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Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Network World

Focus: Server hardware and software fundamentals Key topics: Hardware installation, server administration, security, disaster recovery Format: 90 questions, 90 minutes Cost: $369 Prerequisites: None required, but two years of hands-on experience in a server environment is recommended, as well as the CompTIA A+ certification or equivalent knowledge.

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What is NaaS? Providers, delivery models, and benefits explained

Network World

ABI Research predicts that by 2030, more than 90% of enterprises will consume at least 25% of their network services via NaaS. The foundation of NaaS is network virtualization, which allows the networking constructs a user sees to be abstracted (or decoupled) from the physical network devices and equipment that support them.

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5 reasons the enterprise data center will never die

CIO Business Intelligence

Advances in server power and efficiency, new data storage techniques, liquid cooling, virtualization, containers, software-defined networking, and so on, enable organizations to modernize their data centers and make them more efficient and more cloud-like.

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9 steps to take to prepare for a quantum future

Network World

And the US federal government is requiring its vendors to have quantum-safe encryption in place by 2030, Dawson says. For example, robotics companies are doing early-stage training for the robots in virtual environments before finishing up the training in the real world. Some jurisdictions, including Europe, are mandating changes.

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Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025

Network World

AI, security, energy-efficient computing , robotics, and virtual computing interactions are among the research firm’s top 10 strategic technology trends, which were unveiled at Gartner’s annual IT Symposium/XPO in Orlando. Agentic AI offers the promise of a virtual workforce that can offload and augment human work, Alvarez stated.

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IBM, Microsoft and Boeing mark advances in quantum computing

Network World

Quantum computing breakthroughs For most of quantum computing’s history, virtually all the research has focused on developing the underlying hardware, says Jay Gambetta, vice president in charge of IBM’s quantum initiative. Quantinuum provided the quantum hardware and Microsoft handled the error correction.

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The case for predictive AI

CIO Business Intelligence

According to Forrester , GenAI will have an average annual growth rate of 36% up to 2030, capturing 55% of the AI software market. GenAI models can generate realistic images, compose music, write text, and even design virtual worlds. But it shouldn’t. What’s the difference?