the Scorpio switch. Scorpio PCIe 6.0

Cloud 431

Cloud Open Source Data Center Network 431

Network World

JUNE 6, 2025

Nvidia’s plan to make an AI-native network edge a reality is built on four principles: All workloads—RAN (radio access network) or AI—must be software-defined and completely decoupled from the underlying hardware, adhering to cloud-native principles for scalability.

Wireless 425

Wireless Architecture Network Energy 425

Network World

JUNE 25, 2025

It will now offer what it calls GPU Droplets, which are built on virtualized hardware. Customers will have access to a fully managed environment that provides instant access to AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs with zero hardware investment or local setup required.

Hardware 404

Hardware Storage Cloud Enterprise 404

Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Unified subscription model eases licensing The new Cisco Networking Subscription is designed to streamline the purchasing and use of Cisco software, hardware, services, and platforms. These licenses include product support for both hardware and software.

Wireless 445

Wireless Licensing Network WAN 445

Network World

OCTOBER 24, 2024

These units support 400Gb Ethernet or InfiniBand networking and provide hardware acceleration for demanding storage and networking workloads. BlueField-3 accelerates networking traffic through hardware support for RoCE (RDMA over converged Ethernet), GPU direct storage and GPU initiated storage.

Storage 370

Storage Dell Hardware Network 370

Network World

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

For enterprises, owning backup software often requires significant upfront investment in both software and hardware, and with it the demand of ongoing maintenance from an in-house IT team. You have the keys to the Ferrari, but owning, driving, and maintaining it are all in leagues of their own.

Backup 370

Backup Software Software Storage 370

Network World

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

We believe this will accelerate our timeline to a practical quantum computer by up to five years, says Oskar Painter, AWS director of Quantum Hardware, in a blog post released today. It will likely be beside other quantum hardware offerings, much like in EC2 where AWSs Graviton chips are offered alongside NVIDIA and other instances, he said.

Hardware 407

Hardware IBM Cloud Chemicals 407

Network World

DECEMBER 20, 2024

But our market investigation confirmed to us that other software options compatible with Nvidias hardware will remain available in the market. Nvidia will face no objections to its plan to acquire Israeli AI orchestration software vendor Run:ai Labs in Europe, after the European Commission gave the deal its approval Friday.

Hardware 431

Hardware Data Center Software Software 431

Network World

JANUARY 21, 2025

Data centers this year will face several challenges as the demand for artificial intelligence introduces an evolution in AI hardware, on-premises and cloud-based strategies for training and inference, and innovations in power distributionsall while opposition to new data center developments continues to grow.

Data Center 464

Data Center Data Training Resources 464

Network World

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

It reduces hotspots and thermal cycling (temperature fluctuations), which could cause wear on hardware components over time. The improved thermal environment could lead to fewer hardware failures, such as fan failure rates, extending the lifespan of equipment.

Data Center 369

Data Center Chemicals Hardware Resources 369

Network World

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Intel is rolling out a new form of memory that requires no changes to existing hardware or software, is usable by the competition, and promises up to a 40% increase in memory performance for certain workloads. Singhal believes that AMD and other server hardware vendors will adopt MRDIMM over time.

Intel 406

Intel Data Center Hardware Applications 406

Network World

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The latest announcement is important because it couples progress on the hardware side with that of the software, says Heather West, research manager in the infrastructure systems, platforms, and technology group at IDC. But we’re not at the end goal yet, she adds.

IBM 486

IBM Data Center Hardware Research 486

Network World

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Unlike traditional hardware-based solutions that force organizations to compromise between security and speed, Zscalers cloud-native approach allows organizations to fully inspect traffic at scale with its Single Scan, Multi-Action enginea unique feature that processes traffic once to apply multiple security controls simultaneously.

Malware 366

Malware Analysis Trends Case Study 366

Network World

JUNE 13, 2025

We are entering the next phase of AI, driven by open standards, shared innovation, and AMD’s expanding leadership across a broad ecosystem of hardware and software partners who are collaborating to define the future of AI,” AMD’s chair and CEO, Lisa Su, said in the statement.

Open Source 413

Open Source Oracle Software Software 413

Network World

JUNE 24, 2025

I am a huge fan of Morpheus in delivering an agnostic orchestration plane, regardless of operating stack and regardless of hardware vendor,” he said. It is also introducing a new federated architecture that lets GPUs be pooled and shared across multiple generations of hardware.

Cloud 375

Cloud Storage Enterprise Enterprise 375

Network World

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Organizations should establish strict procurement policies to mitigate the risks posed by counterfeit hardware in their IT infrastructure. Higher product quality and longevity make hardware repurposing a lucrative market, sometimes mixing unauthorized resales within official channels.

Data Center 337

Data Center Data Hardware Report 337

Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This will enhance organizations’ abilities to customize large language models, use inference performance engineering for infrastructure efficiency, and partner in the open-source ecosystem to enable broader choices for hardware and chip architecture. “AI

Linux 370

Linux Open Source Architecture Licensing 370

Network World

JUNE 24, 2025

aiDAPTIV+ is a hybrid hardware‑software AI offering that extends GPU memory capacity by using high-endurance NAND flash SSDs, enabling on‑premises training and inference of large language models (LLMs). ONEai uses Phison’s aiDAPTIV+ AI capabilities in the StorONE enterprise storage systems.

