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Astera Labs debuts Scorpio fabric switch to accelerate PCIe for AI, cloud

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These switches are specifically designed for AI workloads in accelerated computing platforms deployed at cloud scale. The Scorpio switches aim to deliver maximum system utilization and uptime for scale-out PCIe 6 connectivity and scale-up GPU clustering in AI servers.

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Broadcom EMEA CTO: ‘When it comes to building private clouds, we are first’

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4-7 with a new portfolio of solutions and an emphasis on its flagship private cloud platform, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). That’s where we came up with this vision: people would build private clouds with fully software-defined networks, storage and computing. When it comes to building private clouds , we are the first.

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VMware ESXi gets critical patches for in-the-wild virtual machine escape attack

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Products that include VMware ESXi, such as VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation, and VMware Telco Cloud Platform, are also impacted. VMware products, especially the ESXi enterprise hypervisor, are high-value targets and have been repeatedly attacked by cybercriminal and cyberespionage groups over the years.

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IBM's mainframe operating system upgrade will embrace AI

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IBM said this week it will soon roll out an AI-infused, hybrid-cloud oriented version of its z/OS mainframe operating system. Expected in the third quarter, z/OS 3.1 will support technologies intended to enable deployment of AI workloads co-located with z/OS applications, IBM said in a customer preview letter.

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

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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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Nutanix offers virtual private cloud HCI, multicloud workload management

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Nutanix is releasing enhancements to its AOS operating system and Era database-management service designed to make it easier for enterprises to manage data, workloads, and business-continuity security tools in hybrid cloud environments via software-defined networking capabilities AOS and Era are both components of the Nutanix Cloud Platform.

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IBM upgrades its Big Iron OS for better cloud, security, and AI support

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IBM continues to fine-tune its mainframe to keep it attractive to enterprise users interested in keeping the Big Iron in their cloud and AI-application development plans. The company released a new version of the mainframe operating system— z/OS V2.5 that includes beefed-up support for containers, AI, and security.

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