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Cisco pumps up data center networking with AI, large workloads in mind

Network World

Cisco is boosting network density support for its data center switch and router portfolio as it works to deliver the network infrastructure its customers need for cloud architecture, AI workloads and high-performance computing. This is accomplished with a common operating system, P4 programmable forwarding code, and an SDK.

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What Is a Wide Area Network (WAN)? Definition, Types, Architecture, and Best Practices

IT Toolbox

A wide area network (WAN) is a connected collection of telecommunication networks distributed across a large geographic area that allows the component networks to exchange data within the group. This article discusses types of WAN, the architecture components of a WAN, and ten best practices for WAN implementation.

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Lightmatter launches photonic chips to eliminate GPU idle time in AI data centers

Network World

Lightmatters approach could flatten this architecture. By 2030, advances in photonic AI chips, optical interconnects, and co-packaged optics will propel the widespread adoption of silicon photonics in AI, telecommunication, quantum computing, and autonomous driving applications, Jagadeesan added.

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StarlingX bridges IPv4-IPv6 gap with dual-stack networking support

Network World

Vncsa said that StarlingX is widely adopted in the telecommunications segment and also used by cloud service providers. IPv6 dual-stack enables distributed cloud architectures Dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 networks can be set up in StarlingX cloud deployments in several ways. release cycle. release cycle.

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What is S/4HANA? SAP’s latest ERP system explained

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2008, SAP developed the SAP HANA architecture in collaboration with the Hasso Plattner Institute and Stanford University with the goal of analyzing large amounts of data in real-time. The entire architecture of S/4HANA is tightly integrated and coordinated from a software perspective. In 2010, SAP introduced the HANA database.

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Forr The Planet: Sustainability Interview Series — Cisco

Forrester IT

The telecommunications sector is at a crucial juncture in its sustainability story. Many organizations are finding their ground in setting the right targets, penetrating the supply chain, and addressing their customers’ questions on sustainability. We spoke with R.

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Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

Network World

Since HCI products are the closest equivalents to the VMware stack, they can be deployed with less effort than other solutions in terms of workload re-architecture and staff retraining. HCI vendors include Nutanix , Scale, Microsoft Azure Stack and others. However, switching to HCI is a capital expense decision.