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

Network World

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 Read more from this author Ciena and Arelion achieve 1.6

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Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities

Network World

Network as a service comes in five distinct flavors depending on whether it’s offered by hardware vendors, telcos, cloud providers, muticloud vendors, or WAN-transport carriers. NaaS buyer’s guide: Who is selling network as a service and what do you get?

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Eliminating Lateral Threat Movement INSIDE factory, branch, and campus networks

Network World

The transportation and food & beverage sectors also remained prime targets due to their extensive reliance on IoT devices, which are often vulnerable to cyberattacks. Zscaler deploys in hours and works seamlessly with existing infrastructure – no hardware upgrades or VLAN re-addressing required.

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From edge to cloud: The critical role of hardware in AI applications

CIO Business Intelligence

It is becoming increasingly important in various industries, including healthcare, finance, and transportation. All this has a tremendous impact on the digital value chain and the semiconductor hardware market that cannot be overlooked. Hardware innovations become imperative to sustain this revolution.

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Navigating the future of national tech independence with sovereign AI

CIO Business Intelligence

The AI Act establishes a classification system for AI systems based on their risk level, ranging from low-risk applications to high-risk AI systems used in critical areas such as healthcare, transportation, and law enforcement. high-performance computing GPU), data centers, and energy.

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

Network World

There are different delivery models for NaaS, including: Subscription hardware: Instead of making an outright purchase (Capex), a business pays a monthly subscription (OpEx) for the hardware but still handles the installation and operation of the equipment.

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Nokia expands data center SONiC support

Network World

Linux-based SONiC decouples network software from the underlying hardware and lets it run on hundreds of switches and ASICs from multiple vendors while supporting a full suite of network features such as Border Gateway Protocol ( BGP ), remote direct memory access (RDMA), QoS, and Ethernet/IP.