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Arista financials offer glimpse of AI network development

Network World

Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, helped develop the 7700 and recently said it would be deploying the Etherlink switch in its Disaggregated Scheduled Fabric (DSF), which features a multi-tier network that supports around 100,000 DPUs, according to reports. specification before the end of the year.

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Qualcomm purloins Intel’s chief Xeon designer with eyes toward data center development

Network World

The chief architect for Intels Xeon server processors has defected to chip rival Qualcomm, which is making yet another run at entering the data center market. Last decade, the company developed a line of chips called Centriq but abandoned those efforts in 2018 and laid off its development team.

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Sustainability, grid demands, AI workloads will challenge data center growth in 2025

Network World

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.

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Equinix to cut 3% of staff amidst the greatest demand for data center infrastructure ever

Network World

Even as demand for data infrastructure surges to an all-time high, Equinix is planning to lay off 3% of its workforce, suggesting a growing skills mismatch in the industry. According to Goldman Sachs , data center demand in the US alone is projected to nearly triple by 2030, driving more than $1 trillion in investment.

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LLMOps for Your Data: Best Practices to Ensure Safety, Quality, and Cost

Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs.

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Top 5 fastest-growing cities for data centers

Network World

The five fastest-growing hubs for data center expansion include an interesting mix of urban areas that have one thing in common: lots of available power. Based on projected data-center capacity growth, Las Vegas/Reno is the No. We’re only at the start of the AI boom, so data center growth isn’t going to slow down anytime soon.

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Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Network World

As data centers evolve from traditional compute and storage facilities into AI powerhouses, the demand for qualified professionals continues to grow exponentially and salaries are high. The rise of AI, in particular, is dramatically reshaping the technology industry, and data centers are at the epicenter of the changes.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

2024 GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report — explores the biggest technological trends in procurement and supply chain, from generative AI and the advancement of low-code development tools to the data management and analytics applications that unlock agility, cost efficiency, and informed decision-making.

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LLMs in Production: Tooling, Process, and Team Structure

Speaker: Dr. Greg Loughnane and Chris Alexiuk

Technology professionals developing generative AI applications are finding that there are big leaps from POCs and MVPs to production-ready applications. However, during development – and even more so once deployed to production – best practices for operating and improving generative AI applications are less understood.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes.

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Using Data & Analytics for Improving Healthcare Innovation and Outcomes

In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, delivering data insights to end users or customers can be a significant challenge for product managers, product owners, and application team developers. But with Logi Symphony, these challenges become opportunities. But with Logi Symphony, these challenges become opportunities.

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Solving Open Source Complexity with a Managed Data Infrastructure Platform

With its unparalleled flexibility, rapid development and cost-saving capabilities, open source is proving time and again that it’s the leader in data management. But as the growth in open source adoption increases, so does the complexity of your data infrastructure.

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Partner Webinar: A Framework for Building Data Mesh Architecture

Speaker: Jeremiah Morrow, Nicolò Bidotti, and Achille Barbieri

Data teams in large enterprise organizations are facing greater demand for data to satisfy a wide range of analytic use cases. Yet they are continually challenged with providing access to all of their data across business units, regions, and cloud environments.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success.

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Cassandra Data Modeling Guide to Best Practices

Are you a developer, database architect, or database administrator that's new to Cassandra but have been tasked with developing a Cassandra schema design? Learn the basic rules to keep in mind when designing your schema for Cassandra.