Storage 337

Storage Enterprise Enterprise Training 337

Network World

APRIL 28, 2025

These moves signal Huaweis strategic acceleration in building a domestic AI hardware ecosystem, as Chinese companies scramble for local alternatives to banned US technologies. He called for building an independent, controllable, and collaboratively functioning AI foundational software and hardware system.

Hardware 287

Hardware Research Report Journal 287

Network World

MAY 9, 2025

Its a promising candidate to realize quantum error correction without requiring a lot of hardware, Nori explained. Vyshak cautioned that AI-optimized GKP codes excel in specific platforms but may not generalize across all quantum hardware.

Hardware 269

Hardware Resources System Industry 269

Network World

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Dell Technologies introduced new hardware products and services at two separate conferences, the Supercomputing 24 show in Atlanta and Microsoft’s Ignite conference. The two companies are working on integrating Nvidia software with Dell hardware infrastructure.

Dell 364

Dell Conference Microsoft Data Center 364

Network World

JULY 3, 2025

Though it re-entered a few years later, I think its embracing of OCP and the module hardware system (MHS) design, along with its tight integration with Nvidia, has made it a legitimate player in a market that has long been dominated by the likes of white boxes and Supermicro.” Dell made a run at the cloud market and pulled back around 2016.

Dell 428

Dell CTO Data Center Cloud 428

Network World

JANUARY 6, 2025

It provides greater time-to-value for new sites or use cases, optimizes cloud strategies, and increases networking control by abstracting hardware and providing centralized management. Deploying networks as-a-service will become a cornerstone of any successful enterprise digital transformation.

LAN 462

LAN WAN Network Enterprise 462

Network World

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Microsoft added two new chips-for-hire to the huge variety of hardware instances in its cloud computing catalog at its Ignite conference last week — and all eyes are on AWS to see whether it reinvents its custom chip offering at its own event next week.

Cloud 256

Cloud Meeting Hardware Microsoft 256

Network World

MAY 9, 2025

SonicWall got its start over three decades ago, and for much of the companys history, hardware specifically network firewalls has been the primary focus. SonicWall operates around the world and claims to have approximately half a million customers. That niche has been steadily evolving, especially in the last several years.

Firewall 246

Firewall Cloud Hardware Network 246

Network World

JANUARY 23, 2025

Wi-Fi access point hardware typically undergoes refresh cycles spanning five to seven years, Venkiteswaran said. More than higher bandwidth, security features, roaming, AI, low power energy settings and other elements are bigger drivers for updating hardware. Companies will deploy Wi-Fi 7 as other APs age out, he said.

Wireless 364

Wireless Network Enterprise Enterprise 364

Network World

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

For example they support a managed private 5G package that uses Intel hardware to integrate private 5G into their preexisting LAN/WAN/cloud infrastructures. Cisco and NTT have partnered in the past to bring private 5G services to market.

WAN 370

WAN LAN Network Enterprise 370

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 24, 2025

Every business unit has a stake in the IT services, apps, networks, hardware, and software needed to meet business goals and objectives, and many of them are hiring their own technologists. And as AI becomes increasingly popular, companies are looking for IT pros who can help enable AI features in hardware, software, and services.

Industry 191

Industry Database Administration Education Software Development 191

Network World

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Cisco’s Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) hardware has been hit with a hard-to-ignore flaw that could allow attackers to hijack the access points’ web interface using a crafted HTTP request.

Wireless 496

Wireless Training Network Construction 496

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 25, 2024

If there’s any doubt that mainframes will have a place in the AI future, many organizations running the hardware are already planning for it. In some cases, that may be a better alternative than moving mission-critical data to other hardware, which may not be as secure or resilient, she adds.

Survey 334

Survey Artificial Intelligence Data Hardware 334

Network World

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

AMD could very well build a great full-stack AI proposition with a play across hardware, LLM, and broader ecosystem layers, giving it a key differentiator among other major silicon vendors, said Suseel Menon, practice director at Everest Group.

Data Center 395

Data Center Intel Open Source Microsoft 395

Network World

JULY 8, 2025

The Hardware Management Console (HMC): An appliance used to configure and manage Power systems. It facilitates Power server hardware management, Power hypervisor and virtualization management, service and update management, monitoring, and is an integration point for other Power solutions.

IBM 409

IBM Enterprise Enterprise Security 409

Information Week

JULY 11, 2025

GenAI PaaS: A cloud-based platform that provides developers and enterprises with scalable tools, APIs, and infrastructure to build, deploy, and manage GenAI applications without managing underlying models or hardware. API: Convenient API access to AI models for application building, with varying control levels and pricing per usage.

Devops 329

Devops Healthcare Strategy Data Center 329

Network World

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Quantinuum provided the quantum hardware and Microsoft handled the error correction. Microsoft and Atom Computings announce 24 working logical qubits Then, since 12 logical qubits werent enough, in November Microsoft followed up with a joint announcement with a different quantum hardware company, Atom Computing.

IBM 395

IBM Microsoft Research System 395

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 29, 2024

For example, a legacy, expensive, and difficult-to-support system runs on proprietary hardware that runs a proprietary operating system, database, and application. However, it is possible to run the database and application on an open source operating system and commodity hardware.

Agile 277

Agile Operating Systems Hardware System 277